The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1877-07-04
Eject Of Recon. storms.

iFa5SeC over lu4t piaIc Luis 49, A
innd extended a number of nIles
Iaround The farm house and haln
l3of Wife Davis,ka few miles South
was destroyed, and 9 Mr.. Campbell
seriously Injured. The house Of
Wesley Nelson, near Mansfield, was
blown down, and Sylvana Nelson
was very badly hurt. Some cars
were blown from the track CT The Chi
cago and Paducah Railroad at Calef
Wheat, rye, aud oats were blown
fat with the RrouIG-
A special to the same paper from
Champaign, Ill, says a violent storm
ragged there, Urbana, and other pla-
ces. Several hundred fruit end OH
err trecs in Champaign were blown
down, and nearly 100 stores aud
dwellings in Champaign and urbana
were more or less damaged. All the
grain was badly broken, and q great
deal Of it entirely p%rostrated. A
large quantity Of rain fell.
OMAHA, June 25.-The storm oil
last night was very general through.
out the West. 1t was FIRST heard Of
at CHEYENNE yesterday afternoon, and
consisted Of heavy rain and hail,
with wind. II extended north Of
Sioux City, south of Kansas City,
and over the State Of Iowa No par.
ticular damage is heard Of in the
west, but south there were several
~wash-outs on the railroads. In Iowa
the rain falI'exceeds two inches Some
considerable damage was done on the
roads. The Chicago and Northwest.
ern Railroad had q bridge washed
away near Logan. At Pear Grove
several dwellings were blown down
and the town almost destroyed. The
rainfall here exceeded one and a
half inches. A large bridge was uu-
dermined and a number of cellars
flooded, cntailing considerable loss.
CHICAGO, June 26.-The damage
in Chicago viii not exceed $4,000
st the outside. 1t consists chiefly in
broken glass, unroofed houses, broken
fences and signs, and overturned
vehicles. Two small houses on the
North side were destroyed by the
wind, and about Eve hundred trees
in Douglass PARK were blown down.
4 carpenter named Fred Kissner,
working on the corner Of eighteenth
street and Centre-avenus, was thro 4n
out of a second,story window by the
force of the wind, and struck on his
head, and last night he was 10 a dy-
ing condition,
The following storm items have
been collected from specials:
The storm struck Dixon, H., at II
O'Clock yesterday, and did great dam
age. The fair grouhd, with its
buildings, fences, stands, trees, sheds.
&c. is a complete wreck. The Chi
cage and Northwestern Railroad
windmill, en~gine-house, and fceight'
house were partislly destroyed.
Many buildings in the town were
unroofsd. Lumber in the yards
was scattered and q few buildings
demolished. Trees three feet round
were twisted and broken of. No lives
were lost.
At Lincoln, Iowa, the storm dam
aged all grains. Rye suffered heav-
lily. Nearly every corn field in the
vicinity is flooded.
From Danyille, ILL.,, the damage to
grain and grass is reported as very
great in that section.
Hailstones as large as hens eggs
fell near Moline, Ill and great dam
age to the crops is reported.
From Springfield, H., the reports
say the storm left the grain lying
fat, and considerable minor dam
age.
The damage to wheat in Morgan
county by yesterdays storm is es-
timated at 800, 600. There was
also much other damage. Tie
creeks are OVERLOOKING and the low
lands are flooded.
The country about Champaign,
ILL.,, suffered q severe loss by the
storm. Probably 100 houses and
outbuildings are damaged there and
in Urbana. The rain fell in torrents.
and trees were uprooted by the
score.
The storm completely Destroyed
the unfinished Methodist Church at
Fairbury, Ill, entailing q loss of
$1,000. A number of other build
ings were unroofed, moved from
their foundations, or blown about.
The wind carried John Longs
house, IS by 2S feet in size. at
Dwight, ILL.,, about 30 feet. but none
Of the inmates were Injured.
Fourteen buildings were unroofed
in Brooksyiile, H., yesterday.
Crops are reported to have been
heavily damaged by the storm about
Galesburg, III.
At Muscatine, Iowa, hundreds of
trees were destroyed and thousands
of panes of glass were broken by
hail-stones. Nobody was injured.
CINcIyNATI, June l6.-No materi-
al damage was done TO property in.
this city by the great storm Of last
evening. At Springfield. Ohio, a
child of David Widdenhom was kill
ed by q falling barn, and two other
persons were seriously Injured from
the same cause. The residence of
Mr.. Click was leveled TO tie ground
Mrs. Click had an arm and leg bro
ken. Two students Of Wittenberg
College were knocked senseless by fall
ing bricks, A dozen large BUILDINGS,
the st. James Hotel and a sewing
machine factory, lost their roofs.
The damage to the crops is incaleu-
liable, not only 10 the vicility of
Springfield, but along the whole path
way Of the storm. At Reading, O.,
the stable Of Henry Reisenberg was
blown down, instantly Killing the
proprietor. At Lancaster, O1io, res
licences and stores were unroofcd.
The steeple Of the Catholic Church
was blown down.
HARRIsBURG, June ga heavy
wind and rain storm passed over this
city between 4 and 5 O'Clock this af-
terpoon. The Harrisburg Bridge,
spanning the Susquehanna from the