The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-07-10
pITlI.EsS SKIES.
AZ Killing People in New
york and Brooklyn.
- maj THE WIND WROUGHT.
-. life Lost ON Lake champlsin
vsessteps Of the Tornado
crush Many Buildings.

q g. Yosx. July s.-Great relief was ex-
80 roday from the heat OF yesterday
< d. 49, hrrsxs blowing steadily from the
.s~sss Although the thermometer
!. ,..ss ,as,ch lower than yesterday. the
n u - not so noticeable because the
Z - a the atmosphere had decreased.
& - I..ths from prostration have been
{ ~ By the police
1! s|s.sv n Brooklyn during the warm
800 vhIch has prevailed. the heat has
-. srrseiiugiy severe for those having
..zss, rork. The employees in the big
"a. va.neries in Williamsburg were
& -. she principal sufferers. Twenty
{. -. vrre Frustrated by heat yesterday
~ ~ pief,t there were three cases re-
~ % have succumbed.
axvrrarD, July 9-The wind storm
- svept the city last evening was the
- r1vere ever experienced. The adj
s:-s. q ira storm seemed 10 be number
- sS1rn auick gusts, that wrecked CHM
- - down trees and sent everything
eehla through the air. It's coming was
81. s. cloud of dust q hundred feet
<zS uhich obscured the sun. and made
= 1lleels Is dark as midnight. Not .
r 81 object could be discovered at the dis
& 49,. Il iiftv feet Fine dust filed the air.
:, - INTO clothing, and made breathing to
- q the streets impossible without
]ddkeschief pressed to the nostrils.
q cans rain, in rushing, swirling sheets,
~ 11ns down many plants, and caused
: sundfnsly heavy loss to crops. In
& q mt Of the city, large trees were up
80 Damage on ore docks along the
- - amounted to ct least $50, 600. The
b ~ and telephone companies lost q
~ Of wires, while the service OF the
nd police departments was nearly
I -. Half q dozen yachts inside the
1kvster we're blown adrift, and several
n u course OF erection were so badly
l|66ssd that it will be necessary to rebuild
-
1eusss Pogxr, n. Y. July 9.-Yesterday
- plscs was visited by the worst wind
- lail storm ever known, demolishing
-, uprooting trees and upsetting
-, II general. A few moments before
<o5ipem, which came without warning.
Il sleam yacht Little Nellie left for the
YRpont shore. When q nile out the
IN struck her and she went down.
kplain George Clark, his son and Engin-
= hi we're drowned 1t is feared that
- were other casualties, as several fish,
fportiss on iha lake have not yet put in
= appearance.
yxnsEssrs, Vt, July "a terrific wind,
- nd thunder storm passed over YER
6nnls last night, doing great damage.
X1E3reds Of shade trees were blown down.
ff BolIs Bluff. n. Y. nine men were re-
p3ed drowned in the storm. The dam
~ mr. large.
IN Yo1K, July 9-The manager of the
~ chAmplain, at Lake ChampIain. tel
A . The Associated Press that the re-
- 4 Ne storm at Hotel Champlain
- 1beh exaggerated The damage
~ not exceed 500. C. s. Griffin. Of
~ n r, vas drowned by the capsiz-
N1IaAEz, n. z, July 9.-The cyclone
<dsrAnle damage at Phtsburg last
~ No dessils have yet been learned,
0tlsfaph communication is entirely cut
g The report that Point Bluff hotel, on
- champlain. was blown into the lake,
nlrue. The hotel escaped and no
r1as xere injured.