Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1890-07-09
A Hotel on Lake Champlain Consider
ably Damaged.


Troy (N;; ", July sth.-,Reports were received
at the railroad station late tonight that the
Bluff Point Hotel, on the shore of Lake Cham
plain, owned By the Delaware and Hudson
Railway Company, was blown into the lake this
afternoon, and several lives lost. 1t is known
that severe Storm amounting almost to
cyclone, ragged in that vicinity to- day. but the
wires are all down. and no particulars are OBJ
tainable. 1t is reported from Saratoga that near
the Bluff Point Hotel number Of persons out
in rowboats were lost. Sixteen or more are
said to be missing.
LATER-Generai Passenger Agent Burdick, of
the Delaware and Hudson. left here after mid
night for Bluff Point. He eaid that the latest
information was that while the hotel was con-
Siderably damaged, only one life was lost. The
storm was of extreme severity.
The passengers on the train which reached
here at A. NJ. from Montreal say the storm
was general from Rouse's Point to Whitehall
Many houses at Rouse's Point and other towps
along the lake were destroyed. The Bluff Point
Hotel. they state, is seriously damaged, but no
one was injured, One OF the guests, name un
known, who was out in a row-boat, was
drowned.
BURLINGTON, July Sth.-The storm this after
noon was the worst known for years, and sew
eral private yachts had narrow escapes from
sinking. 2he steam tug Little Nellie, Captain
Clarke, or Willsboro, foundered off Rouse's
Point and sank. with Captain Clarke, his son
and the engineer, whose name is unknown on
board. So tar as learned no lives were lost in
this immediate vicinity, but great damage was
PLATrsBURG (N. ", July sth.-A terrific wind
storm passed over this city this afternoon
Several lives were lost and an immense amount
OF damage done in a very short time. Huge
trees were snapped off and uprooted, houses
were unroofed and shattered, and the widest
excitement ensued.
IN PENNSYLVANIA.
PITTsBURG CPa.) July Sth "A storm in Western
Pennsylvania and Eastern Ohio to night did
great damage. Trees were blown down in AL
directions, roads blocked everywhere, and wire
communication interrupted. At Erie William
smith was killed and his sister stunned by
lightning.
WINTHROP (Me) July Sth-At $50 tonight a
very severe storm set in, accompanied by al
most incessant thunder and lightning, together
with heavy gale. Many houses We're more or
less damaged. The belfry of the Methodist
shaw's house. which collapsed under the weight
of the belfry. Mrs Shaw was fai ally Injured.
The other members of the family had a narrow
| escape. No other fatalities are reported, but
several are badly injured.
IN oHIo
CLEVELAND, July Sth.-A tremendous wind
storm from the northwest struck this city this
evening and did great damage to property
Freight cars were overturned on the railroads
and the great hoisting machines at the ore
docks were completely DESTROYED. Many
houses were badly damaged. and the losses will
aggregate 100000. The same storm did much
damage at Canton, but no one was injured.
IN DAKOTA
ST. PAUL, July Sth.-A jamestown On. d.
special to the Pioneer Press says: Yesterday
morning hurricane did great damage to the
James river valley. John Fosherg, a farmer
near jamestown, was killed, and his wife and
baby fatally injured. In the southern part of
the county, in strip ten miles long and four
miles wide, the crops were annihilated. The
hail was terrific, and $500 acres of grain were
DESTROYED