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Show Meet Death in Electrical Storm. Philadelphia. Three persons were killed, several seriously injured, wires were prostrated, trees uprooted and buildings damaged by an electrical Storm which visited this city and vicinity Monday night. At Allen-town Allen-town the cyclonic wind prostrated live wires, which fell on a frame house with corrugated iron lining. As David H. Gackenbach, aged 30, and Hannibal J. Dotterel, aged 24, were leaving the building they touched the metal and were instantly killed. John Wagner, aged 40, was killed trying to rescue the men. Miss Carrie Allender was badly burned. |