The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1885-06-12
ELEMENTAL FURIES.

a Nater-SpOut sweeps through MEXICAN
Valley-Oyer Hundred Lives Lost-Ex-
tensive Damage to Crops and Other
Property in Wisconsin, Iowa and Else
where.
Ell PAso. Tex, June "A waterspout
burst in the mountains about eight leagues
east of Lagos, Mexico, Sunday, near the di-
viding line between the States of Gunana-
juato and Jalisco. Immense quantities of
water swept down the mountains with
irresistible force toward the we'll
populated plains and valleys below,
and left desolation and ruin
in their wake. There are already one hum
dred lives reported lost, and it is feared the
list may be swelled still larger when all the
details are known. A great many houses
were swept away. Steps have been taken
in Lagos among the wealthy manufacturing
classes to alleviate the pressing wants of
many who escaped from the valleys butlOst
everything.
MILWAUKEE, Wis, June 9.-Dispatches
from various parts of the State show great
damage done to fruit trees and crops by a
violent hail-storm Sunday. Trees are entire
ly stripped of their foliage in Dane, Jeffer-
son, Lacrosse, Richland, Vernon and other
counties. AT Lake Geneva every conserva-
tory, including those of Il. K. Fairbank
: and l.. 4. Letter, of Chicago, was entirely
wrecked. One florists loss there amounted
to one thousand dollars, and thousands of
panes OF glass were broken. In many towns
there is no Window-glaSS to be had, the de-
mand being far in excess of the supply
La CROSSE, Wis, June 9.-The villages
of New Albion and Victory, forty miles
south of this city, were almost destroyed on
Sunday by a tornado The tornado struck
New Albion from the. northwest about one
o'clock. The railway elevator, school-house
and seven residences were leVeled in an in
slant The frontsof all business blocks were
broken lin, twenty houses unroofed and many
barns blown out of sight. Four people
were injured, one child dangerously. The
school-house, a fine two-story frame build
ing, was raised high in the air and crushed
to splinters when it fell. The loss
to New Albion and vicinity
is $4,000 Victory is village con-
tanning about fifty houses. All were
wrecked or damaged. Loss. $4,000. No
one was killed, but several were slightly
hurt. The tornado lasted nine minutes.
Crops were badly damaged. Reports of
great damage from hail and wind in South
ern Minnesota continue to pour in, with un-
AlinlteQ OTuerS Tor glass.
DUBUQUE, Ia, June "a cyclone, with
heavy rain and hail-storm, struck this city
from the west Sunday night The school
house was picked up and smashed to atoms.
The st. Paul warehouse, operated by Nc
Michael Bros, and containg fifteen hundred
bushels of grain was blown over on
Der was blown all over town, some
pieces being sent flying through win
doWs, and others going through
two buggies and cutter were completely
demolished. Ludlze's dwelling, Mrs. Cor
eny's dwelling and Mr.. Stones
dwelling were RACED to the ground.
The German Church was moved off its
foundation and warped badly. Mr.. Ludke
had two children hurt, one having an arm
broken and the other being bruised
in the body and limbs, not Sc
riously. These are about all the injuries
to persons. The sorghum mill owned by
7. 5. Davis was completely wrecked, about
twenty barns We're demolished, and all the
fronts in the business part of town were i'm
Jured by flying timberS. The storm lifted
loaded cars from the side-track and blew
them off the track The tornado ragged
about thirty minutes The loss will reach
$4,000.
WASHINGTON, June Am examination
OF the Washington Monument confirms the
report that the capstone had been shattered
by lightning. A break was made by the
lightning at the northeast corner of the cap
stone, and four fragments fell to the ground.
where they were found yesterday,
nearly forty feet from the base of the mon
ument The engineer in charge is at the
top of the shaft carefully inspecting the in
jury to the stone To repair the damage
will require the re-setting Of several stones.
ST. THOMAS, Ont, June "a heavy
thunderstorm passed over this section Sun
day evening, causing considerable dam
age The wind and lightning were terrific.
A house in the east end OF the city, occupied
by a family named Ryan, was struck by
lightning, which entered through the
chimney, and passed through the room
where Mrs Ryan was sitting, striking and
instantly killing her. A man named Still
son was knocked down in the street and
severely wounded.
BALTIMORE, Nd, June "a special
from Woodstock, Va, says: A hurricane,
accompanied by water-spout, struck this
place at 6:45 Sunday night unroofing the
Methodist Church and blowing down
fences and trees. The streets were flooded
by the rain. No such storm has been
known here in the memory of the oldest
citizen. At least ten thousand dollars
damage was done in the town.