Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1896-08-13
Accidents.

W. S. Brandon had the end of his thum
cut OF at PuIvis' planning mill last Thurs
day.
The barn of Lewis Cox of Adams twI
with all his crops and one horse was struc
by lightning and destroyed last Monde
morning.
John Lehman of Lancaster twp, hsd Nv
horses killed by lightning, Monday morn
ing. They were standing under trae a.
the time John is teamster, and poo
man, and the loss is a sore one to him.
Milton Staff-s house in Lancaster twp
was struck by lightning but no; greatly
! damaged; and two barns, one near Porters-
Vile and one over the line in Beaver Co
were struck by lightning and destroyed ty
fire.
The barn of VIM. Martin Sr. Of Lancas-
ter twp. was struck by lightning last Sun
day evening, and With all its contents
destroyed by fire. All his hay and grain
and part of his machinery was lost Hi
to stamp out the fire, but found himself
surrounded By flames, and barely escaped
The insurance aggregates 81, 600 but that
does not near cover the loss.
The sad accident that happened to Mr..
ana Mrs Fsancis Murphy of Millerstown,
resulted fatally to Mrs. Murphy, last Sun
day evening. During the day an operation
was performed upon Mrs. Murphy, and the
ply ysicians found her spinal Column badly
iractured. The fragments of bone were re-
moved, but paralysis became general and
size expired that evening. She was buried
at Millerstown, Tuesday. Mr.. Murphy's
condition is yet serious,
John Gephart of Buffalo twp, was struck
by lightning and fatally injured last Thurs
day evening. During the storm that pass
ed over that section tina; evening Mr. Gep-
hart went out 20 his fields to look after his
horses, and not returning soon, his son
went in search of him, and found him lying
face downward, in a field. He bresthed
over, and then expired. His watch was
partly melted. At the request of the fam
lily Esq Cramer held an inquest Mr.. Gep
hart was an esteemed citizen of the twp.
Tie house OF James O'Donnell of the
West End was struck by lightning during
the storm of last Monday morning and his
daughter, Gertrude, badly shocked; the
Hotel Butler and residence of r. P. Scott
were stru' :: during the same storm but no
great damage was dope. AL Ruf7s stable
was also struck. The rush of water that
the storm flooded the houses of
COrtis Smith and Charles Collins on Centre
Ave, and also flooded several other cellars
ard carried away some bo ardws,k. Some
bridges and culyerts on the Plank and
roads we're damaged
Yesterday noon Minnie Zimmerman,
daughter o. J. W. Zimmerman; Della
O'Donneil, daughter of f B. 0'Donnel
and sister to the young lady that was
struck by lightning, Monday morning, and
met with serious accident by their horse
becoming frightened at an umbrella. The
horse became unmaragable on Cleveland
ST. and in making the trrn into Mercer
St Gw hich has recently been partly grad
ed and is much lower than Cleveland the
buggy was upturned and fell upon tho two
young ladies. Both we're made uncon-
soious and remained in that condition
most OF the afternoon and evening. Dur
ing the evening Drs. Bell, Bippus, Shultz,
and HazIett held consultation. They
found no bones broken, but they were
both badly bruised about the head, back
and breasts. This morning Miss ODon-
nell was resting easy, but Miss Zimmer-
man was suffering very much. 1t is
thought they will both recover, Clarauce
M0rtime escaped with few skin bruises.