Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1888-06-11
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EAU CLAIRE tWis.) June 10th.-A wind
stolm m, apparently originating in the center
Of the Chippewa pinery, yesterday AFTER
noon moved to the northwest and struck
the line OF the Chicago and 81. Paul and
Minneapolis and Omaha Rsflroad near
Chitek, village forty miles Iborth of Eau.
Clare. and lying on the margin of Lake
Chltek. Where the cyclone struck the lake
funnel-shaped water-spout of immense
proportions formed, and went over the
lake with great rapidity. taking up the
water with a noise like the escape OF an
immense volume of steam. The storm
passed near Chitek and in the wooded
country beyond, uprooting trees and scat
tering all before il.
TIsE STORM STRIKES IN DAKOTA
FoRr YATES (Dak.), June 10th.-The
greatest tempest ever known in this part of
Dakota passed over this point early ves-
terday morning. Houses were blown
down, fences lifted up AID hurled through
space for miles, trees torn up by their roots
and borne along for several rods, and In
dian tepees picked up and demolished.
The wind came up while the people at the
tort and in the vicinity We're sleeping, and
the first intimation they had was the re-
moval of the roofs from over their heads.
With the wind came heavy thunder and
vivid lightning. Ten minutes after the
storm broke it began to rain in torrents,
keeping it up for more than an hour,
causing immense damage by washouts in
new made gardens and wheat and corn
fields.
MANY PERSONS KILLED.
Several persons were killed by lightning
and falling debris. Those so far identified
are Shell King, the celebrated Indian Chief,
and Ussion, farmer living two miles
south of here, who was found dead in his
field half mile from the point at which
his house was located. The building was
completely wrecked. Matte Dambrowski,
girl of 13, living at settlement six miles
south. has not been seen since the storm
struck that point, and it is believed she
was blown into the river and drowned.
Search is being made for her body.
1t is feared that others have been killed
The loss in this vicinity will amount to
many thousands. That among Indians is
especially severe, as hundreds of them had
everything they had swept away by the
winds.
AT Grand Forks it has been raining in
cessantly for forty eight hours, flooding
cellars and the business portion of the city,
and making the streets impossible. To
add to the general decentralization, sewer
burst on Demers avenue, flooding base
ments to depth of five feet, and destroy
ing furniture and perishsble goods.
No approximation of the damage is yet
possible. Houses were undermined and in
some cases swept away. Culverts and
bridges were destroyed, and miles of fences
and sidewalks were swept away. Although
several railroad culverts were destroyed, no
accidents occurred, but travel is generally
delayed on the peninsular roads,
UNPRECEDENTED IN SEVERITY.
MILWAUKEE, June 10Th. - Marquette,
Mich. advices say that reports received
from thirteen places in the upper Michigan
peninsula agree that last nights storm was
unprecedented in severity.