Sewickley Herald

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Vol. II
SEWICKLEY, PA., SATURDAY, APRIL 15, 1905
No. 31
Hail, Thunder, Lightning Rain and
Wind Cause Much Damage.
EIRE COMPANY REWARDED
SOME HEAVY LOSSES SUSTAINED.
A sort of composite storm, made
up of hail, lightning, thunder, rain
and wind, broke over our valley on
Monday about noon and wrought
much damage. The sky became
as black as midnight, and the vivid
flashes of lightning seemed to
virtually rend the heaven's, while
the thunder was terrific. Then
the storm broke in all its fury and
sent down a deluge of hail and rain
that will long be remembered. The
streets resembled miniature rivers,
and at the street intersections and
other points the sewers became
clogged, but fortunately-there was
not much damage from this cause.
The hail was responsible for the
heavy end of the damage done.
Among those to suffer were Messrs.
A. H. Diehl, Joseph Graig, Valley
Greenhouse Go., and in fact every
conservatory in the Valley bears
the ear-marks of this remarkable
storm.
Mr. A. H. Diehl, of the Sewickley
Studio, sustained a loss of several
hundred dollars. The lights of his
studio were shattered, and the rain
damaged the interior decoration
and finish. The storm had hardly
abated, however, until Mr. Diehl
hand the glaziers and decorators at
work, and now has his place fitted
up in its usual attractive style.
The Valley Greenhouse company,
Whose conservatory is on the hillside, sustained about the heaviest
loss in this section. The bill for
replacing glass and other breakage
will run well up into the hundreds
of dollars.
The pelting of the hailstones
against the windows resembled a
gatling gun in action. Several
horses were frightened and ran
away and other damage was done.
Avalon Volunteers Given $200 For
Work at Clifton Wreck
O. E.Gampbell, chief of the Avalon fire department, recently received a letter from E. White, superintendent of the eastern division
of the Pittsburg, Fort Wayne and
Ghicago railway, saying, that the
Pennsylvania Gompany had donated $200 to the fire company in
recognition of its work at the Glif-
ton wreck on March 5. Ghief
Gampbell had been asked to furnish
a bill for the company's services,
but refused to do this. The $200
will be used for new uniforms.
Meworth Council
The Borough Purchases a Lot For
Municipal Purposes.
The Edgeworth Borough Gouncil
held its regular meeting on Monday evening and after the transaction of some minor business took
up the matter pertaining to the
purchase of a lot from the Ghallis
estate at the corner of Beaver
road and Ghestnut street. The
purchase was made and the borough
will improve this piece of property
at no far distant date.
There are other important improvements contemplated in that
section, among them a continuation
of the granolithic walk around the
Way property on Beaver road,
which will be done just as soon as
the street lines are fully established.
The various committees of this
body are awake to their duties and
will have under their consideration
some very important legislation.
Prominent Odd Fellow Dead.
General J. F. Grant, grand secretary of the Sovereign Grand Lodge
of Odd Fellows in the United
States, died Wednesday at the
Union Protestant infirmary, Baltimore, where he was operated on
about four weeks ago for, a serious
internal affection, •
Another Sunday
Fire Alarm.
The Ringing of the Fire Bell Throngs
the Streets With People.
FIREMEN'S SERVICES NOT NEEDED
On Sunday evening an alarm of
fire was telephoned to the residence of Ghief S. Y. McFarland from
Gentennial avenue and Grimes
street. The firemen responded to
the call promptly, but before they
left the hose house the blaze had
been extinguished with a few
buckets of water. The blaze was
discovered in the kitchen of a family named Ward, and the damage
was trifling. Sunday evening a-
larms are becoming quite popular
of late, as they throng the streets
with people.
Will Address Railroad Men.
Mr. W. R. Hill, of Hill street, will
address the Men's Meeting at the
McKees Rocks Railroad Young
Men's Ghristian Association tomorrow afternoon at 5 o'clock.
As Mr. Hill has been a railroad
man himself for a number of years,
.the railroad men in McKees Rocks
are looking forward to a helpful and
inspiring address.
Baptist Young People's Union.
"Glorifying God in Our Recreations," is the subject to be discussed
to-morrow evening, and the leader
will be Mrs. S. Brothers. References, 1 Gor, 10:31; Psalm 16: 5-11.
Miss Frances Winters will sing the
"Holy Gity," at this service. Gome
and take some part in this meeting.
Youwillbe welcomed.
Is Improving.
Mr. Gharles Neeley, who is at
present at the Mercy hospital,
where he underwent an operation
for appendicitis, is improving rapidly. This will be gratifying news to
his many friends.
Unknown Italian
Killed by Train.
The Body Was Placed in Express Car and Sent to the
City Morgue.
BODY OF YOUNG MAN FOUND
NEAR OSBORNE STATION.
The body of an unknown Italian
was found on Tuesday morning
along the railroad near Ghestnut
street, this place, by some railroad
employees and the supposition is
that he was struck by one of the
late trains on Monday night. The
unfortunate man had no papers or
anything on his person by which he
could be identified. The coroner
was notified^and the remains placed
on an express train and taken to
the morgue.
On Thursday night shortly before
11 o'clock as Messrs. William
Wharton, William and Fritz Zellers
and Frank McPherson were walking along the railroad near the
Osborne station they found the
body of a man lying on the tracks
with the side of his head crushed
in. The young men immediately
notified the stationmaster and the
corpse was placed on the 11.36
train and taken to the morgue, He
was a young man, apparently 25
years of age, and genteely dressed.
He was not identified.
The Union Normal Class.
The Union Normal class which
holds its sessions in the Young
Men's Ghristian Association on
Monday evenings at 8 o'clock, will
not meet on April 17, but on the
24th, The class will review all
the work done, and prepare'for
state examinations on Mcy 1. All
members of the class please note
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