Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-07-06
THE STORM KING.
Damages by the Recent Storms.
Accidents and Incidents.


Accidents and Incidents.
Twenty PIeasure.Seekers Drowned.
M1wAUKEB, July 1.-The terrible
storm which aept over Wisconsin yesfer-
day proved very disastrous 10 pleasure par
ties. At Green Lake, Wisconsin, a num-
Der of pleasure seekers wee on the lake,
when the storm struck them, capsized the
boats, and twenty souls
Were Sent to Eternity.
The following are the only names that
could be obtained! NJ. q. Russell and
daughter, from Berlin, Wis; Jennie Olin,
child of Mrs. Allen; Mrs. A. p. Carwin,
Mrs. George Harding, VIM. Blsshan, wife
aud child OF Mrs. John Balm, all from
Oar ford.
In Ohio and Indiana.
CINCINNATI, July 5.-The like of storms
the past two or three days has seldom
if ever been. seen in the States OF Ohio End
Ii.disna. Hurricanes, tornadoee, with
floods of rain, have followed each other in
rapid succession. Our city and its imme-
date vicinity have escaped The fury ofthese
storms. The county north Of this in In
diana and Ohio, has Suffered severely. tu-
rious storms have passed over 1t on Inc "a
Sd aud 4th inst. The telegraph wires have
been prostrated. AT Springfield, Ohio, 1t is
reported that telegraph poles had been
blown across turnpikes so thlckly in some
places as 70 entirely obstruct travel east.
East of Springfield, on the Pacific and
Atlantic telegraph line there were two
hundred poles blown down, some Of them
were struck by lightning, Others Frustrated
by wind.
Passengers from Logansport say that the
storm yesterday leVeled trees nearly all the
way from Logsnsport to Richmond, Ind.
In Richmond trees were blown down in the
streets, and one fellacross an express wagon,
no killing the Driver
and crushing the wagon. A. Troy, Ohio,
large cordsge factory was unroofed. This
side of Troy, OH the line of the Dayton and
Richmond Railroad, houses we're seen tum-
bling down, fences Frustrated, trees up
rooted, fields Of grain leveled, con fields
fisttened, and in some instances corn up
rooted. Everywhere fields Seemed
Lakes of Water.
On the Evansville road nine bridges were
washed away. No trains will go east of
Circleville before Monday. a number of
feet of railroad track has been washed
away. The same prostration Of trees and
devastation of crops is reported in this sec
ton of the country as that further East.
At Port Washington, Ohio, about 10 miles
east of Columbus, a severe storm OF wind
and rain occurred last night, uprooting
trees and -,~a-- .s.--
-- UnrOOGng Houses.
At Cedar Hill, Ohio, near Nenia, great
number of telegraph poles have been
splintered by lightning. At Washington,
Ind, the storm was exceedingly fierce.
Sheaves Of wheat were scattered about Wild
ly and carried many feet in the air. Every
where in the belt north of this city was
affected by the storm, whose centre seemed
to have been lew miles south of the lati-
tude o. Columbus.
The testimony agrees as to its severity
and destructiveness. The general prostra-
ton of telegraph poles is without par Hell
in the history of the telegraph company.
An aiarmngly large number were split to
pieces by lig timing and totally destroyed;
many others partially des'r yed, and many
Frustrated by wind. To-day viii be busy
day in repairing these lines; by to night
they will be re ldy to tell their own story of
the storm.
CHICAGO, July 5-The weather to-day
is clear and beautiful. The meSgre reports
yet to hand from points in the country
show that the storm Of the last two days
has been one Of the most severe of The kind
| ever experienced. Immense quantities OF
! water fell, and there has been a good deal
of
Damage to Crops.
Telegraphic communication is badly in
| teTupted on account of damage to poles
and wires by lightning and wind.
ST. LOUIS, July 5.-A special from Han
Dibal, Mo, TO the Democrat, says the seVeresi
storm that ever visited that section broke
over Hannibal last night.
| Two or Three Houses We're Blown
/ Down
and several unroofed. a large number Of
tres we're uprootsd, and much damage
done 10 fences and other property.
MILWAUKEE, JUL 5.-FOn du Lac
Wis, reports that the tornado damaged
the grain throughout Green Lake, For
du Lac ami Sheboyan to a great extent
ihe course was from northwest to south
east and about five miles wide. Grain
tinb7r, barns md fences were trailed Il
the ground. In FoE dU Lac city many
buildings were Unroofed and vast number
of shade trees uprooted. On the Milwau
kee and No thern Railroad tracks and
trains were damaged by falling trees. O7el
eighty had to be cut from the t. sck befor'
the trains could pass on. An engineer on
passenger train yesterday
4 Saw the Tornado Approaching
and put On 8 heavy pressure OF steam au'
got IN q clearing ahead of it. Hundreds o
acres of grain was Frustrated along th
course Of Of the storm.