The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1891-06-27
STORMS AND FLOODS.
urea. Loss of Life, stock and Property.

Great Loss of Life, Stock nnd properly.
The storms of this and last week were very disas-
trous, and extended almost across the country. We
give few OF the dispatches:
cloudburst at Leechburg, Armstrong county, 90
miles from Pittsburg on the West Pennsylvania r.
r., destroyed Is dwellings and much other property
on Thursday night Of last week. On Andersons
rum near the town. the water rose 30 feet, and the
debris caused the railway bridge at the foot of the
rayine to give way. John Frank fell from the
bridge as it went down and was fatally injured.
heavy rainstorm swept the valley of the Illinois
river. near Peoria, on Wednesday night of last
week, running crops and in some places sweeping
houses from their foundations. a farmer named
Gray while attempting to escape to the hills, was
struck by log and stunned, but escaped by cling
ing to the log while his three boys, aged II, and
). were drowned.
The bridges OF the Lake Erie and Western R. r.
between Crandall and Farmdale, west of Blooming
ton. Illinois, were washed away by cloudburst on
the same night Five other bridges were crippled
and trains were delayed.
The town of Utica, Illinois, was devastated by a
cloudburst on Thursday of last week. The water
rose from three to six feet in different parts Of the
town. and hardly house escaped damage The
losses, It is thought will amount to $4,000. No
lives were lost.
hours at Neigh, Nebraska, on the same day. John
Lorenson a farmer was washed from his wagon
and drowned while crossing flooded ravine. In
limerick township three children were drowned
while trying to reach home from school. ravine
which the children had TO cross was suddenly filed
by the flood, and they were washed away.
A tornado in Aroostook county, Maine destroyed
a house, eight barns and miles of fences on Thurs
day afternoon of last week.
dispatch from Longmont, California, says that
owing to the warm weather the snow in the noun
tains is melting rapidly as to cause flood on the
St Vrain river and that considerable damage to
bridges and crops has already been done. The
waters still rising and further damage feared
The southeastern portion of Kansas was visited
by terrible storms on Friday night of last week,
causing damage to crops aud property at various
points At Fort Scott the storm took the form of
cioudburst, at Arkansas City cyclone and at En-
poria a tornado At Fort Scott John Connallin, Jr,
was washed away and drowned while trying to save
life Mrs. Elizabeth Bowman was fatally injured by
the fall of her house at Arkansas City AT Emporia
three and half inches of rain fell in less than two
hours.
A large area OF country in the eastern portion of
Crittenden county, Ark, was devastated by storm
on Friday. Mrs. Sarah Shadrick was struck by
flying piece of timber and her neck broken. A
stavemaker named Stanley crushed by falling
trees, and two boys sons of mill man named Hol-
lingsworth, are missing, and it is believed were
killed.
cyclone ne ar Efingham, Illinois, on Saturday
afternoon demolished several houses and barns and
destroyed crops. John Brennan was fatally hurt by
flying timbers.
The reports of very heavy damage by flood in the
Farm Creek and Copperas Creek Valleys, Illinois
b,.G aySs he
farmers for five or six miles up the river and mile
and half back 10 the hills have lost all their crops
and many their houses. An iron bridge 800 feet
long over Ten Mile creek, just completed was
washed away.
Severe local storms passed over portions of Ken
lucky on Saturday, blowing houses down and doing
other damage. At Boaz widow named Miller was
perhaps fatally injured and at Louisport Dave Ray
colored, was crushed to death Big a falling barn.
Storms on Friday night near Massilon, Ohio,
ruined hundreds of acres of oats, wheat and hay.
The Wheeling and Lake Erie Railroad was sub
merged between Oreville and Creston, stopping all
trains while on the Fort Wayne Road three bridges
across Sippis Creek were carried away.
tornado passed over the counties of Monroe,
Metcalf and Washington in Southern Kentucky, on
Monday, and swept about 50 farm houses away be-
sides damaging crops to the amount of $4,000 or
$4,000
The heavy rains and wind storms have done great
damage to the wheat crops just ready for harvesting
in the American bottoms covering 50 square miles
between Alton Illinois, and st. Louis. The yield
will be many thousand bushels short of what was
expected a week ago,
A telegram from Cairo, Illinois, says that Sundays
storm proved disastrous to the fruit belt at Villa
Ridge Five thousand peach and l, 900 apple trees,
loaded with fruit, were blown down. One planter
alone lost 300 peach trees. Wheat IN the shock was
blown all over the country, while that uncut laid
to the ground for miles. Grape vines are badly in
jured The tall timber on the Kentucky shore, OPP
posite, went down in great quantities.
A cyclone visited Cairo illinois, on Monday, and
did considerable damage, unroofng houses, de-
stroying trees blowing cars off the railroad tracks,
&c. l.. NJ. Lass was blown from the bank across
the river, landing on a saudbar, and theterryboat
Gwynn. from Paducah, was blown over tn the Ken
lucky shore.