Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1888-08-08
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He Pays = Visit to Several Towns and
Cities In tho Northwest, ana Causes q
Great Deal of Dsmage-Lives Lost by
Lightning. Is. 4
ST CLOUD, 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-house, the
street was washed out as deep as the
sewer main entering into the river.
The Fifth avenue culvert was dam
aged 1880. -Four washouts are between
mere and Sank Center and all trains are de.
layed here. Nearly all the telegraph wires
along the railroads are down, and COM
municatlon between here and west
ern stations is cut of. At East st.
Cloud the house of Mrs. Klenkert was
struck and her children 50 badly stunned
as to make recovery doubtful, and un-
doubleday many other buildings were
struck For fully six hours crash after
crash followed in quick succession. The
water In the Mississippi dam at this
point rose nearly eight feet, while
In Lake George it rose about six
feet. Nearly all Easements and Gel
lars are flooded tonight, and it is i'm
possible to give correct estimate of the
loss, but it will foot up many 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
Hxyo foW nd IN
In boats. A carriage containing four
ladies attending a funeral, while at
tempting tocross 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 are re-
ported struck by lightning during last
nights storm. Two valuable horses be-.
longing to N. Vaneson were killed bv
lightning.
ST. CRo1x FALLS, Mimi, Aug. "a
great electrical storm passed over the st.
Croix valley accompanied by rain. Schott-
muller's brewery, at Taylor's Falls, was
struck by lightning and burned; loss,
$1,000; no insurance. The Lutheran
church, in the center of the city, was also
burned; loss, s., 0t0, with insurance Of
$4,000.
Reports from the towns along the st.
Paul & Duluth road show that the storm
was one OF the most severe ever expe-
rienced. At Centerville 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 at their mornings. No
other damage was done there.
SAUK RAPIDS, Mlnn.. Aug. "A terrific
thunderstorm struck this town and con-
tinue1 with almost constant discharges
OF electricity and heavy rainfall
for five hours. The Mississippi rose
foot during the night and is
still rising. Several culverts between here
and Watab are washed out, which will de-
lay trains for some hours. The Boston
Ideals were playing here in tent to a
large audience and were obliged to close
their performance. One Of their attaches,
James Watson, was struck by lighting
while staying up the tent, but will recover.
CHICAGO, Aug. 3.-Between $50 and $50
p. m. yesterday the heaviest thunder
storm of the season passed over Chicago.
A light shower preceded it, but when the
main storm-clouds came up from the
west it seemed as if the foodgates
had broken loose. The rain came
down in torrents, accompanied by
an electric display of unusual vivid
ness The thunder-peals were fncessant
while the storm lasted, and were almost
simultaneous with the binding flashes of
lightning. During the storm the streets
were entirely deserted, street-car travel
was impeded, and the doorways were
crowded with persons seeking shelter.
Rivulets 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 1em-
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. a-The heat of the
past three days has been intense Six
deaths of adults from heat have occurred
in forty-eight hours.
CENTRAL1A, ILL.,, Aug. S.-Robbie Stinde,
Of st. Louis, and Bert Eastman, two bows.
were caught in the debris of barn that
was blown down during storm near Rich
view and received injuries that will prove
fatal.