The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1896-08-27
A FATAL STORM.
A Number of Deaths by Lightning
Are Reported.
Illinois, Missouri, Iowa and Other States
Are Visited-A Circus Tent at Hunt
ington. Ind, Blown Into
Tatters.

st. Louis, Aug. PA severe wind
storm visited the states of Illinois, Mis-
souri,, Iowa, Texas and Oklahoma ter
ritory Saturday. Several lives were lost
and much property destroyed. Elec-
trical discharges and heavy rain &C.
companied the storm of wind. At Ell
fingham, ILL.,, the. electric light plant,
the Austin planning mill, the Trade pal
ace and the Austin college were un.
rooted. All wires are down and the
city was in darkness at night. At Men
dota, ILL.,, Pohl's hotel and several resi-
dences were unroofed. All the grain
fields about Mascoutah, Ill.,, were de-
stroyed. At West Plains, Mo-, the storm
was severe upon light structures. The
grand stand at the ball park, where a
game was in progress, was blown down
and Is persons were injured.
Three Killed.
Near Browning, Mo-, the farmhouse
of Thomas Gooch was blown down.
Gooch's wife and infant son were killed.
The public school building at St. James,
Mo-, was totally wrecked and the Drum
mend hotel unroofed. At Edna, Mo-,
Peter Lorey, boy, was killed by q
falling tree. At Fort Worth, Tex, a
general rain fell for the first time in
over three months. The downpour ex-
tended into the panhandle country as
far as Clarendon, and on the Texas &,
Pacific west to Midland. At Guthrie,
O. T., the long dry spell was broken by
a heavy rain, the temperature drop
ping nearly 40 degrees in few hours.
Killed by Lightning.
Delphos, O., Aug. 24."-During the
storm Saturday morning Neal Bliss.
aged IS, a school-teacher few miles
east of Delphos, was killed by lightning
while going from barn to house. His
mother found him lying dead.
Severe Storm In Chicago.
Chicago, Aug. 24.-Shortly after mid
night Friday this city was visited by a
series of severe electrical storms which
did great damage to property, especially
in the southern part of the city, and the
rain at times poured down in torrents,
but electricity was the feature.
Lightning struck with damaging ef-
fects in Englewood, Hyde Park and
South Chicago. Buildings were at
tackled in every section, and the tele-
phone service throughout these SUBJ
urbs was seriously impaired.
Circus Suffers Heavily.
Huntington, Ind, Aug. 24.-The Wal
lace circus, which was struck by cy-
clone in this city Saturday night last,
lost every inch of its canvas. So badly
were the tents torn that they were
thrown away. Several animals escaped
from broken cages, but were recap
tured. A herd of stampeded elephants
made trouble. Four men were injured
by falling poles, Robert Gardner hav-
ing shoulder dislocated. The damage
amounted to fully $4,000. The storm
struck before the doors had been opened
to admit the people.
Lightning Burns Barns.
Huntington, Ind, Aug. 24.-During
an electrical storm Saturday IA barns
in this county were struck by light
ming and destroyed. Loss, about $780,
900.
A Family Killed.
Hobart, ILL.,, Aug. PA farmhouse
near here was struck by lightning, and
jeremiah Smith and his wife and child
were killed and the house was burned
to the ground.