The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1873-07-12
THE STORM


| The great storm, or succession Of storms,
July Sd, 4th and 9TH, extending from Ncbras-
ka on the west to Pennsylvania in the east,
and from Minnesota to Kentucky, was such
as has seldom been seen in that wide region.
| Hurricanes and tornadocS, with floods and
rain, followed each other in RAPID succession.
The telegraph wires were generally prostra-
ted, and railroad cmbankments torn away in
hundreds Of places.
Passengers at Chicago ON Saturday from
Logansport, Ind, said the storm leyeled trees
nearly all the way from Logansport 10 Rich
mond.
At Troy, O., % large cordage factory was
unroofcd.
This side Of Troy, on the line Of the Dayton
and Michigan railroad, houses were tumbled
down, fences were Frustrated, trees were ny
rooted, fields of grain were lcvelcd, fields
were fattencd, and in some instances, corn
was uprooted. Everywhere the fields seemed
to he lakes of water
On the GAINESVILLE road five bridges were
washed away No trains went east of Circle.
vile before Monday \ number of feet of
the railroad track had been washed away by
the rain
At Washington, Ind, the storm was exceed.
ugly fierce ShcaveS of wheat were scat
tered about wildly and carried many feet in
the air.
ST. LOUIS, July 5.--A special from Hanni-
bal, Mo, 10 the DeROcIut, says the severest
storm that ever visited that section broke over
Hannibal last night. Two or three houses
were blown down, several unroofed, a large
number of trees uprooted, and much damage
done to fences and other property.
At st. Joseph, Mo, the Steamer Mountain
Ger, lying at the bank above the bridge, and
secured to the railroad track and other fast
nings by eight stout cables, was torn from
her moorings, tearingup portion Of the rail
road track, and the steamer hurled down
stream, striking the bridge and damaging
that structure to the amount Of $4,000 The
Mounaineer herself came out Of the encoun-
ter nearly a total wreck.
Dispatches from various points in Wiscon-
sin state that the grain within the track Of
Fridays storm is badly lodged, and conse-
ouently seriously damaged. At Elkhart lake,
Sheboygan county, fallen timber forms a per
feet abattis Several houses and barns were
blown down One farmer lost seven head of
cattle and another thirteen.
At jacksonville, ILL.,, on the evening OF the
,4th, while old John Robnson's circus com
pany was performing to an audience Of sew
eral thousand men, women and children un-
der mammoth pavilion, 4 terrible wind
storm, accompanied by incessant sheets of
lightning and a considerable amount Of rain,
came up suddenly, causing panic and al
general stampede of the gathering The i'm
mcnsc canvas was inflated and carried heav-
onward, and at the same time the entire audi
ence made a rush for cgress amid the cries
and screams of women and children. The
vacated seats were hurled through the air as
so many loose shingles, and all was the wild
est confusion for few moments. One OF the
tents caught fire and was burned up adding
still greater terror to the wild scene. Hun
drcds of persons were run oyer and trampled
upon by the crazy multitude, and in many in.
stances badly injured, though none fatally, as
far a. yet learned.