The Red Cloud chief., 1891-07-03
FATAL WATERS

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OMAHA. Nch. June M-Sp~cials from
various parts Of NebraSka Indicate that
the rain amounsed 10 . general aelugc.
Al wshoo Il took the form OF an
electrical disturbance and for nearly
m hour the heavens were ahlAse with
lightning. A house in the northwest
part of town occupied by Peter Gun
der>oo and family. Ma struck by boh
Of lightning and literally torn 10 psece~
The windows were torn out n all ihs
glsas broken The doors were torn
fppm their hangiags and the frame OF
the house 80 damaged that IL VIII b
impossible 10 repair IL The family
were In bed At the time and the springs
Of the bed on which they were sleeping
were melted No ono waa hurt aside
from being badly shaken up except one
child that was cut by falling eissa
A. Harrison the xixteen-yesrcld
daughter Of John Petersou left home
about 0 o'clock In the evening On .
short errand Yesterday morning her
dead body WAS found in . ravine- She
missed her way and fell into b ditch.
drow ming In the terrible swirl Of water.
AZ k-arney q considerable electrical
display accompanied the rain Many
buildings were struck by lightning. brt
no one WAS seriously hurt
Al Grand Island four inches Of rain
fell during the night Much smali dam
age was lone in town Movements nj
Union Pacific trains werr int-rfercd
ported Mr. Louise westphai. who
lived . few miles south Of Grand island,
was struck by lightning during TIE
storm and killed
iowA's vIoop
AUKELIA, Ia, June : 6-This region
il entirely cus OF from t~elegraphic
communication. the wires working only
10 Aurelia and by courier from therr.
All the bridges across the Little Sioux
at Cherokee are gone, together with the
railroad and telegraph wires.
A courier who has Just arrived from
Cherokee states that 100 houses have
been washed away. but no further loss
Of life has been reported II is impcssi-
bic To learn the names of the four un-
~fortunates Of yesterday rs everything
Is in the widest confusion The num-
Der of people driven from their homes
was between 1. 100 and i,;0o
The destruction of property alone in
Cherokee Is about 500. CO.. Besides al.
most all of the stock pasturcd along
the Sioux were carried away by the
flood. only a few animals being saved
as they came down the river. All pas
senger trains were stopped ut storm
lake.
II Is known that six persons met their
deaths around about Corrcctionvillc.
and the number Is reported increased
TO eight
FArAL CLoUpBURsT.
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. June 2S.-A ~
port comes from Cherokee county.
North Carolina, of n terrible cioudburst
there. Two Illicit distillers named
Harvey Agnew and Jacob Newton, who
happened to be near by, were instantly
killed. A number Of farms for miles be-
low were inundated and growing crops
suffered q loss OF several thousand
dollars.
SAD ACCIDENT At CINCINNATI
CINCINNATI. Jane 26.-Last evening
Thomas Thurman, member Of the Ian
ner Tobacco Co. Of this city. aged 81;
George Zeina bookkecpcr Of the same
firm. aged ~: Miss Edith Zeins, his sister,
aged 20: Miss Catherine Cox. . niece O!
Mrs Lord. OF Riverside. aged n. and
Miss Kate Ridellc. of burlington. Ky.
aged IS . cousin Of the Zeins brother
and sister, ven mp the river In q yawl,
and had just passed q tcamer going up
stream and were floating down on
its waves when they met the tow boat
Frank Gilmore. going upstream with .
large tow Of empty barxes and no lights
out on the bsrgcS They steered clear
Of the steamer. but were run down By
its barycs, and all five were thrown In
to the water.
People on the shore heard the screams,
OWNED the result and put out To the
rescue. The empty yswi. . mans hat
. girls hat . couple of handkerchiefs
was all they found