Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1888-07-12
GREAT STORMS.
Sections of the Country Widely
Apart Swept by the Elements.
Serious Damage to Buildings and
Crops in Many Localities.
The Loss Especially Heavy in the Products Of
the SOFIA Number Of People Injured.

The Loss Especially Heavy in the Products Of
the SOFIA Number Of People Injured
MASON CITY, Iowa, July "a terribly
devastating tornado swept down yester-
day upon number of towns on the Chi
cago, Milwaukee and st. Paul Railroad.
The extent of the territory over which the
storm swept was about hundred miles in
length and nearly mile in width. To the
farming community the blow is a severe
one. No deaths have yet been reported.
but the loss to horses and cattle is enOr-
nous.
At Ruthven the clouds assumed fun
mel shape. and made four dips inside the
limits, demOliShing everything with which
they came in contact. Two mammoth
barns were demolished, and a 1.0O0-pOund
hay press was carried several feet and
overturned An agricultural implement
house belonging to ROOk & Walker was
wrecked; Tarpp Brothers livery stable,
the KirkwoOd Hotel, the NJ. E. Church.
and Tom Gist's dwelling were all leveled
to the ground Many residences were Sc
riously damaged, and barns and Outbuild-
ings were scattered over the prairies.
At Emmettsburg the Catholic Church,
the Burlington, Cedar Rapids and \ orth-
ern Railroad depot, and number of res
licences were destroyed. AT Calendar and
Whittemore buildings and barns were de-
StrOyed and scattered over many acres.
and at the former place pieces of boards
were stuck into the surrounding area like
pins in cushion.
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more and Ruthven is badly devastated
All the corn crop has been fiattened to the
ground, and other grain is totally destroy
ed The storm jumped over section of
country East from WhittemOre, and next
visited the South part of this county. At
MeServay Rinke'S store building and sew
eral residences were shattered At Bel
mOnd the B. c. r. x y. depot and num-
Der of business and residence buildings
were blown down. Route Agent Elliott,
who came up from the Southern part of
the State to-day over the Iowa Central,
stated that the crops along that line alone
are damaged to the extent of $1,000.
The rain and wind were accompanied
by the heaviest electric storm known here
for years. Many horses and cattle i'll pas
lures, standing near wire fences, were
killed.
AT WATERLOO, IOWA.
WATERLOO, Iowa, July "a terrific
wind and rain storm through Cedar Val
ley yesterday did almost incalculable dam
age to grain. Barley, oats, and corn Suf-
fered most. About one thousand eXcur-
siOnists were camping the banks of the
Cedar, near this place, and all were sub
iected to one of the tierceSt storms known
in this section for over ten years. A
yacht carrying the Waterloo Orchestra
capSiZed, and A. X. FaSSett, of st. Louis.
who accompanied the party, was rescued
from the river with difficulty. At Cedar
Falls the large canning factory was un-
rooted, also the opera house and numer-
Gus dwellings. Eighteen houses and barns
were partially or wholly demolished be-
tween Cedar Falls, seven miles distant,
and Junction City, one and One-half miles
from Cedar Falls. No serious damage was
done here, the storm passing over at
great height No loss of life was report
ed, but considerable stock was killed by
lightning.
CLOUD BURST AT PRINCETON.
CLINTON, Iowa, July 5.-There was a
cloud-burst last evening at Princeton,
Scott county. Rain fell in torrents, wash
ing bridges away and flooding roads in
some places ten feet in depth, and beat
ing scoops in the earth. The same state
of things is reported from Jones, Linn,
and through Clinton and Jackson coun-
ties, only with less damage. Near Ottum-
wa the burst came so suddenly upon the
crowds of people celebrating in groves
that thousands were drenched before
reaching shelter.
MUCH DAMAGE IN NEW JERSEY.
NEW BRUNSWICK, n. j.. July 5.-Thls
section of the country was visited by a
very severe wind and rain storm this af-
ternOOn. Great damage was done to crops
and buildings. The Pennsylvania rshnd-
house at Milestone Junction was blown
down. James Barry, Hugh Garrigan. and
John White, three ball players, who were
taking shelter from the storm, were buried
in the ruins. Garrigan had an arm and
leg broken; Barry was badly bruised and
had leg broken. A barn on Mr.. George
Plumly's farm, near MiddlebuSh, was also
blown down. Plumly is reported killed.
He was buried with two others under the
ruins. The dwelling and other buildings
on the farm were wrecked. Great dam |
age is reported everywhere hereabout.
FURIOUS STORM AT ALBANY.
ALBANY, n. Y, July 5.-A furious rain,
hail, and wind storm passed over Albany
at 2.30 P. NJ. to-day. Three great clouds |
to meet directly over the city. |
Trees were blown down, yachts wrecked |
in the river, awnings ripped down, and |
telephone wires twisted and crossed
Ill1r. ctr ni1.
AT SCRANTON.
SCRANTON, Pa, July 5.-The SeYereSt |
rain, hail, thunder and lightning storm |
in this city for many years
prevailed this afternoon. Bartholomew
Reagan and John Armstrong were struck
by lightning and killed. The rain fell in
choking the sewers and flooding
the streets and cellars to the depth of sew
eral feet in many parts of the city.
IN THE LACKAWANNA VALLEY.
PHILADELPHIA, July "a special to
the Press says: The Lackawanna Valley
was visited this afternoon by the most
furious storm ever known there. Alter
and BarbertOwn hailStoneS lar
ger than walnuts fell. Fruit trees were
stripped of their limbs and leaves, and all
growing gardens and crops were totally
destroyed.
IN WEST VIRGINIA.
FAIRMoNT, W. ", July 10.-A heavy
rainfall prevailed throughout large dis
trict of central West Virginia from Sun
day evening until late Monday night, and
caused freshet in both branches of the
River such as was never be-
fore known. The river at this point was
two feet higher than it was in 1852. The
destruction of property is beyond present
but enough is known to war
rant the declaration that all houses and
fences on the lOwlands between this point
and Clarksburg on the West Fork, and as
far as Grafton, on the Valley River, have
been swept away.
Ten or twelve houses were swept away
from the town of WOrthington, and many
bridges and a Touring mill swept away.
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