Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1913-07-18
DESTROYS
MUCH PROPERTY
Rain, Wind, Hail and Light
ming Plays Havoc in Ohio.
BUILDINGS AND CROPS SUFFER
Rivers and Greeks Are Swollen Into
Raging Streams and Train and
Interurban Service Are
Badly Crippled.

Columbus, GA rain, wind, hail
and electrical storm which swept
over the greater part of central
Ohio early Monday destroyed property
valued in the thousands, crippled
train service, killed much live stock
and injured at least one man. Rivers
and creeks were swollen into raging
streams and barns and dwellings
were struck by lightning. Late at
night nearly normal train service was
resumed.
Thirty passengers on Cleveland
bound Pennsylvania train were mo-
rooned at Stanleyville, near Marietta,
when wall of water along Duck
creek surrounded the train before the
engineer could back It to safety.
Trainmen and farmers cut open the
tops OF the coaches and carried the
passengers in rowboats to safety.
A heavy bridge, constructed over
the Muskingum river at Marietta
after the March flood. was swept
away. Four men who were on 1t were
rescued before the bridge went over
the dam.
House Struck, Owner SIeeps./
Although corner of Richard
Weich's residence in Delaware was
knocked off by bolt of lightning,
Welch slept peacefully until aroused
by his family. Oliver Rowan of Della
ware was stunned by lightning, He
sustained severe burns on his arm.
Three barns in the country near
Delaware were destroyed and several
others damaged.
GAINESVILLE was completely cut off
from outside traffic. Washouts tied
up steam and interurban road service.
The Muskingum riysr at that point
rose 14.6 feet 1t began to recede
at Z o'clock at night. Lowland floods
did damage to crops estimated in the
thousands.
Railroad traffic was demoralized
all day, the first train reaching
GAINESVILLE at o'clock Monday after
noon The Baltimore & Ohio suffered
washout two miles long at Sonora,
six miles east, and traffic toward the
east was not resumed until noon
Tuesday.
The Ohio River & Western lost
trestles and bridges for a distance of
20 miles, and cannot resume traffic.
it is feared, for two weeks. Twelve
bridges were washed away in the
county.
Two workers, named Brown and
Davis, fell into the water while at
work near Crooksville but were res
cued by boatmen.
Damage in Kenton and vicinity is
estimated at $4,000. Seven barns
were destroyed by lightning, much
stock was killed and great harm to
crops is reported. Hail fell in large
quantities.
Although John Herzog's barn near
Patterson, containing 100 pounds of
dynamite was struck by lightning
and burned to the ground, the dyna-
mite did not explode.
| Lighting plants in Kenton, Dun
kirk and Forest were put out of COM
mission.
Twenty Barns Destroyed.
Twenty barns were destroyed In
Wyandot, Marion and Crawford coun.
ties. Hail broke window panes and
skylights and worked heavy damage
to crops.
Wind caused great loss near Akron
Uaharvested wheat and oats suffered
as did telegraph and telephone sys.
tens.
Emmett Hines of Strasburg tied his
| L.,
running for shelter when a solt splin-
tered the tree and killed the horse.
| In Massillon the Massillon Electric
& Gas Co. was the worst sufferer
Until 10 Monday morning all lines
were out of commission, and Brewster
Canal Fulton and Orville, supplied
by the Massillon power house, were
without current.
Over 200 telephones were put out
of commission.
An electrical storm, accompanied
by 55-mile wind, ragged in licking
county Monday morning, paralyzing
trolley and train service eat of New
ark and cutting off outside wire com
munication. Trees were uprooted and
several barns were destroyed by light
ming.
A landslide covered the Ohio cleo
trio tracks at Hanover with three feet
of earth and crowded trolley cal
was stalled in Blackhand tunnel The
passenger, who had been marooned
were taken to GAINESVILLE
Several gas derricks near Granville
were blown down and Van Alter re
ports the drowning of much poultry
and live stock.
Forger Works Ohio Banks.