The morning news., 1889-05-31
STORMS PLAY SAD HAVOC
SIX MEN KILLED BY THE BLOW
ING DOWN OF A BUILDING.

ING DOWN OF A BUILDING.
a Seventh win Die and Six Others
Badly Hurt-Frost in the Northwest
Nips Crops-Rain Comes to the
Rescue in Dry Districts Tracks
Washed Out in Some Places.
DANvGLLE, VA, May 30.-A terrible
accident occurred here to-day. j. G. Penn
was building large brick tobacco factory
on Bridge street, nearly 200 feet long and
six stories high. The walls had been COM
pleted, and the carpenters were at
work on it. The wind was blow
ing hard, and about o'clock this after
noon the entire building came down with
crash. Robert Pruitt, William Young.
G. b. jones' Buck Hooper and d. N. Collie
were killed. Henry Oakes will die and six
others were badly injured. II is the worst
accident of the KIND known in this city.
| Several men were buried in the ruins and
considerable time elapsed before they were
extricated.
NEAR THE FROST LINE.
MONTGOMERY ALA, May 80 There has
been considerable fall IN the temperature
| in the last TIVE elty-four hours. Fire and
overco,ts are in demand. There is no dan
ger of frost, but it is very near 9 line
MssoURTs BIG STORM
KANSAS CITY, Mo-, May 30.-The storm
of Tuesday and Tuesday night was general
| over Missouri, Kansas aud Nebraska, and
delayed nearly all trains coming into Kan
sas City. Nearly all tho telegraph poles
! along the Southern Kals railroad were
blown down, and south Of lola, Kan, there
were many overilows. Trains on the
| WQhaqb I.t
The delay was caused by wrecked freight
train four mules east of Mobile Constant
rains softened the bed at that point.
CHICAGO TRAINS DELAYED
The Chicago trains on the Santa Fe road
/ were delayed over an hour by land slida
at Courtney. Az this point the rain had
washed away a large portion of the cut,
making shelving ledge overaying the
! ira ks This gave way, pill lg trees, st )nes
| aud dirt on Q tracks. The Chicago and
| Alton roads tracks in Western Illinois
| were inundated, and at Slater heavy land
slides occurred, covering the tracks for
| hundreds of Yards.
THE TORNADO AT CLEMENTS.
! EMPORA, KAN, May 30-Capt. Milton
! Brown was the only person killed outright
in the Clements tornado. HIS wife, how
ever, is not expected to live, having had her
| leg almost torn from her body. Their son
Edward had his leg and shoulder broken.
Miss Slrnh Brown h d an a ikle broken and
is internally injured, and a baby is also
| badly hurt. The storm was about 100 feet
| in width and Travelled almost around Glenn
ents, following the course OF the Cotton
wood river in sCuthe tsterly course, and
more than dozsn farms are de lud5d Of
their buildings aud orchards, and the crops
are destroyed.
A BIG RAINFALL.
| CHAMPAIGN, LII, May 30.-More rain
fell here yesterday than has fallen since
last July. 1t is OF inestimable value to corn,
wheat and oats.
| FREEZE AT CHEBOYGAN.
CHEBoYGAN, Mich, Ma 3D. 1t froze
! hard here Tue,day night ice forming an
eighth Of an inch thick Es-ly vegetables
and tender plants were killed, and fruit
trees badly nipped by tie frost.
mssoURrs LITTLE DELUGE.
MEXICO Mo-, May 30--The rainfall Of
Tuesday, Tuesday night aud ye ,te day was
49incnes, larger than ever before reported
Ia this secti On. The rain was ac companied
by heavy winds. Much damage was done
to the wheat crop, whicA was just begin
ming to turn.
END OF A DROUGHT.
New ORLEANS, May 3O..-Dispatches
| from many points in Louisiana an1 Mssis-
sippi show that drought Of vera weeks
| was brokon yesterday By good ratns
HEAVY STORM IN CHINA.
| HovG KoNG. May 30.-A heavy storm
has been raging for three days. Immense
damage has been done.
SEVERE STORM IN FRANCE.
PARIS, May 30--Severe storms prevail
throughout France. The greatest damage
has been dore in the departments Of ths
| Seine, u marne Aube, Yonne, Hlute,
| Soane and Ardeunez, where. in some places,
the country is aim 81 dsva,ted.
A CYCLONE IN WEST VIRGINIA.
| BALTIMORE, May 3O.-The SUMS Mar
| tiusburg ". Va) special SAYS: "A cyclone
| swept through portion Of this valley this
| afternoon The barn Of John W Criswell
was blown down, Killing j Il. Powell and
| fatally injuriug john VOgle who had taken
refuge therein from the storm. Voge was
| brought to town but died tonight. Powell
leaves a wife and fourteen children. Wheat
was beaten TO tue ground, trees uprooted
and much fencing destroyed"
RAIN IN FLORIDA.
| JACKSONVILLE, May 30.-The drought Of
| the past six or seven weeks ende yeiter-
| day, and showers continued TO-DAY with
| promise Of more rain. Orange trees nave
shed their fruit badly, and young tres5 have
died in some sections. IL is feared tn 1t the
| loss on tue next crop will be- serious in both
| quality and quantity. In some parts Of tue
state no rain had fallen since the first week
| in March. The present rains are general.
SNOW IN MICHIGAN.
DETROIT, MICH, MAY 30.-A heavy fall
! of snow for this season Of tIe year is re-
| ported from several parts OF the state to-
! dav At Schoolcraft the snow is inches
deep and still falling, while at Por land and
| Flint the average depth is 2 ilches but
| owing 10 almost a hurricane IL has drifted
! TO a much greater depth. The damage to
crops Is very great
srTTCrDa OF AN OLD GJARD