The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1883-07-06
CYCLONES EAST AND WEST.
One Village Almost Entirely Blown
Away, and Several People Killed-Much
Damage Done-A Western Breeze. sa

One Village Almost Entirely Blown
Away, and Several People Killed-Much
Damage Done-A western Breeze. Ii
Af HARTFORD, Conn, July 8,
The little town of Cromwell, Conn, was
almost annihilated, fourteen persons killed,
ane many injured, by fierce tornado which
swept over that section of country Monday
night All day the temperature was high.
The heat was made doubly intense by the
absence of breeze, and when
the sky was overcast by clouds
at three o'clock it was great
relief. The approach of the storm
was heralded by loud thunder and fierce
lightning. 1t appeared to sweep up the riy-
er, and did not at first move swiftly. 1t was
believed to be nothing more than an ordinary
storm until it struck the town in all its fury.
There are not a half dozen buildings left
standing Many were carried entirely
away. One building, a brick structure.
which sheltered five families, crumbled be-
fore the force of the cyclone, and all of its
inmates were Instantly buried. Those who
were not killed outright met death by suf-
location. Two women were struck BY fly
Ing timbers and killed, while fleeing from
their home in quest of a place of refuge.
The cyclone only lasted a few seconds.
Physicians and nurses have gone to the
scene of the disaster.
South of this.city much damage was done
by hail and wind In Saybrook the car
house of the Connecticut Valley Railroad.
about one hundred feet long, was blown
downand half Of the building carried several
yards. The main track was choked with
debris, delaying all trains. Hail-stones de-
stroyed thousands of paneS of glass in Mid
dleton. Trees and telegraph poles were
blown down in all directions. The storm
was quite severe in New Haven. ..
~ Eas WLLIAMsTowN, Mass, July 8.
A tornado swept through WilIiamstown
Valley Monday afternoon, and wrecked the
new college gymnasium, where an alumni
dinner was to be eaten Wednesday. Had
the dinner been held Monday hundreds must
have been injured. The loss to the college
Will be about $4,000. Many barns and trees
were blown down.
Waterbury, Conn, and the Naugatuck
Valley were visited by terrible storm Mon
day afternoon. The wind was almost a
hurricane, while rain fell in torrents.
Streets and lawns were strewn with branch
es, several large trees were torn pp by the
roots, travel was delayed on the Naugatuclz
Road, and windows were broken by hail
stones. Much tobacco will have to he reset.
NEW YORK, July 8.
Shortly before six o'clock Monday even
ing violent storm broke over this city.
sweeping through the streets with such
strength that walking became almost inn
possible, while clouds of dust filled the air.
Al unfinished three-storg frame house in
1870 street was blown down, and the front
wall OF the brick theater, owned by Harry
Minor, In course of erection, also fell. The
Workmen escaped injury, having abandoned
the building when the storm broke. aiIf
sg In Fort Jarvis, at four o'clock in the after
noon, the thermometer registered nearly one
hundred degrees in the shade. In half an
hour heavy, wind and rain-storm struck
the. village from the west, and did much
damage to trees, fences and small buildings
At Hancock the, Erie freight-house was
totally demolished. The Catholic Church
was blown to the ground, and other houses
damaged, Telegraph poles were also
thrown down. In Binghamton many large
trees We're uprooted and houses lnrnafed
and blown down. The Catholic Church and
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S844i4 ltl MILwAUKEE, Wis, July 5.
A severe wind storm, about two and a
half miles in width, swept over Ozaukee
County, Wis, at six o'clock Monday morn
ing, demolishing buildings at Nacedah,
Fond du Lac, Belgium, Fredonia, Oakfeld,
Larmartine, Princeton, Port Washington,
hartford, Ripon, New Cassel, Marquette,
BROWNSVILLE, kewaskum, and dozen other
towns. In Belgium and Fredonia alone
over. two hundred buildings were blown
fiat. At Oakfeld, nine miles south of Fond
du Lac, hardly a chimney was left stand
ing. King d Erwin's barn and press were
totally destroyed. The loss in the whole
village is estimated at sis, 900. At Port
Washington, three men named HolIander,
Soule and French were drowned. The
schooner iGanges, off Port Washington, lost
all her topmasts, and several other vessels
were seriously damaged. AT Neenah the
$4,000 bridge over the Wisconsin River
was damaged to the extent of $4,000