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Worst Electrical Storm in History of Temiskaming ‘*The citizens of Englehart and the surrounding country, especially that portion toward Charlton and Tomsâ€" ton, had an experience on Monday afternoon last which will never be forgotten by any living in that area. New Liskeard residents saw the heavy bank of black clouds which passed around to the north of this town, but little did we imagine the true extent of what was really happening in the country above referred to. At about two o‘clock p.m. it became so dark in Englehart that the use of electric light was necessary for the carrying on of business in the various estabâ€" lishments. Shortly after a storm hit the town, the like of which has never been experienced in the Temiskaming District within the memory of the present generation at least. _ There was a bormbardment of thunder and lightning, while sheets of water, and later large hail stones descended on the town and country in such quantities that in but a very short time Englehart Town was just about submerged. The main streets of the town are said to have sbeen hubâ€"high in running water, while the northern part of the town was submerged from three to five or six feet in a raging flood. ‘*Words fail to depict the experience through which our neighbours passed during the two or three hours immediâ€" ately following the commencement of the storm. Not only were the streets submerged in water but secores of ming District. Streets and roads were flooded; cellars were filled ; houses were partly submerged with water and other damage was done A gsentleman at the meeting of the Asâ€" sociated Boards of Trade at lroquois Falls last week mentioned that it would be difficult to realize the exâ€" tent of the flood without seeing the damage done, as it all occurred in a ftew short hours and all resulted from the rain and electrical storm. Roads and street, he said, were like small rivers. In some cases people found it impractical to open the doors of houses and other buildings on account of the press of water against them. Some climbed through windows and used canoes to get elsewhere. There was no very serious damage, but the incident â€" was â€" certainly . alarming. After the waters had subsided the damage was found to be less than most expected, though it will be heavy enough. There is a very complohen- sive report of the flood and storm in the last issue of The New Liskeard Speaker, including many interesting details and particulars. The Speaker Last week the Englehart district was visited by what was generally believed to be the worst electrical and rain storm in the history of Temiskaâ€" Englehart and District First Had Period of Near Darkâ€" ness Then Terrific Storm Struck, with Great Downfall of Rain. Apparently a Cloud Burst. Streets and Houses Flooded. Much Damage Done. NESTLES Y MILK Â¥You will soon be repaid with a store of good h e a l t h. ENO S Masx in Comada by the aakers of NestiiW‘s Baby Fuod flavour to Ur S bre}g)kfast cereal houses were flooded, while hundreds of cellars were absolutely filled up with the water. The downfall of waâ€" ter had every appearance of a cloud burst, but as the storm continued to whirl around the town apparently comâ€" ing from all directions, it would indiâ€" ‘ate that Englehart and vicinity was the centre of an immense electrical whirlwind storm. Will kill many times more flies for the money than any other fly killer. pad will kill flies all day, every day, for three veeks. At all Grocers, Drugâ€" «ists and General Stores â€" 10c and 25¢ per package. ® ‘"However, after the storm had aâ€" bated, it was marvellous to see what little damage was actually done. Aâ€" side from the scores of premises which have been flooded and which will enâ€" tail more or less loss as a result, The Speaker‘s representative learned of the following instances where loss will be considerable: ‘"‘The heaviest was inflicted at the power subâ€"station in Englehart, where Engineer Sandy McQueen has charge of the plant. When the storm hit the town Mr. MeQueen inmediately clearâ€" ed his switchboard which is the proâ€" per method of averting damage by lightning. By that time the subâ€"staâ€" tion was rather a terrifying place to be in, with the roar of the passing of the ecurrent so loud and it could be heard a long distance. Mr. MeQueen next endeavoured to disconnect the ‘‘juice‘‘ at the entrance switch, but before he could get near it he was knocked down and badly injured.. No doubt he owes his life to the fact that he was unable to reach the switch. The subâ€"station was much of a wreck as we saw it, although the bulding apparently suffered little damage. ‘"‘That an overwhelming disaster was not the result of the lightning and â€" deluge which followed is a miracle. The crash of the thunder and the flashing of electricity was abâ€" solutely terrifying and many people in the midst of the storm state that they fully expected their end had come. ‘*Canoes and boats were made use of to transport citizens from places of actual danger to safety. ‘‘Mr. T. S. Woollings is a very heavy loser, the storm having inflicted a loss of from $2000 up at his extenâ€" tensive greenhouse and grounds. ‘‘Harold Anyon, living just on the outskirts of the town, had his house and all contents destroyed by fire. "*E. Rossell, living down Tomstown way, is said to have also lost his home and contents. ‘‘Mr. Elliott, a resident near Engleâ€" hart, had se\eral cows and a number of hens killed. A number of pigs were also victims. THE PORCUPINE ADVANCE, TIMMINS, UuNTARIO ‘‘The home of Mr. Ed. Smith was struck and fire broke out in one of the ibeds, but this was extinguished without much loss to the property. "Jas. Smith lost a valuable horse as the result of one severe flash. * Alf. Gehrig and family had an exâ€" citing time when their Jhome was struck. Mr. Gebhrig states that he owes his escape from heavy financial loss to the fact that he had but reâ€" cently installed lightning devices. . 0. from Endlehalt to Charlton was sald to have heen washed out in eight or ten different places, thereby cutâ€" ting off rail communication between the two towns and stranding one of the trains on the line. ‘‘The heaviest rush of water apâ€" pears to have come down the gully spanned by the cement bridge on the Erglehart end of the Charlton road. Here there was a cutting some fifteen feet. deop through which all kinds of debris was carried to the low lands below the bridge. _ addition to the damage inflictâ€" ed by the heavy fall of water on the farm lands, the road bed of the T. HEAVY ELECTRICAL STORM AT ELK LAKE LAST WEEK line The Sudbury Star last week had the following paragraph :â€" ‘*One of the heaviest electric storms ever seen struck Elk Lake recently, and in less than one hour two and a half inches of rain fell, and the wind reached a velocity of sixty miles per hour. Quite a number of trees were crushed in the vicinity of the town, but no great damage was done so far as could be ascertained. Owing to the velocity of the wind, very few houses escaped getting water in some place, as the rain blew in windows and doors and even through roofs, and if there was the least tendency to looseness, a lot of water was accumulated. _ The thermometer dropped in a few hours from 95 to 49 so that people who were sweltering at noon had to put blankets in their beds before the next morning. The only damage to the road so far as is known was one culvert washed out east of Elk Lake. The rain did not seem to extend any great distance as it did not materialize east of Osâ€" seo, and seems to have been largely local, but the thunder and lightning was very heavy."‘ Quaker PUFFED WHEAT W hen it‘s lunch time for everyâ€" body else, but only one o‘clock for youâ€" When the clock, not your appeâ€" tite, tells you it is time to eatâ€" Ask for Quaker Puffed Wheat. Your appetite will respond to the nutlike flavour of these intriguâ€" ing grains. Natural, whole grains «+ + each puffed to 8 times normal size. â€" Every food cell thereby broken down and made easily digestible. All the bran and mineral salts «+ needed bulk with light nutrition. Quaker Puffed Rice, also When it‘s only "One O‘clock" for you Inviting, wholesome morsels that send you back to a b desk refreshed and satisf OTHER BOYS HURT PLAYING WITH BYNAMITE CAPS On several occasions The Advance has urged parents to warn their echildâ€" ren against playing with dynamite ecaps. It would be better to buy a mule and have the boys enjoy themâ€" selves by lying close to the mule and playing with his heels. Any parent who doesn‘t want to buy a mule for his boy should take the trouble to teach that boy not to fool around with dynaâ€" mite caps. _ Two Cobalt lads, one eleven years old, and the other twelve, last week learned of the danger of dynamite cas. Experience, in this case was a painful school and came close to being even worse. _ While camping at Martineau Bay, some seven miles from Cobalt, the elevenâ€" yearâ€"old lad found a dynamite cap and became very curious as to its inside workings. He used his knife on it, and the story nearly ended there so far as the boy was concerned. The explosion ‘shattered the inife and peppered the owner and his chum with fragments of the cap. The boys had been swimming and so were not clothâ€" ed, thus having no protection at all from the pieces of cap that went with terrific force all about them. _ Both lads had to be taken to the Mines hosâ€" pital at Cobalt. Neither of them is seriously hurt though both received very painful injuries. The younger lad had one small wound in the face, but otherwise the both boys fortunateâ€" ly eseaped any sears on the face. The incident, or accident, should once more impress on all the danger comâ€" ing from playing with dynamite caps. Parents should impress this danger on their youngsters. It is perfectly true that the person or persons leaving the caps where they may be found by boys is deserving of censure, but sureâ€" ly that fact should not obscure the truth that no one wants injury to hapâ€" pen to the boy. There have been a number of accidents in this North Land through children playing with these percussion caps. Any acceidents of this type are too many. 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