The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1879-07-14
THE WESTERN STORM.
Very Serious Damage in Michigan.
Serious Injury to Crops Near St. Louis.

DETROIT, July 12.-Pontiac, Port Huron and
st. Clair. in this state were visited on Friday
by destructive storm of wind and lightning.
1t struck Pontiac at noon, seriously damaged
the spires of the Congregational and Episcopal
churches, the Jail and Sewell's livery stable
and unroofed anumber of dwellings. The dam
age to crops and orchards in the vicinity OF
Pontiac is reported as very great. So far as
known no persons were I'M ured.
Port Huron advices state that the storm
passed over that city little after II, flooding
the country with rain. The wind blew down
the Methodist church, inflicting loss of $15,-
600. Also blew the side out of Taylors planning
MILL blew down the Pine Grove Brewery, en-
tirely demolished Barren's photograph gallery,
unroofed the Grand Trunk freight house and
the Minnie and Graham blocks, and many
Houses and barns in different sections of tho
city were upset or unroofed. A boy named
Hoffman had both legs broken by barn fall
ing on him. A street car driver named Barnes
was seriously injured in the head by a flying
brick Store fronts were smashed in and the
goods therein greatly damaged There is no
correct estimate of the damage.
At st. Clair many trees were blown down
and several buildings unroofed. Mr.. johnson,
a farmer, was seriously in ured by a falling
barn.
ST. LOUIS, July Pit is not known whether
any one was seriously injured by the wind and
rain and lightning storm which set in here on
Thursday night and prevailed at intervals I'M
til Friday morning. The rain, which is said to
be the heaviest that ever fell here, flooded Gel
lar and damaged goods. stored therein to a
large extent, and the lightning struck several
places in and around the city, but with no Sc
rious reeults The storm interrupted tele-
graphic communication on every route leading
from the city. The damage to crops in the
surrounding country from rain and wind is
very serious, and will inflict heavy losses upon
farmers.
JEFFERSON Astabula County, Ohio, July
12.-This section of the country was visited by
a hurricane on Friday afternoon. Business
blocks and residences were unroofed and the
In some cases the roofs were carried 200 feet
No lives were lost
New YORK, July PA despatch from
Bellefontaine, o., says the storm of Friday
night covered a track of seven miles wide by
ten miles long, over which all hay, corn, oats
and wheat were Frustrated. The damage will
probably reach 100000. One man, Jules
Kavanagh, was killed by lightning
A Detroit despatch states the loss at Port
Huron, Mich, at 100000 and to the fail
grounds at Pontiac at $4,000. At Thornton
o.. a small station on the Chicago q Lake
Huron Railroad, section man named Brewer
was killed by falling tree. VIM Julian met q
similar fate. A woman named Worth, living
near Thornton had the roof of her house
blown off and two children killed. She escaped
with broken arm. The town hall was dam
aged, also Catholic church in Columbus,
st. Clair Co., while at Ypsilan much damage
was done to buildings being erected. Several
barns were destroyed and the crops in that re-
gion damaged.
Logan and Champlain counties the path of the
storm was 10 miles broad and is strewn with
wrecks of barns and trees, while growing
crops are laid PROSTATE.