New-York tribune., 1885-07-10
STORMS EAST AND WEST.
OBSTRUCTION BY WIND. HAIL AND RAIN.
cans BLOWN FROM THE TRAcK-cRoPs pEsthoiHD
HOUSES WRECKED.

CARS BLOWN FROM THE TRAcK-cRoPs pEs'hoihD
HOUSES WRECKED.
cr PAu1. July 9.-RepOIts received from
,,.r;ous points indicate that terrific w'nd anu ram
storm visited the western and southern par, VI
state last night In places tne sorn in its PATH Crops
sunered whole fields being destroyed a.,
MILWAUKEE, July 9.-Reports OF Damage 'on 'n0
,r, sav that at Sparta although no lives were os''
many narrow escapes are reported from '"h'ns ""s
fnes Along Court scene OF desoiauon pie'"o1
pn,dncs arc wrecked every hand, SHADE trees 'o'"
< their roots sidewalks demolished and fences down
dovu Several fine dwelling houses ana nunoei VI
those less pretentious are In ruins.
A. planaeld the storm was the most terrific ever
Known. large number Of buildngSwere pio"n uo~"
or unroofed and freight cars were smasneu NV ,
Port Edwards in Wood County, had u piani"s n.N''
oro and avo dwellings blown out OF sight, umpcr yarus
s,cred TO the winds and other propertylnurcd' iho
loss will aggregate $4,000. About Edgar'oh oio "
600 tobacco sheds demolished Houses oalhs v nn
-, ar buildings suffered like fate ana
eosk was killed new Catholic Church, a max hii''
barns were destroyed & at rca foaeco ware
house fire of last Sunday tobacco sheds houses ana ana
barns demolished and large nnmDes o, ops the
sor1ns destruction are received pu. very here the
OF the actual loss are made IN ny Teat damage was
Gone by lightning At Whitewater Neenah rH heavv
All beXiervo the Sss b. by M Mna parts sHa Of
i,chtning will npt tall short OF SloooO III a.. peersd
great Injury. ,.o
sp,pra Wis. July "a tornado swept over this place
last night and destroyed farm houses anu 'a'n' No,
Several churches damaged Fourteen cars "' INC
G, paul depot were blow the track as were aso
ssisysa. ssisysl others az 'n' '''''
CHICAGO July 9.severe storms prevailed thronghou,
oil narts OF Central and Northern Illinois last hgnt anu
=. A., A. noon wind struck Springfield blowing down
trees and doing damage rail buildings Near aA'o
there Sas an extraordinary fall Of rain. causing damage
To crops At Oshkosh, Wis., the storm was severe.
,3 that At Faus Chapel and the Exposition
Building. as well as numerous o'noi 0"''"e''
Thr inter Oceans Oshkosh dispatch says Last evening
tornado swept along the river m Snu aDer rc Wholly
partly Two spS spsrSdd aSd maeS
property is destroyed
fsv,,oos, Iowa Julv 9-The greatest rain storm FOR
many wears RACED here yesterday over five inches OF
water fell Many bridges were washed away anu oo''
toms overfowcd Engands new ousless a' @ oos si,ehv
wrecked and man. caught in u'o i"'-' "' '
injured. . .,...,.,or
CASAJouARIE, July tSpeciab. The thermohe'or
registered 09o to-day Throughout the Mohawk 'aiey
there was a destructive wind Storm Telegraph "'reS
are down. . 49, ,,ou s,orr,
, TrrusyuIE, July CSpeciaD.-A heavy hail STORM
nassad over here at o'clock to-day Hall stones as
large as hickory nuts fell thick and fast Eepors i," tn
erops Many grape arbor, were demolished.
WATERBURY,, VT, July "a tornado Win .eri,no @
Heh,nng thunder and rain reached here az Low .ni'
t,noon from the southwest. The covered wooden
hage across the winooski River. 2l2 feet span was
blown into the water and completely destroyed; ioss'
$4,000 Dr. Jones's large barn partly nnshea a w shs
blown down. loss $500 Several chimneys trees shd % ,1u
nre of the Methodist Church In this village were eown
down one elm tree, four feet in diameter, was torn up
by the roots. -, ,..o.,
.,,,xv Ju,v o 1SpeciaD--This has been the hottest
sav Albany has experienced in twelve years Az tho
s,nal sarvee station the registered &C., while
on the streets has been over lOO Dusinoss ous va
doors was almost entirely suspended