, 1869-08-03
STORMS.
Destruction of n Town In Rnnsna-
Dcalhs by Lightning IN Iowa.

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From The Laurence (Kdn.) Journal, .Jufy 80.
The storm that passed over lawrence Tuesday
evening will long be rememnefed ~ oar cltl1en+
not particularly lor the severity OF tne wtnl and
continuous glare Of electricity that 1cd the
atmosphere. The heavens seemed TO have been
III tp with one continual blaze Of electricity, and
II Illuminated BY the Ground laughing moou-"
severe ri n sessIity vas !5o1s IN .Rss1oa1s ~
~ proSi ike N snsry g Ion - da.nsso "a r Tss as.
cept Inc damaging or a number Of young ahado
trees and The striking OF Mr. Whiiconh's house.
The fury Of The storm ha41 been spent before It
rence ID some places Ii wns terrific, especially
Hhere II reached The head waters Of The kan.as -
s EsSsn af NC sasss SHsas' TEE TnSeS ey sea
;ney s,spptd Tuesday nIglt q Detroit small
kansas lnclnc Road, and that ll,outfo O'Clock tho
storm h:rst forth upon the deruted ylllase IN nl
It's fury. Tho thunder and lightning Werr terrible,
station Is Known On the railroad map as Lamb,s
po,ut, but Town had Just started up which WAS
aanea netroi SoMe eight or ten houses bud al
1' sons were 1 camped t on on .ho town town. site. Vic Vic
were living IN thcr tents uu.t they could
put up Temporary dwe1ogs., Every house 70 tho
ktrp, I'd: fu-uturr. bed and bcddtn.. Mtre seal
tered oEer tho n1atr!o anil lost aud destroyed.
a1InnItsl5 w. no Gag fseefsI 81 l nnJ ssous nas3
pupi+r we're slightly injured. People were coue
p!e'l TO stand out on tue prairie. afler the build!
The the hurricane and thu pltess peluue Of rain
and hall, Only Two families hAd secured any
thing Ike a shelter frpm tho storm, AMI
after the btiiid1uE had been demolished, and by
ihis nrAns secured pat1tal shelter from tho fury
q shs sIements Taose II tehts Jared Gstte. tl.au
jet they fell uEson tho occupants, md thus aavet
them from sercze pc1tluK. Thu honse IN which
Mess1s Thompsor Iud bsmsn Eeru Stopping re-
scauHr away from the Hrcck Ut lively pace A
log house that hal brased tho storms for
ia t6at ioca1isy, and which nad bccn usoA al
home Of entertainment, or hulcl, MAS leyelled 70
the ground n many places ths corn has been
had been harvested and shocte4i IN the 1elt was
scatictei IN every direction. 4 dozen OF more
telegraph poles neEe hloEn down, and the wires
fatcd village from the northwest ar1d the work
Of destruction WIS quick and terrible Our Inform
ants bad not learned q any additional damage 70
damage lad been sustained by the people On tho
north side Of smoty lilt, as they left early We'd
lsy il the ssset ii the stoia could hardIy escape
MORE or less injury. These gentlemen have been
IN Kansas a few weeks They have Been ont weat
looking Tor lands, md say that they never before
passed through such night OF terrors, aud that
The people Of that section ns.ee n the sans thing.
II Ii indeed mi1ncie that no lives were lost, or
more serious results followed such q storm; and
as 1t ls, we may yet hear OF the loss Of life from
other rtaces near W.
From Tie Cti1r Fdls CIsetx, .Juiy 30,
Our city wns again visited last Saturday night
with one 0! these Intensely sescrc thunder s.orms
peculiar to this scason- Tho elements Nerc at wat
rt n ae
slant sheet Of IRE for I'VE hours. About II O. clock
the clouds gathered IN h!acfnesa, and the ra!a
ing up III Intervals 10 get another itart aud then
coming down has1tr thau ever: but the
ma,n portion OF the storm WIS east
e1ed ena n0fsa aeasa e us sn 10 as!H1son Dsa s
corne Al the town q Floyd, near Charles C!ty.
iah;ninF, iii and ne ~ md his Vie we're snled. Nj.
AL r PpmtEuy, HAL Agent on the Cedar FAil.
Ainncsota RallIoad. informs the Waterloo Re.
mo1n.ng BY one Of thclr uel2hbors, Mn. CunntoE-
WI III s* ss s sSdsss -
or hlsskened all over The she!s -, bodies:
a.ees 51SAa Tn 9 au nj not b, e
Storm, aad hts nrss knoziedge OF the terrible fate
OF hts brother and wife was communicated to him
x o sna ts ons hs
damage done 10 The bnslding Was tho knocking on
TneJ III recently been married. Two other
pe1sGna were fiEed h5 lightning during tho storm,
one living west OF Charles CITY Ind one North 4
naIn anda number OF trees mere also struck tn
thst vicinity. ~
The crops were considerably damaged, the
heavy winds blowing down Etalu. Tne pas1enKe1
storm md compelled to stop near MasnnJlile-
The conductor, thukinR It unsafe 70 go on, con.
clnded 10 wait until daylight Whea Day dawned
feet of track was found to be washed away d.
1ectly III front Of the engine. Had the Ialn gono
u FEW rods further. it IS impossible TO tell Nnat
The resuIt would hare been TIE train lid not
reach Cedar Fails Until Monday evening"