The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1873-07-10
TERRIBLE THUNDER
. STORM AND HURRI-
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PLEASURE yachts CAP
sIzED-A NUMBER OF
LIVES LOST.
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KANSAS, MISSOURI, WISCONSIN,
F. OHIO AND INDIANA THE
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CROPS DHSTR0YBD, FBNOCS LEV.
ELDD, HOUSES TUMBLnD;; AND
i REARFuL DAMAGE IN.
ELfCTEOs
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MILWAUKEE, July 5.AA terrible
storm broke upon this city about noon
yesterday, while tho 4th Of July festiv.
tiles we're in full blast, and our beauti-
tul bay was covered with yachts and
small boats, filed with pleasure seekers,
among whom were many ladies. The
yachts Louise and Lone Star were cap.
sized, and tho inmates received a &c.
we're duoking, and some narrowly es-
capped drowning. In the city, trees
were uprooted, signs, flags and awnings
were dancing in the air, while loud
pesls Of thunder and flashes Of light
ming followed in quick succession. All
passed over in half an hour without
any lcss Of life but this morning the
ed news reached us from Green Lake,
I beautiful sheet ofswater near Ripon,
Wisconsin, already famous q; !. summer
resort, th,t the sailing yacht Il. B.
Hsrschaw aapsi1ed, and the following
out II . party Of twenty who were on
board were lost. Mn. A. P. Caruan,
hartford; Mir. NJ. 9. Russell and
daug liter, Berlin Jennie Olin, Dart.
ford Mrs. Geo. P. Harding and .
child Of Rev. Allen, hartford. Arrow
boat also ospsized, and the occupants,
William Bloxham, wife and child, and
Mrs. Jno. Bacide, of hartford, were all
drowned.
Along tho line Of the Milwaukee &
Northern railroad the damage to crops
is very great. Over eighty trees had
| to be cleared from the track before the
trains could pass. The telegraph lines
were prostrsted in all directions; and
for . time there wa nots single wire
working out Of Milwaukee.
CINCINNATI, July 5.-The like Of
the storms Of the last three days has
seldom if ever been seen in the States
Of Ohio and Indians. Hurricanes and
! tornadoes, With floods of rain, have fol.
lowed each ether in rapid succession.
On tho line Of tho Dayton & Michigan
railroad, houses were seen tumbline
down, fences prostratsd, trees uprooted,
fields of grain levsled, and everywhere
fields seemed like hikes of water. Or
tho Gainesville road five bridges wert
washed sway. s. No: trains will 60 sas'
Of Cirelsville before Monday. >Tele
graph poles hy Ill along tho road b,
scores, and passengers from Loganspor'
tssy III fstor1m, levsled The trees nearly
I'm the Wy from Losahsport to Rich
nond, Indiana. All points on the
north Of this belt north Of this Oft.
were hurt BY the. storm. The oentr'
seemed 70 be . few miles south Of tn
latitude Of indianapolis, but the gener
Il prosrstion Of the telegraph poles i
without = parallel in the history Of tel
sgraph companies. A large numbe
were shivered to pieces by lightning.
CINCINNATI, July 5.-Advicss from
Dayton, Troy, Circleville and Delaware
Ohio, confirm tie statements sent ii
these dispatches to-day, concerning tn
storm yesterday. The damsge to orch
ards and crops has been great.
PARSONS, KAN, July 2. The Par
sons Sun extra contaios the followin,
| particulars Of another fearful tornad,
ia Neosho county Il struck Gales
burg last evening It $3.50 O'clock, = sta
ton on the M, *. Il T. r. B., l.
miles from Parsons. The storm was
fearful one. The heavens were on
fshset of asms, accompanied by = terri
bio storm Of wind and rain. The tor
| nadoe came from the southwest, an.
| hrst struck the stone house Of Nj
diddsns, half 5 mile south of Gales
burg, blowing It downward, buryipl
three children and Mn. Qiddens
The children, .ged fourteen, tvelv'
and ten years, we're instantly killed
and Mrs. Giddens, seriously injured
The gale next struck Mr.. Rogers
house, southeast Of the tow, which
was blown down. He was bsdly ID,
jared, and his wife fatally Mr.. Jones
house, west Of tho town, was msvet
6fty yards. Andrew Rhodes house
east Of the town, was moved from itl
fo6ndation. Tho tornado did %
,ziks ths town q aa'l!esbusg, = -