Omaha daily bee., 1906-06-10
Houses and Bridges Swept Away BY
Rapidly Rising Streams
SERVICE ON TROLLEY LINES SUSPENDED
Three Miles Of Pittsburg & Cleveland Rail-
road Track Washed Out.
HEAVY HAlSToRM At scHNEcTADY, NY.
Team Attached 60 HeRrse Rams
Away and Comm iS Found wsdEsd
Between Front wheels of
vehicle.

PITTSBURG, Pa, June 9-From many
points in western Pennsylvania tonight
come reports Of death and damage by Sc
we're thunder showers and electric storms
today. At Monongahela the storm was ac-
companied by high wind that uprooted
trees and blew down many small build
ings A number OF residences were struck
by lightning, the telephone service was
put out Of commission and several thou
sands OF dollars Of damage was dAne.
At Beaver Fall hailstones OF immense
size fell doing great damage to windows,
fruit trees and crops.
At Kittaning James Mitchell and his Is
year-old son. who were sitting on a porch.
were struck and killed by lightning and
the house was set ahTe. Others OF the
family were stunned and neghbors came to
their assistance in time to rescue them
from the flames.
At Punxsutawney Clyde Blose aged lS
and Bert Weiss, aged 90 were killed by
lightning while standing in the doorway
of a barn. Laird Blose, a brother OF Clyde
was also struck and is not expected to
live.
Here. too. many residences were struck
and chmneys were toppled over The troll
ley service was suspended and the tele-
phone service was interrupted. score Of
within a few miles Of PunxsutawneY.
washOuts in western Ohio.
sTEUBENVILLE, o.. June s.-In conse-
duence Of the heavy rain in the lower end
of the county this afternoon Rush Run,
Deep Run, Salt Run and shannon Run
| overflowed over four miles Of the country
near the Ohio river Much farm property
| was damaged, many farm buildings were
swept away and some live stock was
! drowned. Many persons had narrow es-
capes from drowning, so quickly did the
rush of water come. The Cleveland q
| Pittsburg railroad is washed out for three
miles and 1t will be several days before
traffic can be resumed. The Wheeling 4
Lake Erie was also under water In many
places.
! MARIETTA, O., June "A destructive
storm passed over Marietta today. uproot-
ing trees. unrooHng houses and wreckinH
small buildings. Peter Cook. 81 years old.
was fatally injured. Several other persons
we're hurt by shattered glass. Hailstoneg
Ibid much damage IN the country.
Three Lives Lost.
SCHENECTADY. N. T., JunA A-rhree
lives are believed 20 have been lost In q
terrific wind and hailstorm here this aft
ernoon. Two men who were fishing In the
Mohawk river when the storm broke are
thought to have been drowned. A child
was lost during the storm and the police
are confident that II was killed by falllns
tree. Poole Dryer, a young man who wac
playing tennis when the storm broke. was
caught under a falling tree and badly hurt
A funeral procession in Rotterdam had just
started when the storm began The horses
were thrown into wild confusion when the
hailstones began to strike them ana rar
hearse. The team attached to the hearse
was found an hour later with the cofnT
wedged between the front wheels OF thu
hearse. The remainder of the vehicle
was broken into pieces. The undertaken
was badly hurt.