Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1890-06-12
SWEPT BY STORMS.
Great Damage Reported From
Many Cities and Villages.
A Town In Nebraska Wiped Out and
Several Persons KiIied-Iowa suffers
Loss Of Life and Property
Fatal Storms Elsewhere.
A cALANIrY 1v NFnnAsKA.

Leese and other state officials arrived
at the cycl0ne-stricken village a. II
O'Clock Thursday morning. The
wounded have been removed 70 other
towns or into the country. York peo-
pie are supplying provisions. The
great need IS for money and lum Der
At a meeting Wednesday night the
people Of York raised $500 for the
sufferers. II j. estimated that the loss
will reach $3.50 COO OF the 500 stricken
households it IS estimated that not 10
per cent viii be able to erect roofs over
their heads.
Loss OF LIFE IN MINNESOTA
RED WISG, Mimi, June 6.-Reports
received from the surrounding country
indicate widespread destruction by the
storm. At Mapleton Edward c. and
Charles Taylor we're killed. Hay,
Spring and Belle creeks, streams from
fifteen TO thirty feet in width. were in
few moments converted into raging tor
rents, in places almost a mile in width,
sweeping all before them. On Hay
creek two mill dams were carried out
large numbers Of live stock drowned
and people compelled to fee for their
lives.
MAzErrA, Mimi, June 5. = The
heaviest rain-storm ever known here
struck this region during Wednesday
night The Zumbro river was soon in
a torrent. rising twenty feet in three
hours Dry runs we're soon turned into
large rivers and small creeks into
furious streams The creeks and runs
swelled the Zambro below this place So
high that The main river, into which
flow three large branches, was forced
back upstream two and half miles
Three large bridges leading 10 This
place have gone downstream. The
railroad company loses a great many
bridges ami 40 feet of track IN .his
town. Al Zumbro Falls half OF the
town IS submerged and people are com
PEELED 20 abandon their homes Tor
higher ground. They also report all
bridges gone in that vicinity The
storm did great damage to the growing
crops BIZ washing the ground. Nearly
ali the corn viii lave 10 be replanted
AwFuL RESULTS IN IOWA.
DIS MOINE~ Ia, June Iowa was
visited by a heavy rain-storm, accompa-
MED by nigh winds and electrical dis
turbances, during the early hours
Wednesday morning. The storm was
most severe in the northwestern and
western portions OF the State.
Mosquito creek. running through
Nicola, Persia, Weston and other towns
in the western part of the State, over
flowed its banks alto o'clock and all the
surrounding country Tor miles was nun
dated. Weston was flooded TO a depth of
FIVE feet throughout. Thirteen houses
we're wrecked and fifty more or less
damaged. There was no loss of life. At
Persia the overflow was equally severe.
Water flooded the town FIVE feet and
carried away the contents Of the Alli-
ance lumber yard, resulting in a loss
Of $1,000. The creek at this point is
one and a half miles wide and the cur
rent strong. Four houses were wrecked.
The Milwaukee and Rock Island
railroads sustain severe losses at Wes-
ton, Underwood and Persia. The wind
blew hurricane at Adair and the rain
fell in a binding sheet Dispatches
state that there were during the latter
part of the night three different storms
from as many points of the compass.
Corn was badly washed out and
orchards and gardens ruined in many
places A barn near Anita was struck
by lightning and valuable horse con-
sumed in the flames. Large numbers
of stock, especially hogs, we're drowned
IN Adair and Cass counties. One farm
er lost 100 head of hogs and all his farm
buildings. John Cook, living just east
OF Casey, lost 81, 600 stallion.
Dies MoINEs, Ia, June additional
reports from the storm Of Wednesday
show it TO have been widespread and
destructive of life and property.
Throughout the entire west half of the
State high winds. sometimes amounting
to tornadoes, destroyed large nun bers
Of houses and barns in every county,
although fortunately no town Of any
size suffered.
MANAwA, Ia, June 6-This village,
Lake Manawa, is under five feet of
water and entirely deserted.
HUBBARD, la, June 6.-The district
near here was swep: by a tornado yes
terday, houses and barns being reduced
to kindling wood, and many horses and
cattle were killed.
IN NEW YORK.
LoCKroRT, y Y, June "a terrible
rain-storm accompanied by an electrical
display Of unusual power prevailed
throughout Western New York for five
hours Wednesday night Great damage
is reported all over the country to crops
and stock. This city was deluged with
water Cellars were flooded and every
thing portable carried off. The streets
resembled roaring rivers and the
water was to the depth Of a
foot on the hin streets. Animals were
drowned in many places The creeks
were swelled and barns and bridges
were carried away No loss of life is
reported. The greatest danger was
from the Erie canal Tho stop-gates
above the city had been removed and
the water came down III torrents, over
| flowing the tow-path three feet.
SYRACUSE, y Y, June Heavy
rain and thunder storms prevailed
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