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THE STORM
[Welland Tribune, 27 May 1898]
The storm which passed here on the morning of the 19th was wide spread, extending not only over Western Canada but throughout Michigan, Wisconsin, Illinois and Iowa. It is seldom that we are visited with a storm of such severity; the incessant thunder and lightning continuing for over an hour, accompanied by a heavy rain and some hail. In Wisconsin it was particularly severe, many lives being lost and much property destroyed.
In Ingersoll the Baptist church was struck and consumed. From various sections of the province we learn that barns and other buildings have been destroyed, and their contents consumed. At Watford the hail is reported to have been as large as bantam eggs, which broke a great deal of glass and did considerable damage to fruit trees. In London a bolt entered the house of J.B. Allenby killing him instantly as he lay in bed. The room was set on fire but was extinguished before much damage was done.
At Hamilton during the storm the old building of the Hamilton Spectator and adjoining buildings burned down, but there is a difference of opinion whether this was or was not the result of lightning.
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