Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-09-04
A ~DEATH-DEALlNG cLo,,n

The Village Of Norwood, n. Y.
Completely Demolished by a Cvc,"Sose
Eight Persons Known to Have ""e-
Killed. and Many Others Fatally r., 'een
"A Cloud-Burst at Hoffman's Fer. a'e
OGDENsBuRG, N. Y, Aug. 13.-Tbo u.
tie town of Norwood, st. Lawrence CON-
thirty miles east of this city, on the line y.
the Ogdensburg & Lake Champlain p, VI
road, was visited by a terrible cyclone vaa
terday afternoon. The little tosS
was almost literally wiped ont
existence, and eight persons are
ported to have been killed duriny ~.
terrific storm, which was of but thr's
minutes duration. While the storm was
progress hailstones as large as a mans a..
fell, and not only destroyed the grown
crops but assisted the cyclone in doing vo,:'
serious damage to the buildings. The d.,
had been warm and sultry, and shortly aftn.
four o'clock a heavy storm, accompanied II.
thunder, lightning and hail, passed ovs,
the entire northwestern section of Nav,
York State. The atmospheric disturbanOo,
and the electric phenomena We're unusus,
IN their character throughout the entira
country, and much damage to growing crons
was done by the storms i'll all sections whisaE |
have been heard from. The storm seemed ~
eliminate in the valley between Norwood
and Potsdam, where its force w.s
expended, and the greatest damage dona
The wind blew terrifically, and with
such force as to wipe out everything in its
immediate path. Trees were uprooted as is
they were but stalks of wheat. Fences
were blown over, and the great Sheet NJ
water which swept over the surface of ta
country literally wiped out eyerv. !
thing before it. Horses. barns, o5s
church, and. the Ogdensburg III
Lake Champlain Railroad BRIDE
over the Racquet River were DESTROYED ~
though they were built of nothing stronpar
than cardboard. A great stretch Of the rail.
road track was torn up and carried manv
feet from its original position. Telegram.
wires were blown down, and so but the mos,
meager details of the disaster are now tobe
obtained here.
were killed. -Four of these were men Who
were employed in building the village
school-house. The building was en-.
tirely demolished and the workman
We're buried in the ruins. Their
names are not known here. John Mar.
tin, a miller, was instantly killed
while standing in front of his mill. Mis-.
David FitZgibbons and a Mrs. Armstrong
were also killed by being buried in Their
houses, which went down before the ter.
rifle force of the storm. Several Others /
men, women and children, were injured
either by being Frustrated while in the
path of the storm or by being struck by fly.
ing timber or buried in the ruins of house,
or barns. The number of the casualties il
not known, but it is asserted that several
were fatally injured. An excursion party
of five hundred from Plattsburg are de.
tanned here b. nnse of their inability fol
reach home, owing to the washing away Of
the railroad track and the RACQUET River
bridge.
Troy, N. Y, Aug. 1s.-At five O'Clock
yesterday afternoon a cloudburst occurred
at Hoffman's Ferry, eight miles from Am.
sterdam. The New York Central Railroad
tracks were washed into the river for a dis
lance of five hundred feet and telegraph
poles and fences were Frustrated fur|
miles. Trains east and west were DELAYED,
the passengers being transferred around
theb break. A large gang of laborers are at
work repairing the damage. The rain fell
in sheets, destroying crops and inflicting
serious damage IN various ways. The loss
Is estimated at thousands of dollars.