The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-07-28
Three People known TO Have Been
Killed. Several FataIly Hurt
and Others Mnnsied.
CRUSHED IN A HUNTERS CABIN
PARTY OF sPoRTsMEN CAUGHT BY n
FALLING FOREST TREE.
Great storm Damage Noted I'm New
York, Philadelphia and Through
out Several states.


city at 4:sO O'Clock causing the loss of al
least three lives and doing immense dam
age to property. Those known TO be killed
are:
JOHN FIGUS. member Eighth Ward
Hunting and Fishing Club. crushed in
cabin.
w. L. NoRR. mashed under roof of =
house.
GEORGE MILLER. member of Eighth
Ward Hunting and Fishing Club, BACK
broken; will die.
stunned by lightning.
- POOL. son of the college professor.
struck by lightning; will die
OLD MAN. of Prof. Gerodeths party.
struck by lightning; will die.
CHARLES vOSAIcK.
JACOB METZ.
FRANK OFT.
HARRY HADDLE, with three above.
hurt in the fishing party by a falling tree.
Ten dwellings were completely dsmol-
ished and others partially wrecked. Eight
or ten churches had their roofs blown OF
and otherwise damaged. Telegraph. tele-
phone and electric-iight poles were snapped
like pipestems, dropping the wires in TAN
gled masses in the streets. Binding light
ming and high wind accompanied the storm.
or rather two storms. for Pittsburg and
Allegheny were the meeting place of one
storm from the west. which came up the
Ohio valley. and another from the east.
which followed the course OF the Allegheny
river. Such a battle of the clements Is
rarely witnessed. In East Pittsburg and
Wilmerding hail fell in large quantities.
the stones being as large railroad nuts.
In the first five minutes of the storm IS
of an inch of water fell. and the wind
AT S p. m. another storm almost fierce
as the first came up and .6s of an inch
of rain fell. making total of i.33 inches
The rivers are now rising and another
flood is expected.
Among the casualties reported is an sc-
cident TO the camp of the Eighth Ward
Hunting and Fishing Club, OF Allegheny.
The club was at its camp in Sugar grove,
about four miles up the Allegheny river,
when the storm came The members say
il was OF cyclonic character. The trees N
the grove were broken and twisted
though they were weeds, and one large
sycamore nearly thirty feet in circum-
ference. was snapped of near the grc;nd
and fell on the tent of the campers. almost
Instantly killing John Figus. broke the buck
OF George Miller who will die. and seriously
injured Thomas OConnell Charles vosaick.
Jacob Metz. Frank OFT and Harry Haddle.
On Greenfield avenue. i'm the East End.
Joseph Ashfelder was killed by a sign being
blown down and striking him on thet head.
In Sharpsburg, w. l.. Norr was killed
At Mckee's Rocks. where Professor Ser
odette. curator of Carnegie Museum, nad a
gang of men at work exsay3ung IN an old
lightning struck the Shed under which
the party had taken refuge, shocking one
OF the laborers. an old man, inso enccn-
sciousness a young man by the halac CT
Pool, son OF college professor fell suQs
and both of the men will probably de
The result of the storm in property dam
age has not all been gathered In at mid
night but IL is known that all through Allie.
gheny the South Side and the last Liid
many houses were unroofed. signs blown
down and windows broken Along Sniis.l-
vania avenue toward Homswood, ~ftre
many fine suburban mansions are ioratedt
the splendid lawns are completely oest, Dyed
and the beautiful shade and ornamenssl
trees ruined. IL is estimated that NJj.W1 'slu
hardly cover the loss in his loc2 lity one.
Reports from outlying towns tell of much
damage TO houses and other property. out
no lives lost far as known
In Allegheny twelve people were struck
by lightning. They are in the hospital ana
considered by the physicians 10 be in a crlti-
cal condition. The names are: Abner Hay. ,
freight receiver of the Fort wayne railroad:/
A. NJ Bennett and three children. August
Snedez. his wife and their four children:
Mr. Hays was sitting I'm the house door
when a bolt of lightning struck the building
knocking Mr.. Hays unconscious MT Ben
their porch on ST. Clair terrace when
fash was conducted from trolley wire
in front of the house TO the porch, pros
eating supper when the lightning struck the
residence. following the chimney hue 10 tne
dining room. About half an hour later
nefghbors discovered the whole family lying
on the floor ia unconscious condition
They may recover. but il is doubtful
In Pittsburg reports OF damage 10 prop
erty is still coming In. On Washington
street two houses. machine shop and the
Fifth Il. Il. Church were blown down ana
completely ruined. but fortunately no one
was injured. Three of the houses belonged
TO the Denny estate and had been con-
dcnned and the tenants had moved from
Kirkpatrick street had its roof and steeple
carried away by the wind and the bells
from the tower were thrown 10 the ground
Chanel a NJ T.. Church was torn away
and carried two hundred feet. The Pitts
burg High School and Holy Ghost College
suffered somewhat, but are not badly dam
aged.
the two cities show Twenty-Five or thirty
people injured more or less by falling
trees roofs. signs. etc. but their names
cannot be given tonight.
West Newton. Pa. a station on the Bal
here. reports the rain there was heavy.
The telegram says:
feet long and several feet deep. is just
ported here on the Baltimore A. Ohio
tracks al Osceola. The New York express.
tracks are reported covered with trees and
rocks between here and Griffin station.
TIE Waterman Of the Pemickey road at
Cedar Creek. two miles east Of here,
reached town at o'clock and reports eight
came of the hills Ike rivers. bringing ev-
erything with IL. He could not get around
the slides and had TO cross the river to
get here.