The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1888-06-02

other damage, Part of the roof of the church
was blown off. The church building is yalu-
ed at 100000, and the damage done is proha-
bly, $1,000 to $4,000. The United Presbyte-
rian church has part of its front walls blown
down. John Gillespie's furniture store has a
part of the roof and end walls blown in. The
tin roof of the Odd Fellows building was
wrapped up as a scroll and torn asunder,
deluging the hall and the first story occupied
as a store. a great number of private dwell
ings were seriously damaged by having the
roofs broken by falling brick. Chimneys,
trees and fences are scattered promiscnously
No deaths from the storm are reported in
the city, but several narrow escapes occurred
and several people were badly bruised by fly
ing bricks, timbers, &c.
have to be carried from this point eight miles
away to be wired. No report has come in
from the country, but it is feared great damage
has been done east and northeast of this city
in the country.
dispatch from Topeka, Kansas, May .,
says: The eastern half of Kansas has had one
of the heaviest rains known for many years
1t commenced on Saturday night, continuing
all day Sunday and Sunday night, and is still
raining in the northern half of the state. The
rains were accompanied Sunday night by very
heavy wind and hail stones. In many places
the hail was of exceedingly large size, and
drifted to the depth of three feet
Small grains sustained heavy damages, and
in some places were driven into soft ground
almost out of sight. Considerable damage
was done to corn in certain sections The
loss in window glass will he great. The storm
was the severest in Cloud and Clay counties,
where it was about ten miles in width. 1t
came from the west, and was accompanied by
terrific wind, continuing about thirty minutes.
At its close the ground was covered with hail
stones from one-half to one inch in diameter
to a uniform depth of two inches, forming a
compact coating of ice in every direction.
The ice was nearly foot in depth against the
buildings The hail fell with great force,
tearing the shingles off roofs of houses, start
| ing the blood all over the cattle and driving
| the horses against barbed wire fences
| A despatch from Des Moines Ia, May %,
says: The storm of Sunday night and yester-
day morning in South Des Moines, Sebastopol
7 and Bloomfield Townships was the most severe
ever experienced in this section of the coun-
try. The fall of hail was terrific and the rain
descended in torrents. The hail stones were
piled and drifted in many places from two to
four feet deep in the morning. The damage
to gardens, fruit trees and vegetation gener-
ally is incalculable. Only two houses in Sc
DdSlOpOl WOlO lSlt WIN tuGll "IluOho
broken.
Reports from the Eastern section of the
state indicate that the storm was equally
severe there, doing great damage to outbuild-
ings and crops.
SIOUX Cry, Ia, May 29.-The Missouri
river has begun Its ravages here again, and
since yesterday morning has cut $50 feet into
the shore on the Nebraska side, directly OPP
posite this city. The cutting was so rapid
that buildings could not be moved, and a
two story building owned by Mickey Peyson
is hanging over the water and will fall soon.
4 If the cutting keeps up at the same rate the
town of Covington will be swept away in a
/ few days. The bank there is 10 or Is feet
high, and great masses become disengaged
and fall into the rapid current every few min
utes. Several years ago good share of the
original town site was engulted, and last sum-
mer a large tract on the Iowa side was swal-
lowed up.
CHICAGO, May 29.-Despatches from west
ern and northern Illinois report that the rain
and hail storm of Sunday night and yesterday
did considerable damage especially to fruit
| crops. A great many horses and several
head of cattle were killed by lightning. Farm
buildings were damaged to a considerable
extent, and in Elgn thousands of panes OF
window glass were broken and chimneys de-
stroyed.
OMAHA, Neb., May 29.-Two children, son
and daughter of Hugh Beckett, who lives IA
miles southeast of Beatrice, were drowned
during the heavy rain Sunday night Mrs.
Beckett and four children were at home alone
when the rain came up. The house stands
near n stream, in which the water rose rapid
". Fearing the house would be washed
away, Mrs Beckett, taking two children, aged
4 and years, and bidding an lS-year old
daughter to follow with the baby left the
house. In crossing small gulley the mother
became frightened and fell, losing hold of the
children, who were swept away into the
stream below. The other daughter and baby,
after a severe struggle with the torrent, reach
ed the shore and were saved.
A despatch from New Orleans, La, May
80, says AT Milenburg, resort on Lake
Ponchartrain, within few miles of this city,
4 Yesterday, one man was killed and ten others
i. injured, it is feared MORALLY, by lightning
kstroke. About 5 o'clock in the evening a
.4Ssudden storm came up from the-iake and 8
Il large number of people sought refuge in q
tent in one of the gardens. The storm lasted
but few moments, but during its height the
tent was struck with the result above stated.
TUscoLA, ILL.,, May 29.-Heayy rains have
fallen for over sixty hours and thousands OF
acres ofgrowing corn are under water. Much
damage has been done to bridges, etc.
While Mr.. Album, resident of North
county, Kansas, was out riding with his family
and some friends, Is in number, on Tuesday
afternoon, in an ordinary wagon, he attempted
to cross a creek which was swollen from the
recent rains. When in the centre the box
hoated off the running gear and capsized
Two children were drowned.
Under the influence of recent rains the river
is again rising rapidly at Alton, Illinois. The
water on Wednesday was above the danger
line, and it is feared that the rains in the
Illinois, Missouri and Upper Mississippi Val
.leys will cause great disaster before the close
of the week.
The damage in Muskingum county, Ohio
by the storm, on Tuesday, is placed at $1o,-
900. More than 100 buildings were damaged