The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-06-06
DEATH ~ A STORM.

DEATH IN A STORM.
4 Cyclone Devsststes > PortIoa - the
Potomac vslley. Finding Many vlctlsns
and Running Much Propersy-Lsves -
ported Lost at See-SnoW and Frost In.
Jure the Grain and Frun Crops.
HAaERsrowN, Nd, May 3l.-A number of
lives were lost and An enormous amount OF
damage done to property Thursdsy
evening by . cyclone which swept
down from the Blue Ridge to tho
Potomac valley. About 8 O'Clock .
huge funnel-snape cloud was observed
following the course OF tho Blue Ridge,
which near here desCends over eight hum
dred feet In less than half mile to the
valley Of the Potomac. On It came, gather
ing momentum every second until
It reached velocity almost incred-
ibie Houses, barns, churches, crops aud
orchards were licked up by its irresistible
furry, and 1t least four lives are known 70
he sacrificed.
About i've miles away. on the old Blue
Nose, and halfway up TO the top Of the
range, the storm met it, first human VIC
TINA Here in = little clearing stood
the cabin OF Edward Bevan, : wood
chopper and charcoal burner, who had
wife and two children. Down swept
the monster. For m instant the
little house was hidden and ther the vail
lifted Where the cottage had stood, sur
rounded by its garden patch and orchard,
there was . dark brown scar where
q patch OF bare earth appeared
among the green Of the forest Not
vestige OF the house or the
crops surrounding It remained and
no human being could be seen. There Il no
chance that Bevan and hts family escaped.
From the appearance Of the spot they must
have been dashed to death on the rocky
sides Of the mountain. The storm swept
on down the valley leveling every thing
In Hts path The damage has been great
but its amount can only be estimated, -
telegraph and telephone wires are down In
every direction and roads ara made
inpassable by fallen trees Hagen-
town escaped with unroofed build
ties, for the cyclone went fully two
miles south Of the city, but It ID known that
negro was killed In the suburbs BY the fall
OF his cabin. The mountain sides are dotted
with the homes OF wood-choppers and char
coal burners and 1t is scarcely possible
that the disaster Witnessed by the people
ut this place was An isolated case. Il
may be days before tho full list Of fatal
tiles Is Obtainable. The heavy gale which
accompanied the cyclone has stripped the
fruit from the peach trees and the crop In
many districts is ruined. Grain and al
other crops also suffered severely.
BALTIMORE, Md, May 3l.-The Suns
special from Marttnsburg. W. Va, says: A
disastrous cyl0ne swept through portion
Of this valley Thursday afternoon. AZ
/ Falling Waters the new barn OF
John w. Criswell was blown down,
killing J. f. POWELL pump maker, and
seriously injuring John vOgel. both Of
whom had taken refuge therein from tho
storm. The remains Of Powell were In
mediately brought to town and given In
charge OF his family. vogle died In . few
hours Powell leaves q widow and four
children. Wheat was beaten 60 the ground,
| trees uprooted and much fencing destroyed
CHICAGO, May 81. The waves broke over
the life-saving station all day with {. fury
| and force unequaled since 1857. Few bOats
ventured beyond the brakewater during
tho day, and outside of the big freight pro-
pellers the arrivals the latter part Of tho
| afternoon and evening were far between.
Fortunately, q comparatively small number
Of vessels were on the lake bound for this
port and the chances Of disaster were cor
respondingly lessened
At all points on Lake Michigan and Lake
Huron the storm Ii reported . extremely
severe-the worst, 1t was said, since Nay,
1854 To-day may bring news Of serious
disaster on both lakes Last night cau-
tionary dgnals were displayed on Lakes
Ontario and Michigan, and storm signals on
Lakes Huron and Erie.
AWFUL DISASTERS At SEA
MONTREAL, Cam. May 81 lit II rumcred
that the Beaver line steamer Lake Ontario,
which left here Wednesday for Liverpool
with full list Of cabin passengers, includ-
ing many OF the leading citizens Of Mon
zeal. has gone down In tho gull with Ill
hands The vessel should have been In tho
neighborbood OF Anticosti Tuesday. and Il
10 known that terrible storm has been
raging In the gulf for the last few days.
The rumor OF the disaster seems well au-
thenticated-
PoRT HURON, Mich. Nay 3l.-The steamer
L. = Pease, Of Saginaw, Is reported found
cred in Saginaw bay. The Pease was conn
manded by John Sterling. Of Saginaw City.
Tho crew, consisting OF the captain;
samuel Jameson, chief-engineer; Martin
Donahue, mate; William Names. second
mate. and eight or ten men. are lost
SNOW, FROST AND RAIN.
CHICAGO. May H.-lt 10 reported from
Northern Michigan that heavy snow-storm
prevailed In that section Thursday. Al
Howard City the snow fell heavily for an
hour or more, AMI at other points along the
line of road there vas an inch Of snow on
the ground.
At Schoolcraft the snow il four inches
deep aud still falling, while at Portland and
Flint the average depth il two inches. but
blowing to almost , hurricane, It has drift
ed to much greater depth. The damagl
to crops is very great.
At Tuscola. Ill, where It baa been ex
tremely cold for three days, snow fell dur
ing the morning and Ice formed later in thu
day. Heavy rains have fallen for lifty
hours In Central Illinois. At Grlena thers
was q damaging frost Wednesday night
blighting fields Of corn and blasting fruit
trees At Baraboo, Wis, o hard fros
prevailed Wednesday morning, entirel,
running the corn and grape cropA vege
tables were also cut down. Ice formed one
eighth Of m inch In thickness Al
Winimac Ind, . snow-stoIm prevailed ri
the afternoon. There will be much damaQs
done by floods
DEs MONIES. Ia, May 3l.-Damaginl
frosts Wednesday night are reported from
Northern and Western Iowa
WABAsH, Ind. May 3l.-The heaviest rain
fall in years has been prevailing through
out this region for two days At Bentol
J Harb0r, on the line Of the Cincinnati, Wa
} bash 4 Michigan railway. snow fell TO tn.
depth Of six inches Snow IL also reported
ut other places
} CRY or Mexico. Nay SL-Heavy storm
Of rain and hail at Huejutla have cause,
the river TO inundate that town, drowning
many persons and cattle, washing AVA
many houses and destroying crops
Another lows Gusher.
DEs MONIES. La, May 81. While boring
well ON the farm OF & T. smith, near Bay
ard, Thursday, . fOw.Of water was strncl
that bids fair to rival the Belle Plain,
spouter. All efforts to control It have d,
far been unsuccessful An amount OF "a