The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1894-09-10
FURY ON THE STORM.
Much Damage Caused by Flood
and Lightning,
SEVERAL FATALITIES REPORTED.

SEVERAL FATALITIES REPORTED. |
Small Towns In Illinois Fired by Light !
ming aud Completely wiped out-The
storm Especially severe in Eastern
Pennsylvania.
BETHLEHEM, Pa. Septic An area Of ore
square mile suffered from Saturday
nights cloudhurst. The cloud was trian-
gular in shape and emptied its contents
right over Monocacy valley, in the very
center Of the three Bethlehems. The
flood reached the second story Of houses on
Goeppe street Spruce street, Old Bethle-
hem Spring street, West Bethlehem, and
Second street, in South Bethlehem. The
damage to private property is estimated at
$4,000 and to sewers and highways Sl0,-
600. That no lives were lost Is a miracle
The people in the flooded district are
very poor and are suffering for want Of
assistance. During the storm lightning
struck the residence Of President Wilbur,
OF the Lehigh Valley railroad, the muui-
eipal building and Troxelps furniture
store, doing little damage, however.
The funeral cortege OF the late Mrs.
William Sinner was caught in the storm,
returning from the grave. The horses
took fright at the pelting rain and ran
away Mrs Jacob I. Sinner, Of West
Bethlehem, had her arm and shoulder
fractured and Mrs. Curtis, who was
picked up unconscious, is In a precarious
condition
DE KALB, Ills. Sept. 10. $50 lightning
played havoc among the various small
towns Of this section on Saturday night.
As a result the business portion OF Malta,
a small town of 900 inhabitants, is In
ashes with losses aggreRabLng $50 600 The
little settlement OF Henrietta was also
visited by lightning and completely wiped
out. The loss win not prove very extern
sive. At Caledonia four buildings were
struck at di fferent times and each de-
stroyed AT Elmhurst a big barn was
struck and totally destroyed. The people
had hard work to save the school house.
situated near by. Rockford came in for
| its share of the flames and In that town
| three fires We're caused by lightning. AT
| Belvidere a physicians stable was struck
| and consumed, together with two horses.
| Huntley suffered the loss Of three build
| ings, one of which was a stable. In the
latter instance four horses were cremated.
| At Herbert two buildings were burned.
| NEW YORK, Sept 1O-The rain storm
| here was unusually severe. The Third
avenue cables gave out and an accident
| delayed travel on the Brooklyn bridge
The rainfall was the heaviest of the year
amounting to In inches. William Smith,
| a fisherman, was killed at Newark Bay
| by lightning. Lightning also struck the
| Monmouth while the steamer was en- route
from the Atlantic Highlands TO this city
| Captain Martin was slightly injured, and
the passengers were greatly alarmed for @
few minutes
TRENTON, Sept lO,-The heavy rain.
storm here was accompanied by very Sc
we're lightning. Two houses, those OF
Frank Creed and William Smith, wer,
struck and considerably damaged, but
the inmates escaped. Two mules which
were being driven by Charles Pope, il
Murrisville Pa, Just across the Delaware
were killed, but Pope escaped injury.
! | CHICAGO, Sept. lO.-During the heav,
rain storm which prevailed in this cit,
, lightning struck a steam dredge stationed
near the Fifty sixth street pier, killing
| Charles Ritter, and probably fatally in
, iuring Fred Simons who were working ol
the dredge. A couple of residents wer
also struck by lightning, but no other ia
talities are reported.
PLArTEvILLE, Wis. Sept. 1O.--Neve
has Platteville been visited by such a Sc
we're hailstorm as struck this city. Hal
as large as walnuts fell forabout an houl
i breaking window paues, completely dc
molishing sky lights and leaving orct
, ards and cornfelds devastated as thong
a cyclone had struck them.
READING, Pa, Sept. lO.-During tn
? heavy storm of Saturday night a new tw
; story school building in this city was III
3 dermined by the rush of water and co
lapsed. Mrs James Sallade and job
: Graull were struck by lightning, and n
NAMED in a state of total paralysis fC
two hours They will recover.
GREENsBHRG, Pa, Sept l0.-During I'll
heavy thunderstorm lightning struck II
porch of a house at Jeanette, fatally il
- Turing Mrs. Mahoney, her daughter Mai
gle and Mrs Krept, a visitor. The wome
are still living, but are completely pa
alyzed.
RIcHLAND CENTRE, Wis Sept. l0.-Tt
big Muscoda bridge over the river
NIuscoda was wrecked by cyclone Satu
r. day night. Several houses were blow
down and unroofed