Telegram-herald., 1890-06-24
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KEARSET. Aeh, June 2& a cyclone
streck The village Of PlsasAnton. tWenty
miles north of here, Sunday afternoon,
a. clock. and wiped out the entire
town Only meager reports can he OBJ
tained Of the damage u property outside
% The town. Piessaaton is sislated al
tie terminus OF the NsHtGsket division
OF The Union Pacific and Was only recent
ly incorporated. The place contained
about 81 people al of whom are home
less The hotel which Was the larg-
est structure. was blown - pieces
and scattered IA the path Of the cyclone.
The proprietor WAS seriously hurt l.
T. endobber, a druggist Of Ber-
tranl, vas struck On The head by piece
OF nying timber and received bad
wound lie was brought here and Is in
= semi-con Scious condition.
RAvENSA. Neh., June 28-A tornado
struck Sweetwater. little hamlet SIX
miles west OF here, Sunday afternoon
destroying $50. 600 worth OF property al
the least consideration. with no insur-
ance. Every building in the town. with
Us contents, is complete loss
10 the owners. Tho hne O0-barrel
roller mill, erected Two years ago at
cost OF So, 900, is a complete wrecA;
also a residence just completed by Mrs.
Jane l.. Goff. No lives were lost A
man and his son, named Thomas, sus-
ta!ned serious injuries.
OMAHA DELUGED.
OMAHA, Neh.. June 23.-Between S
81 fuHs
electric storm accompanied by wind
and rain swept over this city.
Cellars were flooded in various
parts OF town and much property &c
stroyed by water. On Thirteenth street
lightning killed a team of horses at
tached TO q street car. At 2, 0lS Mander-
son street, in the northern portion Of
the city, the house OF K. A. Jacobson
/ was struck. Jacobson was killed and
I his wife and children badly
/ hurt At South Omaha the roof
was blown of the Grand Cen
trail Hotel and the interior
/ flooded. A two-stOry house occupied
/ by r. Z. Kuhn was struck and burned.
Mrs. Kuhn and two children were rem
/ dered unconscious by the shock and
were rescued from the burning build
/ ing by firemen " ho discovered them by
/ the merest chance. Damage here and
/ in suburbs will reach s29, 600.
DISASTROUS FLOOD N WISCONSIN.
} MUsooDA, Wis. June 90. During a
/ terrible rains torn here Saturday night
+ the mill dam at Rodolfs Mills
gave way, flooding the valley,
/ carrying away all the bridges on
! Mill creek and wrecking several
/ buildings. The food washed out what
is known as the North End dyke Ro-
dolfs loss is So, 000 All the saw-mill
dams and bridges on Knapp's creek
were washed away. Considerable dam
age was done to crops.
EIGHT PERSONS HURT.
! INDIANAPOLIs, Ind, June 23.-The
/ beginning OF the season at Fairview
/ Park Sunday was marked by disaster
which will not soon be forgotten when
/ there is any prospect of storm. Eight
/ people were severely injured, and hun
dreds narrowly escaped with their lives.
The afternoon was excessively hot, and
the fact that the new electric street
railway ran out there tempted thou
/ sands of citizens to seek the shades OF
/ Fairyiew. A storm coming up the great
crowd rushed madly for the new station
which the company has begun to build
az the terminus of the line, and
which was under roof but with
out weather boarding. Just as they
reached it the storm broke with great
| fury, and as many as could stand
in the space, s0x40 feet in size, crowded
under the shelter. They had hardly got
I inside when the roof came TO the ground
with a crash, catching eight persons. one
Of whom. colored girl, was so severely
Injured that she will die.