The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1878-08-10
Great Storm in New York ana New Eng
land


Great Storm in New York ana New Eng
land.
BesToN. Aug. GA succession of
showers, accompanied by heavy thunder
and sharp lightning, visited this section to-
day and considerable damage was done at
Rye Beach, N. III. At noon a terrific
storm is reported. It was quite wide and
in some places 10 its path whole sections of
wood land were blown down. The bridge
of the Bethany Beach was swept away,
chimneys were demolished. dwellings were
flooded and wrecked, and less substantial
buildings leyelled. A boarding house
near the bathing beach, was blown down
and N. l.. Coates boarding house on the
beach was split in two. Two acres of
wood land have not standing stick, and
few chimneys in the track OF the storm
remain.
At Cape Vincent, N. Y, in the storm
last night, the Presbyterian and Catholic
Churches, railroad warehouse and dwell
ling were much damaged by lightning.
The storm on the St. Lawrence was terri
BILE. The telegraph lines were all pros
trated and no trains arrived to-day, and
barns hlled with grain were burned.
At Belleville, Ontario. to-day the wind
and lightning did much damage to houses,
barns and outlying grain. while in Toron-
to three houses were considerably injured
by lightning.
HARTFORD, Conn, Aug. 9.-This after
noon about 6 o'clock tornado struck the
village of Wallingford. 1t demolished the
old Catholic Church on the plains and then
levelled some twenty houses in Wallace 8
Row. Other houses were moved and in
iured. Going up the hill the tornado
dashed to the ground $4,000 brick
school house and then passed over the bill,
swapping big elm trees as if they were
mere reeds and laying PROSTATE telegraph
poles. Several persons have been killed
and many wounded and the village author
tiles have sent to Meriden for doctors.
MERIDEN, Conn.,, Aug. 9.-The sever
est storm of thunder, lightning. rain and
wind ever known In Meriden occurred this
afternoon between 5 and 7. The new shop
of Brady & Hubbard was badly damaged
about the roof. Many chimneys and trees
were blown down, but no lives lost.
WATERTowN, N. Y. Aug. 9.-Trains
over the local roads hereabouts stopped by
the storm last night are not expected to be
running again before tomorrow night.
The turnpikes are impossible, owing to the
destruction of bridges. Whole fields of
grain, corn and other products are wholly
ruined. The grain harvested and stacked
was swept away by the food One man
Of this city awakened by his bed becom-
ing wet, found the front door of the house
open and water two feet deep oD the floor
and cradle containing baby asleep float
ing around. In some places live stock was
swept away and lost. The lightning was
almost continuous and painfully vivid and
bright.
WALLINGFoRD, Conn Aug "a ter
rible tornado passed Wallingford about 6
o'clock this afternoon and blew over hou-
ses, uprooted trees and caused the greatest
devastation, 1t is estimated that the kill
ed will number at present at least twenty,
while the wounded will reach twice that
number. Telegraph wires aud poles were
blown down, making it impossible to COM
municate with New Haven or Meriden or
! Hartford to the north. Word was fnally
sent by the up o'clock train to the two
latter places and 10 the next down express,
which leaves Merideu at 7:30, came physi-
clans and help. The greatest excitemen
prevails and t!.e widest rumors and ahoat
as to the loss of lie. The tornado was
confined to belt of territory about half a
mile wide aud the whole loss of life took
place on the sad plains about quarter of
a mile north of the railroad station near
the line Of the New York, New Haven 4
Hartford Railroad
At 6 o clock, while the men were leav-
ing the factories. gentle rain began to fal
and soon increased to a perfect deluge
while almost continuous and vivid lightning
illuminated the darkened sky as bright a.
day and thunder rolled with an increasing
and deafepiDg roar. Without warning
tornado with hail and rain swept across thu
northern part of town from west to east,
and everything moYeable in its track was
carried away 1t seemed to last but mo
ment, but its results were frightful. AT
terwards a light rain fell and this sool
ceased, at s O. clock the moon shone bright
: ly down. By actual count forty dwelling
houses were demolished and at least fift
barns. The death list at most will not ex
ceed thirty.