, 1873-07-07
DESTRUCTIVE STORMS.

DESTRUCTIVE STORMS.
CINCINNATI. O.. July 5.-Tho like Of the storms
during Tho past tl,rco days lnn seldom; If e7or,
boon goon iii tlio HtalcH OF Ohio and In1tana,
Hurricanes alu tol1lat1oca, with Hoods Of rnin,
| have followed cncti otl.or III rapid succession.
| Our city md itH Immediate vicinity Lhyo oacnpod
tho fury Of thoso storns, but tho country nortl,
Of this parallel in Indiana md Ohio has suffered
Severely Furious storms paaacd over It on tho
| I'd, Sd, aud Ath iuat
Tho telegraph wires lavo boon generally
TINT tho telegraph poles Ind bcon blown
| acroes tho turnpikcB so thiolly In BONO
places ns to ontiroly obstruct trnvol. Eant
Of Springfield. OH tho Pacific, Il Atlantic Tolo.
tilom having been struck by lightning, whilo tho
otherB woro prostratod by tho wind.
j.. pasBengorg from Logannport. Ind, Hay that
tho storm yesterday lcveled trecs nonr1y all tho
| way from, LoganBport to Richmond, Ind.
| In Richmond, troos wcro blown down In tho
atreots. One foil ncroaa an o1prcsa wagon,
breaking both logs of tho driver and crushing
At Troy, O., largo cordngo factory WAS nm
| roofod.
| This sit1c Of Troy, on tho limo Of the Dayton
| & Michigan Railroad houses woro tunlblod
down, foncos woro ,prostratod, treos wore up
rooted, fioltlB OF grain woro ovelod, corn-fcldB
wore flattoncl, md. In some instances, oorn waa
! nprootod. Evorywhore tho holds seemed to be
! 1akos Of wator.
On tho GAINESVILLE Rond five bridgos wero
| washed nway. No trains will 60 oant Of Circle
| villo before Monday. a number OF feet Of tho
! railroad track llas been washed away.
Tho Ba1ne prostration OF troea and devastation
| OF crops III reported in this section Of tho
/ country as III that further vest.
| At Port Washington, Ohio, about seventy
| milcH cast OF Columbus, sosoro storm occurred
At Ccdarvillo, Ohio, near Aonia, great num-
horB Of telegraph polos have bcon splintorod by
| lightning.
| ingly fcree Shcayos OF wlloat woro scattorod
| about wildly, md carried many foot in the air.
Evorywhoro, In tho bolt north Of this city,
tho country. was affected by the storm, tho
| contro Of which sooms to have boon five fnilca
| mony agrees as to its seyority and dostruo-
tiyoneaH. Tho general prostration OF telc-
graph poles iB without parallel In tho his
tory Of tue telegraph companies. An elar1n,ingly
| nng and totally destroyed. Many wore prod
| tratod by tho wind.
DEs Mo1SEs, Iowa. July 5.-A terrific rain
storm passed over this section about o'clock
| yesterday Tho stre6tH woro flooded, md much
| damage sas done to cellars and new buildings by
tho Obstruction Of culyortB and wator-drains.
Wheat anl oats arc down flat, and if thcy do
not rise tho loas will be ,great, as tho crop, was
tho largest ever grown ii thia county About
1000 poople wcro caught without shelter Mt tho
races, md tho damago done to fashionable
drobses WAS ilnmonse. Tho storm broke up the
match for tho first prize between Reconstruc-
tiou aud Dutchor Boy, only one heat having boon
| lnado.
C1ncLEy111E, O., July 5.--Tho scioto River Inns
| oyoriowc1 tho extensive brOon-corn folds in
tha vicinity, probably rni1.ing 800 to 1000 acree
dirt washed on to it, 80 that mich Of it cannot
rise. Tho streams aro 80 high that tho roads
are impassablc botwoon here and Columbus No
traina from tho East since Thursday.
MILWAUKEE, Wis., July 5.-Fund du Lac, Wiz,
reports that tho tornado damaged tho grain
throughout dEccn, Lako, Fond du Lac, and sho-
boygan Counties toa groat c4tont. 1ts cource,
miles wide. Grain, timber, barnp, and fences
were trailed to tho ground. In Fond du Lac
City many buildings wcro unroofod, and . vast
ia Milwanhoo 10 i Nershern RailreI tic trains wore @
vcry, much delayca by fal1en trees. over
eighty had to bo cut from tho track
beforo the trains could pass. An on
saw thv tornado approaching, put on d heavy
pressure of stoan,, md got into clearing ahead
Of it, Hundreds Of acres Of grain were pros
tlatoa along THO course Of tho stosn. Tho re-
false. A number Of troes were blown across tho
track between Milwaukee and Brooktleld, on tho
milwaukee, t. Prairie Du Chien Road. No lives
wore loht, ae hoard from; Iho damage to tole-
|
mnnication Is now open to St. Paul. 4 hoasy
rain-storm passed over Minnesota yesterday,
but no damago wns dono.
MILWAUKEE, July "a terrible storm came
, upon tllis city at noon, yesterday, while the
Fourth OF July festiyiticy wero in full bnst, and
our beautiful bay covered with yachts aud small
boAts. hllod with ploasure-seokeEs, among
whom wero many ladies. Tho ,yachta Lo,liao and
Lono Star wcro capsizcd. Tho inmates
received Bovere ducking, and somo narrowl,
eRcaped drowning. Troos were uprootod, ant
ngn nq nsaa s%nag1 IL wods a IN t
lightning followed in Succession. All passet
lifc. On tho line Of the nlilwauke.
the sss'i i ve3 ssaa ovar As es9 '%s aes'
Ind to bo cleared from tho track boforo tl,t
, trains could pass. Tho telegraph limos wore
prostrated in nlI directions and for time thors
WIS sseeas Ypas 70 " Te ahase @ Tsaae
- P1KEv1LLE, O., July GA heavy ntorm tool
:: plnco at Dn,.lrh, Yesterday, about 4:3o p. IN.
blowing ono onse down a,; ad several
y kirk, lttlo boy -waa out playing, when th
= = Btorm came up md tho whirlwnd uoizod him
; carrying him about eight foot in tho air, who,
{ his father ran out eud caught him. The boy wa
a Several buildings were blown down at Hart
l. ford, end ono boy was kilie1 by tho falling o
: the Court-1Iouso chimney. -Four houses wor'
i, destroyed Of hod Key. md vast amount 0
!. BRADFonD O., July 5.-The terrible storn
:. which paABod ovor this section last ovoning wa
- thu most seyoro TINT has over boon known.
Il milo west Of this place, acros Of woods wcr
ia leyelel to tho ground, md tho telegraph wiro
y Gro down for uliica woat Of liz.
= CINCINNATI, July 5.-Advicos from Dayton
~ Troy, Croloyille, and Dolawaro. Ohio, conir1
"a ~ tho Statomonts cont in thcuo dispatches to-day
:. concerning the storm yesterday The damag
~ to orchards ani crops llhs been great
!. y. CoLuMnus, O., July 5-Tho recent Hovor
:, storms Aaye done much damage to tho crops
=, thin vicinity Portions of the track Of tho Iocl
~ - ing Valley Ralroad, botween thiB city and Lar
Ia caster, are either washed away or III
- dor watcr. Bridges nnl telegraph pole
hayo been washod away, mud trains liayo ntorpe