Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1890-07-24
TEMPEST TOSSED.
Tornadoes and Rain-Storms Cause
Death and Destruction.
Various Portions of the Country Devas-
tated IiShtning's Deadly Work
The Minnesota Horror-Deaths
by Drowning, Etc.
WRECK AND RUIN.


Captain Wetheru and six 81 the
crew Of the Sea Wing reached this city
Thursday, and have been closeted with
Government inspectors. who are holding
an investigation behind closed doors
Captain Wethern and Clerk Niles have
prepared a public statement in which
they give an account Of the disaster
Both agree in saving that the
crew OF tae boat had not been drinking
at the time of the accident, and that
every thing possible was done 10 pre-
vent the horrible catastrophe When
the boat left Lake City the storm
seemed to have passed. As soon as the
danger was seen the -preservers
were brought out and distributed among
the passengers of whom there were Us.
PEoRIA, Ill, July lS.-A small cy-
clone formed north Of this city Thurs
day, which was distinctly visible From
the center Of heavy black cloud there
dropped down narrow formation
like an elephants frank, which kept
switching about, rising and falling. A
constant stream Of electricity seemed to
be posing up and down. taking the lat
ter course when the cloud approached
the earth. The cloud moved slowly
and caused much damage in the tim her
Three men walking on the railroad
track saw the storm coming and at
tempted to escape They were Just
crawling through wire fence when the
cloud reached them. Fred Emerson
was killed, his body being turned black
all over. The other men. Holmes and
Gray, were stunned and tho bodies OF
both were found TO be striped with
bright yellow blue and red all over
the body Of Holmes, but only on trays
legs They VIII probably recover.
SoUTH BETHLEHEM Pa July Is
One Of the most destructive storms that
has visited this section in years passed
across Lehigh valley from north
westerly direction al o'clock Thurs
day II was accompanied by rain
and hail and lasted one hour. in
which time several lives were lost,
many people injured and a great
amount OF property destroyed. The
storm was in the nature of cyclone,
and rain fell in sheets. Reports from
the surrounding country tell of
great destruction At Hellertown
the large new agricultural works
were struck by lightning and
burned. John Freeman was killed
by falling timbers and five other work
men were hurt, three fatally Along
the North Pennsylvania road the tele-
graph line was demolished and trees
three feet in circumference broken
like reeds and thrown across the tracks.
Stacks Of grain and hay were caught
up and carried along, and in one field
in Saucon valley TWO horses we're
buried under mass of straw and
sutfocated. Many houses here were un-
rooted and in West Bethlehem the large
new school-house was demolished Be-
tween here and Allentown the storm
cut swath quarter Of a mile wide,
swapping OFT the thickest trees and car
rying them along. At Allentown the
275-foot brick stack at Barbour's thread
works was blown down. In that place
there were many houses unroofed.
ASHLAND. Pa, July lS-This town
was visited Thursday evening BY rain
and hail-storm the like Of which had
never been seen hero before Hail.
stones the size OF hens eggs fell and
broke every window on the north side
of every building in town Houses
were unroofCd and fruit crops in the
farming villages entirely destroyed
The loss in this vicinity viii exceed
$50. 600
Pacific JUNCTION, la. July Ala
cyclone on Saturday destroyed several
buildings here and did other damage
One man was killed.
Mu.NEBCRG. La.. July 2l.-During a
severe electric storm yesterday Ed
Williams, Louis Morris, Victor Mar
chard and Edgar Charles. mulattoes
were killed by lightning.
VICTIMS or a THUNDERBoLT
PARIS. H., July Is. m Lightning
struck barn belonging to Benjamin
Morton, residing five miles southeast of
this city, Thursday afternoon and killed
Mr. Morton and his son Rufus. who
were unloading hay. The hired man
was stunned, hut recovered
TRENTON. n. j., July Is. "A destruc-
tive storm Of wind, hail rain and light
ming visited this city Thursday after
uprooting trees Michael Corcoran and
Louis Schlegel. who took refuge under
a tree when the storm came, were
struck by lightning and killed. Four
persons were stunned and felled TO the
ground at the baseball grounds.
NoRwALK. o., July ls.-A violent
wind and rain-storm struck Monroeville,
this county, at o'clock Thursday
night, doing great damage. Lightning
struck Otto Goldner's house, killing
three sons. Freddie, Willie and Otto,
who were sitting on a lounge. Kate
Smith a neighbor, who was in the
house at the time, was badly burned
about the arms.
MOUNT STERLING, Ill, July Dur
ing a severe storm Thursday two sons
of Benjamin and William Geary living
near here, were struck by lightning and
instantly killed. A companion escaped
serious injury.
GOSHEN. Ind, July IA heavy
storm damaged the crops and the grain
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