The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-07-09
WIND FANS THE EAST.
The Glowing Earth Cooled by
Sudden Tempests.
RUIN ON LAKE cHAMPLAiN.
Houses shivered and Trees Flattened
Over . Wide Area in New England,
the Middle States and Canada.

bURLIxGToN, VT, June S--Tne storm
this afternoon was the worst known for
years, and several private yachts had mar
row escapes from sinking. The steam tug
Little Nellie, Captain Clark, of Wellsboro.
fioundered OF Rouse's point. and sank
with Captain Clark and his son and en-
gineer. name unknown. on board. So far
as learned no lives were lost in this immed-
late vicinity. but great damage to property
was done.
Troy, July s.-Reports were received at
the railroad Office late tonight that the Bluff
Point hotel. on the shore of Lake Cham
plain, owned by the Delaware & Hudson
: River Railroad company. was blown into
the lake this morning and several lives
lost. 1t Is known that severe storm,
amounting almost to cyclone. ragged in
that viciaity today, and the wires are all
down, so that no particulars can be had.
It is reported from Saratoga that near
Bluff Point hotel number of persons out
In q rowboat are lost. Sixteen or more
are said to be missing.
LATER.-General Passenger Agent Bur-
lick, of the Delaware & Hudson, left here
after midnight for Bluff Point. He said
the latest news was that while the hotel
was considerably damaged only one life
was lost. The storm was of extreme Sc
verify.
SARATOGA, July 8.-Tha passengers on
the train which reached here at 2 a. m.
from Montreal say that the storm was gen.
eral from Rouse's Point to Whitehall.
Many houses at Rouse's Point and other
towns along the lake were destroyed. The
Bluff Point hotel, they say, was seriously
damaged. but no one injured. One guest.
name unknown, who was out in row
boat, was drowned.
PrrrsBuRe, July s.-Ths storm In West
ern Pennsylvania and Eastern Ohio tonight
has done great damage. Trees were blown
down IN all directions, roads were blocked
everywhere and wire communication in
terrupted. At Erie w. NJ. Smith was
killed and his sister stunned by lightning.
WINTHROP, July Sat $3.50 tonight a
very severe storm set in, accompanied by
almost incessant thunder and light
ming. together with heavy gale.
Many houses were more or less
damaged. The belfry of the Methodist
church was blown down and fell upon
Chester Shaw's house, which fell beneath
the weight of the belfry. Many members
of the family were badly hurt. Many
other persons were hurt. but not fatally.
CLEvELAND, July "a tremendous wind
storm from the northwest struck the city
this evening and did great damage to prop
erty. Freight cars were overturned on
the railroads and the great hoist
ing machines on the ore docks
were badly damaged, and the losses will
much damage at Canton, but no one was
injured.
ST. PAUL, July s.-A jamestown, N. D..
special to the Pioneer. Press says: Yester-
day mornings hurricane did great
damage in the James river valley.
John Fosberg, farmer near James
town, 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, crops were annhi-
lated. The hail was terrific, and 5000
acres Of grain was destroyed.
NEW YORK, July ga Plattsburg, NJ Y,
special was interrupted by the breaking of
the wires by the storm being described, and
here is what came through: A terrific wind
storm passed over the city this afternoon,
Several lives we're lost and an immense
amount of damage was done. Huge trees
were snapped of and uprooted, houses I'M
rooted and shattered. and the widest ex-
element ensued. There was no time to
seeks heller. Debris covered the streets,
and several persons were stricken down
and killed, while others were hurt. The
loss is very great.