The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1877-08-18
Stormy Summers.

The Tornadoes of the Last De.
cade-The Great Storms oftho
Past.
The occnr,ancc of great and ,|cS-
huctivr storms is Frequently marked
IN history. Perhaps the most terri
bic one on record is what is known
as the great storm of November o.
q, l1E': in England and throughout
Europe. In that triyhtfu! tempest.
lasting throughout the greater part of
two days, TIE number of persons
drowct1 In the Thames and Severn,
and lost on the coast in ships blown
from their moolings AND never heard
of eftcrwu:h, was estimated at eight
thousand souls. The loss Of property
sustained in London alone, by wind
and food, was estimated at the cnor-
nous sum of 2,o1H. OOO pounds Strr-
ling. In the County of Kent a
greater number of trees were torn up
ny their roots. the great EddyStonr
Lighthouse was completely Destroy
cd, and immense numbers of cattle
were killed and drowned. In the
West Indies, from tie 81 to- the 18th
OF October, iS10, terrible hurricanes
devastated the whole country. at
Barhadocs over 1000 inhabitants lost
their lives in this tempest, and the
destruction of British and other YES
sells in West India harbors was fright
full. Another terrible hurricane visit.
rd the Island Of Balhadors August
ID, |>3l. In this TEMPEST over 2,3t|O
inhabitants were killed and over 5000
wounded.
Many of our readers will remember
the fearful hurricane which swept
over Ohio and the States lying to the
westward as far as Iowa in June, of
the year lSt;O. The violence of the
wind which attended this great storm,
was declared by many to have been
without a parallel. Great dCstruc-
ton to trees, crops, roofs, and YES
sells, and some loss of life werc the
results along the broad track of this
tempest, reaching in width for mauy
miles.
In the year 1865, tremendous gales
swept across tho American lakes and
the Atlantic coast, from the 9th to
the llth of January. The same hur-
ricane reached Europe, and the steam
, or Amelia went down with a cargo
valued at Sl,WO,OO0. Many wrecks
aud great loss of life were reported
in various countries, showing that an
unusual atmospheric perturbation per
vadcd the globe at the same time.
a frightfully destructive storm was
tho tropical hurricane which struck
the coast Of Nova Scotia with terri
ble fury on the oath and 25>h of AN
gust, 1873. The loss of life Was
tlishtful, and that of property was
estimated at the time from four t.
five millions of dollars. About nine
hundred houses were destroyed, the
damage done to whayves and crops
could scarcely be calculated, and tho
number of vessels known to have
been destroyed during the gath and
18th of August was 1902. In the
ncighborhood of the Gulf of St
Lawrence and tho Atlantic shores Of
Nova Scotia and Newfoundland tho
loss of life was not proportionatcly
large, being estimated at less thar
five hundred in all.
1t is notable that the month of June
1871, was prolific in thunder and rail-
storms, especially in the Western
States. The 10th of June there wa'
an awful tornado at El.lorado, Kan
sas, that nearly destroyed the whole
town. On the 18th, at several points
in Wisconsin, violent aud dcstruc
tive tornadocs were reported. Th'
same day a terrific hurricane at Sclan
ton, Iowa, demolished houses ant
carried light buildings ten rods, kill
; ing the inmates. The same da!
, Wcstcrvillc, Iowa, reported terrible
tornado, and the vicinity of Spring
, field, Illinois, was visited by an aw
, full cyclone, pulling up trees ant
whirling fences in the air. On tin
10th Of June the same year (l97l)
=, there was terrific thunder and rail-
storm, flooding the country in Kan
} sas and Minnesota, and on the 28t|
of the same month there was srea
storm on Lake Superior, attcnde'
: with furious winds from all points q
tho compass (whirlwinds), twirlin
the waves into spires, or watcr-spoutS
aud attended by 4 destructive tida
, wave at Duluth, Minnesota.
On the 9th of July, 1871, Dayton
Ohio, was visited by violent lorna
p do, in tho path of which many hou>
n cs we've demolished and churchc
8 aud bridges blown down, scvc'al per
! sons being killed, and the total dam
age to property in the city and coun
p try estimated at least one millio
r Ollars.-Cincinnati Commercial.