The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1911-06-14
Electric Storms Havoc.

The large farm barn of A. W. Albaugh,
on Albaugh hill, Hickory township, was
struck by lightning about five o'clock
Sunday evening during the heavy storm
prevailing at that time. A valuable
horse aud calf, the only livestock in the
barn at the time were burned up, as were
also all other contents of the building, in
Guiding about all of the owners farming
machinery and implements. The build
ing was fine one, 36x4S and IS feet high.
Almost instantly after being struck the
entire structure seemed to be aflame and
nothing could be saved. Mr. Albaugh
estimates his loss on barn and contents at
81, 900, and there was an insurance offs $500
on the structure, and a small amount on
the contents. The loss falls very heavily
on Mr.. Albaugh just at time when there
is so much need of farm machinery.
over in the lower end of Harmony
township the storm was exceptionally
severe. Charlie Emick's orchard was
we'll nigh ruined by the wind which
stripped several apple trees and destroyed
almost every peach tree on the lot. His
garden was terribly hammered with hail
stones, some of which were near the size
of hen eggs. At the Donovan home, near
Emick's, about all the outbuildings were
blown over, and at the barn where most
of their furniture has been stored since
the burning of their house last winter, a
large door was blown in, smashing the
mirror of large dresser. Some of the
flying glass struck James Donovan on
the arm cutting deep cash on the wrist
and causing much loss of blood before it
could be staunched,
The Donovan barn is said to haYe been
blown about 9 inches from its foundation.
A party OF pleasure seekers from Oil City
had left their two-seated carriage exposed
to the elements and had put their horses
in barn near this place, and when the
storm broke the top of the carriage was
ripped off and large holes torn in it, and
the mud guards of the vehicle were
twisted and bent out of shape.
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bolt of lightning struck the residence of
William Killmer, in this borough, tear
ing off some weather boarding and on the
inside knocked over curtain pole and
broke some moulding on the Dashboard
in the reception hall. Mrs. Killmer sat a
few feet from where the bolt entered, but
aside from slight shock, was not Injured.
The barn of Henry McEnany at Presi-
dent, short distance from the hotel
there, was fired by lightning Sunday
evening. Fishermen and others came to
the rescue and succeeded in getting out
most of the machinery, but the building
was destroyed. So were about two tons
of hay, two bushels of oats aud calf was
cremated.
The Ellis Hall nitro glycerine maya
zine, near Edenburg, was struck by
lightning exploding large quantity OF
the glycerine and demolishing the build
ings. There was no one near the prem
ises at the time, but in many of the houses
in the town windows were shattered by
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Sunday night between eight and nine
o'clock a large barn owned by George
Hoover at Snydersburg, Clarion county,
was struck by lightning and completely
destroyed by the fire which followed the
bolt. A team OF work horses, eight milk
COWS, three calves, number of pigs, 300
| bushels of oats, about $50 bushels of
wheat and lot of other property were
burned with the barn. Mr.. Hoover's
loss will be very heavy, being fully
SO 900, on which he had an insurance of
only $500. The reflection from this fire
was plainly seen here and seemed to be
at its brightest about nine o'clock.
The barn of A. X. Sigworth, between
Newmansvile and Lickingville, was
struck by lightning Sunday evening No
fire resulted, however, and the damage
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