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, Wputeh eaftied away 50 feet of t getainin uu%u any féet The main pipe line leading .to \elty at a point opposite the Onâ€" ) Reformatory; washed out the i@wdian Pacific and Toronto Suburâ€" tracks â€"at the same point,. and ged a bad wreck of a Canadian $ Railway freight train,. which Anto. the washout at 3.15 Sunday ilng. In addition to the rain, hailâ€" w&s large as walnuts fell in tor: @. resulting, according to reports \ here, in field after field of limgâ€"crops being flattened to the MG ‘in many cases the ruination erop ‘¥he grain being complete. he storm commenced shortly after { . Saturday night, and . for hours raged with a severity never d here before. Without hardâ€" ‘@~moment‘s cessation\the sky was Mliantly â€" illuminated with vivid #hes of lightning dutring the entire #m.. and deep thunder roared conâ€" Buougly. At midnight the downâ€" m stréets were several feet deep &h water, and firemen and city emâ€" @Â¥esâ€"worked up to their hips trying de@ep the watermains open. Strange )mamtate, however, only one orâ€" tWo iges ‘of lightning striking were reâ€" ed. Both were private residencâ€" rm very little uamage resulted. * ‘Ran Into Washout ,“‘;"’" not until after 3.30 Sunday orming that the worst results of the h ‘became known in the city. At NDON. Ont., July 11.â€"A cloudâ€" that deluged London at noon rday after an allâ€"night‘s rain, med business properties and housâ€" Mn all parts of th city, caused a bre of washouts on railroad lines gdhens more on country â€" highâ€" s, fiattened standing crops, and &( with more or less severity ir Komoka to Guelph and from St. omas north to Exeter, caused . a L‘:‘lrlously estimated at from . a of a million to a half million Bodist Church and the press room EQ London Free Press Slates #ipped from the steeple of the reh, while the congregation was b‘ in the morning service. No Was injured and the fire, which Iwed, was soon smothered by the City This Afternoon s Turned Into Rivers and Cellars and Stores Are Floodedâ€"Worst Downpour Since Flood 38 Years Agoâ€"Scores of Washouts. Harris, Local IAGE TO LONDON DISTRICT BY STORM PERHAPS $250,000; BOYS SWIM N THE STREETS ris, the Kitchener hiker who ; the hike to Washington,D.C. on‘@ â€"wager, is neariug hothe feotedto arrivre in the oity 6 Athisâ€"afterncon. Word.was ttrgot â€" Gaitthat Harris had g-l&:b'fih!fiu-m H, . July of Wed hiit" ~a dn npag xtyâ€"four days, leaving him with ovet er Due Back In II' third of his bundred to spare. ed to Safety W hen I m 111 EnE Aoe j $ * Akiman . Aien ‘MbHLS vihitie e "hA ds ./ 1ate oren thrp.â€"ronnin n Hamjiton to| time. The ‘liftle cofin . had ‘to. De:left uelph, 16 be madée up‘ for a through|}? the church uptil.the water receded. g C vinahfat t Ni oo Bek 2 ingrermererceimidimiee omm o +. # tréight, <ram‘into a‘_washout "mbout ) = n an + Toln aas oo cast or Sveeiwen| Chatham Is Hit station on ‘the Canadian Pactfic, : just w. ver e‘Sturm~ 1. c d ccoade" themack mal =â€" _ %t#lnbarkfie wiiles from "Guelph. Phe ‘track! had UItyâ€" ‘kness béen undermined for a distance of rkoâ€"op«« 20 feet.‘and the enifgthe was deratied,| _ CHATHAM, July 12.â€"One of . the fle tender: turning ‘over jn the ditcn, [ O"8* storms of the season passed Arst car swinging ‘completely over the city laie Mondsy afternooa, ind me C ¢ th. damaging many trees in the city. Rain ground ‘guostopping M‘ ""*® D) fou in torrents for qver one armd oneâ€" track. â€" half hanrs finadinv tho "aity arvanta The train was in charge of Engineer William: Laing of Toronto, and Conâ€" ductor Cecil Reid of London. . The:en: gineer and Fireman Lavary, alsoâ€" of Toronto, were both thrown from the cab, but miraculonsly escaped serions injury. ‘The other cars of the train also sunk down in a track that was washed down in several points, alâ€" though where the engina went off we« the worst. 7 Were Washed Out. i An examination revealed the fact that at this point five temâ€"foot lengths of the city‘s main water pipe and reâ€" taining wall behind it had been comâ€" pletely washed out, and the pipe carâ€" fied almost to the track, a distance of 15 feet. ‘The water was roaring out of the broken main, and it was at first thought that this had caused the washout, but an investigation showed that this was not the case, as huge boulders,â€" weighing 300 pounds, had been washed over a rocky bank just west of the track, and the water was stfll pouring over the stonecliffs. The water was also deep behind the retaining wall The floods were most serious in various districts where storm water sewers have been emptied into naturâ€" al water courses, such as the old Carâ€" ling creek. At Dundas and Egerton Streets the sewer manholes gushed rain. At the Free Press the lightning entered on an electric switchboard in the press room and caused a loss esâ€" timated at $10,000 _ to mechanical equipment and newsprint. water five feet h(gh and filled the street near the intersection to such a depth that boys during the afterâ€" noon went swimmipg over the pave holidaying with he ment while property owners atrug-! Mrs. E. F. Micike gled vainly to dam the waters. | _ The Orangemen Within a short period the waters backed up to Dorinda Street, encircâ€" ling scores of houses along King 8t., east of the fair grounds, morTh on Quebec, Ontario, Elizabeth and Dorâ€" inda streets ,and flooding down Dufâ€" ferin Ave. between Adelaide and Eliâ€" zabeth streets to a depth of four feet or more. Residents of a row otl houses on Dufferin Ave. were driven from their homes shortly before the waters undermined a brick mtmlol owned by George Louch, inspector for the London Street Railway. The east foundation gave way and the wall stripped from the house fell into the washout that he wil} complete the journey in The cloudburst marked the â€" 88th anniversary of a simiflar dmwu.r‘ that was a prelude to the soâ€"called "July Flood" of July 11, 1883. OI‘ July 10 of that year a severe rafm 0¢â€" turred, and at 2 o‘clock on the folâ€" lowing morning the swolien Thiames swept through West London carrying away dozens of houses and causing the loss of 40 lives. ‘nmm‘.‘g .ufin broke out in Blohm : 3 yards at Hamburg ~last ~nig Damaged By Fire A The city Hvdro scation was hit by a lightning. bolt,. causing. much,damâ€" age o a section of the switehboard and burning out a large traiisformer. CHATHAM, July 12.â€"One of . the worst storms of the season passed over the city laie Mondsy efternoon, damaging many trees in the city. Rain fel in torrents for qver one awd oneâ€" half hours, flooding the ‘city streets. Some streats were flooded with poois ; of water for over an héur aftfer the | storm, the drains not being large | enough to carry away the vast quanâ€" tities of water which feil. I The entire _clty ~was in rdarkress until 9 o‘clock when the resgidential lights were turned on. The city streets were still in darkness up to a late hour. s + * Auto Plunges . ___Into River And +« ‘Woman Drowns On Monday evening sll the Sons of Erin in town celebrated the cessation of hostilities im the Emerald Isle as only Celts can. Mr. and Mrs. Albert Hauck of Torâ€" onto, have been holidaying with Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Hauck. CHATHAM, < July 12.â€"Ida Good: man, 15 years old; daughter of Géorge Goodman, Wallaceburg, was drowned Sunday eve&ing when an auto in which she was riding with three othâ€" ers, plunged into the Sydenham River off the ferry at Beche, five miles north of Wallateburg. The parâ€" Who‘s Who and What‘s What ty were returning to their homes afâ€" ter a short trip in the country and got lost. They did not know they were on a road leading to the ferty. The body was recovered in about an hour. Miss Ethel Mielke of Kitchener, is holidaying with her parents Mr. and Mrs. MoNichol of Saltcrats, Saskatâ€" chowan, and two children and | Mrs. Mader of Bréslau, spent a few days with Mr. and Mrs. Appel last week. The Orangemen wil} have some real live tgples for discussion at the 12th this year. Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Lint spent the weekâ€"end visiting in New Dundee. Miss Elma Hauck of Toronto, is rusticating with her parents in town. Lightning strock the end of pr: T Y. Robinson‘s harn during the‘storm Friday afternoon And‘f‘nlted some chaff, which fortunately was damp, ang being obsérved by Mr. Jer Marâ€" tin just in time. A few pails of water put out the fire to the relief of quite a few people. We hope it doesn‘t rain on July 15, §t. Swithin‘s day, as it will rain every day for six weeks If it does. ww PMR PNPTC NECCC The sermon next Sunday ovmu& in Calvary church will be of the real aummer .sermon â€"subject . varietyâ€" ‘"Léssons from bicycle riding." .~«f â€"your cellar has not become wet efiough from the recent.raina, you still have a few.days to molsten up beforg the . morhing: of . July 10th. Send to Mr. dacob Good has moved his gar age into the premises recently over hauled by Mr. Gordon Hollinger, where he will be prepared uNu”ly the needs of the motoring public. It looks dike a good move for Jake and we‘wish him luck. 5 Mr. agd Mrs. Victor Hahn of New Hamburg spont the weekâ€"end with Mr. and Mrs. I. E. Filsinger. Some one remarked the other day that this month has been unâ€"July hot. That‘s a real. Jpiy pun. LATEST NEWS OF THE DISTRICT t farget: the . 8T. JACOBS Personals and Other Items as Told By Chronicleâ€"Telegraph Correspondents. dug in _A som of the deceased man called at Dr. J. F.; Honsberger‘s office last eveâ€" ning with a copy of the Telegraph and stated that according to the descrip ‘tion contained in last evening‘s issue the man‘was undoubtedly his father He had left his home some time durâ€" ing last Tuesday night and had not been seenâ€" or heard of since. Dr.Honsâ€" berger was informed that it was not unusual for the aged man to go away for three or four days at a time, and they were not alarmed as to Misâ€"safety s he usually,came back. The mystery surrounding the body of the â€"man found in the lag: con off the ‘Grand River nekt Lexingâ€" ton on Sunday was solved on Monday night and the remains are belfieved to have beén those 6f Johin J. Donahehay who formetly resi@@dâ€"at 100 Wilmot street but; recently has been lving at 74 ‘Breithaupt street. Donahehay, it was stated by the son generally wore a suit of overalls whet he went to work, and when he wen« the river he wore the same outfit He was well acquainted in the vicâ€" inity where his body was found, ant |lt was possible that he went there to take a bath, and met with a mishap. planning to picnic in Waterloo park to be held at some day not yet fixed. Miss Helma Gies is spending a few days with relatives in Barrie. Rev. J. S. Bressler of Lancaster, Penn, delivered an evangelistic disâ€" course in the Mennonite church on Tuesday evéening of this week * Mr. George Good who bis been atâ€" tending school at Harrigpnburg, Va., is again in action on the old homeâ€" stead. He and two of his companions invested in a Henry Ford and left there ‘one Fricay morning â€" recently and were home in Waterloo a distâ€" ance of some 700 miles by Saturday noon. That‘s flivving some. Miss L. M. Dounley, of The Teleâ€" graph staff is spending her vacation at Burlington Beach. C Mr. Josephus Martin and sons of Toronto, are spending the summer with friends in this vicinity. The late John Donahehay was 65 years of age, and was formerly employâ€" ed at Kaufman‘s planing mills. He is survived by a family of grownâ€"up chilâ€" dren. . On Fricay aftermoon a heavy rain storm ewept over here from the south with considerable emnergy doing quite a lot of damage to summer crop. Grain that had been well advanced was alâ€" most all flattened to the grounmd, some may be a loss. Corn is down too. The wheat withstood the storm well, and although quite early, a lot will be cut this week. As haying has only beâ€" gun and promises a heavy crop, will keep the farmers busy when the wheat is also to .be cut. This. however, will remind them of the old saying "make hay while the: sun shines. Mr. and Mrs. Whitney Sr., and Mrs. Brown and "prize baby" of Toronto, have been spending a few days at "The Maples." DMedâ€"infant duaghter of Mr. and Mrs. Dahiet® Lemp. _ Mrs. Henry Z. Wagner, Mr. and Mrs. Tom, Cape and their huhur Margaret, all of Detroit, and Mr. and Mrs. John ®. Wagner of Kitchéner were the guests of Mr. and ‘Mre John ©. Waigner on Sunday. ‘Mr. and Mrs. Astor Koekler and Mr. and Mrs JV8:Koohier atténded on Friday the fuadral of the laté Gordon “u sat" “m niy @4 ‘vohlm $ Briefs The 8. S. of Calvary church are BERLETS CORNERS té of Mr. and Mrs John | Mr. ~John Kautman and ~Mr.â€"and Sunday. Mrea. H. W. Kaufman were visiting irs. ~Astor Koekler and | frlends in Hamburg on â€"Sunday.<Mrs. J"8: Koehier atténded on | HW. Kagtmansremaine for a week. aéiral of the laté Gordon | Mra. M. Wikkholhm is spendiog. aâ€"fow Wekesponre."" * > â€" ‘~| aays with friends~in<Kitchenar. ABtookley> whd > Miss <Al~| + Fail wheat is being cutsandâ€" hay is [ ow d n laol ie aull coiees, . B anlalanins‘ss 5 done . ucccatis £ â€"<|Rasor and Pool of Blood Found. Some Distance Away ""* _ From Cistern Behind Sonie Berry Bushesâ€" . the Police Unable To Secure Informaâ€" _ A pleasant day was spent at the home. of Mts. Frickey on Sunday where a number of relatives . and friends gathered there. _ Those presâ€" ent were: Mr. and Mrs. Richard Frickey, Kitchener; Mr. and Mrs. Walter Frickey and family, Waterloo; Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Frickey and family, Linwood; Mr. and Mrs. Herb Klem and fam.ly, Kitchener; Mr. and Mrs. Henry Nixdorf, Waterioo; . Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Nixdorf and family, Waterloo; Mr. and Mrs. Harry Nixâ€" dorf, Waterloo; Miss Elma Nixdorf, Waterloo; â€" Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Hoimpel and fainily, Bamberg; and Messrs. George, Ezra, and Clayton \Brawn, Erbsville whose body was found in a cistern at the rear of his residence on ‘Waiter street on Monday afternoon with the throat cut, and at ‘first ‘belteved by many to have been a case of swicide, takes on a new aspect followingâ€"later discoveries ‘by the police A pap! of blood and a bloody razor have been found . behind some berry bushes over on» hundred and twentyâ€"five feet from .the cistern ynb blokid marks between that spot and the cistern. This peculiar â€" cireumstance has completelyâ€" altered the aspect of the affair and until the postâ€"mortem exâ€" amination of the remains has been mede it will be impossibls to ascerâ€" tain whether it would have been posâ€" sible for the man to have cut his throat and gome that distance without leaving traces of <blood. Coroner Kalbfleisch stated this morning that | were certain important veins cut, it could not have been the case. Were these veins not severed it might have | been possible that Stoppler had cntl his throat and thenâ€" finding himsel still alive, managed to get to th\ clsâ€" term without profuse bleeding. Mystery shrouds â€" the entire affair. Mrs. Steppler is still in bed suffering fromâ€"severe bruises and beating, said to have been inflicted on her by her‘ ‘hulbxmd about‘ five o‘clock Monday morning. When seen by the police she News Notes Mr. and Mrs. Turel of Waterloo (prm Sun with Mr. and Mrs. Dan Schweitzer here. ' Miss Mynet@@\Gies of St. Joseph‘s Hospital, Hamiltdp, is holidaying with her parents here â€" Mr. and Mrs. J er, spent Sunday Wm. Schaefer. Mr. and Mrs. Chas. HMN\;"‘;: den, spent Sunday with Mrs. J. Sat tler here. Mr. C. Schopp of Winnipeg, and Mr. and Mrs. J. A: Schopp of Lanigan, SAzk.. are spending a few weeks with their parents. ‘Mrs. J. Kautman spent a week with friends in, Kitchenor wnd Hamburg. The death of _ Herman . Steppler, IOLD INQUEST TOâ€"~+ SQLVE MYSTERY H. _ STEPPLER‘S DEATH HEIDELBERG Scholl of Kitchen rith Mr. and Mri tionâ€"From Wife As Yet. ~ Damage by StSorm. Thunder storms accompanied by heayy downpours of rain passed over this section Saturday afternoon when the rain came down like a cloudburst in the section immediately north of us which made the creek feeding Mr. Ebel‘s and Mr. Schweitzer‘s dams into a little river as a result of which both dams were damaged considerably by washouts. Funeral ofâ€"late Resident. The remains of the late Mrs. Gottâ€" fried Jones, who died Saturday night at her home near West Montrose, were interred in the Lutheran ceme: tery after a service in the Lutheran church on Tuesday afternoon. . Rev. J. Strempfer, of Elmira, conducted the service. Deceased had for a number of years been living in this village and leaves to mourn her death the berâ€" eaved hisband, three sons, Jacob of Wallace township, Charles, on . the home farm near Wem Montrose and John of near Winterbourne, also two daughters, Mra. Dietrich Scherer and Mrs. Geo. Forbes near Winterbourne, all of whom have the sympathy of a large circle of friends in their bereaveâ€" ment. Perscnal. Rev. H. Rembe, of Hamilton, will conduct the service in the LAtheran church on Sunday forencon wou‘ld volunteer no information on the matter and their search for the missing mar went on for several hours yesterday in order that the true story of the affray could be learned. When it was found that Steppler‘s throat had been cut, a neighbor reâ€" called having noticed a pool of blood behind a clump of berry busLhes. some distance away. She rotified the police ard they found not only the pool of blood but also the bloody razr nearby and its case lying some little distance away.. Mr. @nd Mrs. Richard Sippel and daughter, Melva, and Mr. And Mrs. E. Holiner from | were visitor®‘ at ths home of m on ‘Wedâ€" Steppler could not be located and it was not. until four‘o‘clock in the atâ€" ternoon that George McDonald, a brothcrâ€"inâ€"law ‘of Stepplét‘s, noticing that the lid was off the cistern, began prodding the water wita a long pole. He located the body & d notified the police. The jury which met this afternoon at the call of Coroner Dr. Kalbfieisch was comjosed as follows: Geo. Potter, D. W. Houston, Oscar Boehmer, S. R. Ernst, Phares Eby, 4. H. Wettlaufer, P. I. O‘Connor, and W. H. Schmalz, tho last ramed being selected as foreâ€" man. Following an adjournment until two o‘clock on Friday &afternoon, July 22nd, the jury visited Schreiter‘s Unâ€" dertzking Parlors where the remains of the deceased were viewed. . Later thev visited the scene of the occurâ€" here will make their residence atl Parkston, South Dakota. We ail join in wishing them a long and happy wedded life. > they visited rnce. Mr. and Mrs. Herman Lebutzki, of St. Jacobs, spent Sunday here with Mr. and Mrs. H. Gies. _â€"â€"â€" e mauy ‘"MT." Kiden ~Richm : wris on the sftk|Cyrusâ€"Sohoch. at m“{‘nc‘md but w6\ > Mr:â€"Altred ‘Tarsl ‘and :Miss T re. ind to dly ‘he is‘ up andiable to ; and Emm israel and>MrsJuo CcoNEssTOGO. STRASBURG _ of. Crop in. New QGermany ~ and Breglau ‘Area." ***~. this vicinity enjoyed a yery pleaegpt cvening 1t the home/of Henry Becker, the occasion being pclhro cream «party which was enjoyed by all. The evénâ€" ing was pleasantly spent in outdoor games and music, The rain:of last week did.alotJof good to the .crops in the vicinity. Ehe hay crop id heavy and 4s all in the harns yet but the huzthvw‘ the hay o : harvest ‘the «wheat â€"cr0p which is ripe. Mr. C. Schock «of Rurich is «pending #A>week ‘at) the| Rhonute sof <biles bou,SMr. Mr. and Mrs. 8. Livingood and Mr. and Mrs. Hé¥b. Schnarr of Kitokemer, and David and Lorne: Mank andMiss Freda Sass and Ina Livingood of Watâ€" erloo, visited â€"with friends: asdrelaâ€" tives here om Sunday. ied by hail, which visited many parts of Western Ontario Saturday . midâ€" night but not so the area lying: .be Trees were torm up by the rpots, and some maplé trees two and a*haif feet thick were snapped offâ€"half way down the trunk. Charles Zuber swfferâ€" od the most severely in the Bloomâ€" ingdale district. Most of his barn was blown over, both ends being blown out, and it pulled out and broke many trees in his hardwod bush. Others whose barns were damaged in the vicinity of Bloomingdale were those n the farms of Ivan Cresâ€" man, &mrles Gebhl, ‘Walter Bitch@y. Valentyne Bitchey â€" and Mr. Eibard had their orchards damaged. Fruit Crops Damaged. * ‘The apple and fruit crop genétaly was almost ruined throughout . the area traversed by the storm. On the road to Guelph a dozen or more tr&ss could be seen along the highway pailâ€" ed out or snapped off. ly $2,500 to $3,000 each., were racent purchasers of the land The loss to him is a very severe blow, as ‘they must purchase grain and | feed for thoir stock. The suggestion was made to The Telegraph by Mr. Janxen thit Warden _ Armstrong, . the reeve "ot Waterloo to'nn%. and the member of the legislaturé, N. Asmussen, should iinmediately inspect the arta. He believes that the county, the township and the province, «@ltier singly or collectively â€" will have ‘to give some of these farmers ~assistâ€" ance &nd that these officials showld view the damage at first hand. Kitchener . and "Waterloo esgpped the terriic eléctrical storm, accompanâ€" Bloomingdale, and Breslau.‘The loss to crops, buildings and trees ~ in that area may reach $100,000.â€" _‘ Old farmers in the district declare they never saw anyihing like it. The storm broke in all its fury about 12 o‘clock Saturday aight. It Jasted about half an hour. During the liiterâ€" val the rain and hail didn‘t come down in single drops or stomes..‘Inâ€" stead it came down in sheet after sheet, flatening out all the crops in its path, and tearing and smashing many buildings. _ The rain was a virtual cloudburst. r In some parts of the district faÂ¥imâ€" ers who suffered so severely, prob@bâ€" _ The torrential downpour was acâ€" companied by a great wind. Barns were unroofed, some dwellings were slightly damaged, and window glass was broken. It is stated that in the school house at New Germany not & whole pane of gall remains. Crops Lost § H. L. Janzen who resides with his son C. H. Janzem on the Breglau road motored over a large part of the district on Sunday. The fall wheat had matured so rapidly with the igâ€" tense heat of the previous ten,daÂ¥fs that it was practically all m‘r‘vuu out. The barley, oats, mited griin, and cora were ‘lattened out. There will be practically no â€" sabyrage" of these crops, Mr. Janzer said. The turâ€" mips, mangolds and potatoes were alâ€" so cut off by the hail, while some were even torn up by the roots. Mrs. Waiter Ui:derwood is spending the afternoon in ‘Queliph. "£