New Britain herald., 1925-09-14
New England, Penn. and Mary. land Are Also Hard Hit.
 Several Known Killed
RAINFALL RECORDS ARE
 BROKEN BY DOWNpOUR
Two Inches Falls In Two Hours In Western New York--Much Dam- age Is Done Near Worcester--on. eonta, N. Y., Suffers Damage To- talling About $75,0o0.

Albany, N. T., Sept. 14 Rl-Tern. fic rain, electrical and windstorms sweeping across upstate New York over the weekend, left a trail of injured, damaged property and ruin ed crops.
 Rural sections of western New York today were maze of wreck age after nearly 4s hours of rainfall. wind and lightning. The Tonawanda Valley sustained damages estimated at thousands of dollars from wind of tornado intensity with crops suffer- ing heavily. Electrical storms caused damage of approximately | s75,O0o in the vicinity of Oneonta. with details lacking because of dis. rupted communication. Electrical storms sweeping over the northeast ern part of the state left burned homes and barns, dead cattle and ruined crops.
 The Casualty List | Four persons were injured near oneonta last night when automobiles collided on slippery highway, Three farm workers were stunned Saturday when lightning struck their scythes in field in the town of Middlefield. Four persons were in- jured when lightning struck build. ings at Mineville and Elizahethtown. Four more were injured near Sheri- dan when their automobile was in . rear end collision with another car during the storm yesterday after noon.
 From all upstate sections came re- ports of heavy and continuing rain. with electrical discharges which set fire to barns and out buildings, shattered trees, broke telephone and telegraph wires and did damage gen. erally. In addition to the heavy rains washed out gardens and high ways, sent streams over their banks and inundated low lying areas.
 Tornado Like Winds
 Tornado like winds swept across an area three miles long and < quarter of a mile wide, through At tica, Varysburg, Strikersville and Johnsonburg in the Tonawanda Val ley. Residents said an awe-inspirins yellow glow in the sky was replaced as a "twister" which struck at Ben- nington Center. Wyoming County. swept a mile east and then swung southwest, twisting barns from their foundations. leveling silos to the ground and demolishing smaller structures. In, one apple orchard alone only one of 122 trees was left standing and in another place five- acre plot of hard maple stock was flattened.
 Rainfall records were broken in western New York with precipita- ton of S.29 inches since Friday noon and two inches in 12 hours
 Worcester Hard Hit Worcester, Mass, Sept. 14 R - Homes and farm buildings were struck by lightning. trees were up- rooted, telephone service was curs tailed and thousands of dollars dani- age was caused by a short but severe electrical storm in Worces- ter county today. Athol was hit hardest, number of buildings be- ing struck by lightning, although no fires resulted. David Farrar had a narrow escape from injury when . bolt entered his kitchen and ripped 1 up part of the floor. Several other dwellings and a storehouse were struck but the heavy rain prevented fires. Scores of trees were blown down and hundreds of dollars of damage was done by street washs ! Auts at AthoI