Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1891-06-12
SWEPT BY A CYCLONE.
High Winds Play Havoc in the
West.
Loss of Life and Property in
South Dakota.

Over one half the United States was SIM
ultaneously soused in water on a recent
night, says dispatch from Chicago, H..
and the edge of the great spot OF wet was
made ragged with cyclone. The condition
OF telegraph wires north, south, east and
west from Chicago showed a state OF affairs
seldom. il ever, equallei.
Soaking rains were In progress, accom-
panied with driving winds 10 New \ orK OH
the one side to New Orleans on the other.
stretching beyond St. Paul and Minneapolis
to the north and in the west for an indefinite
distance.
Milwaukee. Wis, reported the worst cleo
trical disturbance on record. making tele-
graph ami telephone communIca ton ImpOS-
sibIe except at brief intervals.
Further northwest in the Dakotas many
towns were cut off. and a cyclone rava2ed
the country about WATERFOWL. South Dakota.
dispatch from WATERFOWL says:
small, dark, funnel-shapet cloud suddenly
appeared in the south during the afternoon
aGout 3 30 and soon deveiOpei into hurri-
cane. 1t appeared close u the ground
and in its whirlng motion people
saw that it was the dreaded tornado and the
roar which accompanied ii was Ike huge
fire swapping and cracking in its onward
course Fortunately 1t STRUCK the city on the
extreme eastern limit, waere the buildings
were scattered, and the whole city tonight
is thankful that it came no closer.
Six barns were demolished. Inc path OF
the storm was only about 100 feat wide AMI
it was remarked as strange that not single
house within the city limits in its
ground, hurled into the air, and
sent spraying to the earth. Wagons were
taken up bodily and hurled tO atoms. F.vs
miles northeast OF Water55wn twp houses
and three barns were literally carried away.
The debris from the storm as it left this city
oil rs
At Wave-ly. twelve miles northeast. two
coal sheds were ruined and the >mo<estack
of the roller mills f1atJened To the ground.
.. 2. Chandler and his son were i'll one
of the barns when the storm struck
it and they were pinned undu.' the
boards until assistance came. but were or =
slightly injured. Three peOpie wera killed
at Hazel, sixteen miles southwest OF " ater-
town. and the storm is sai' 10 have been
very severe in that re2i@
A heavy rain follow ed the storm, but did
no damage. This is Watertowns first cy-
clone experience, and many people were bad
ly frightened. The damage to property in
the county cannot be correctly estimated
until the places have been heard from.
A storm passed over st. Louis, Mo, and
did considerable damage to wires OF all kinds.
Telephone poles were blown across the street
railway tracks and caused a cessation of that
traffic and a great Inconvenience to those
living in the suburbs. Travel on several OF
the electric lines was suspended for several
hours. Many shade trees We're destroyed and
some little damage done to buildings on the
outskirts of the city.
There was an energetic electric storm III
Cincinnati Ohio, and Covington, KY, &C
companied by a strong gale The telegraph
wires were more or less useless for severa
| hours and 1900 telephones were burned out
| In Covington the lightning struck i'll many
| places--one being the clOcI in st. AlOysiu
| Catholic Church steeple. The clock was shat
tered but the steeple was not injured.
heavy windstorm with rain visited Lin
coin, H., doing great damage to property
| and fruit and shade trees.
| A waterspout burst near the little village
| of Paramount, Kan. Fortunately no live
were lost, but many houses were flooded an
| the Union Pacific tracks were washed out 70!
several rods.