Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-09-23
a HEAVY STORM.

Indiana, Missouri, MICHIGAN and 1llinoi'
Swept by a Severe Storm of Wind ant
RAMA Perfect God-Send to Some Lo
| calities, But Bosom of Destruction IL
| Others-The Storm Assumes Cyclonis
| Character in Indiana.
In Indiana.
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, Sept. 1.-THE
railroad wires centering in this city from
Decatur and Montezuma have been
blown down, and no accurate informa-
tion can be had. Rumors are to the eff.
| feet that cyclone has swept over these
places, partially destroying Montezuma
and INJECTING severe loss upon the sur
rounding country. Efforts to commune
cate with Montezuma were futile, as all
wires were down. The nearest approach
| by wire 10 the town was Bloc mingsport,
five miles from MonteZuma. West of
that there is trouble of some kin d, but
| its nature could not be ascertained. The
| telegraph reporter at Hillsdale, near
| MonteZuma, says no serious damage has
| been done at Montezuma. A cyclone
| struck the l, ID. & S. passenger train on
| the Wabash bridge, just south of Hills
| dnle, and it backed down to the Monte
yuma depot. Quite panic occurred
among the passengers, but no one was
hurt. The wind was very strong for two
or three minutes. Several roofs were
blown off,
A Terre Haute special says: cyclone
struck this city at about IL :45 and did
considerable damage. The wind had a
rotary motion and the clouds every ap-
pearance of a cyclone formation. The
Storm came from the southwest. But
few persons noticed the rapidly approach
ing clouds. The wind struck the city
with a roar and soon the streets were
filed with flying dust and dirt and vari-
Gus light material. So far as reported
no one was seriously in ured.
Kidder Bros Touring mill,
near the river. was unroofed;
also Commits flnuring mill, Nichols
cooper-shop, the county Jail and an old
ice-house, all of which are in the same
| vicinity. The storm travelled in a north
east direction; but apparently changed its
course somewhat to the south when
about in the center of the city. 1t I'M
rooted r. L. Balls stove store and j. A.
TOot's seed store on Wabash avenue.
near Third street. At Fifth and Ohio
streets building owned by the DEM
ings was unroofed, brick addition
to Johnson's liquor house was unroofed
and part of the wall blown down. The
interior was considerably damaged by
the heavy rain which followed the cyclone
of about two minutes duration. j. Il.
Duncan's paper house and the Washing
ton hotel were also unroofed. The Ma
sonic hall, in Mckee block, was unroofed
| and the frescoing ruined besides other
injuries to the hall. circus had all its
tents blown down. There is a long list
| of minor casualties and number of
miraculous escapes from serious injury
ar: reported.
! MICHIGAN CITY, Ind, Sept. ia rain
and wind storm, which for severity has
never been here before swept over the
city yesterday morning. After steady
downpour for several hours the wind be-
came stronger. and at ten O'Clock attained
the velocity of cyclone. Large trees,
sheds, outhouses, lumber piles, etc,
were leveled. The wind capsized a
small fishing smack which was four miles
out on the lake, and it's occupants. Chris
TOPPER Kimball and Fred Adlts, had a
narrow escape from drowning. After
clinging to the bottom of their boat for
three hours they were rescued by tug
which went out to search for them. The
sufferinGs of the men in the cold water,
with the heavy rain beating down upon
them, were terrible. The storm also
played havoc with the telegraph and tel
ephOne lines, cutting off nearly all COM
munication. The damage to the sur
rounding country was also great.
In Michigan.
DETROIT, Mich, Sept. IA terrific
windstorm swept over Southeastern
Michigan yesterday, of which but meager
reports have been received as yet. At
Howell the storm came from the east and
extended over large scope of territory.
The hurricane was six miles wide, COM
ing from the east, and laid low many
buildings. In the eastern part of that
city John Smiths house was blown
down, and his son Fred, aged twenty.
was crushed to death, being flattened by
falling timbers. In several instances
bans were totally wrecked, or blown
away, while horses and cattle were left
unnjured on the site of the buildings.
Many trees were blown down. The
storm was the severest ever suffered at
Howell.
Flat Rock reports the storm having di-
vided, going north and south. But little
damage was done in that town, but
hurricane was reported from south OF
that place.
From Adrian comes a similar report.
Houses were damaged, trees blown down
and fences demolished. Heavy damage
Is IufuOTcu ITOHi Tie COUNTY, Iouut
Adrian, but the wires are working badly
and definite reports are not obtalnable.
In Missouri.
CALIFORNIA, Mo-, Sept. 17.-This Sec
ton was treated to splendid rain yes
terGay This is remarkable only from
the fact that it ends a drought lasting
e;chty-two days, the most severe known
here for many years. Cisterns were all
dry and mills closed down for lack of
waier. Corn was SO dwarfed as to be
bat half a crop; the grass was burned up
and forest trees casting leaves as If in
late fall, though we have had no frost.
This rain comes just in time to insure
success for the county fair, which meets
here next Tuesday, and to fit ground for
blowing for wheat.
FAYETTE, Mo-, Sept. 1.-THE heaviest
rain since June fell here to-day. 1t began
raining about five O'Clock this morning
and continued almost necessarily for
twelve hours. Had it remained dry two
weeks longer farmers would have had to
feed their stock, as the pastures were
rapidly drying up and the meadows dy-
ing This will revive everything, though,
and fall pasturage will be good.
In Illinois.
ILLIopoLIs. H., Sept. IA violent
storm struck this city last evening,
dom" great damage to buildings, stand
ing corn and orchards. The roof was
l>lnx,, from, tho Masonic Hall and thOu.