, 1873-12-05

apeel7t dispatch 10 Tho LAitd0o Trftuns,
EAST SAGINAW, Doc. 4.-A gallo approaching
tornado III severity yistod this city and vicinity
lart night. Yesterday aud up to o'clock this
morning tho woathor was wasm and spring-]iko.
At o'clock a rain act in, Il gale e,,raug I'm, and
although tho wind, wliicI, lad boa blowing
uteady from tie south. shifted hui slightly to
tho Noat the thermometer fell 20 degrees In aa
many minutes, aud within All hour it was biting
co!u; t;; tor1ilic. gale bprang up aud ragoI
rooiisE houucs. and causing ho obstruction OF
much properly. Some i've buildings vero
blown down colnplotely, md olllcra moso or loss
damaged. Tho buildings blown down were franc
bci!'g erected by Thomas II. Moshur. and was
partially 1iniahed. 1lr. aloal,cr estimator lis
loss at S3,oo0. rilo-drvcr dr,ftcd from itu
tnooutgs axainst the middle bridge, md sunk
tlo bridge, ,ca'sing son,e damage. 4 recital OF
the 1ninUr damages would ill i culun,n, but e.
far as learned no lvoa woro lost.
TRAINS DELAYED.
!!le trains on tho different ratlrondn wore from
thirty 1ninutcs to four hours late in consequence
OF falion trooa on the track. D,tweon it. Louie
aud Saginaw, m tho Saginaw Valley t. ST. Louis
Railroad. distance Of 90 miles, l25 trocB woro
cut away, from tho track bcfore tic morning
train could get through, On tho J., L. g. S.
Railroad eighteen troeu wo.o cut between Eaei-
nav mud st. Charles to mako way for tho esrly
freight. Tho Train from Recd City, on tho
wes:orn extension on the I. K r. il. Railroad
due at 7:45, d. m., did not ,eact horo unsil
2:3o p. .nl., IN consequence OF fallen timber
acrolR tho track. There are rnmora Of eerioua
accidoats aud damages III othor localities in tho
valley, Of which snail alylse you rs tho facta
como into my possession.
lars phoN thns tho storm Of this morning coy-
olou lnrger area Of territory than IL first sup
posed. All of tho telegraph fi,les north Of thia
uity aro down, aud the highways a:,d roads north
pass through ti1nbcrcA countries. Ten miller
east OF this city 4 trco fell on
farta' a'ho'isc crushing through tho roof,
and killing young man about 19
years Of ago, whose name could not 10 learned.
Ho and hla two sistolu v9ro Glo1o III tho house,
They sro roor, aud hntl lust taken up tho small
farm. One section Of tllo roof of tho fno rev
ol'era-hoNso at Bay City was carried away, and
the building waa damaged tu tho extent Of
$500. Several buildings Wcro blown down in
lay City, aud c.afts moored iu tic river wore
swept from lheir 1nooringa and carried down the
ri7or Dama9oa of IL minor character are numar-
ons. but tho loss in tilo aggregate is probably
not great.
sptclal Disnutch to The chtcneo Tribune.
nI:9oET3 from DETROIT.
DETROIT, Mich. Dsu. d.-.T11o gallo OF last
nlsht, which was 10 heavy here, and injured
bn:ldlngP, tsocs, and sisna 30 greatly, and in
moored along cur wAarvos, extended through
out tho State, and reports Of iujurieh i'll all
Quarters begin to como in. In tho Saginaw
'alloy iAo loss counts up amolls the
thousands Of dollurs anl iucludou tho demoli.
tiun Of Il portion Of tho roof Of tho BAY CjtY
Opora-uousc. fall Of Sage Il Co.'s store al
Wcnona, ont1ro destruction Of telegraphio
Communication witt. tho north, aud tile so.
railroad lines running through tho woods.
At Jackson and Aliogan several dwelling -housoa
we're llown tlown ii Corauna ono waiI Of tho
Presbyterian Church was blown out, At Port
Huron tue heavy iron Transit steamer, with tlir-
toen cars ol. board, WAS carried out into Lake
Huron, although she had a full head OF steam
on, anl communication tho1o was scrious-
ly delayed. At Ypsilanti Wall'H. grocery
Il Walrh'a new store were partly demolished,
aud one dwolling-houHo on tho hillside was turn
ed ontfrclY oycr. As yot no loss OF life Is re-
ported, but from all sides uows OF minor disas-
tors. destruction Of fonccs sheds, ahrubbery.
ont-llonscs, wind~mills, etc., como in almost
without limit.
DErnorT. Nov. 4.-Thcgalo Of Inst night caused
considerable damage in this city. Ono huntrod
icct Of brick wall 0f tho Michigan Central Cur
worisa YRS prostratod, and the whole roof blown
on. Thirty foct Of tho iron roof Of The Central
Freight Dorot wcro blown into tho river. Tho
nleaMcr burnside was l'lown against tho
atean1cr hackinaw, md both seriously
damaged. Tho burnside vas injured to tho OK
tent Of about 34.0l0 Tho Lake Superior steam
or Koweena was blown mp tho rivara mIlo md
ono-haR mud bcachel aboyo Bolte I.lo Tho
prot'ollors Cnldwall aud Montgomery, bosidos
many other crafts up and acrosa tho rlyor, sua-
talucd more or lcsa serious damage.