Telegram-herald., 1891-06-19
DEVASTATING DELUGES
Old Mexico swept oy Wstsrspeats
and Cloudoursts-
FIFTY. PERSONS LOSE THEIR LIVES
rsrrtsss Cat~strs pias an san Lais ross a
Two Siris Drs ~asa ia an ioss
fissd-nAny Other stesa
Disasters

spout Ia the mountains 10 the neigh
boTbood Of the San Luis Potosi silver
mines caused great loss of life. The
latest kilograms from san Luis Potosi
place the number OF bodies recovered
from the flooded miRe IT twenty three.
30 far thirty persons are known TO
have been hurt Work al the Con-
cepcion mine is entirely suspended
The peeuniary loss viii Be heavy.
ST. LouIs. June ls.-Additional par
ticulars OF the teri. BILE catastrophe
which occurred on Sunday last near the
mining city of catorce, in the state Of
san Luis Potosi, Mexico, arc To the eff
feet that the cloud burst on Conception
down the mountain sides, sweeping
everything in its course. The
habitations occupied by the miners
were swept away and the tunnel
of Guadaioupe mine filed with
water, drowning several miners who
were working inside. A number of
people living in cliff dwellings were
buried alive. AT Laeruses and FL
Potrero. on one side Of the mountain,
and Los Catorco on the other. fifteen
dead bodies have been recovered and
there are believed to be many more.
The mining company's losses are heavy
Large quantities of high grade metal
were carried away by the food at
the Conception property. Hundreds Of
pack animals were drowned and roads
destroyed These are the meager de-
.na q. e
district though people here knowing
the locality believe that there must have
been at least fifty lives lost.
DKs MONIES. Ia, June ls.-Reports
from all over the state show that the
rain has been extremely heavy and
some damage and loss of life are re-
ported. The Rock Island railroad at
Casey was washed out and trains de-
layed- The town was inundated and
two girls are reported drowned. Light
ming struck the insane asylum at Clar-
india, but little damage was done.
OMAHA, Neb, June ls.-The heaviest
rain known for years fell Tuesday
night oil over the state. Along the
line of the, Burlington s. Missouri in
southern Nebraska and in Kansas
several washouts resulted, the most
serious being in the vicinity of
New Orleans Several small wash
outs occurred on the branch line be-
tween Orleans and Oxford, Trains on
that branch are delayed and some have
been abandoned altogether. On the
Elkhorn Valley road bad washout &C.
D~A l. A.
town, sweeping away several houses
and endangering a number of lives.
All In danger were helped out in wag-
ons and no lives were lost The town
is half overlooked at present and people
have to 60 about in boats. IL is thought
that the mill dam will go, and large
damage has already been done to crops.
washed out and several bridges, which
will delay trains for two days. At Oak
dale the precipitation was inches. Gel
lars are filed, sidewalks are gone and 800
feet of railroad track is removed, with
one bridge, near town. The damage to
crops is not known. At Humphrey,
Bartholomew Bogus. q farmer, was
killed by lightning, as was also the
team with which he was blowing.
PALMER, Neb., June 1S.-During the
thunderstorm Tuesday the wife and
grandmother of v. Lauton took two
children and went with them to a
storm-cellar near their house to avoid
the lightning. During the storm the
lightning entered the door Of the cellar
and instantly killed both of the women,
but did not hurt the children Mr..
Lauton was not at home at the time Of
the accident and the bodies were found
cold and stiff two hours after the
storm.
READING, Pa, June ia hail and
windstorm of unusual severity passed
over q portion of Berks county Tues
day night At Bernville several farm
houses wcre struck by lightning and
slight damage done. All around Bern
vile hail fell as large as shellbarks
and some of the fields were COW
cred to the depth Of several inches,
while the country presented a
winter scene Trees were up
rooted, telephone poles Frustrated and
fences carried away and apple and
other trees stripped of their fruit and
corufields devastated Near Douglass
vile, this county, barns belonging 70
John Boyer and several others were
unroofed. At Minersvillc Mrs. David
A. Jones was struck by lightning and
is still paralyzed from the shock.
KALAMAZOO. Mich, June 1s-Threc
hundred acres of celery ground was
flooded from to 4 feet deep Wednes-
day night by the race from the paper
mill breaking a. a result of heavy
rains All tho south part of town Is
flooded Houses were removed from
their foundations and can be reached
only with boats. The celery will be
ruined il the water remains long on IL
New Orleans Jury Bri5er Sentenced.
NEW ORLEANS, June ls.-The state
had decidedly the best OF the bribery
trial Wednesday. Cooney and Me-
Chrystol were convicted. Armants
case resulted IN n mistrial. and Me-
Chrystol was sentenced to one year n,