The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1895-07-05
AN EASTERN GALE.
Tt Visits Philadelphia and Towns
in New Jersey.
A GREAT DEAL OF DAMAGE RESULTS.
Three Persons Killed and Number Of
Others Injured-HOuses UnroOfed,
and Crops Have Suffered
Severely
DEATH IN THE STORM.

CAMDEN, n. j., July IA severe rain
and windstorm passed over Camden and
it's neighborhood Thursday afternoon
causing great damage and loss of life.
At 1 o'clock the sky became overcast
and in a few minutes day was turned
into night. Heavy black clouds came
up from the west, accompanied by a
strong wind, thunder, lightning and
heavy rain. The storm crossed the
Delaware river to this city and Glouces-
ter and then passed northward. It
lasted about half an hour. In this city
houses were unroofed and fences blown
down. Grain and hay in the fields were
moved down as if by reaper. Trees
were uprooted and carried several feet
The heaviest damage was done at
Gloucester. A number of houses in
course of construction were unroofed
and leveled to the ground. -Four resi-
dences were unroofed.
Two Men Killed.
The wind struck Froguhagen's pa
vilion, which belongs to William
Thompson, the owner of the Gloucester
race track, and swept down 200 feet of
it. Patrick Highland, of Philadelphia,
who was In the pavilion, having taken
refuge there from the storm, was buried
under the heavy timbers and killed.
The three-story residence of Robert
Hamilton, near the river, was blown
down. Mr.. Hamilton, who was in the
house with his family, was caught be-
meath heavy timbers and killed.
The Injured.
His two daughters, aged 10 and 10
years, were also buried in the ruins
They were extricated and taken to the
hospital, where it was found that both
had received severe and probably
fatal injuries. The hospital ply
sicians found that it would be
necessary to amputate one of the legs
of the elder. She is also INJURED inter
nally. James and Edward Reddington,
brothers, who were at work on the
roof of a new house at Haddonfield,
were blown from the building and
seriously injured. They were taken to
the hospital.
Many Are Missing.
Up to midnight Coroner Jeffries, of
Camden, had received inquiries from
Philadelphia and Camden for fourteen
persons who are supposed to have been
it is feared they are drowned
MORRIsTOwN, n. j., July 1.-The
storm damaged severa1 buildings here.
Two workmen were injured and
man was killed at Palmyra.
Destruction in Philadelphia.
PHILADELPHIA, July between l
and o'clock Thursday a terrific thun-
der and lightning storm, accompanied
by torrents of rain and a heavy wind,
passed over the city, doing con-
siderable damage to houses and
trees, and killing one man and injur-
ing several others. When the storm
broke John Jenkins, colored man,
and three white men named George
Solely, John Clymer and Patrick Fur
long, were working in a bricl1yard at
Twenty-fifth and Chamberlain streets.
They took refuge from rain beneath a
shed. Suddenly a binding sheet of flame
seemed to envelop Jenkins and a strong
sulphurous odor filed the air. Jenkins
stood perfectly rigid for moment and
then fell back on the floor dead. The
same bolt of lightning, after striking
the colored man, passed to his COM
panions, shocking each in succession.
None of the three, however, were seri-
ously injured.
Storm Sweeps Over Connecticut.
WINsTED, Conn.,, July IA thunder,
lightning and windstorm, accompanied
by tremendous hailstorm and heavy
rains, struck Winsted Thursday after
noon. 1t blew down trees, broke tele-
graph wires, washed out highways and
damaged crops. 1t is feared that the
hail has ruined the tobacco crops here
abouts. In Torrington cyclone with
immense hailstones did 500, 600 damage.
Four children of Joseph Deloy in his
house were injured. Great damage is
reported from villages near Torrington
to trees and crops.