The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1883-06-21
Winds ana waves,
Much damage was done by severe
wind storms on Monday.

Much damage was done by severe
wind storms on Monday.
At Steubenville the curront struck
the house OF Mrs. Reynolds, on Sew
enth street, tearing off the roof, blow
ing down the chinneys and 3 part of
tho walls; thence it went eastward,
uprooting trees. unroofing houses, de-
stroying fences, and Ioveling telegraph
poles, till it reached the Ohio river,
the waters of which it lifted into the
air, from which they fell back like a
cascade. The damage to property in
town, it is said, will reach about $l5,-
600. Considerable damage is also re-
ported by the storm after it crossed the
river. So far AS heard from, no one
was seriously hurt.
AT MilIersburg, o., the residence of
the late DIR. Pomerene had its attic and
roof blown away, part OF it going
across the street, striking the residence
of G. w. Everett, and damaging it
considerably. The court house, which
is old. had part of one corner torn
out, ron derlng it unsafe. Trees were
twisted off, and limbs scattered i'm sv-
cry direction. The hail did much
damage to fruit.
At Pittsburg one Of the heaviest rain
and hail storms ever known occurred.
Hail came down as large as eggs, and
rain fell in torrents, flooding streets
and cellars. Outside the city the storm
| took the nature Of a cyclone. Specials
to the Dispatch and COmrpercial Ga
zette state that through Washington
and the southeastern counties houses
and barns were unroofed, trees uproot-
ed, and cattle killed. Damage to rail-
roads from washOuts and land slides,
and to telegraph wires, also, is great,
hut so far no loss of life is reported.
The storm did not last an hour, and
was from the southwest. Specials say
the track Of the cyclone was from one
hundred to four hundred feet, and In
many places everything was swept as
IL by broom,
The heavy rains for the past few
days have caused destructive floods in
town of Corning, forty miles north OF
st. Joseph, on the Kansas City, st. 10.
81 Council Bluffs Railroad, and also en
the Missouri river, Is inundated. and
several houses entirely swept away.
About four miles of the railroad is un-
der water. All railroads in Western
and Central Missouri, excepting the
Missouri Pacific, are badly washed,
and trains are generally abandoned.
1t looks as though serious trouble, not
only to railroads, but to all river towns
and bottom land farms, is to result
from the present or threatened condi-
zion of the river.
at Kansas City, Mo-, the river Mon
day night was twenty-five feet and
rising, and the village of Harlem, op-
posite, was deserted. Two deaths by
drowning are reported.
A Princeton, Mo-, special to the Kan
sas City Times says:
While public sale was in progress
al the residence of r. 8. Light, near
Ravenna, Saturday, q. heavy thunder
storm came up, and about thirty men
took refuge in barn. The building
was struck by lightning, and John
Bowers, James Berry, and George
Wyatt, respected citizens, were killed
and two or three others injured.
A Senecs, Kansas, dispatch says:
| At RaEer,s Ford Thomas Atkins
family attempted to leave their home,
which was threatened with destruction
by water, and took Mr.. Borsri, wife
and children along. There were eight
In the wagon, which was csught in
the current of Turkish Creek and up
set. Seven of the party were drowned
Mrs. Borari alone escaping. She lodg
ed in tree, and was rescued fourteen
hours afterwards. Her body was wash
! ed from her arms and drowned. Only
one of the other bodies has yet been
found. At Cincinnati, twelve mile.
north, one farmer lost one hundred
hogs.