Morning journal and courier., 1885-08-14
ToRNADoEs IN NEW YORK,
Gfeat Damage To Property And Sey
 0ral PeOpIe KfIIed

Great Damage To Property And Sey-
 sral People Killed.
 NoRWooD, N. Y., August 13.-The dam age by the tornado here last night was over estimated somewhat. The loss of life so far reported includes only Michael Martin, 8 farm hand, and Mrs. Tavid Fitzgibbons. The injured are Myra Ormsby, aged eighteen, probably fatally hurt; Mrs. George Cramer, s. B. Leslie, Mrs. Oliver Lundeman, Carl and Rufus King and Charles Miner. The storm ragged over territory fifteen miles in length and from one-half to thres-quarters of a mile in width. The wind was accompanied by terrific hail storm. The damage done to growing crops and to fruit cannot be esti- mated. The principal losers in Norwood are Norwood Lumber company, the Ogdensburg and Lake Champlain railway company by damage to bridge and station and A. M H. Pearson by damage to broom handle and hoop factory. Over one hundred residences and innumersble barns and sheds were de- stroyed or damaged. Several sugar bushes were totally destroyed. The damage done in Norwood and the immediate vicinity is esti- mated at $150, 900.
 ScHENEcr AoY, Aug. 13.-A water cloud burst in Glenville township, near the New York Central & Hudson River railroad track, six miles west of Schenectady last night. A railroad culvert and the road bed were washed away, making break of one hun dred and twenty feet Farmer Gowen's fields of rye and hay were washed away New York Central & Hudson River trains were delayed last night, but this morning trains meet at the washout and the passen- gers are transferred. Farmers have lost crops and fences worth SIG, 0,000 and for three miles the culverts of the Sacandaga turnout are washed away, causing loss of $1 900 in the town of Glenvil1e. Huge boulders and cattle were carried in the tor rent. Two showers approached each other, the clouds having rotary motion, and clos ed together. An instant of midnight dark ness and the illumination of lightning flashes followed quickly. The thunder was mild A washout eight miles this side of Amsterdam was repaired last night A temporary trestle is being built at the main washout six miles from Schenectady, and trains are expected to cross at 10 o'clock this evening. A live stock train was detained last night between the two washouts. The less serious washout near Hofman's ferry has been repaired One hundred and fifty men are at work.
 A Storm at Saratoga Springs.
 SARATOGA, Aug. 13.-A very severe rain storm accompanied by thunder and light ming occurred here to-day. Several of the mineral springs were flooded, trees uprooted and two water mains burst. Several houses were flooded to the depth of four or five feet. Several telegraph lines were struck by light ming. A landslide covered the track for oven forty feet. A flag pole on the Grand Union Hotel was struck by lightning and splinter ed. The lightning struck the switch board in the Western Union office. Lester Chatterton, aged nineteen, while about two miles west of here was instantly killed by lightning, as were also the horses he was driving Tho coroner will hold an inquest tomorrow The flagstaff surmounting the Vichy Spring colonnade was splintered and number of people who happened to be gathered there at the time were more or less affected by the shock. A house on Granite street oc- cupied by several families was struck by the bolt and the building considerably damaged. MT. Shay and his little girl had narrow es