Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1873-07-06

LONG BRANCH, July 5.-A terrifi
thunder storm occurred here at eigh
o'clock this morning. lasting one hour
! There was another at noon, accom-
panied by fall Of hail.
AT HANNIBAL, NO.
ST. LOUIS, July "a special dispatcl
from Hannibal % the Democrat say
4 that the severest storm that ever visite,
that section Of the country broke owe
Hannibal last night. Two or thre'
houses We're blown down and severa
unroofed, while much damage was don,
to fences and other property.
AT CIRCLEvILLE, OHIO.
CIRcLEvILLE, July 5.-scioto rive
/ has overfiOwed the extensive broom
corn fields in this vicinity, probably
running from five hundred to one thou
sand acres of broom corn. The corn i
fiattened down and dirt washed on to i
so that much of it cannot rise. All tn,
streams are so high that the roads ar,
impossible between here and Columbus
| No trains have arrived from the cas-
since Thursday. A
AT CHICAGO, ILL.
CHICAGO, July 5--The weather to-
| day is clear and beautiful. The meagrG
reports yet to hand from points in the
country show that the storm of the las
two days has been ons of the most Sc
we're ever experienced. An immense
quantity of water fell, and there has
! been good deal Of damage to the crops
Telegraphic communication is badly in
terrupted on account of the prOstratiou
Of the lines by the lightning and wind
AT COLUMBUS, OHIO.
COLUMBUS, July 5.-The recent severe
storms have done much damage to the
crops in this vicinity. Portions of the
track of the Hooking Valley railroad,
between this city and Lancaster, are
either washed away or under water.
Bridges and telegraph poles have been
washed away, and the trains have
stopped running. Over a hundred per-
sons are delayed in this city waiting for
the repair of the track 50 as to allow the
running of trains to take them to their
respective homes.
AT BIARYvuLE, ky.
CINCINNATI, July 5.-Advices from
Maysville, Kentucky, state that a Sc
we're storm visited that section yester-
day, unroofing many buildings, uproOt-
ing trees, blowing off chimneys and
doing great damage TO crops. The
Hooking valley "a Ohio is inundated,
the water being higher than ever known
before. Six miles of the canal are gone
between Athens and Saline. The dam
age to the crops is estimated at over one
million dollars. Salt-wOrks and other
commercial interests are suffering tre-
mendiOusly.
AT MILWAUKEE, WIS.
MILWAUKEE, July 5.-The terrible
storm which swept over Wisconsin yes
terday proved very disastrous to the
pleasure parties at Green Lake, Wis
consin. A number of pleasure-seekers
were on the lake when the storm struck
and capsiZed the sailing-yacht Ii. B.
HarshaTd, and twenty souls We're sent
to eternity. The following We're the
only names that could be obtained: NJ.
G. Russell and daughter, from Jerlin,
Wisconsin, Jennie Dim, child of Mrs.
Allen, Mrs. A p. Carwin, Mrs. George
Harding, W.. ]. Lasham, wife and
child, Mrs. John Balm, all from Dart
ford. Further particulars will be given
as soon as the lines work.
The latest dispatch from Green Lake
NhCAO eAAI HAODSNOAy AO AAACAS Acl9Nl
than were repOrted-ten in all.
AT ST. JOSEPH, MO.
ST. JOSEPH, July 5.-A terrific wind
aud rain storm, amounting almost to q
tornado, passed over the city last even
ing between seyen and eight O'clock.
The steamer Mountaineer was lying at
the bank above the bridge, secured to
the railroad track and other fastenings
by eight cables, two of which were new
and four and half inches in diameter.
At the first big blow the lines parted,
after tearing up portion of the railroad
track, and the steamer turned her head
down stream. The wind kept her close
to the shore, and she drifted down and
struck the east end of the bridge-draw
Several of the iron guys of the
bridge were sprung from their bolts,
and the damage to the bridge
is from eight to ten thousand dollars. 1t
will require twenty days to make re-
pairs. The MOuntaineer was wrecked
in the forward part of her upper works,
and the hurricane deck was smashed up
clear to the cabin. Her freight-hoister
is ruined, and chimneys knocked down.
Loss to the vessel, twenty thousand dol
lars. No insurance. At the time of the
accident the first mate, first clerk, first
engineer and steward, with number of
deckhands, were on watch. None We're
injured. The MOuntaineer belonged to
the Missouri river packet com Dany, and
was built in 1856, at cost cf fifty
one thousand dollars. The steamer
Elkhorn was mOored below the bridge,
broke loose and floated five miles down
the river, where she lodged, and was
brought up this morning. She was
damaged to the extent of five hundred
dollars. The tornado took of the roofs
of several houses in the city, and did
much damage in the way of uprOoting
shade trees, which were blown down
and broken. SheaYes of wheat were
tossed everywhere, and scattered about
east of ST. Joseph generally. The dam
age to farmers was considerable.
AT FoNDULAC, WIS.
MILwAUKEE, July 5.-The Fouduiac
WiscOnSia reports that the tornado dam
aged the grain throughout Green Lake,
Fondulac and Sheboygen counties to
great extent. Its course was from south
west to southeast, and five miles wide.
Grain, timber, barns and fences were
trailed to the ground in the county.
Many buildings were unroOfed, and
vast number of large shade-trees up
rooted. On the Milwaukee and North
western railroad trains were very
much delayed by falling trees. Over
eighty had to I've cut from the track be-
fore the trains could pass. An engineer
on the passenger train saw the tornado
put en- a heavy pressure of
steam, and got into the clearing ahead
of it. Hundreds of acres of grain are
Frustrated along the course of the storm.
The reported loss Of life on Elkhart lake
proves to he false, though a number of
trees were blown across the track be-
tween Milwaukee and Brookfield, on
the Milwaukee and Prairie du Chien
road. Aside from the disaster at Green
Lake, it is remarkable fact that no
lives were lost as far as heard from. The
damage to the telegraph lines is being
rapidly repaired, and communication is
now open to st. Paul. A heavy rain
storm passed over Minnesota yesterday,
but no damage was done.
The lake is beautiful sheet of water
near Rip0n, Wisconsin, already famous
as a summer resort. The sailing yacht p.
b. Harshaw capsized, and the fol-
lowing persons out of a party of
twenty, who were on board, were
lost; Mrs. A. 7. Carman, of Dart
ford, Mrs. NJ. G. Russell and daughter, of
Berlin; Jennie Oliu, Dartfof { Mrs. G.
H. Harding and Rev. Mr.. allen, Dart
ford. A row-boat also capsized, and the
occupants, VIM. Blexheim, Wits and
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