Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-07-16
SWEEPING -FOUR STATES.

More Particulars of the Disastrous Storm
of Friday-Lead Mines FIoOded-Hail-
stones Large Mans Fist ObIiter-
ate Crops-A Town a Mass OF Ruins-Tho
Loss Estimated at Many Hundreds of
Thousands of Dollars Accidents.
ST. LOUIS, July 15.-Fhe news of last
Fridays storm continues to come in and
some localities the most destructive of
property of the season. At Joplin and
Webb City and in the lead mining region
of southwest Missouri, an immense
amount Rof rain fell, which flooded the
mines to such an extent that it will take
month or two to put them into working
order. Meanwhile several thousand min
ers are out of work In addition to the
wind and hail it did great damage to
buildings and crops.
At Macon and Louisiana, Mo-, in the
northeastern part of the state, the wind
played havoc with both business end resi-
dence property in the towns and did heavy
injury to crops.
Burlington Junction is described as q
pile of ruins, nearly all the houses in the
town being destroyed or badly injured
Hail stones as large as mans fist fell in
great quantity, knocking corn and other
crops to the ground and cutting down
grass as with scytee. A number of peO-
pie were injured, but none killed.
At Marysville the damage is put at
$150,000. The loss of crops is no. est.
mated but may be imagined when it is
said that strip of country from five to six
miles wide, right through the county, is
totally devastated.
At Whitehall, ILL.,, great injury was
wrought to one concern alone, the city
clay works losing $4,000. Luckily this
firm was insured against cyclones, Other
losses, jsoIuding farm property, are esti-
mated at $4,000.
Wherever this storm ragged, and it seems
to have covered an extensive area of coun-
try, extending over a large part of four
states, it worked very great injury, wreck
ing buildings of all kinds and literally
sweeping crops out of existence, all along
its path. No accurate idea of the loss can
be given, but it must be many hundreds OF
thousand of dollar.
BEACHED STEAMER RAISED.
HAVANA, July 15.-The steamer Niagara,
which took fire and was run ashore off In
dian key on Thursday, has been raised,
and arrived this morning. No damage
was done the vessel.
STARTLING STORM PREDICTION.
ROCHESTER,, N. Y, July 15.-The Demo
crat and Chronicle observer of the sun
will say tomorrow: To the five groups of
sun spots, which have exhibited intense
action the past week, two more have Just
been added by the SUMS rotations. The
sun storm, which is just coming into view,
covers a great area, showing very rapid
changes. Violent thunder storms and tor
nadoes may be expected this week in the
northern states and Canada
MALIGNANT MEASLES.
BALTIMORE, Nd. July ia malignant
type of measles has broken out in st.
Mary's school, occupied by 450 boys.
There have been ten deaths since Wednes-
day.
New HAVEN, Conn, July 15.-The Now
Haven Wire works, in East Haven, were
damaged by fire to the amount of $50, O0e.
! Three hundred men are out of employ
ment. Wheeler q Co., the owners, say the
works will be running again T::tL;n sixty
days.
FATAL COUCH.
CAIRO, ILL.,, July 15.-An unknown negro.
! about II years of age, while asleep on the
track of the st. Louis & Cairo railroad,
was run over and killed this morning, the
| locomotive cutting his head and arm off.