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FoHr SCOTT. Kan. June 3ot-A diaas-
troos rai.saards truck ~ eo0munity
last night 1t Q o'clock and vast volumes
Of water fell to the damage of growing
eropA while Il b probable several lives
were lost
Surface water sweiled the stresmA
which run through and surround tAis
city out OF all proportiooa, and the
large daos Of Mead d Hartmann and
II. n. Lamb broke about afteea min
utes after the storm began. The bot
tom land settlements were completely
| flooded
Houses were swept away Ike strsws
md Il h feared that many lives have
been lost
run bottoms h fully . mile In width.
Numben Of men. women and childrea
can be seen % roof tops and in trees.
but Il Il Impossible 70 reach them
UTICA RUINED.
OTTAWA, ILL.,, June 30-Utica- the lit
tie cement and brick manufacturing
town, and the seat Of many coy and
pretty homeA was devastated by .
cloudburst yesterday.
The cloud broke just north Of town.
over . high blum. and came into the
valley with . roar that created . panic
and caused the inhabitants 10 rush be-
fore il and seek shelter upon high
ground
Buildings were shaken from their
foundations sidewalks torn up and
fences and outhouses carried away.
No lives were lost and the water soon
eceded- Not q dwelling or place at
business escaped damage and house.
hold goods TO the value of many thou
sands Of dollars were ruined. Beauti-
full lawns were despoiled and sand and
mud TO the depth Of several inches COW
cred the floors and carpets Of dwellings
In the manufacturing portion OF the
place q great loss was sustained At
the Utica fire brick works the fires were
put out and the stock In the kilns
ruined The cement company also lost
heavily.
The total loss II ID thought will ag-
gregate $4,000.
RAIN. Hal AND A CYCLONE
CHANUrE, Kan June 20-At Z o'clock
last evening the worst wind and rain
storm that ever visited this section Of
Kansas struck this town, lasting about
forty minutes The water fell in per
feet sheets, ~obscuring the view Of build
ings from the opposite side OF the street
Several buildings were very badly dam.
aged. among them being the Presbyte-
rian church.
About 1000 acres of wheat on the
bottom of the Neosho river east Of tho
city is given up as a total loss, all being
blown down
FHE WORST EVER KNOWN.
ARKANsAs CITY, Kan, June 20.-The
hailstorm which visited this section
last evening was the worst ever known
here. Balls of ice fell for n half hour.
many of them thirteen inches in cir
conference, and few being smaller
than a walnut Windows were broken
in one-fourth of the houses in the city
and other damage done.
Southwest Of here q the state line
q cyclone did great damage to property.
but no persons were injured.
DEATH AND RUIN IN ARKANsAs
LITTLE Rock. Ark, June 20. "A de-
structive storm passed over eastern
Arkansas yesterday morning. Houses
were unroofed and blown down, fences
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Der laid waste.
Mrs. Julia Shadrick was killed by .
falling tree and John Stanley. who was
hauling ties in the woods, was crushed
beneath falling timberA
Two boys named Hollingsworth are
missing and il is feared have been
killed in the woods.
FARMER DROWNED.
OMAHA, Neb., June 2O.-The heaviest
rainfall experienced within twenty
eight year, in Nebraska fell at Neigh
yesterday. over Ave and one-half inches
coming down within three hours
Drains and ravines became torrents
and brooks became rivers John Loren
sen, q farmer. was washed from his
wagon and drowned while crossing .
flooded ravinc.
THREE CHILDREN
TILDEN, Neb, June 20-Three chill
dren living in limerick township. about
fifteen miles southeast Of here, were
drowned last night during the storm
while trying to reach the house from
school. A raviue which the children
were accustomed 70 cross suddenly filed
with the food, washing them away.