Los Angeles herald., 1890-07-10
EASTERN WEATHER.
A Breeze Affords Relief at
Gotham.
Many PrOstratiOns From Heat
at Brooklyn.
Particulars of the Storm on the Shores
Of Lake Champlain,
Much Damage by Wind in New England.
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Much Damage by Wind in New England.
Severity of the Hurricane at
Cleveland.
Associated Press Dispatches. |

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New YORK, July 9.-Great relief was
experienced today from the heat of yes
terday, by a fine breeze blowing steadily
from the northwest. Although the
thermometer was not much lower than
yesterday, the heat was not so notice
able because the moisture of the atmos-
phere had decreased. Six deaths from
prostration have so far been reported by
the police. Over in Brooklyn the warm
weather has about paralyzed business.
The heat has been exceedingly severe
for those having outdoor work. The
employees in the big sugar refneries in
Williamsburg are among the principal
sufferers. Twenty persons were pros
trated by heat yesterday and last night.
Three cases were reported to have sue
cumbed this morning.
The Lake Champlain Storm.
RoUsE's POINT, N. Y, July 9.--At 80
p. m. yesterday this place was visited by
the worst wind and hail storm ever
known, demolishing houses and trees
and upsetting things in general. A few
moments before the storm, which came
without warning, the steam yacht Little
Nellie left for the Vermont shore.
When a mile out the storm struck her
and she went down. Captain George
Clarke, his son and Engineer Hill were
drowned. 1t is feared there are other
casualties, as several fishing parties on
the lake have not yet put in an appear
ance.
WHITEHALL, N. Y, July 9.-The ey-
clone did considerable damage at Plats-
burg last night. No details have yet
been learned, as telegraph communica-
ton is entirely cut off. The report that
the Bluff Point hotel, on Lake Cham
plain, was blown into the lake, is un-
true. The hotel escaped. No guests
were injured.
New York, July 9.-The manager of
the Hotel Champlain, at Bluff Point,
Lake Champlain, telegraphs the Associ-
ated Press that the reports of the dam
age by the storm at the Hotel Cham
plain are much exaggerated. The dam
age will not exceed 5000. G. S. Griffin,
of Buffalo, N. Y, was drowned from the
capsizing Of boat.
The Storm In New England.
VERGENNEs, VT, July "a terrific
wind, rain and thunder storm passed
over Vergennes last night, doing great
damage. Hundreds of shade trees were
blown down. At Ball Bluff, N. Y, nine
men are reported drowned in the storm.
The damage is very large.
LEwIsTowN, Me-, July 9.-Dispatches
from Somerset, Oxford, Franklin and
Waldo counties indicate that last even
ing's storm was one of the most disas-
trous that ever visited Maine. Great
damage was done to property, but fortu-
nately few casualties occurred.
MOUNT WASHINGTON, N. H., July o.
Remarkable high temperature has been
followed by cold weather. On Mount
Washington the mercury has gone down
to twenty-seven degrees, and ice formed
on all exposed places.
The Cleveland Hurricane.
CLEVELAND, July 9.-The wind storm
which swept the city last evening was
the most severe ever experienced here.
The advance of the storm seemed to be
a number of sharp, quick gusts that
wrecked chimneys, blew down trees, and
sent everything movable through the
air. Its coming was shown by a cloud
of dust 100 feet high, which
obscured the sun and made the streets
as dark as midnight. Not single OBJ
ject could be discerned at a distance
of fifty feet. The fine dust filed the
eyes, sifted into the clothing, and
breathing to those on the streets was
impossible without a handkerchief
pressed to the nostrils. Then came rain
in rushing, swirling sheets that beat
down many plants and caused exceed
ingly heavy losses to crops.
In every part of the city
large trees were ,uprooted. The damage
on the ore docks along the old river bed
will amount to at least $4,000. The
telegraph and telephone companies lost
a number of wires, while the service of
the fire and police departments was
nearly wrecked. Half dozen yachts
inside the breakwater were blown adrift.
Several houses in;the course of erection
were so badly twisted that it will be
necessary to rebuild them.