The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-07-16
CYCLONES and FIRES
There Were Two Of Each In Butte Yes
ttfday.
Part of Knoll hin Blown to Silver
Bow Park-The Darkness of
Night Upon the City-Dam-
age Done by the Storm.
By The standards snecial Mire.

By the Standards Special Wire.
BUTTE, July ia fake cyclone struck
h city this afternoon i'm two installments
The first installment arrived soon after
noon and did little more than send the
dust scurrying through the streets, blind
ing everybody who was out at the time.
II was an insipid affair and a lead failure
rs a cyclone.
The second installment arrived n little
after g o'clock this evening. IL was more
~pretentious than the other and had some
good points about IL. IL started on Knob
hill. west of Missoula gulch and displayed
considerable vigor by the time it
reached the center of the city. What
the people of Knob hill have against
Butte that they should get up a sand
storm Is not known. Ii is supposed that
they are jealous of Butte and wanted to
sweep il at Of existence. In this scheme
their efforts happily proved futile. Never
tbeless considerable feeling has been
aroused in the same matter. and some
threats are made that Butte will get up a
cyclone on its own hook and wipe Knob
hill out of existence.
The storm lasted about 40 minutes. Dur
ing part of that time the wind
blew like a hurricane. distribute
ing great gobs of the Excelsior aud
Plymouth additions all owe Butte.
The dust was swept through the streets at
the rate of 16,GD miles n minute or two
minutes nj the most. During the height
OF the storm the scene In West Broad
way was almost frightful TO those barri-
caded 10y plate glass windows. Down the
street came great cloud Of dust 10 feet
in height, 80 dense that sight could not
penetrate il. The thick dust of the city
streets was carried through the city for IA
half hour, and landed placidly down ON
Silver Bow Park. IL il darkly limited
that the storm was got up In the interests
of that addition, hut the rumor could not
be confirmed.
Two fires broke out in the midst Of the
wine storm. One was at the Butte Re-
duction works. The fire is thought tn be
of inccndiary origin, like that nj the Colo
RADIO smcltcr. No one could tell Just when
or how il started. The first thing known
a big blaze of lame was rising from he
wood pile near the works. Soon the pile
OF wood was wrapped in fiames aud
seemed bound Ia go. The wood Is situ-
ated near the racks of the Montana I'm
ion road. A freight car ou the tracks
caught fire. A telephone message was
sent To the Montana Union offices for an
engine tn draw awayt the car.
Meanwhile the flremen's corps Of the
Butte Reduction works had got out and
after "A few minutes of hard work had
gained control of what promised To be "a
very destructive fire. BY the time the
Montana Union engine arrived, the fire
on the freight ear had also been put ont.
The other fire was west of Missoula
guleh. A. j. Davis, jr., is building a fine
new house in that place and yesterday h
timers were at work. A tin pot was
blown over and set fire Ia he house.
Very luckily the pot Was placed on the
east side OF the house instead Of west. 81
that the wind blew the flames away from
b house instead Of against IL. Thus no
great damage was done. The fire de
partment was called out and soon extin-
gnished the flames.
The wind did little material damage.
The smoke stacks on the Original mine
were blown of. the telephone wire Of the
other wires were scattered beltcrskeltcr.
A few chimneys were blown off and
everything left loose was carried oil Ia
Silver Bow park or Northern Pacific adj
dition. There was a runior this evening
that part of the Blue Bird mill had been
blown down, but efforts to confirm this
report were unsuccessful. After the blow
was n cool refreshing ain which lasted
almost three minutes. What dust there
was left the rain settled, Ii would have
been emincntiy proper for the rain Ia
have come first and the blow afterward,
That would " prevented the dust from
blowing all over creation aud some parts
Of the Rockies. An effort will be madet "a
nave the council pass an ordinance "a
have the rain storms proceed all cyclone.
after date.
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