, 1874-06-08
The Village Of Tampioo, Ill;
Wrecked by d Tornado.
Many Persons Drowned in
Oneida Lake, N. z.
4 Span Of the Bridge at Troy, n. T.,
Destroyed.
The Effects Of Saturday Nights Storm
In Chicago. .,

Tho storm in Cilicngo.
Tho storm Saturday night was tho most vio-
lont, and, In some respects, tho most remarkable
that has visited this city for some years, as ro-
CARDS tho heavy rainfall, tue display Of light
ming, mud tho almost total nbsopco OF wind.
Tho storm, which came from tho west, moved
very slowly. 1t began raining about 7 o'clock
as far south as Fortieth street, and raincd In
torrents for nearly two hours. During that time,
though tho aky waB couded and tue aheet-l|ght-
Ming instant, no rain fell in tile central portion
of tho city. It did not begin thoro until II
O'clock, and rained With great yioleuco until I,
little after H. whon It stopped entirely, and tho
mir became excessively close.
The storm recommended, however, with still
greater violence about Lao O'Clock, tho rain,
mingled with hail. falling without interruption
for hall au hour. when # gradually easod, md
tho aky BOON cloared of. This second delugo
lightning Which accompanied it.. tho city ap-
parently lying In tho very contro Of tho path OF
the storm.
|, Il somewhat remarkable TINT 80 little damage
was done. a few troes were struck by, lightning
but tho only serious accident was tito
ignitlng Of d two~etory fra1no building at No.
III Weat Harrison street. Tho premises wozo
By Mr. soavy as a:rcaidonco, and By the meat-
Htore of Boauton i Ford, notthcr Of. whom su8-
| tanned any losa. Tho building Yas damaged to
tho oxtont Of s40o, which is covered by 1nsur
anco.
spEornoHcop1o ORGANIZATIONS.
Prot. Marc Deafontaine. Of cur city. on-
bracel tho unusual opportunity to make close
and frequent observations Of the lightning
@ some rosuts which differ considerably from tho
| conclusions arrived Ut BY European observers,
who speak Of the speotra OF tho different AndB
| Of lightning as being identical. He found that
s sos% Il Th'sz tn rs s1 Sranga se@
| portions OF tho bnnd wero abHent, wLtlo tue
green, bluo, iodine, and violet were porfoot, tho
groom being apparently tinted with a bluish cast
ruddy rays. On tho contrary. the forked light
| ming gave tho complete (disoontiuuouB) speo-
| trum, and On one occasion showed distinctly tho
double line II, tho middle Of the yellow, which IL
named case. tho lightning waa within 20 degrees
of the: horizon, and tho sodium line Wa. un-
doubtedly given by the salt In the lower strata
OF cloud vapor. The bands in tho spectra were
very regular in breadth, aud fno, showing that
unusual and unequal pressure wero alike absent.
Tho flashes being only momentary, there WAS no
opportunity to measure tho positions Of the
lines, or to diBaoot out those duo simply to at-
:mospherio absorption.
| Terrible Tornado ut Tnn1pico, III.
TAatp1oo, Wllitoside Co., ILL.,, June IA tor
riblo tornado passed over this village last night
making complete wreck Of It, yet, wonderful
to: say,,: no 1iyos wore lost, though Q
numbor- Of paia3na We're injured, 'seycral
seriously: Twenty-ono dwellings, were totally
destroyed and evoTy H. 3.sta, honae y II towa
horu d Bryant, containing about $4,000 bushels
Of grain, and that Of Beach, containing about
500 bushols were totally demolished, and tGo
depot Of tho Chicago, Burlington d Quincy Rail-
road badly damaged.
THE 0ABUALT1EH.
Tho most serious casualties are Mrs. J. G.
Gates, log broken 10 two placea; Maria Barnes.
jaw. broken and dangerously injured on tho
| another Mrs. Gates, seriously bruised Mrs.
| poarsoll, badly injured; Mrs. datoB.: shoulder
brokon; Granville Cannon, badly hurt about tho
head J. G, Gates, bruised severely, a number
people cannot yet estimate the amount Of dam
| age, but they are hunting up and gathering to-
! gather what little tho storm has Loft.
The tornado etrlck tho place at ton minutes
! aud severe thunder and lightning. The Htorm
| came from the West and lasted but a few min
utes.
EARLY sTErs FOR RELIEF.
K AB soon az information OF tho calamity reached
| tho officers Of the Chicago, Burlington 4 Quincy
Railroad, they volunteered special train which
! has Just arrived. bringing Drs. Edwards and
Cook, from Mendoza, to our assistance. Thoy
AEU uOulK I'LL Lucy GIL HH, 6Q 4AE AE AA1NA
/ thoro was little or no damage done In the sur-
! rounding country. -. ii
| 1Ienvy storm in tho statc OF Now York.
! Inoy, N. T., June IA heavy storm of tAun-
| der, lightning, apd rain struck t1ls place this
| afternoon. During ita continuance one span Of
| tho new iron bridge acroas the Hudson to Wost
| Troy was either blown down or struck by light
] ming, and, falling into tho river, sunk four
| oanal-hoata lying at tho dock under 1t. There
! we're fifteen porsons In the boats, all OF whom
s1o suppose to have egoaped 's The i, 1oats I were
| waa $40 feet long. LoHs gag, 600.
| UTICA, N. T., juno 1T ie reported bore that
twenty persons wore dzowned while Ealing and
fishing on Oneida Lake to-day. and seven per-
| riao thundoE-atorms ever known haa prevailed in
| this vicinity this afternoon and eyening,
sYnAopsT, n: X. June 7.-Ths storm on On.
en wore SSt a saJnF a
storm coming, they attempted to go ashore, but
tho wind struck them, and their sala
! were torn into shfods. Thoy Were Soon
espsz9a aE Fon sne9t aaSFte % mile
say they saw another boat oapHized containing
| m old man and two young ladies. A young man
! WAS also drowned. A number Of boats wore
i picked up empty on the west shore OF the iake,
aud the probability IL lAet number more hRVe
boon lost. i"
11envY Ruin.stor1n In Michigan.
special Dtspatch to The Chteaao Tribune.
GRAND RAp1Dy, Juno IA tcrritio ratn-storH'
visited this part OF the State lust night, bogin-
ming at about II O'Clock aud lasting fully fva
houra. The most oerlous accident attetlding It
was Oh the Detroit & Milwaukee Railroad az
miles woat Of Ionla. About ten feet OF tho road.
bed waH washed away, mud tho night express at
o'olook this morning, was thrown into the ditch
| at that poiut. An employe named Frledhurgh
hnI ills shoulder broken, aud the engineer,
fireman, and two paHBongera were slightly
SCRATCHED aud bruised. Tho engine and tender
were separated, one going each sido Of