The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-08-09
THE STORM-kiNG.


Cities la the Northwest. and Causes .
Great Deal Of DaHia ge-Iiyes Lost BY
Lgkfnlng.
ST. CLorD. Mimi, Aug. 3.--One of the
most destructive thunder. rain and wind
storms ever experienced here ragged without
interruption from 10 o'clock Wednesday
evening until Thursday noon. Water fell
in torrents during all that time and did
great damage all over the city. On st
Germain street. near the gas-housc the
street was washed out as deep as the
sewer main entering into the river.
The Fifth avenue culvert was dam
aged $500. Four washouts are between
here and Sauk Center and all trains are de.
laycd here. Nearly all the telegraph wires
along the railroads ara down, and COM
munication between here and west
ern stations is cut of. At East st.
Cloud the house of Mrs kienkert was
struck and her children so badly stunned
as to make recovery doubtful and un-
doubtedly many other buildings were
struck. For fully six holrs crash after
crash followed in quick succession. The
water in the Mississippi dam at this
point rose nearly eight feet, while
in Lake George 1t rose about six
feet. Nearly all easements and cell
lars are flooded tonight. and it is inn
possible to give a correct estimate OF the
loss, but it will foot up m my thousands Of
dollars REPORTS from the country indicate
enormous damage to all classes Of grain,
many fields being fully under water, while
others are completely washed out. Reports
from Cold Springs, Richmond, Rockville
and other places along the Whitman line say
that nearly the whole country in that sec
tion is under water and can only be reached
in a iuC liYin
ladies attending funeral, while at
tempting to cross a washout on the road to
the cemetery yesterday morning. was up
set In seven feet of water. and the occu-
pants were only saved from drowning by
hard work. One hundred horses arc re-
ported struck by lightning during last
nights storm. Two valuable horses be-
longing TO N. Naneson were killed by
lightning.
ST. CKoIx FALLS, Mimi, Aug. 3. A
great electrical storm passed over the ST.
Croix valley accompanied by rain. Schott-
mullcr's brewery, at Taylor's Falls, was
struck by lightning and burned; loss,
3 600: no insurance. The Lutheran
church, in the center of the city. was also
| burned; loss, s311,OOo, with insurance Of
| $1,000.
Reports from the towns along the ST.
Paul e. Duluth road show that the storm
was one of the most severe ever cXpe-
| ricnced. At Ccntcrvillc the Scandinavian
| church was struck by lightning, and with
| three other buildings was burned TO the
| ground At Forest lake the water rose
one and one half feet, and all the fishing
| boats were sunk ut their moorings. No
other damage was done there.
| SAtK Rarips. MINI. Aug. "A terrific
| thunderstorm struck this town and con-
| tnued with almost constant discharges
of electricity and heavy rainfall
| for i've hours. The Mississippi rose
a foot during the night and is
still rising. Several cnlycrts between here
and Watab arc washed cut. which will de-
| lay trains for some hours. The Boston
ideals were playing here in a tent to a
large audience and We're obliged to close
their performance. One Of their attaches,
James Watson, was struck by lightning
while staying up the tent, but will recover.
CHICAGO, Aug. 3-Betwccn $50 and 4 &c
/ p. m. yesterday the heaviest thunder
storm of the season passed over Chicago.
/ A light shower preceded it, but when the
main stcrm-clouds came up from the
west ii seemed as If the hoodgates
had broken loose The rain came
down in torrents, accompanied by
an electric display Of unusual vivid
ness. The thundcr-pcals were inccssant
while the storm lasted. and were almost
/ simultaneous with the binding flashes OF
| lightning. Luring the storm the streets
were entirely deserted, sireetca travel
/ was impedcd, and the doorways were
| crowded with persons seeking shelter.
| RNuicts Of water ran from the roofs and
through the streets before the cutters
could carry away the overflow.
Martin Boettner aged II years. was
struck by lightning and instantly killed
The lightning struck him on the right TEN
pie and passed through the entire body
and out through the sole of the right foot
The body was badly burned and the cloth
ing was torn to shreds Several buildings
were struck by lightning and burned.
/ OMAHA, Neb., Aug :s.-The heat of the
past three days has been intense Sl
deaths OF adults from heat have occurred
n forty eight hours
CENTRALIA, ILL.,. Aug. 3.-Robbie Stinde
Of st. Louis, and Bert Eastman, two boys
were caught in the debris Of barn that
was blown down during storm near Rich
view and received injuries that will prove
fatal.