The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1890-07-09
RUIN IN ITS WAKE.
A Destructive Storm Sweeps
Over the East.
Much Damage Done to Property and
Deaths Reported at Many Places.
Ike Wier, the belfast Spider" . Knocks
Out Buffalo Boxing Teacher Story
Of Sealing In BehriDs Sea.
Special Dispatches to THE MoRx1so CALL.

New ORLEANS. July 8.-There was a
heavy wind and rain storm here to-day,
damaging number of buildings, blowing
down trees and fences and prUstrating tele-
graph wires in all directions. The greatest
damage was done at the Custom-house.
Men we're at work building new observa-
tory on the roof and had torn up portion
of the roofing. Suddenly the downpour of
rain began and flooded the interior of the
bulldog, running from one floor to the
other, and driving everybody out of the
offices. The Postoffice was among the
offices flooded and damaged.
Troy (N. ", July 9.-Reports were re-
ceived at the railroad station late last night
that the Bluff Point Hotel. on the
shore of Lake Champlain, owned by the
Delaware and Hudson Railway, was blown
into the lake yesterday afternoon and sew
eral lives lost. 1t is known that severe
storm, amounting to almost a cyclone.
ragged in that vicinity yesterday, and the
wires are all down and no particulars OBJ
tainable.
1t is reported from Saratoga that near
Bluff Point Hotel a number of persons out
in rowboats were lost and sixteen or more
are said to be missing.
General Passenger Agent Burdick Of the
Delaware and Hudson left here after mid
night for Bluff Point. He said the latest
information was that while the hotel was
considerably damaged, only one life was
lost. The storm was of great severity.
SARATOGA, July 9.-Passengers on the
train which reached here at o'clock this
morning from. Montreal say the storm was
general from RouSes Point to White Hall.
Many houses at ROuses Point and otner
towns along the lake were destroyed.
The Bluff Point Hotel, they state, was Sc
rously damaged but no one was injured.
One guest, whose name is unknown, who
was out in rOw6oat, was drowned.
PITTSBURG, July 6.-Ihe storm IN west
ern Pennsylvania and Eastern Ohio to-
night did a great deal of damage. Trees
were blown down in all directions, roads
blocked everywhere and wire communica-
ton interrupted.
At Erie William Smith was killed and
his sister stunned by lightning.
BURLINGTON Va.), July 8.-The 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 Clarke. of Wills boro.
fOundered off Rouses Point and sank, with
whose name is unknown, on board.
So far as learned no lives were lost in this
immediate vicinity, but there was great
damage to property.
CLEVELAND, July 8. "A tremendous
wind-storm from the northwest struck this
city this evening, and did great damage to
property. Freight cars were overturned on
the railroad, and the great hosting ma
chimes at the docks were completely de-
stroyed. Many houses were badly dam
aged, and the losses will aggregate $780,
coo. The same storm did much damage at
Canton, but no one was injured.
WINTHROP (Me.l, July Sat $50 to-
night a very heavy storm set in, accom-
panied by almost incessant thunder and
lightning, together with heavy gale.
Many houses were more or less damaged,
and the belfry of the Methodist church was
blown off and fell on Chester Shaw's house.
which collapsed under the weight of the
belfry. Mrs. Shaw was seriously Injured,
and the other members of the family mar
rowly escaped. No fatalities are reported,
but many persons were injured.
ST. PAUL, July 8.-A jamestown On.
Dak.) special to the Pioneer Press says:
damage in James River Valley. John Fos-
berg. 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, crops
were annihilated. The hail was terrific,
and 5000 acres of grain were destroyed.
PLATTsBURG On. ", July 8.-A terrific
wind-storm passed over this city this after
noon. Several lives were lost and an i'm
mense amount OF damage was done in
very short time. Huge trees were snapped
off and uprooted. Houses were unroofed
and shattered and the widest excitement
enSued,