Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1890-07-24
A DAY OF DISASTERS.

| with Serious Results in Detroit River
| a Pleasure Yacht Run Down with Fatal
| ResuIts-Capsized in the Storm-Damage
by Wind Rain and Hail at Various
| Points.
DETROIT, Mich, July 1S.-At half
past seven o'clock yesterday evening
as the steamer City of Detroit, with
three excursion parties aboard. was just
| within the city limits, her steam steer
ing apparatus gave out, and she sheered
about and ran into the steam barge ka-
sofa, owned in Cleveland, cutting her
completely in two amidships The Ka-
sota's cargo was iron ore, and she sunk
| at once.
Captain Flick and a crew of seventeen
were rescued, but the mother of the
steward was drowned. Judge Nichols,
of Batavia. O., an excurSioniSt on the
! City of Detroit, was severely injured,
and his son and three or four other pas
| sengers were slightly hurt, but were
! all, except the judge, able to continue
| their trip up the lakes. While the pas
sengers were considerably frightened
| there was no panic. The City of De-
i troits hull is damaged to the extent of
$4,000 to SIS, coo, and she will have to
| GO on the dry docks. The Kasota was
valued at $780, 900, and is a total wreck.
The value of the cargo is not know.
| A Pleasure Yacht Run Down by an Ex-
cursion Steamer.
| ALEXANDRIA BAY, n. Y, July 49,
The steamer st. Lawrence, returning
at a quarter-past ten o'clock last night
from an electric search-light excursion
ran down the steam pleasure yacht
Cathlene, with ten passengers on board
from Bradford, Pa. Five are missing.
The missing are Mr.. and Mrs. e. B.
Pemberton, Mrs. w. D. Hart and Miss
Maggie Henry, all of Bradford, and
John S. Unreal, the fireman of the
Cathlene. The yacht was crossing
diagonally over from Alexandria Bay
to Grenadier Island, and was making
directly across the track of the st.
Lawrence when the crash occurred.
Captain Beaupre of the ST. Lawrence
says that Captain SENEGAL of the Cath
lene blew her whistle to take the right
and then took the left-hand course,
Wind, Rain and Hail storm In the Lehigh
Valley.
PHILADELPHIA. July 1S-An Easton,
u SptCldI W blic iScCOIu Bays. INC
worst wind, rain and hail storm that ever
visited this section of the Lehigh VAL
ley broke shortly after four o'clock yes
terday afternoon. The new agricultural
works at Hellertown were blown down,
and John Freeman, of Freemansburg,
was instantly killed by flying timber.
uperiEtendent Barbara of the agri-
cultural works was seriously injured by
falling timbers. The roof of the Luth-
eran Church at Hellertown was blown
off and a lot of other damage done. Two
passenger trains on the Lehigh Valley
road encountered the storm between
Bethlehem and Allentown, and both
narrowly escaped being wrecked. One
of the trains struck telegraph pole,
and the headlight and smoke-stack of
the engine were crushed. Both trains
had to feel their way along, frequently
stopping to allowing telegraph poles
and trees to be removed from the track.
Forty Houses Unroofed - Two Persons
Killed.
TRENTON, n. j., July 1S.-A terrific
thunder storm with gale of wind
swept over the city bout $50 p. m.
yesterday, unroofing forty houses, pros
trating two hundred trees and doing
much other damage. Hail of remark
able size fell in great quantities, smash
ing countless skylights and window
panes. The roof of Maddocks' pottery
was blown off and thrown into the
canal Louis Sclage1 and Michael
Corcoran, who were in a boat on the
Delaware, sought shelter under tree
on the Pennsylvania side and were
struck by lightning and killed.
A Schooner Capsized.
PHILADELPHIA, July IA heavy
wind and rain storm passed over the
city about eight o'clock, unroofing the
car stables on Allegheny avenue and a
mum Der of house,. The stable roof fell
on a car, killing one of the horses but
iniuring none of the passengers The
schooner Nellie and Matte, of Trenton,
was capsized in the river. The only
man aboard was rescued.
Burned Out the Telephones.
PHILADELPHIA, July 1S.-A Chester
(Pa.) special to the Record says: The
storm which passed over this city last
evening was unusually severe. Light
ming burned out most of the telephones /
and did considera bio damage to trees
and buildings. A stable on the farm OF |
Nathan Prinnel, one mile below here,
was struck and burned to the ground.
A Yacht and -Four Sail-Boats Capsized.
PHILADELPHIA, July 1S-During the
storm last evening the yacht Richmond
with nine men on board was turned bot
tom upward off Port Richmond. All
on board were saved. Four other sail
boats were upset ard twenty persons
in all were rescued.
Horse and Driver Killed.
RoCKAwAY, L. l., July 1s.-During
the storm last night driver of wagon
and his horse were killed. Much dam
age was done to buildings and crops,
and several persons were stunned by
Smoke-Stack Blown Down.
ALLENTOWN, Pa, July 1s.-The storm
last evening unroofed several houses
and blew down the Barbour Thread
mills brick smokes tack 224 feet high,
which crushed the engine house.
Lightning's Victims.
NoRwALK. o., July ia violent
wind and rain storm struck Monroeville,
this county, at six o'clock last night,
doing terrible damage. Ligh thing
struck Otto Goldner's house, killing three
sons-Freddie, Willie and Otto-who