, 1880-06-13
CASUALTIES.

I ST. PAUL. June 12.-AS te1egraphlc aT6
mail communication is restored, it is possible
to obtain fuller reports of the damage by the
storm of yesterday morning. It extended
all over Eastern and Southern Minnesota,
| Northern Iowa, and Western Wisconsin. All
| along the course Of the Mississippi, from st.
| Paul to Winona, villages were drowned by
water and torn by winds Trains are delayed
and road-beds washed out. 4 dispatch from
Win0na says: Superintendent Sanborn ar
rived home shortly after noon to day, after
hard siege among the washouts OIL the
Winona Il St. Peter Railroad. He re-
ports about twenty bridges as having
been taken out, but says he expects to get
train out Of Wlnona tomorrow forenoon
Over 800 laborers employed in the railroad
stone-quarry were caught in the cliffs and
could not get out till about O'Clock Thurs
day evening. Three men were on hand
car crossing a bridge overa small ravine when
the hurricane struck them. The wind was
so violent that they were unable to go for
ward, and before they could get out Of danger
a tremendous wave swept down the ravine,
overwhelming them in a resistless flood. One
of the men was carried under the bridge, AUD
the other two were wellnigh drowned. bht
all finally escaped. Great relief was felt ut
Minnesota City that the town had escaped
without utter annihllation: When it WAS
heard that an unprecedented wave was cous-
ing down the valley, the people were Justly
fearful of a dire calamity. Though covering
the railroad tracks and threatening the sarety
Of the depot buildings, it subslded without
Wer we t E. wi af sSs and M4 Toosts n
both all right, and so is Mr.. Forbush's mill.
Mr.. Griflin's barn at Pickwick was blown
down. Mr.. Nelson Lee was killed by the
falling timbers Frank Griffin fM was ass severely
washed out the sewer or tunnel which comes
down the bluffs through the village at Fount-
ain City, and several buildings were under
mined. Much damage is believed to have
3 Valley. e0 The R valsys arc around nd Wiaona PRESENT
a sad wreck. Cellars were filled. houses
flooded, and fields and gardens devastated.
A Chippawa Falls, Wis, dispatch 5ays:
b9 P&aca veEe ceek Of fdqesa 9qSer es sfafea aot
O'Clock yesterday morning. The two dams
at Bloomer went out, carrying with them
three bridges, two large barns, and cooper
wagon-shop Water is flowing through the
streets, three feet deep. The merchants are
heavy losers by water damaging goods which
were stored in cellars and OH the first tOors-
The water is expected here at o'clock to-
night, and more damage is looked for in our
city. The damage to Bloomer will exceed
Special Dispateh to The Chicago Tribune.
fra.bsts nu ~ tha tyof ;,er yr en tT;hutr;a
have cansed mich da,nare tn The inmberinr
interests. The same is tbe case in the lumber
regions further north.
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1AE ;. FLUIDS.
MllwAukEE' WIS, june t@.-lhe oe'c
te"ees Lu closse spec1ai says uae Alss1ssippI
continuing us l1se' IS no" "itnin h'e inches
OF tne tllgnest ever known: IL large hu1npet
u 4ce-houses nave pten oaulasea: anu ~ 1 -
lepol1e.. ttla' on lne oppei mlsslsslpp' oo'ooo
TONS Oh ice nave oeen 4ost- aho%neI rlse Is
reported III BLACK hi'er' wn'ch Is dohg gfea.
injury 10 losgefs' anu a large nuhoer OF
bridges nave peen carried away.
,,crs Chippewa Falls special says the Chip
newa River this morning was sixteen feet
'ha,,o Il; r,.rl sTha IN nm m foat
.u"se lsn~""tel tHe nl.e.A 1ne o .eo.
Oh @ logs 5an d + oog . r9 ~ d pfoMe sos aws Ky
T1Ver oeing gu ,9 S"ept 1 eiear u DIETS all noglns.
Later 2',ooo.0ov rect OF fellow l.lver logs
were we &c cared away. IL Is es1lMated that an
oOyooV 1eet Oh logs passed ChlppeWa falls
ms morning, Whlcn were stopped ana held
at Inc PENS dam, Eau tlare' DUE Iears aTe
entertained ante y TOT Us safety onGlld tne Dells
Gam &c = woulM sweep tne me- Shlppetwa w, 1lvel
dam on the Meno1nonee went out last night.
LII MbEK INTERESTS D&AMAuED.
1peem1 m D,pate" 70 INC 1a'e'0o o., 4'roe''e .
o.. AoA7 minn, 1uue 1ne , eont1.na1 ~.
iee u tne Upper tf'e,ss'ppi anu 'tS tffo"-
ares creates consluelaole a1a1nl among HIM
)ermen and residents OF loW-Iying villages.
Upon the river banks at St. Paul the river is
1ow eleven feet deep in the channel. or hicf,-
,r than for years The water is hag;nningto
- s,". ~. -. 80 S..,,ne 30 ~
st. Paul. All the upper tributaries are boonl-
ny, and the Minneapolis mills are trembling
or their logs slowed in booms Some have
I1ready been carried away. Great damage
las been done In Wisconsin. Two hundred
million feet Of logs were lost by the breaking
# the Blo0mer boom in Eau Claire. A dis
'atch says the dam on Point Creek went out
yesterday, and last night the dam on Yellow
River went out also, letting their jams OF
ogs' into the Chippewa. There are over $780,
Va Win rise now o1 sixteen 1eel- ne lulh-
elmen nave put INES aGross tne lFeE "
sadgar ,1iils % six Miles abnve saw hat nver
a5, go. eco feet have already passed there, and