The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1891-07-11
Storms, Floods and Hail.

cyclone passed over Livingston and David
counties. Missouri on Thursday night of last week.
At Utica hailstones large mans fist fell and
broke nearly all the windows in town, ruined
orchards and moved down the growing corn. The
plate glass windows of the Burlington express train,
which passed at the time of the cyclone, were
broken by the hail. A special from Moberly says
growing crops were laid low and will have to be cut
with sickles
What is said to have been the greatest haistorm
known in the Northwest for twenty years passed
over a portion of North Dakota on Thursday after
noon of last week Ten thousand of grain just
heading in Ransom and Sergeant counties was cut
down. The total loss is estimated at 5000 600, and
many farmers are left destitute.
A terrific storm of wind and hail visited the
southwestern portion of Madison county, Iowa. on
Thursday evening of last week. All the crops in a
space six miles wide and thirteen in length were
utterly destroyed. Chickens and small animals
were killed by the hail.
A violent hail storm, accompanied by high wind,
completely devasted tract from five to ten miles in
width near Galloway, Nebraska, on Thursday night
of last week. A whole township suffered from its
effects.
A disastrous rain and hail storm visited shamo-
kin. Pa, Friday evening of last week. a number
of houses and barns were blown down.
York, Pa. and vicinity was visited by severe
hail ard wind storm on Friday night of last week.
Much damage to grain and fruit resulted.
During terrible thunder Storm on Friday night,
lightning struck ST. Inigoe's Villa, in St. Marys
county, Nd, and three scholastics, of Woodstock
College, were killed, several others being injured.
The killed were John B. Lamb, of Boston, and VIM.
]. Holden and James Walters, of New York.
A terrific storm visited Galveston Texas, Sunday
night Great damage was done to shipping and
Tho Nuata
the Gulf were in the streets of Galveston and many
buildings were flooded. Later reports state the loss
to be about S5OOOOO The at Galveston, Texas,
was the worst in years. The streets were flooded,
the electric lights out and all street railway
travel was stopped.
Friday nights hail storm very destructive to
the tobacco and fruit crops in portions of Lancaster
county Pa. The hail was still several inches deep
at several places Saturday morning.
The barns of Emanuel seidel near Hamburg, and
James Rahn near Rickenbach's Station, in Berks
county, Pa, were consumed by lightning during the
storm of Friday night. The loss by both fires is
nearly Sc 900.
BATON ROUGE, La, July GA tornado passed
over the lower portion of this city shortly after
o'clock this morning, unroofng houses, tearing up
immense trees and carrying missiles along in the
air for many blocks The penitentiary walls were
blown down and ten convicts were killed and
thirty five wounded. The factory building in the
prison was demolished and the hospital of the peni.
Tertiary is q mass of debris The Governors man
sion directly in the path of the storm. Every
chimney on the building was blown down, and the
large trees in the grounds in front destroyed.
The roof of handsome residence belonging to Mr.,
Marshall was carried away and much damage done
to the place. The boulevard is one mass of trees
that have been torn up BY the wind, and the street
of almost every description. Rain has been falling
in torrents since o'clock this morning, making it
almost impossible learn the extent the damage.
The steamboat Smoky City was blown to pieces,
there being nothing left of her but the hull Several
of the crew were badly injured.
A hail storm in Rapid City, South Dakota, on
Sunday, broke hundreds Of panes of glass.
Rain continued falling OH Tuesday at Baton
Rouge, La. The damage by the tornado of Monday
is estimated at $4,000. Much injury was done TO
the crops.
During the height of Monday nights storm the
captive balloon at the Chicago Worlds Fair grounds
recently imported, was struck by lightning and de-
stroyed. The French @ronauts Goddard and Pants
were both severely injured Ex-sherif Matson, E.
s. Craggen and other well known citizens owned
the balloon. Loss $4,000; partly insured.
A severe rain and hail storm visited the western
part of Bent and the eastern part of oero counties
in Colorado, Monday night damaging the growing
crops 10 the amount of about $40 900.
heavy rain, accompanied by much electricity
poured down all Monday night at Abeline, Kansas
and several houses were struck by lightning, but no
one was seriously injured. Considerable damage
was done to wheat, as harvest has been delayed by
previous rains.
tornado at Madison, Miss on Tuesday, destroyed
the negro cabins II. E. MeKay's plantation, kill
ing Wesley Young, colored, and wounding several
others DR.. J. II. McKay's building was wrecked.
The Presbyterian Church and scboolbuilding were
entirely swept away, and oil A. NJ. Jones' place out
standing buildings were destroyed and stock in
jured, trees, orchards and shrubbery ruined Pass
ing out of town to the northwest the cyclone COM
pletey destroyed the two colored churches and the
residence Of Handy Lee. colorel.
The heaviest bailstorm ever known in Fishing
Greek Valley, in the upper end of York county. Pa.
prevailed on Friday afternoon of last week. Hail
fell to the depth five inches and lay on the ground
until Sunday evening. VIM. zellers, a truck farmer
in the Valley lost his entire crop He gathered ice
enough on Sunday afternoon to make a can of ice
cream Other farmers suffered severely by the
breaking of their corn &C.