The Globe-republican., 1891-06-24
FIERCE STORMS.

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Various Parts Of the Country Visited BY
Fearful St0RmS-DeStrueei0a In U01n0&o
and New Jefsey-Rity Lives Lest In
MEXICO.
PEORIA. Ill, June IA fierce rain
storm swept through the Illinois river
valley doing great damage to crops,
gardens and fences In Hilton, a small
town across the river from Peoria,
houses were washed from their founda-
tons The inhabitants fed to the rail.
road grades and hills.
The water rose in the houses at
Farmdale, east of here to q depth of
three feet and many people narrowly
escaped drowning. Herds of cows
horses sheep and hogs were swept
away. Crops throughout large tract
in the valley are utterly ruined.
In Copperas creek valley Just across
the line in Fulton county q family
named Gray had a cabin. When the
flood left the banks the father took his
three boys and started to the hills while
the mother refused to leave the house.
When half way across the valley a
floating log struck Gray and stunned
him, and the rushing waters drowned
the boys aged Il, and S. The father
narrowly escaped by clinging to the
log. His wife cliub bed to the roof of
the house and was rescued
About noon terrific storm struck
the village of Utica. eight miles west of
this city, and for four hours a solid
sheet Of rain fell without ceasing. As
the hours went by and the torrent did
not abate, the water commenced rising
in the streets and the people made
preparations to move to the bluffs, at
Pittsfeld Heavy rains all along the
Illinois river and in the hills added their
waters to the already inunda. ed village.
A courier who arrived from Utica
shortly after o'clock reported several
children missing and one drowned.
DESTRUCTIVE STORM IN NEW JERSEY.
PATERSON, \. j., June ia terrific
wind, hail and electrical storm struck
Hawthorn. village few miles north
of this city, from the northwest about
o'clock and during the hour of its du-
ration the place was in almost total
darkness Whole fields of wheat and
rye were beaten down and much was
broken off. Gardens were stripped of
flowers. potato patches Invested of their
plants which broke off close TO the
ground, the scores of beautiful shade
and fruit trees were leveled One OF
the finest dwellings in the place was
unroofed and a barn in the rear split
in two by the wind A grape grower
was left without vistage of his va1ua-
bic fruit gardens
FIFTY LIVES LOST.
ST. LOUIS, June Traditional par
ticulars of the terrible catastrophe
which occurred on Sunday last near the
mining city of Catorce. in the state of
San Luis Potosi, Mexico, are to the
effect that the cloud burst on Con-
hences mountain and great stream
poured down the mountain side,
sweeping everything in its course.
The habitations occupied by the
miners were swept away and the tunnel
+ Guadalupe mine filed with water,
drowning several miners who were
working inside. A number of people
living in cliff dwellings were buried
alive. At Las Cruces aud Ell Potrero
on one side Of the mountain and Los
Catorce on the other, fifteen dead
bodies have been recovered and
there are believed to be many more.
The mining companies losses are
heavy. Large quantities of high grade
metal were carried away by the food at
the Conception property. Hundreds of
road destroyed
These are the meager details so far
received from this remote district,
though people here knowing the local
ity believe that there must have been at
least fiftv lives lost