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Show iiri'UHi) or aivoii diustim. A Plrnlo Party Struck by l.lfbtataf g 1'ouug Uirl KitloU. S r. Lor is, June 17. During tho severe se-vere storm yesterday afternoon, soma twenty live picnickers huddled in an outhouse in Forest l'urk for protection ; from the rain. Suddenly there was a sharp Hash of lightuiug, a quick reyer. : berating peal of thuuder and then . shrieks and moans and cries for help '" issuing from the building. A wile scene of confusion followed and a po-l.cemau po-l.cemau hurried to the scene. Nearly ..',, all the occupants of tho outhouse wei ' ' I.' more or less injured, Sadie McArthur. ,' aired Vi, being killed and three others "',r'' very seriously but not fatally hurt. Sev ".' i era! suffered a severe nervous shock ''S-'J' A BUI TL'NNKL CAVES IM. .. PottT Iltuoff, Mich., Juno 17. A bijf V; cave-in occurred at tho l'ort Huron Grand Trunk tunnel yesterday morrl v;;.it ing. Tho north bank for nianyVMt gave away and sank into tho approac.h, X , -. 4inateiy .tttHnlW;M k6rti:t-? It will take two months to remove tfitf 'f i ., earth that caved in. I IKOV.NED IN THE MOHAWK, , ' A- 'Jitov. JN.Y., Juao 17. Ash bury Mil ton Foster, jr., a atudent at Kenssalaer Polytechnic institute of this city, wa drowned waiia bathing in tha Mohawk river. His home was at Los Angeles., Cab, and ba was a member of the ciasj of 18H4. DAMAGE HOXE Bf A TORNADO. Wichita, Kan., June 17. A tornado, is reported to have swept over New liurdock on the Wichita & Westerns railway yesterday afteruoon. Consiil-i erable damage must have been done ton the crops. Wichita got a sligh't hail storm. ELECTRIC STORMS l.V TUB EAST. ri rTsm uo, June 17. Severe electric storms are reported throughout eastern Ohio aud western Pennsylvania. Much,.; damage is reported aud' neveral fatalities. fatali-ties. THE AWFIL DISASTER AT BASLE. Bkune, June 17. Tho uumber cf?4 killed in the liasle disaster now foots up to 130 and the injured tfOU. |