St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1873-07-11
The Western Storms.
,oss or11FE AND PROPERTY

loss OF LIFE AND PROPERTY.
The storms of Wednesday, Thursday
and Friday in the West were OF iliiiloS.
unexampled severity. A great a"''u In
of property i'll crops, buildings, 'ele
praph lines, ETC., was destroyed. VII
the GAINESVILLE CO., road five bridges
were washed away. The prostration
of telegraph poles is without paiaiie.'
and many were struck by HghtnlhS.
At Springfield, o., they lay SO tilIchis
on the turnpike as to entirely obstr'ict
travel in some places. At Richmond,
a tree was blown down upon Il team
ster, breaking his legs and smashing
his wagon. The Scioto river III Ill
nois overlooked its bar Ks and destroy
ed from 500 TO 1000 acres of broom corn.
At Troy, o., large cordage factory
WAS badly damaged. The damage TO
fruit and grain in the southern parts Oh
Ohio is immense the water pcliiS
higher than it was ever known before
Six miles of canal are gone ana inc
damage to the crops is over : ,ooo'ooo
the salt-works and other commercial
interests are also suffering greatly.
Hannibal, Mo-, reports the seVerest
storm, Friday night, ever known III
that region. Two or three houses were
blown down, n number unroofed ana
much other damage done. Large Por,
tons of the Hacking Valley railroad
have been washed away and many
bridges are gone. A terrible wind pass
ed over st. Joseph, Mo-, the same eve
ming. The steamer Mountainecr was
lying near the east bank OF the MlsSou-
ri opposite the city, moorcd to the rail-
road track and other tastenlngS by
eight cables. two of which were new,
four and onehalf inches i'll diameter.
At the first big blow the lines parted,
after tearing up il portion of the rail
road track, and the steamer turned her
head to the stream. The wind kept
her close to the st. Joseph shore, and
she drifted down and struck east OF the
bridgedraw. Several iron guys of the
bridge were sprung from their bolts,
and the damage to the bridge Is from
5000 to SlO.OOO. 1t will require ~
DAYS to make the repairs. The Mount
aineer was terribly wrecked III her for
ward part. her upper deck and hurrl-
cane deck being smashed. Her freight
holster was ruined and her chimney
knocked down loss on the vessel about
80. 900, no insurance The first mate.
/ first engineer. first clerk and steward.
| with Il number of deck hands, were ON
! the boat. but none were injured. The
steamer ElkhorI broke loose and float
| ed five miles down the river. but was
/ brought up. Saturday morning. little
damaged. The tornado took off the
roofs of several houses ut st. Joseph.
and did much damage i'll uprooting
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tossed about and scattered.
The grain crop throughout Green
Lake. Fond du Lac and Baygan coun-
ties. Wis. WAS badly damaged. y
number nf large shade trees were up
rooted on the Milwaukee, and Northern
railroad. and the trains were very
much delayed 10y the falling Of trees,
over 80 of which were cut from the
track before trains could pass.
The storm which swept over Wiscom-
sin. Friday. Wis disastrous to pleasure
parties on Green hnN. The Yacht Il.
B. llorSham capsizcd. and the follow
ing, out of the party ut 20 who were on
board were lost Mis-. \. i. Carman OF
hartford. Mrs. VI. c. Russell and
daughter of Berlin. Jennie Oiin of Dart
ford. Mrs. George Z. Harding. aud y
child of Rev. MI. Allen ot hartford. y
row-hoat also capSizcd. and William
BuckShcim. wife and child. and Mis-
John Bocid of hartford were Ill drown
ed.
During thumdrr-sturm. Friday
Francis Hail and his son John. work
ing i'll field near Brooks Crossing. y
Y. were struck by lightning. Tn,
Young man was instantly killed. ano
his father severely stunned.