Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-05-29
WIND AND RAIN.

Extensive Damage Done by Western
 Storms Several Fatalities Reported.
 Buildings and Bridges Wrecked.
 CHICAGO, May 29-Terrible rains are re. ported from Quincy, Galesburg and IIiopolis, Ills, from Hendricks county, Ind, and from Hannibal, Mo, Davenport. la., and various parts of Nebraska. Trains on the Wabash road near Hannibal have been abandoned. At Davenport hail stones weighing an ounce fell, doing great damage to crops. At Quincy over two inches of rain fell The storm at Illiopolis lasted thirty eight hours In Hen dricks county, Ind, Q farmer named Bunson and two horses were killed by lightning.
 EVANSVILLE, O., May 29-Three middle spans, each 14O feet long, of the Gaysport bridge, twelve miles south, were blown into the Muskingum river during severe storm here The bridge had just been completed at cost of $60,000 A boy crossing at the time was blown from his horse, but escaped injury.
 At Hadley Junction school house was partially destroyed, severely injnring one scholar, whose name could not be learned.
 The wind also blew down e residence in course of erection in the Eighth ward here, but the workmen escaped. Rain poured down in torrents, floating cellars and streets and doing considerable damage.
 PITrsBURG, May 29 = Reports to The Times from Kittanning, Oil City, Titusville Beaver Pa, and Steubenville and East Liv- erpool, O., state that severe storm passed over those places, doing great deal of dam age to buildings and trees. No person was seriously injured.
 CANTON, O., May 2o-The Hampden Watch company's building being erected here, which when completed would have given employment to about 500 persons, was wrecked by wind. Loss, ,OO0.
 TOPEKA, Kan., May 20.-Ons of the heaviest rainstorms known for years, accompanied by wind and hail, visited this state, commencing on Saturday night, continuing all day Sunday and part of yesterday. In many places hail. stones of an exceedingly large size drifted to a depth of three feet. Small grain sustained heavy damage, and in some places was driven into the soft ground almost out of sight The lo n in Gand and Clay counties where the is about ten miles in width. The hail fell with great force, tearing shingles off the roofs and cutting cattle so that blood ran.
 At Stockton the Solomon river is over one mile wide and it is. still rising. Evorythins moveable ea the 1fver bottom was carried away. .-a
 Two families were carried away by the flood and three little children were drowned. WELLsv1LLE, N. Y., May 29.-Twenty business blocks were unroofed by cyclone which struck this place at o'clock yesterday afternoon. The Baptist church, fine brick structure, was badly damaged. The roof was carried away and the interior wrecked. Parts of the roofs were carried long distances, striking other buildings and doing general damage Only two or three persons are reported hurt. A heavy rain added to the damage. Win downs were broken by the hundreds, some ol them very valuable ones. The storm swep, violently eastward through southern New York, felling trees and doing general dam age. The church and several buildings wer, wrecked at AllentQwn, N. Y., and many oil derricks in the Allegheny field were blow1 down.