The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-06-18
A BIG BLOW IN FLORIDA.
A TORNADO SWEEPS ALONG SIX
MILES FROM SANFORD.

Forest Trees Blown Down and an
Orange-Packing House Demolished
The Steamer Plants Deck Reported
Blown Off-The South Florida Rail-
road Tracks Reported Submerged.
JACKSONVILLE, FLA, June ia heavy
rain storm has prevailed here for the past
thirty-six hours, accompanied, portion of
the time, by gale of wind. Reports from
the interior of the state indicate that the
storm has done more or less damage in sew
eral localities. A Sanford special to the
Tunes Union says: ga terrific southwest
gale and heavy rain has prevailed here
since midnight. At Lake May, six miles
west of here, a tornado cut track 100 feet
wide, bearing down forest trees before it,
and completely demolishing w. D.
McCracker's large orange packing house.
'Reports from Tampa state that the track
of the South Florida railroad is submerged
in many places with several bad washouts.
"a rumor is current that the gale tore off
the upper deck of the steamer H. B. Plant
at Blue Springs, on the st. Johns river, but
it cannot be authenticated, as the telegraph
wires in that direction are working badly.
President Ingraham of the South Florida
railroad left Sanford on a special train this
afternoon for Port Tampa to investigate
the extent of the DAMAGE
UNIoNTowN SWEPT AWAY.
ST. LOUIS, June 17.-Advices about the
disaster in Kansas from the wind and rain
and storm are that Uniontown, about fif-
teen miles west of Fort Scott, on the
Wichita and Western railroad, was swept
away, and that twenty-one women and four
children were drowned. Uniontown, which
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midst of a thickly settled country, and
it is feared that the loss of life
is even heavier than reported. As the
wires are down for fifteen miles on either
side, nothing definite can be learned. The
storm struck the western part of Bourbon
county late last night, coming from the
west, where it had played great havoc. At
Augusta it assumed the form of a cloud
burst, and though everything possible
has been done to obtain details by railroads
all is uncertain at present. At Fort Scott
it commenced raining about o'clock Sun
day morning Old residents say it was the
hardest rain in the city for years. The
water commenced rising in Buck run at
s o'clock in the morning.
AN ICE DAM BURSTS.
Lamb & Meads ice dam on Sixth street
burst about 10 o'clock in the morning.
Causing the water in Buck run to rise at
the rate OF about 8 feet an hour, carrying
away several houses and the bridge across
Sixth street. A part of Fort Scott known
as Bell Town is entirely under water. This
was caused by overflow from the Marmaton
river. The people were taken out with
boats. Several bridges were washed out
and trains were stopped on both sides of
Fort Scott The Kansas, Nebraska & Da-
kota railroad track is under water for
about nine miles. The Memphis road is
badly damaged for about 1000 feet ten
miles north of Fort Scott. All the people
in the bottom in East Fort Scott moved
out. at last accounts the water had
stopped rising and if no more rain falls
the flood will rapidly subside.
WEST VIRGINIA BLOW.
CHICAGO, June ia special from Mar
tinsburg, w. Va, says a heavy storm
passed over the southwest part of Berkeley
county last night. A terrific gale of wind
that did great damage was
followed by terrible thunder storm. This
was followed by heavy hail storm that
added greatly to the destruction. Hail
stones lay in some places three or four
inches deep. Crops and trees are ruined.
instances, killed. Several houses and barns
were wrecked. No loss of life has yet been
reported.
HAIL AND LIGHTNING.
BERLIN, June IA severe hail storm
prevailed to-day in many parts of Germany,
interfering greatly with railway traffic.
While a procession was passing through the
streets of Silesian town five Of the pa
raiders were struck by lightning and killed.
Forty others received severe shocks.