, 1880-04-25
Houses, Barns, Fences, Etc., Leyeled
to the Ground and Carried
Away.
A Number Of Persons Serfous1v
Injured, but No Lives
Lost.
The Pacific Coast Also the Scene Of q
Violent Storm.
Levees Carried Away and Railroad
Tracks Washed Out.
The Central Pacific Railroad nneh Damaged By Land.
Slides and Agalaltbes

1n6 C6ntfM Paclnc kallroaa MGe1 damaged hy Land
Slides and ASala1thes. !.
4 DESTRUCTIVE CYCLONE.
Special Dtspateh to 7he Chicago Tribune
BURLINGTON. H., April 24.--A special tt
the Haackeye from Lorraine, Adams County,
ILL.,, says that vicinity was visited last evening
by one Of the most destructive cyclones tina
ever passed over that section Of country
The STORM struck Lorraine about O'Clock
taking northeasterly course through Keene
Township into the western part of Houston
| Township. Eye-witnesses describe the ap
proaching tstorm as "a frightful-looking
black, cloudy line, with feecy white
funnelshaped clouds, which moved
In the manner OF screw pro-
peller, with terrific velocity, literally
destroying and blowing away everything In
its path, which was about half mile wide.
Trees were uprooted, houses and barns
blown from their foundations, and the ami
mails whir1ed into the air and carried great
distances. The noise of the storm, the crash
Of timbers, and the cries Of terrified people
made up a scene horrible. Seven houses
were leveled to, the ground and number of
barns and outbuildngs destroyed. No loss
r1a ;,,;,,~a, a,.,s- .-- ~ W.
norh,, Wis, 49,, ,-.;fo H. 80. 1r1,,,, ~
MaCor,,;o1. a,d Nrre caia., c+o..s ''''A4'''n
xn<c.a1 nt.no,-a n ~. rh,.ns, 9s,s., i;
n,11yrv m Anri, a-Iae+ r,;-~h+ 81, =.
northern n,rt ~ this county ,,;s;faS ~ ~
vary f,aetrrctiva +ornodo a eDoo;,1 -, ~
E77,f1 g:;voo tho fo,1o,,,1nr ,ort;o,,1o,,. ~
struck the east side Of Lima Township ahont
7:90 O'Clock, taking northeasterly direction
1hrough Aeene lowhsh1p, into the northern
pf 10 a. onnpnanbnc etnr, sa, :, Eye"ittsSes
fnl lookine hlacE clond. Iinei VIII t1s.anv
white, f1nne1-shaped clouds, and moved in
the manner of screw propeller. 1t
proceeded WIN Wonderfui velocity, liter
a. IL ;ch 1 ,uos nWay
wide. i,aree-sized trees were twisted nfF
and the bark literally peeled from the small
trees: Houses we're blown from their
tp,,tonS' tt11 1"ara Sd'i hn' ' sneep and poni
try WeIe wlllrled III 1nto ne ar and carried
res ~ dG noss OF tne St0rm ana
made the scene terrof that beggars descrip aI
hsses barns ses and 1eyeiea 10 e
gs; hor 40 aE pe5son5 sS E ; iieo' out
HUMBER were seriously injured" :
STORM ON THE PAc1Fc COAST.
SAN FRANCISCO, April 24.-Since last
Tuesday railroad and telegram connectfon
has bpen comnIeta1v ont off hatwaor A,to
~ tha ,,1ast o+d Tr,~o,,ea 10y ~ Des"sen 1'ss
~ ~ ulo "ee' alio 1tucAce On Lie east slde OF
the mountains. A terrible storm has pre-
vailed in the Interior, not only in the mount
aims. but throughout the Stata. Tn tha val.
leSs the rainfall mas been heavy and almost
constant. Rivers and streams are full to
overfloWing, and leyees in many places
carried away, railroad tracks washed out low
lands laid nnder yatar conntrv 5000 ro,,,
oered mpassaole' and bridges swept
away. Great fears were felt at one time for
the safety Of Sacramento, llarysyille, and
other valley towns Fortunat.iv +ha rain
ohorood ;rto c,o,1 ~, ia c;o.-. .the..s:
~. ,u'o e,,oN VI .ae olerl''' o1nerwlso
the "hole valleys OF Sacramento and San
Joaquin would have been devastated by the
nature has occurred. and willie the damaea
~ nrons fancos ato , ~, "ie ,,Is,.t. .he uanae
ereae4 " s1ops, lo, T1 VII % unpouoteuly
1Gca nca ana PaIua n H. nature; IN tae mount
nav ha nbto;nad y uan % SeSei1oy VI 1he storm
eivfaan faat ~ $500 ~ nohn ~ tA1<!s uset
while in some places m tho In, !
Of the railroad it has drifted |
1orty ieet deep .Avalanches have swept !
e11o, uomtt ttlo pug u G M Maluuncals, ctusnng
awav teIeeranh jines Mar Alto i,nd
slide buried and tore away the track and
road-bed. Snow-plows, each driven by ten
enganes, 1ave peen aasnlhg through the
r'.1;s ~ MON hava tni,aG w;th s,a,,oi <u 1ane
The blows could not he driven, The stnrno
has now ceased, and the track is virtually /
cIear cI!e with the exception OF the land