The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-08-30

ST. PAUL, Mimi, Aug. 3O'-The Winnipeg
(Manitoha) special to The Pioneer Press says;
A terrific storm of cyclone character pre-
vailed here Wednesday night, doing in
calcuiable dam sc to property in towns and
villages throughout the province and damag
Ing crops to an extent not yet ascertaned.
although believed to he large.
Wednesday the thermometer ran almost as
high as it mas any day during the summer.
There was not the slightest breeze. Toward
evening the sky gave evidence that storm
was brewing, the heavens rapidly became
beclouded and soon the wind sprang up,
blowing strongly from the south and west.
Rain poured III the western part of the pro
vince, lightning followed, and tremendous
crashes of thunder prevailed all the evening.
Il was dangerously near. About O'Clock,
when the wind was flowing from the south
west; and bearing the clouds along,
the clouds in the northern heavens were
suddenly observed to sweep in ali opposite
direction 1t was evident that the wind had
changed i'll the north. Clouds driven by
wind, advanced upon each other in opposing
armies They burst in the fearful onset
upon each other, and for an hour or more,
waged war attended by disastrous results.
The roof was Wrenched off the Hudson bay
store and torn to pieces, damaging sur
rounding buildings. The rain poured down
upon the stock, doing much damage. A
straet-car with a number of occupants was
blown from the track. A frame house and
stable occupied by horses, all owned by VIII
iam Burke were blown away. The house
was carried twenty feet, and the stable
llou,u intn the A SqIno hnina river
No less than fifty buildings in the city were
damaged by the storm. Roofs were carried
away. ends were blown out of houses, chin
news were blown down, plate-glass windows
were broken, signs were knocked endwise,
telephone and telegraph wires were pros
trated, and general havoc committed.
Reports from twenty or thirty points IN
the province show that the storm caused re-
suits much similar to those witnessed at Win
nipeg The following is an extract from a
special from Portage LaPrairie, sixty miles
west of here:
The tin-roofng of the Methodist block, Cox
50. was blown off, piled in heap on the side
walk and ditch in front The rain poured in
through the roof and into the Methodist hall,
| running the plaster and deluging the stock OF
Strong & Hendersons two stores and Joseph
Taylor's drug store underneath. A wind
| mill of the Manitoba & Northwestern rail
| way was blown over. The Canadian Pacific
| freight sheds were tilted, and the storing
paper shed of the paper-mlll was
| blown over. At $50 the wind
rose again, blowing from the south
| southeast with more rain and vivid
lightning, until $50 p m. after which the
skies cleared up. Crops are reported to be
damaged considerably.
A sneeial from Holdingly. village fifteer
| miles southwest, says large number oi
stores, dwelling houses, and farn-houre'
have suffered, but it is impossible to obtain
| full accou.St of the damage done
HURON, D. t, Aug. 2o.-A cyclone formeo
about three miles north of this city Thursday
afternoon at S:;35. The cloud was of funne
shape, and struck the ground on the banks o
the Jim river The storm took a south
easterly direction, destroying everything
IT'S path, which fortunately was nQ'AHA'