The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1888-06-15
a -EiOTA STORM.
Eeavy Wind and Rain Storm q
Fer. Yates-SeverSl Lives
Lost,
The Upper Michigan Peninsula Also
Ravsged-Iacessant Rairs-S0l.
diers Wrecked.
Serious Fies-Three Killed and Two
Fatally Injured by q Tenement EOuss
Burning at Lowell.

FORT YArEs. Oak, June 1L-Th. great.
est tempest ever known in this part Of
Dakota passed over this point a; two
o'clock SATURDAY morning. Houses were
blown down. fences lifted up and buried
through space for miles. trees torn up by
their roots and borne along for sew
erai rods and Indian tepees picked ,p and
landed no one knows where. The wind
came up while people At the Fort and in
vicinity were sleeping, and The frs, tl,ima-
ton they had WAS the removal OF then
roofs from over their hea is b. the storm
king. Wi h the wind came the heaviest
thunder aud Tie most vivid lightning ever
seen here. Ten minutes af.er the storm
broke Il began to rain ia TORI .nts,
keeping 1t Up for more than an
hour and causing immense damage by
wastouts in rew-made gardens and wheat
and corn fields. Several persons were
killed By the lightning and falling debris.
TnoSa ~ far identified ate Shell King. the
Celebrate In ian chief. and his son A
farmer living two miles south o. hers
who's name could not b. |. armed. was
found dead n his field. half mile from
the point at which his house was located.
The building had been completely wrecked,
and ii Is supposed the man had been car
ried TO the point where h was found by
the tempest. One side IF his head was
crdshed. Matte Danbrow- III. a CIR, OF
thirteen, living at a settlement SIX miles
south, has not been seen siuc. the storm
struck that point, and it is te.ieved size
was biog n into the river ami drowned.
Sea: ii IS being made for the bodv.
The loss in this vicinity will amount to
many thousands. That among the Indians
is especially severe, as hurdreds OF thern
had every thing they had sven: away bv
the Winds. Al Grand Foras It has b, en-
raining necessarily for forty-eicht hours.
flooding cellars IN the business portion Il
the city, auj rendering the streets in
passable. To add to the general democrat
ization. sewer burst On Dcners avenue,
flooding easements to tae depth of tive
feet. aud destroying furniture and perish
abe goods.
At S. Thomas lightning tore away tie
side of G.. b. Walkers residence and struck
The CHRIS iau elevator. The latter was
turned to the ground. together with but
1900 bushels OF wheat. The St. Thomas
Lumber Company saved portio7 OF lts
property. The loss on the elevator is abort
$4,000.
TRooPsnIP WRECKED.
OMAHA, Neb.. June 1.-The steamboat
General Terry. from Bismarck. Da6..
vi; h five hunC red men of the FIfI regln ent
bound for Texas. struck an old PIER n we the
Union Pacific bird e and sank in shallow
water near shore, about half mile below
this city last evering. All the passengers
went ashore on the gang plank. but the
clothes and household goods of the officers
and Elen aaG their wives went down. Toe
less is estimated at SS5.On. The Helena,
of Omaha, which con aiaad the rest OF
the regiment Will contIuue down the river
while the General Terry's pass eugers will
continue their journey by rail.
THE STORM IN MICHIGAN.
MARQUETTE, Mich. June u.-R .ports re-
ceive6 from thirteen places in the upper
MlcLig IN peninsula agree that SaiurG ~
nights Storm was unprecedented IN sever
Ity and amount of rainfall. NoapproNIm..-
ton Of the damage is Yet possible. Houses
were undermined and in some Cases swep.
away, cu.vei Is ana bridges DESTROYED and
miles of fences anG sidewalks sweep away
Although several railruai culverts were
destroyed, no accidents Occurred, bI.
travel is generally delayed on ali tae
peninsula ROADS.
FLAMES AT FRESNO.
FREsSo, Ca, June lL-Fire broke OF:
last nigh. N Hugae,' res lraut. In a
row of wooden pGl.Gings, south of the
Masonic Temp. aud swept through tho
block AID cT,sSed the street, The Dexter
stables. Ro5;uscr's mac line Shops and
John Muller's beer bottling cepo; beng
among The buildings cousuI.l ii. Cha les
Rosers was burned to death while en-
deavoring TO save some property froci tee
stables. The losses anouat 10 S,5 90.
BUSINESS HOUSES BURNED.
TRINIDAD, Co... June Il.-One OF the mes:
ci>a> tcous fires that ever visited this city
started last night After hard fight The
n-e DEPARTMENT succeeded in getting con
troll OF i. bit not until the Commercial
aUtel, with seven or eIynt business houses,
had been consumed. The FIRE a,so cut
o.. te graphic communicated, MAKING i:
impossible TO give further particular.
DEATH TRAP
LOWELL Mass. June ll-By the burning
OF tenement house here last night, Eu-
geDia Ealerani, aged eighteen. Peter Val
.e-and, aged e ght, and Della Valierant I.
aged fve. persisted. Anoi her OF The fam
" and ano,h. r occupant named Boisvert
we're fatally hurt The house was .ata
trap.
A CANADIAN sCosCu.
CuEsLEY, Ont, June 1l.-FIre broke ont
early Saturday morning in Thompsoa's
furniture store and il q short time TIE
whole business portion OF tue town. wiki
the exception Of two stores, Was entire '
destroyed. Tue less is estimated al $50
o1l. while The insurance does not exceed
S4lo0l No lives were lost
THIRTY BUILDINGS BURNED.
IRON MOUNTAIN, Mich, June 1.-The
town Of Norway was ..lmos: &c trey cd by
fire yesterday, thirty buildings being
burned including the main business section.
Among the structures destroyed were the
town and Masonic halls, the p1s,-onice and
principal hotel
INCESSANr RAINS.
MINNEAPOLIS, Mian., June ll-Iucessant
rain for forty-eigat hours at Grand Forks,
Oak. has fioodeI cellars aud burst q sewer.
.e strcyiug much property.
On an upper fl por Of Q builiia1 on
Broadway is an emporium for pipes. The
,oung man in charge said to New York
telegram reporter that the season for the
IA.e OK briar-rCOs % paS had INST set in