The Red Cloud chief., 1891-06-26
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PEORIA. Ill. June IA derce rain
storm swept through the Illinois river
valley doing great damage 70 eropA
gardeua aad feneeA In Hilton. . ANAL
town neruaa the river frpm Peoria
houses we're w.shed from their foands.
tiooA The inhabitants Ned 20 the rail-.
rod rsdes and Mills
Ths water rus in the houses NJ
HarDdale. east Of here 10 . depth of
three feet and many people narrowly
esespsd drowning. Herds of eowA
AorseA sheeP and hoen were sweps
away. Crop throughout . large Tract
In The valley are utterly ruised-
In Copperas creek valley just serun
the line In Fulton county . family
named Gray had . cabin When the
food left The banks the father took his
three boys and started 70 the hills while
the mother refused 10 leave the house.
When half ~ seruas the valley .
floating log struck Gray and stunned
him. and the rushing waters drowned
the boys aged Il. 9 and s. The father
narrowly escaped By clinging to the
log. His wife climbed 10 the roof Of
the house and was rcScued
About noon . terrific storm struck
the village Of Utica, eight miles west Of
this city. and for four hours . 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 10 move to the bluffs at
Pittsfeld Heavy rains all along the
Illinois river and in the hills added their
waters TO the already inundated village.
A courier who arrived from Utica
shortly after 8 o'clock reported several
children missing and one drowned
DESTRUCTIVE STORM IN NEW JEksGy.
PATERSON, n. j.. June IA terrific
wind, hail and electrical storm struck
Hawthorn, . village q few miles north
Of this city. from the northwest about
4 o'clock and during the hour Of its du-
ration the place vas in almost total
darkness Whole fields of wheat and
rye were beaten down and much va
broken on. Gardens were stripped Of
aowenL potato patches Invested Of their
plantA which broke OF close To the
ground, the scores Of beautiful shade
and fruit trees were lcveled One OF
the finest dwellings in the place was
unroofed and q barn In the rear split
in two by the wind. A grape grower
WAS left without . vistage OF his vAlua-
BILE fruit gardens
YIIrY LIVES O
ST. LOUIS June l9-Additional par
~ticulars of the terrible catastrophe
which occurred on Sunday last near the
mining city of Catorcc. in the state Of
San Luis Potosi, Mexico. are to the
effect that the cloud burst on Con-
henccs mountain and . great stream
poured down the mountain side.
sweeping everything In its course
The habitations occupied by the
miners were swept away N the tunnel
OF 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 FL Potrcro
on one side Of the mountain and Los
Catorce on the other. fifteen dead
bodies have been recovered and
there are believed to he 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
pack animals were drowned and the
road destroyed
These are the meager details ~ far
received from this remote district,
though people here knowing the local
ity believe hat there must nave been st
lcast 6ffv lives lost