Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1889-08-08

Various Cities and Villages Of New York
and New Jersey suffer Severe Damage
by Wind and Rain - An Electric STORM
sweeps Over Arkansas.
A Poughkeepsie, N. Y, dispatch says;
A cyclone struck Ellis Corners Ulster
county, four miles west Of Highland,
destroying n large amount OF property
and injuring number of persons. The
cyclone, which was accompanied by
roaring sound that terrified the people,
seemed TO come from funnel shaped
cloud. Matthew Harcourt's vineyard was
completely ruined and every tree in his
apple orchard was rooted up, the trees
being carried away as though they were
feathers. The house and barn OF John
Nelson were struck and completely demol-
ished, broken timbers being carried hum
dreis Of feet Mr.. Nelson and his wife
were blown out of the house along with
the flying timters and both were seriously
but not fatally injured. Two barns be-
longing to Patrick MCGOWAN were totally
destroyed. Mr.. MCGOWAN, who is 80
years DID, was SO badly injured that no
hopes OF his recovery are entertained.
There being no more buildings in the
path OF the tornado no more serious dam
age was done. Bed quilts and dresses
DO OnkiIlR 10 NIS- 4NcibOn NtFb iOunu III u
pond four miles from the scene OF the
storm. Huge timbers were also found
stuck up In the mountains some distance
away. a.at rr
A Newark, N. j., telegram says that place
has just experienced the most disastrous
storm that ever visited that city. In the
city cellars wero flooded and sewers burst.
Work had to be suspended in the factories
in the lower section. A washout occurred
on the Morris a. Essex railroad at South
Orange and trains were delayed for many
hours. In Soutli Orange several buildings
including the postofIice, were carried away,
and 300 barrels of -four were washed out
of one storehouse. In Orange Valley the
water is up to the second story windows
and great damage has been done TO the
numerous hat factories there People were
compelled to paddle around on planks and
to swim in order to get to places Of safety
on high ground. Bloomfield and Mont
clair also report great damage to proper
ty. No lives are as yet known to have
been lost.
The greatest alarm prevails around
Millburn. Above it is the Orange water
reservoir dam, which is not regarded as
safe. Should it burst 1t would overflow
Millburn and other small towns along the
hdnWdJ TlNtT, VI WHICH III 10 Iub SOuTCt,
and the damage would reach as far as
Railway. The dam is still reported all
right, but the inhabitants of towns are
preparing to move to high grounl. Near
ly every road in the country is impossible,
and all the bridges have been washed
away.
A Plainfield, N. j., dispatch reports that
place suffering from the greatest flood ever
known there. The dam at Stony Brook,
above the Green Valley mills, has given
way, carrying with il Coddington's ice
houses and many barns and seriously I'M
dermining the mills. A dam on Green
Brook, in tho heart OF the town, has also
given away and caused much damage.
Many wooden buildings were carried away.
The immense dam at Westfield, back of
Scotch Plains, has collapsed and an addi-
tional body of water was thereby thrown
into the valley below. Green Brook could
not contain it and the water rushed across
to Cedar brook and thence through the
finest residence portion of Plainfeld. The
damage here is verJ great, two or three
square miles of thickly settled territory
being submerged. There were many gal
liant rescues of life.
In The South.
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark, July 3i.-This
section was visited last night by the most
terrible electric and rain storm ever seen
here. Yesterday was the hottest and most
oppressive day of the season. About mid
night thu clouds seemed to como up from
every point of tho compass and met over
this city, where they hung for three hours,
during which time the rain fell in torrents
The residences OF Moses Mock, Moses Roum,
j. V. Walker, Mrs Il. f. Wade, Rev. V. N.
Ragland, Judge Brown, aa1 the livery
stable OF Kell 4 Hsngen, in which one horse
was killel, were struck by lightning
The large harm of Copt. Thomas Brooks,
editor of the Fayetteville Republican, was
set on fire and destroyed, together with a
large quantity of q ain and FIVE fine
horses The residence of Thomas Holland,
three miles from here was blown to atoms,
and that Ct +. Graham, I'm the same
neighborhood, was partly destroyed. A
number Of streams are higher to-day than
ever before known. The Frisco railroad
ridge over White river is washed away,
and crops along the river are generally
destroyed The loss to the farmers OF this
co unity will he many thousand dollars.
At GAINESVILLE the streets were fooled
and the town was In danger OF being
swept away by Spadra creek, viii, was
cut of its banks. Many people took to
the hills and did mot return until after
daylight, when the stream had gone down.
All the creeks were out of their banks and
overlooking the bottoms adjacent, running
the crops, and it is feared the Arkansas
river will overflow its banks and ruin the
fine cotton crops in the bottom lands.