Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1890-06-26
THE STORM-kING.
He Leaves Death and Destruction
ia His Path.
A Cyclone in south Dakota Causes the
Loss Of Number Of Lives and Ruin
to Property-Ot Disas-
trous storms.

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grams from the scene Of the cyclone and
cloud-burst near Appomattox, Potter
County, give additional particulars and
add three % the death list. mak-
ing The total dead eleven Two
Others were fatally and three Sc
yerely injured. The loss 20 stock and
crops is heavy The storm burst sud-
denly in the night, when people were
asleep, and II is remarkable that so few
persisted considering the severity Of
the storm. An hour after the cloud
burst the Little Cheyenne river.
usually very shallow, raised twenty
FIVE feet, and the waters rushing
down the valley carried every thing in
their path. Nearly every house in the
valley was swept away. The McElroy
family foated some distance on their
house after the building collapsed. Mrs.
McElroy and two daughters were
drowned. Five OF the Merger family
also persisted and others are reported
missing.
~ KANSAS.
ATcHIsoS Kan, June 2l.-The food
which visited Atchison Thursday night
was the heaviest and most destructive
in the history of the city Five OF the
largest railroad bridges III the city, six
large wagon bridges, eighteen dwelling
houses, besides innumerable other
things, we're carried down White Clay
creek ard hurled against the
Sixth street yiaduct. Mayor Wagner
has POO men at work removing The
debris The damage to The city is a
great deal heavier than was first
thought 81 every business drm
suffered more on less The water
mains nIr., during thc storm ana the
city is nov without water and protec-
ton from FIRE. All the railroad
tracks in the vicinity are badly washed
and trains are abandoned crops are
badly washed throughout the country
districts The damage u the city and
country Is estimated at sii1 goo As yet
nc lives have been reported as lost The
storm was confined % q small streak
along the Missouri river
IL MISSOURI
81 Jo-Eru. Mo. Jane 20. - The
heaviest storm of me season visited
this section Il the country Thursday
afternoon between and o'clock
The rain poured Down in tor
rents and many business houses
were flooded. IN The north end of
the eity several sewers burst. causing
thousands 81 dollars worth Of damage.
Joseph e. Combs, a coIored man. was
washed into a sewer and drowned
~ ILLINOIS.
paw Paw. Ill June % The first ac-
counts OF the destruction caused by the
cyclone which swept through the out
skirts OF this town were somewhat ex-
aggerated owing to the great excite
ment and confusion which prevailed So
far as any one here is able to learn the
deaths make a total al fourteen. seven
OF them inmates of the school-house
caught in the whirlwind Those
in the school, none Of whom escaped,
we're Maggie Mcbride, the teacher;
Edna Hunt years cid: Jennie Radley,
years: Ada Rudolph years; Minnie
Berry, 4 wears. Lena Prentice II wears.
ana Carey White .fr. r. wears.
The others found dead were Peter
Ream, an old farmer. Robert Odkirt. III
years cid. an unknown child. killed in
Brooklyn townships NJ. Bltner Of
Sublette; Mrs. Bolaehe and two chill
dren Of Compton
Nearly all the people whose houses
We're wrecked received bruises, some
cases OF "a severe nature.
SrELErTE, ILL, June 25 Fridays
storm started about four miles west and
north Of >ublette, first destroying the
houses Of William L. Long and Charles
Hatch. then sweeping down upon the
north part Of the little village 81
Sublette, dealing death and de-
struction Mrs Frederick Bitner. OF
sublette, was killed Among those
injured are the wife and mother of Hem
ry Wolf Mrs Joseph Clink Mrs Bee,
Peter Langan, George Kaylor, wife and
four children. George Bachelors son,
Mrs Casper Eysenbochef and TWO chill
dren. Mrs. Reynolds and daughters.
Carrie, Edith, Lucy and Mary; Mrs.
George Kaylor, William McAlbs. wife
and two children; Grace Barton, al OF
Sublette.
IL WISCONSIN
LA CROSSE, Wis, June "a, There was
a big flood at Springville and sever al
bridges were washed out The stream
ware hodft- Is t.r1Tfop .pI aovenaI l,,,s1d