The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1873-07-12

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81 Lrs, July 6 Accounts ~
gin to alive giving come details Of
the great storms in the West. In
the vicinity Of Des Moins, Iowa, the
countrywas deiuged and wheat and
oats broken down.. n T5s3iA IL
Along the line the Rock Island
Railway the hail storm did still
'grestefs damage A flrm house
near Stewart station was blown d
pieces, and another one close BY
was blown down and five persons
seriously injured.
2 At Alexandria, Mo. several houses
were blown down. The bridge d
the NJ. r. & w. Railwry, CROSSING
Des Moines River. was blown down,
the culverts washed away, and great
damage done. In Hancock, Ill,
farm houses and barns were blown
down and two children killed. Z
At Augusta the Christian church
was leveled to the ground. The
steeple Of tho Presbyterian church
was blown down, and the grain ele.
vator blown over. Houses were
unroofed and much other damage
done.
AtCarthage the High School and
part Of the college were unroofed,
and fences, chimneys, etc, demol-
ished. - 'a t3a-f
? At West Point, the dwelling Of
DIR. Currie was torn to pieces and
the stores of Wolf & Cordin and
Frank & Howeston were destroyed
A school house was blown down
and carding, match factory, and
Touring mill unroofed. The dwell
ing of Henry Garner was blown
down. and Mrs. Garner, her child
and sister killed IA .a-5sA~' .
y At Warsaw several houses were
demolished. IA 1o '-.ie
o"T The Enquirer's special from Ath
ems, Ohio, reports immense damage
to the crops in that vicinity BY The
recent storm. The salt works O.
Joseph Hirsell were damaged K
the extent Of $4,000, ind othes,,
works Of the kind are also dam
aged. The White Water Valley r
r. has suffered near Elizabethtown
Ohio. Reports from all quarter,
represent great damage to crops
orchards and forests.
Eight thousand dollars worth O
= =
property was destroyed at Jewel
City, Kansas-one man severed,
wounded and a child killed.
20 Dispatches from as far east a,
New Hampshire and as far west Al
the western bank of the Missouri
tell the same story Of wind, rain
and disaster. Streams were sud
denly swollen in volume, the lake.
dashed into fury, and many persons
pleasure riding upon them drowned
while the wind FRUSTRATED miles al
ter miles of the growing grain, do.
ing . damage to The crops to b,
measured only by figures up in til,
millions. II is impossible yet t,
make any fAir estimate Of the dis
aster - fhf ss the crops are con
cerned but that It viii prove yer,
serious there can be no doubt On,
Of the most deplorable features o
the storm was the capsizing Of tn
excursion party on Green Lake
Wisconsin, and the consequent los
Of eleven lives. 'sa ia3 Ha5
At Union City, trees, fences an,
house roofs were thrown in all d
rections. Quite = number Of th
best buildings being unroofed 9Th
Methodist church steeple that stoo,
$50 feet high was thrown down-an'
torn in pieces, innume,able. Quit
q number of new buildings nearin,
completion were badly damaged
some thrown down. One two-stor
brick, with family living in, had tn
first story blown off Fortunatel
no one injured. The roof Of Kuntz'
planning mill was blown entirel
over the wholesale house Of Hue
4 Starbuck, and lodged against th
Eagle Office, crushing that bni]din
Z terribly. Mr.. Allen Maplick, . fort
man in the Office, narrowly escape
being struck by the falling timber,
Eighteen or twenty boards from
lumber yard were thrown endway
through the weatherboerding o
Carter's factory. Mather's haI mi
was partially unroofed, the fallin
debris killing a cow a
rs The storm at Marion, Hartfor
City, and points west, was more d
| structive. A large mill and sever'
houses were destroyed at Mario1
and two men were killed At Har
<ord tho ,,oo,,fo yvsrn assembled