The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1891-07-04
eHE STORMS LAST WEEK.
More Disastrous than at First stated.
GHAT DAMAGE BY STORMS THIS WEEK.

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LAST week the ADVOCATE gave full reports OF the
DISASTROUS storms that swept portion of three
Shtes Later accounts state that the loss is greater
tim given in the first reports. We give the follow
| iig summary
| SIOUX CITY, Iowa, July 26.-Late news from the
boded district is TO the effect that the town of
loville is completely gone, and out of 40 or so
louses only one has been left standing The people
got most of their goods out of the way of the food
1ut the homeless crowd of unfortunates are camp
ing out in the fields.
| FORT DODGE, Iowa, June 26.-The latest advices
rom Cherokee say that the damage by the floods is
reater than at first reported. As the waters recede
he carcasses of cattle landed. and today the
Geneh from them permeates the air. 1t is estimat-
d that hundreds of head of stock have been lost.
Two miles of track of the main line of the Illinois
central has been washed out between Cherokee and
Sioux City, and it will take about week repair
the damage.
| The onawa and Sioux Falls branches of the same
road are in worse way, and it will be about 10
lays before traffic can be resumed. The Sioux river
subsdng but it is still 10 feet deep and covers
quarter of mile of country. The average depth of
the river when in its channel, is about four feet
The work of clearing away the debris is now in
progress and aid is being rendered the unfortun ate
inhabitants.
| CHICAGO, June 26.-Captain Tray, Superintendent
of The Railway Mail Service, received dispatches
from Sioux City, Iowa. today to the effect that the
floods have delayed the mail trains and that it
would be a week before everything would be com
ing through on schedule time.
| SIOUX CITY, Iowa. June 26-Authentic news from
Cherokee was received at o'clock this afternoon.
No lives were lost at that place. Fifty houses were
washed away, however, and a great many were
shifted from their foundation, while every bridge
and culvert in the county is washed out. Several
miles of the Illinois Central tracks gone and the
road will be unable to resume operations for three
or four days.
CHEROKEE, Iowa. June 26.-Five hundred people
are rendered homeessAnd destitute in this city by
Tuesdays flood. The resources of the citizens have
been taxed to the utmost to meet the present re-
auirements of these people, and outside aid must be
given to avert hardship. The Mayor has issued an
appeal to the police for aid and has teegraphed TO
the Governor for 100 tents.
OMAHA, Nebraska, June 26.-Consderable damage
was done in Omaha by the storm which ragged all
day. and did not cease until this evening.
East Omaha was badly flooded, and thickly
populated section of the northern part Of the city
was inundated. From Clark street north on
Twenty -fourh street the water is from two to six
feet deep in the street. and street car traffic is
abandoned.
Several washouts are reported on branch lines Of
the Burlington and Elkhorn, causing the abandon
ment of the trains.
The break on the Union Pacific at Central City
has been repaired and the overland trains which
had been delayed since Thursday morning, reached
Omaha tonight.
Near Mt. Carmel, Pa, coal breaker was blown
down by the storm on Friday afternoon of last
week, and six men were killed. In Berks county
the rain fall was unusually heavy and small
streams became roaring torrents. carrying every
thing before them.
A destructive cyclone passed through Colorado,
p miles east of Denver, Thursday night of last
week Houses were blown away trees uprooted
and carried away, and the crops for many miles
around are completely ruined. dozen persons
were injured, none seriously Hail fell for twenty
minutes and killed about $50 sheep. The eyes of
many sheep were put out
A terrific wind and hail storm visited Centralia,
ILL.,. Sunday evening, doing much damage Build
ings were unroofed and chimneys blown over.
The front of Charles Swegs residence was blown in
and his daughter was badly hurt.
Local storms of wind hail and rain passed over
different portions of Southeastern Indiana and
Kentucky Sunday afternoon. Great damage was
done to wheat.
The seyerest rain and wind storm ever known at
Dillsboro', Ind, occurred Sunday. Trees were
uprooted and streets flooded until impossible.
At Dcs Mones Iowa, on Saturday, rain fell at the
rate of nearly three inches an hour, and for time
the wind blew at the rate of 20 miles an hour.
Trees were blown down. and several buildings were
| unroofed The storm was also severe North and
West of Des Moines.
There was destructive hail storm near Holstein,
| Iowa, on Friday. All the crops were damaged. At
| Correctionville the rain was so heavy that houses
were flooded. Two children were drowned.
| Christian Kline was killed by lightning.
During a storm in st. Paul, Minnesota, on Satur-
day afternoon, Mrs Russell was severely burned by
lightning. Two children in the same room with her
were also slightly burned.
| The heavy rains in Nebraska have caused the
rivers to overflow and reports being received of
damage to crops There have been washCuts on
some of the railroads.
The heavy rains in Kansas caused the Cotton
wood river TO overflow its banks. Just below
Emporia the country is flooded for miles. In the
flood, it passes may be seen all kinds of wreck
| age, barns parts of all kinds OF farm machinery
| wheat in abundance and here and there a piece OF
| driftwood or a wagon shed or dead animal.
There was tornado at Harrington, N. j., on Fri
day night. Many trees were uprooted and several
small houses were blown down.
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stage at Kansas City, Mo-. at o'clock on Tuesday
afternoon when it registered &c feet inches above
low water mark. The water began falling at the
rate of an inch an hour, and all apprehension o.
further damage is at rest The river is stationary
at ST. Joseph No. Fears are expressed that as the
| water recedes channel will be cut, draining thu
lake leaving hotels and lighthouses surrounding an
unsghtly mud hole
Dispatches from several points in Kansas anC
Missouri state that another hurricane swept through
Il wide section of those States Monday. Empyria
Kan, reports a heavy rain and wind storm which
nearly completed the damage done to the grain ant
fruit crops by last Tuesdays cyclone From osawy
tamie, Kan, the report is that it is feared tina
wheat and oats will be almost total failure,
About o'clock Mon day morning heavy storm
broke upon Arkansas City, Kan, and vicinity; don
thousands of dollars damage. Hail broke hundred
of windows knocked fruit from trees and riddles
garden truck and melons. The wind wrenched
school house and several other buildings East of tn
city and leveled thousands of of grain to tn
ground.
A terrible wind, rain and hail storm swept owe
Sedalia and Pettys counties, Missouri, Tuesday
The standing wheat was laid low, while that whicl
had been shocked was scattered in all directions
In Sedalia the hail broke large amount of window
glass and the streets were running streams.
A severe wind storm passed through the eountr
a few miles South of Milton Iowa, oil Monday, de
stroying crops orchards and timber. John Staight'
brick house was demolished and several peopl
painfully injured.
A Terrific storm in Germany.
On July terrible storm passed over large par
of Germany causing immense damage to propert
and loss oflife in the villages of Suchtelon, nea
Dusseldorf Rade and Sittard. In the Crefeld dis
trict, also near Dusseldorf the storm was especially
severe and the thunder and lightning terrific. Man
houses were completely wrecked and the inmate
buried in the ruins. Thirteen bodies have alread
been recovered.
The storm caused terrible destruction Throughout
Il the lower Rhine district AVhere it appeared as