The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1880-06-19
JUNE STORMS.
Destruction of Life and Property,

with greater or less destruction Of lie and
property, have occurred the past ten days in
various parts Of the country. Special dis
patches give particulars Of terrible tornado
that swept through part OF Poltawattamie co.,
Iowa, on Wednesday night Of last week. The
storm clouds were first seen forming both
east and west Of Wheeler's Grove, the point
where the most destruction occurred, and
travelled eastward. The track Of the tornado
was about 4 half mile Ia width and swept
everything before il, demolishing farm houses
barns and other buildings, and carrying some
Of them bodily for Hundreds Of feet, then
dashing them to the ground in pieces. At
one place farmers house surrounded by a
board fence was picked up and then dashed
to pieces in the yard leaving every board on
the fence in itspiace. The persons known TO
have been killed are Jessie Aasler, wife aud
two children; Wm. Pace, wife aud two chill.
dren killed and another child fatally injured.
Alexander Ansler, wife and child were CARR.
ed in the mir nearly hundred and iifty feet,
and seriously injured, the child fatally. A
hired man, name unknown, employed by An.
sler, was killed. Some six or eight persons
were carried away, and have not yet been
found. In all, about twenty persons are re.
ported dead or missing. Not a house in the
track Of the tornado was left standing. The
storm did not last fifteen minutes and was IN.
accompanied by rain.
Severe storms on Thursday and Friday
nights Of last week flooded the Wisconsin,
Chippewa, Black aud Yellow River and Up.
per Mississippi. At Nassau, Wisconsin, sew.
eral bridges and four million feet Of logs were
carried away. At La Crosse, the Mississippi
was within five inches Of the highest point
ever known. Bridges we're destroyed and So.
900 tons Of ice lost from damaged ice houses,
200, 100000 feet Of logs from yellow and
Chippewa rivers passed Chippewa Falls ON
Saturday, but were held by dam at Eau
Claire. At last accounts II was feared the
dam would go.
A terrific thunder storm passed over Baltl-
more and the southern portion Of Maryland
early on Friday morning of last week. More
than two inches of rain fell, but the damage
in the city was slight. Near Cheltenham,
Prince Georges county, two farm buildings
were burned, and two men were killed by
lightning.
During the terrific thunder storm at and in
the vicinity Of Asbury Park, N. j., Sunday
evening, the cottage Of Judson Stiles, at Ocean
Grove, was struck by lightning. The shock
paralyzed Mrs. Styles aud doubts are enter
tanned Of her recovery. An infant in her
arms was not injured. There are reports of
much damage by the monetary tornado in
the grove and park. At Shark River the
lightning struck the house occupied by Mr..
Moran. All the inmates were Frustrated, and
Lydia Henderson was probably fatally injured,
At New Brunswick, N. j., the tornado, nc.
eompanied by thunder and lightning, tore up
trees and fences. The wind took the roof off
the high school. Several plate glass windows
were blown in. In the vicinity OF Long
Branch, n. j., the damage by the storm is
estimated at $4,000.
Lafayette, Ind, was flooded by a rain storm
Sunday, doing $4,000 damage.
A whirlwind at Barnstead and Gilman,on,
n. H., destroyed about dozen barns and
several other houses The Baptist meeting
house was moved several feet. The loss by
the tornado in New Hampshire is estimated
at 100000. Its force may be realized from
the fact that acres Of trees, from two to four
feet thick, were snapped like pipe stems.
Lock Haven, Pa, was visited by terrible
wind and rain storm, many barns and dwell
ings were unrooied and fences and trees blown
down. The city Touring mill was blown
out of line.
Long Island IN. y was swept by des.
tructive storm, and several boats were wreck.
ed in Flushing Bay. Five persons were pick.
ed up in a drowning condition.
A rise Of % feet in Chippewa river, Wis,
caused the sweeping away of millions Of feet
Of lumber, many bridges, mills, houses and
barns, and dozens Of families were left home
less. The property lost at Eau Claire, Wis,
is placed at 81 100000. The water was fail
ing at last accounts.
Reports from various peach. growing sec
tons OF the Maryland and Delaware peninsu.
la concur in stating that considerable damage
was done to the peach crop by the violent
storm last Saturday afternoon, many peach
trees being blown down whilst thousand of
bushels were blown from the trees. The
wind was accompanied with hail.
The heaviest rain storm known for long
time visited Cincinnati, Monday night. The
rainfall exceeded three inches. A cyclone
passed to the north OF Cincinnati, prosirating
all the telegraph wires to the north and east
The railroad depot at Hamilton, Butler
county, Ohio, was struck by lightning and
burned. Near Frankfort, Ind, much damage
was done. At Cicero, Ind, many houses
were blown down and 6iteeu persons badly
injured, one, Mrs. David Gerber, fatally. The
Methodist and German Lutheran churches
were blown down. The village OF Glendale,
Ohio, was almost wholly despoiled of roofs,
shade and fruit trees. At Shelbyyille, Ind,
Abraham Clark was taken up by the wind
aud fell fatally injured The Ohio river is
rising.
Further accounts Of the foods in Wisconsin
report two-thirds of the city Of 0conto flooded
to the depth Of two to four feet. Numerous
dams and bridges and millions Of feet Of tim.
Der have been swept away on the 0eonto and
Little rivers. The damage to the city of
Oconto and the lumber interests is estimated
at S250,000. The Wisconsin river has food.
ed the whole business portion of Grand
Rapids and number OF stores have been
swept away. While Messrs. Brundage 4
Ferguson were saving goods from their hard.
ware store a portion of the bnilding was
washed away and Ferguson was drowned.
Great damage TO the crops has been done
by the foods in Embarrass valley, in Wiscon
sin. Many families sought safety on the
roofs Of their houses. A son Of Frank LYON
was drowned while attempting TO cross a
creek. Many of the inhabitants are disheart.
ened and are leaving for other sections.
The heavy rain storms northwest of Chicago
Frustrated the telegraph wires in that direc-
ton.
Snow fell at Minneapolis and other points
in Minnesota Monday.
A despatch, June 18th, to the Baltimore
Sun, from Cumberland, Nd, SAYS A very
heavy rain began in this section last night,
and continued most Of to-day. There is a
freshet in the Potomac river, which was to.
day between eight aud nine feet higher than
usual, and within three feet Of the highest
water known here for years. A number of
gardens, DC, were washed out. A family
named Miller, living on Smiths Island, in
the Potomac, near Cumberland, shut of by
the water, were rescued from peril by boats,
after some difficulty. The streets and some
houses in Piedmont, West Va, are flooded,
and the county bridge between Piedmont and
Westernport is injured somewhat. Appre.
hension is felt this afternoon for the large
stock Of logs Of the I.oehiel Lumber Company,
at Bloomington. Six or eight hundred Of
them forced loose aud moved down stream,
bat caught at the Davis boom, near Piedmont.
The Davis lumber boom is somewhat damag.
ed also. Georges creek rose considerably,
and carried away parts Of treslling on The
Cumberland and Pennsylvania railroad Al
Homecoming, Barton and Ph@hix, aud the road
bed was washed near Wssiernport. Passen,
ger trains were prevented from running in tho
forenoon, but got through in the afternoon,
transferring freight and passengers No coal
trains are running west OF Ocean mines. The
damage to the railroad, il is expected, will b
repaired by tomorrow morning. The watcl
in the river is now reeeding. No damage "a
canal reported.