Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-06-10
DEATHS IN THE STORM
Western Pennsylvania Swept
by Heavy Gales.
VICTIMS OF LIGHTNING
Terrific Wind Struck Schenectady,
New York.
TIMING CRAFT OVERTURNED
Heavy Tau Of Hail In Some Places
Streams Beyond Their Banks
buildings Wrecked.
1SHYNa CRAFT OVERTURNED

PITTSBURG. Pa. June 9-From many
points in western Pennsyivania tonight
como reports Of death and damage by Sc
we're thunder showers and electric storms
such as has prevailed In this section for the
past week.
At Monongahela this afternoon the storm
was accompanied by = high wind that up
rooted trees and blew down many small
buildings. number Of residences were
struck by lightning. the telephone service
was put out Of commission. and although
the storm lasted but half an hour, several
thousands of dollars Of damage w.s done.
At Beaver Falls hailstones of immense
size fell. doing inestimable damage to win
dows, fruit trees and crops in general
At Kittanning, James Mitchell and his fif-
teen-year-old son, who were sitting on .
porch. were struck and killed by lightning
and the house set FIRE. The rest Of tho FAM
lily were stunned and neighbors came to
the assistance OF the family In time to res
cue the bodies from the flames. as well az
the other members OF the family. who were
unable to help themselves.
Death was also dealt by the storm AZ
Punxsutawney where Clyde Blose. eighteen.
and Bert Weiss, twenty. were struck ana
killed by lightning, while standing In the
of Clyde was also struck. He is In a ser1-
GUS condition and IL not expected to live
Here. too, many residences were struck
chimneys were toppled over. The trolley
feet OF the lightning on the trolley wires
and the telephone service was also inter-
rupted. A score Of barns and houses were
struck by lightning within few miles or
Punxsutawney.
Three Lives Believed to Be Lost.
SCHENECTADY, N. Y. June 9.-Three
lives are believed to have been lost as a
result of a terrific wind and hall storm here
this afternoon. Two men who were fishing
in the Mohawk river when the storm broke
have not been seen since. 1t is thought
they were drowned. A child. who was lost
during the storm. has not been found. and
the police are confident that 1t was killed
by falling tree and the body buried un-
der the debris. Poole e. Dryer. a young
man who was playing tennis when the
storm broke, was caught under q falling
tree and badly hurt. Two young men out
on the Mohawk river In a canoe had
narrow escape from death. Their craft was
overturned. They had great dificulty in
reaching the shore. Three houses which
were In process of construction were COM
pletely demolished. Hundreds of fruit trees
were uprooted. and the damage will reach
many thousands OF dollars.
A bolt OF lightning struck the new chem
fcal laboratory at Union College and start
ed a fire. which. however. was extinguished
by students before much damage was done.
In the buildings Of the west side of the
Erie canal, where the wind had a clean
sweep, scarcely whole pane OF glass was
left. A funeral procession In the town OF
Rotterdam had just started when the storm
began. The horses were thrown into wild
confusion when the hail stones began to
strike them. and all Of them ran away.
The team attached to the hearse was
found in the woods an hour later. with the
coffin wedged between the front wheels of
the hearse. The remainder of the vehicle
was broken into pieces. The undertaken
was badly hurt.
Four Miles Of Country Overlooked.
STEUBENVIVLLE. Ohio, June 9.-In
consequence Of the heavy rain in the lower
end of the county this afternoon Rush run,
Deep run, Salt run and Shannon run over
flowed 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 escapes from
drowning. so quickly did the rush of water
come.
The Cleveland and Pittsburg railroad Is
washed out three to six feet deep for three
miles. and it will be several days before
traffic can be resumed. The Wheeling and
Lake Erie was also under water in many
places.
Much Damage at Marietta, Ohio.
MARIETTA. Ohio. June "A destructive
storm passed over Marietta today. uproot-
ing trees. unroofing houses and wrecking
small buildings Peter Cook. f1fty-four
years old. employed a hand sawyer at
the National Table Manufacturing Com
pany. was struck by flying roof and IA
tally injured. He was knocked fifteen feet
and his skull was fractured. Several other
persons were injured by shattered glass in
the business district. Streets were flooded
for hours. Hailstones did much damage
throughout the county.