Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-06-27
STORMS AND RAIN.
A Cyclone Destroys a Coal Company's
Breaker and Kill. Six
Persons.
NEWS from THr rtoooro DIS.
rRicrs IN IOWA.
Considerable Damage Done iu Omahai
Tie Streets Flooded and
Traffic Suspended.
by Toisnsph TO the SEws.
DEsrnu,rIyC STORMS.

- sNANsAANA ~ we NANHsN
Destructive STORMS.
a ciondburst br-.ehrs = Portion OF
Neu Nora 'iiy.
NEW YORis, June eG.-rlils after.
noon Clpudlufst occurred In that |
potion u the city which takes IN the 1
upper part Of Amsterdam avenue,
liighhrligu AMI Port George. The |
rain fell In immense drops for fve |
mlnulet, AMI gale followed that |
lasted half au hour. Considerable |
damage was done n properly, aud one
man was seriously injured.
DESTROYED ny a CYCLONE.
MouNT CARMEL. Pa, June 20 Tho
Patterson Coal Company. breaker
located Mt Natalie, was destroyed by a
cyclone this afternoon and tho follow.
Ing persons Killed. J. y. Blor0m, J
bentley DOdone, Richard llubvfts,
William Lodge, an Italian unknown,
aud another stranger still under the
dcbfla. Thu breaker was located on
the summit NJ Big Mounialn, about
/ 1900 fcvt above sea level. Lodge,
llptcfls aud the two unknown mvu
were roofing the breaker NJ tho time "
the accident. The other two hillrti
were carpenters, aud were killed while
ut work on the interior Of the BREAKER
/ which was one " tho largest IN the
region, H. capacity being about ~, 900
tons per month. Ths cost of It, cree
ton exceeded 100000.
4 TowS ALMOST WIPED OFT.
BOosE, Iowa, June sL-the hrst
Z direct nowe from the scene q tue Hoods
/ on tile Maple River branch NJ the Chi.
cago and Northwestern road was to-
cuivcd At the cpmp1nys headquarters
In this city today.
The dispatch Il from the operator nj
| Neville, who says that the town is
almost witcd out. The water runs In
NJ tho depot windows aud Il up 10 the
| ccllings Of all the buildings. All the
houses In the Tat part Of thutown have
! been swept away nn1 the railroad turn.
table n washrd from IT. place. Three
milcs Of track " gone Letwccu Neville
aud Kingsley, AMI must O' the small
bridges over thc Sioux river. This de.
strucilon h now being supplemented
IS another storm raging at Present nnd
extending south 10 the mAln line of
the Northwestern. II Il raining very
hard, Hnd the storm Il travelling cAs,.
way GREAT DAMAGE.
Four DObGE, Iowa, June 9l.AAn
cy.witnrss ~ Tuesdays Hood, who has
jus, arrived from Cherokee, states TINT
II IL necessary for one 10 $50 tho cGun.
try 10 have the least idea Of tho great
nmoun, uf damage done.
"Mhy," ho exclaimed, "it II fearful
tho way the Immense body Of water
swept things before II. Houses were
seen 10 tumble, swing half around,
aud then carried along by the torrents.
rres won bent aud broken. III.
muH, remarkable frAtuIcof the disaster
Il that amy u tho people Ia the tack
of the Hood escaped with their lives.
30 tat ~ could learn no lives were
lost NJ Cherokee aud Ia the imms tate
vicinity.
''rhs storm rendered between three
hundred and four hundred families
homeless In AMI about Cherokee. The
amount Of damage will reach quarter
Of n million u dollnrs."
HOMELESS ASD DIsTiIurr.
CHEROKEE, Iowa, Juns 2G.-Fiye
hundred people were rendered home
lees and destitute by Tuesdays floods,
aud the resources OF Cheroktc'n citl.
Enns have been faxed 10 the uttefInssg
10 meet the present requirements Of
these people. Outside aid must lie
given 10 avert hardship, aud Mayor
Bloom has issued an appeal Tor aid,
and trlegraphed 10 tho governor for
tents for shelter. Contributions to bo
gsnt 10 Mayor Bloom will be placed Ia
the hands % responsible compitec.
TWO CHILDREN DROWNED.
SIOUX CIIY, June eG.-A man rode
over ftum CorI-ctinnville 10 Kinrley
this evening aud .el-phoned hvfr the
fint particulars about the Hood ut tho
nfst.named point. II came down tho
valley with terrible force aud carried
out the dam Just above town. Thv
horses In the lower part Of town were
carried away aud many prople had
marrow escapes. Two children wefu
drowned aud tho number OF houses de-
stroyed II not known. Five bridges
were carried away. business HOUSES
we're Hooded aud great damage WI.
done.
cRLLARs AND HOUSES FLOODED,
NEBRASKA CRY, June 28.-A ter.
Tfc fnlnsturm prrvnilel mere thls AZ
inrnoon. Cellars aud houses were
flooded. The small grain was beaten
down and badly damaged.
VAST OMAHA WOODED,
OMAHA, June 20. - Considerable
damage wa done In Omaha by tho
storm that ragged all day aud did not
cease until evening. East Omaha was
; badiy flooded, and n thlekly populated
, section NJ the northern part OF tue city
WAS Inundated. From CLARK street
north 10 Tweniy-loufih street, tho
yntrr Il from two 10 six feet deep In
Inc street, aud the street car traffic Is
; abandoned.
; Thp police and flre departments sent
a force Of men 10 tho Inundated dis
Irlct 10 rescue the Distressed people and
. ihrlr effects. No llyca were losl, hut
there were several narrow escapesffon
dtowning. several wAshOuts are ro'
rorted ON the branch lines Of the bur
ilnston aud Elkhorn, eauaing the
abandonment OF trains.