Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1884-07-25

nghtning ana burned with thirty tons OF
hay insured.
| An excursion party from this city num-
Dering 5,UO was at Cazenovia when the
storm struck that village. The thunder
and lightning are Described as terrific and
tue rain n deluge, to all OF which more
Than bali OF the party was exposed without
sheiter: Al lngham's Hollow. four miles
from Little Falls, Henry Trumbull wss
raking nay when the storm came up. lie
drove under a tree for shelter, and was
there killed by lightning, as was his horse.
HOUSES LEvELLED AND PEoPLE KILLED IN
WISCONSIN.
A telegram from Milwaukee says: An
unusually severe wind. rain, and hall
storm passed over Wisconsin last night,
making wide track diagonally from the
northwest to the southeast, and passing
clear across the State. The damage to the
growing grain Is very heavy. aud the pro-
perty damaged already reported will
amount 10 over 100000. At Jefferson,
near WATERFOWL, there was furious tor
nado, unrootn9 many buildings and doing
great damage generally. The track OF the
storm was through the eastern part OF the
city. The following busIness-hOuses were
unrOOfed and stocks damaged Andrew
furniture warehouse Muck Il Co.,
grocery-store; and Stoppcnhach's smoke
house, and the Methodist Evangelical
church and Roman Catholic church
were unroOfed and badly damaged. Tue
Fair-Ground building was totally demol-
ished and scattered to the winds. A Ger
man by the name OF Foundre was killed
four miles northwest OF the city by the
blowing over OF barn. At Racine q new
Methodist church not quite completed was
demolished, and many small buildings
were more or less damaged. At Kewlskum
4 large saw-mil and dam were wrecked,
and several barns destroyed by lightning.
The giving way OF the dam oyerflowcd the
town, causing much suffering and destroy
ing the stocks OF goods in several stores.
A large new stone Catholic chnrch was
struck by lightning and demolished near
West Bend. Loss, about $4,000.
At Whitewater the winds and rain did
great damage to growing crops and shade
trees. Barns were unrOoied and chimneys
blown down. Lightning struck one Of the
churches and damaged it considerably.
The wind at Fond du Lac was a. strong as
a gale, and barns and out-buildings were
blown 10 pieces pretty generally. At
Ashland man was killed by lightning,
and considerable property was destroyed.
At Lake Miles two men were killed
by lightning. Around Milwaukee the
storm was very severe, but II had spent
its fury before reaching the city. Several
houses were struck by lightning, but there
was no loss Of HE, and the property de-
slroyed is comparatively snail. The great.
est damage is to the crops OF ripening
grain. Wheat has been swept to the
ground, and rs the weather is hot and
muggy, the grain will spoil before It can
fully ripsn. A heavy electrical vavs
passed over the Northwest last night. and
the lightning, like the rain, fairly de-
scended in sheets.
TERRIBLE EFFECTS IN MINNESOTA.
A special from St. Paul says: \ storm
swept over Western. Central, and Southern
Dakota and Southwestern Minnesota about
O'Clock this afternoon, and Valley City
suffers 100000 worth OF wrecked proper
~, and carpenter was killed and several
other people injured. and to-day workmen
are actively engaged clearing the rubbish
OF ;hc demolished buildings. the freight
ears that were ditchcd at this place are on
the track again. The report that II. Parish
bad his leg broken j. contradicted. hr.
Parish received q fracture IN the leg and
some serious bruises on the head. The
breadth oi the storm was from five to
seven miles. IIail-stones were a. large
as hen-cggs, and dashed through the
windows on the north side OF the
luilding. Woolsey and Carthage suffered
greatly in thi, respect. At Dell Rapids the
greatest ruin was brought. Ofar as learn
ed there were four persons klled-One
oman aud three children. The woman's
l. l. II, o.,
old, who lived four miles east Of Dell Rap
ids. Her husband in the field saw the
storm coming. Il carried the house twen-
ty feet and crushed it. Then the wind
blew II nifty feet further. The woman was
dead when her husband reached her. Had
she not been blind she might have escaped.
cora Hahn, a girl twelve years old, who
lived with the family, was badly hurt, and
is unconscious. II il thought she will
recover. The ten-year-Old daughter OF
Samuel Duckins, who lives three and
one bali miles west OF town, was out
on the prairie playing; the wind took her
up in the air and carried her more than q
mile, dropping her in a slough. Tue
family soon followed, and found her dead
there. Six miles southwest q boy was
killed, and another west OF the town.
Seven miles southeast a man named Elyer-
son was blown out OF 4 wagon and had an
arm broken, and his team was frightened
and ran away. III. IIendrickson was away
from hone. His wife saw the storm COM
ing and took her aged mother and her
own two children into n six-ioot square
hole under the house for safety. Al.
ter getting in she thought she needed
a quilt over her baby, and went up after
it. just then the house was blown over,
and she was under II and badly injured,
and has been unconscious since. \
kitcben-stove fell through the floor upon
The old woman and The two children.
hurting them slightly. Eight miles
west Mr.. Walters was crushed under
barn, and his Shoulder-Dade bro
ken. Tom McConnel's house, to the
north. was ruined. The barn fell on him,
infhcting severe injuries. lie was held
there until the railroad. hands helped him
out. Loss to buildings. $500. o. IL. Rich
ardson was badly hurt by timbers falling
on him. Five or six houses were razed
there. Mr.. and Mrs. Scheiy, Mr.. and Mrs.
TalcrS, and Mrs. Curtiss and her children
were all injured. Mrs. Curtiss had her
ribs broken. Mrs. Richardson, in the same
vicinity. had her back badly huR, and il in
a dangerous condition. Dexter Browns
wife was hurt 10y the upturniDg OF their
house in the country. The stOrnrcloud
was cyconic in character. During the
storm Il was impossible to see across the
street. Hail destroyed three iourths OF the
window-glass on the north and o1st sides OF
the houses.
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