Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1888-06-14
L DAKOTA STORM.
Eeavy Wind and Rain Storm at
Fort Yates-Several Lives
Lost.
The Upper Michigan Peninsula Also
RaTaged-Iucessant Rains-SOI-
Giers Wrecked.
Serious Fires-Three Killed and Two
Fatally Injured by Tenement House
Burning at Lowell.


Burning at Lowell.
FORT YATES, Oak, June 1.-THE great
est tempest ever known in this part OF
Dakota passed over this point at two
o'clock Saturday morning. Houses were
blown down, fences lifted up aud hurled
through space for miles, trees torn up by
their roots and borne along for sew
eral rods and Indian tepees pckSi Up and
landed no one knows where. The wind
came up while people at the Fort and in
vicinity were sleeping, and h first iltima-
ton they had was the removal Of their
roofs from over their heads bT the storm
king. With the wind came The heaviest
thunder and tire most vivid lightning ever
seen here. Ten minutes Ter the storm
broke it began to rain in torrents,
keeping it up for more than an
hour and causing immense damage by
washouts ia new-maGe gardens and wheat
and corn fields Several persons were
killed by the lightning and falling debris.
These 80 far identified are Shell King, the
chlebrarei Iniiaa chief, and his son. A
farmer living two miles south OF here
who's. name could not be learned, was
the point at which his house was located.
The building had been completely wrecked,
ard IL is supposed the man had been car
ried to the point where he was found by
the tempest. One side of his head was
Crushed. Matte Dambrow- HI, girl OF
thirteen, living at settlement six mile:
south, hi $ not been seen since the storm
struck that point, and it is te!ieved sne
hlnlyn no a Oh
Sea- ch is being made for the body.
The loss in this vicinity will amount to
many thousands. That among tie Indians
is especially severe, as hundreds of taem
had every thing they had swept away by
the winds. AT Grand Forks it has been
raining necessarily for forty-eight hours.
flooding cellars IN the business portion Of
the city, ana rendering the streets i'm
passable. To add TO the general democrat
ization, a sewer burst On Demers avenue,
flooding easements TO the depth OF five
feet, and destroying furniture and perish
able goods.
At ST. Thomas lightning tore away the
side of G. b. Walkers residence and struck
The Christian elevator. The latter was
burned TO the ground, together with about
3,OU0 bushels OF wheat. The st. Thomas
Lumber Company saved a portion of Its
property. The loss on the elevator is about
$1,000.
TKooPsHIP WRECKED.
OMAHA, Neb., June 1.-The steamb boat
General Terry, from Bismarck, Dak,
with five hundred men OF the Fifth regiment
bound for Texas, Struck an old pier above the
Union Pacific bird e and sank in shallow
water near shore, about a half mile below
this city last evening. All the passengers
went ashore on the gang plank, but the
clothes and household goods of the officers
and men and their wives went down. The
loss is estimated at $1,000. The Helena,
Of Omaha, which con aaad the rest or
the regiment Will continue down the river
while the General Terry's pass engers will
continue their journey by rail.
THE ST pRM IN MICHIGAN.
MARQUETTE, Mich, June 11.-Reports re-
ceived from thirteen places in the upper
Mlchig III peninsula agree that Saturday
nights storm was unprecedented III sever
Ity and amount of rainfall. No approX ma
tiun CT the damage is We: possible Houses
were undermined and IA some cases swept
away, culve. IS ana brIdges destroyed, and
miles Of fences and sid ewalkS swept away.
Although several railroad culvertS were
destroyed, no accidents occurred, but
travel is generally delaycd on all the
peninsula roads.
FLAMES AT FRESNO.
FREsNo, Ca, June ll.-Fira broke out
last night III Hughes res aIraut, in a
row of wooden buildings, south of the
Masonic temp.e, aud swept through the
block and or, s5ed the street, The Dexter
stables, RObnson's machine shops and
John Mulier's beer bottling depot beng
among The buildings consum I'd. Charles
Rogers WAS burned TO death while en-
deavoring TO save some property from the
stables. The losses amount to S15, OJJ.
BUSINESS HOUSES BURNED.
TRINIDAD, Col, June ll.-One of the most
disastrous fires that ever visited this city
started last night. After hard fight the |
fire department succeeded in getting con-
troll OF l., buJ not until the commercial |
Hotel, with seven or eight business houses, |
had been Consumed. The fire also cut !
of Geographic communication, making it |
impossible TO give further p irtlculars.
DEATH TRAP.
LOWELL, Mass. June 1L-By the burning |
Of u tenement house here last night, Eu- !
geuia Va.lerand, aged eighteen. Peter Val |
.erand, aged eight, and Della Valleraud, |
aged five, persisted. Ano; her of the FAM I
we're fatally hurt. The house was death |
trap.
A CANADIAN sCORCH
CHEsLEY, Ont., June 1l.-Flre broke out |
early Saturday morning in Thompson's |
furniture store and in short time the
whole business portion OF the town, with |
he exception OF two stores, was entirely |
destroyed. the loss is estimated at Sl5O-
,OO, while the insurance does not exceed |
~, 00J. No lives were lost.
THIRTY BUILDINGS BURNED.
IRON MOUNTAIN, Mich, June 1.-THE
own of Norway was almost de stroyed by
ire yesterday, thirty buildings being
burned including the main business section.
Among the structures destroyed were the
own and Masonic halls, the post-ofics and
principal hotel
INCESsANT RAINS.
MINNEAPOLIS, Mimi, June ll-Incessant
ain for forty-eigat hours at Grand Forks,
OAK, has flooded cellars aud burst q sewer,
much property.