The record-union., 1892-06-17

houses en- route, and was next heard of
from Wells, when the cyclone split after
striking the Nagle house. One portion
went south, while the other passed four
miles south of Minnesota Lake, destroy
ing everything in its path. Not build
ing was left standing. and great many
people are reported killed.
AT Minnesota Lake John Browns
daughter was killed, but his wife was
only seriously injured.
The worst damage was in Faribault
County, but the other counties named
suffered only little less.
The territory so badly wrecked yester-
day is to-day covered by sea of water
and mud. Hundreds of people searched
Tor remnants of their homes, and in some
cases missing friends. AT one place the
cyclone destroyed eight houses in sue
cession, and in another case the house
was so completely destroyed that not a
trace of either house or the occupants re-
manned. Many people suffered from
injuries, and the sufferings are more in
tense through the exposure to the cold
wind and rain.
Probably the worst damaged in the State.
outside of the actual cyclone district, was
at Spring Valley, where heavy rains
caused bad floods. the whole town being
inundated. Houses, bridges, sidewalks and
everything near the river were washed
away. Considerable stock was also
drowned. The damage is estimated at
upward of $4,000.
WISCONSIN CLoUD-BURST.
MILWAUKEE, June I6.--Dispatches to
the EUeaing Wisconsin show a cloud
burst in the western part Of the State last
night did much damage. At Boscobel,
five bridges were carried away, the water
rising eleven feet in Turtle River in a
few minutes. The Milwaukee track was
washed out and train service suspended.
AT Sparta, one end of the tunnel on the
Northwestern was caved III and five
houses washed away.
Numerous washouts are reported on
the roads at various points, and the high
ways and railway bridges are washed
away at Prairie-du- Chen.
THREE PERSONS KILLED BY LIGHTNING.
CHICAGO, June l6.-Three persons were
killed, two seriously injured and some
forty more stunned by flash of light
ming, which struck the Grant monument
at Lincoln Park tonight. The killed are
Lewis Meyer, Mrs. Shelby and an un-
known man. Injured: Harry Phillips
and Mrs. Matte Olson.
The catastrophe was the result of a Sc
we're electrical storm, during which peo-
pie who congregated in the park took
refuge under the monument The storm
began with slight shower, which rapidly
developed into small hurricane, accom-
panied by downpour Of rain, vivid
flames of lightning and terrific peal of
thunder. When the storm was at its
hight, binding flash struck the statue.
taking its course directly through the lit
tie crowd underneath. Everybody except
three men, were thrown from their feet.
None, however, suffered further injury
than a severe stunning, with the ex-
ception of those named.
The lightning did not strike the bronze
figure OF Grant, and the damage to the
monument will be covered by few
dollars.
STORM IN PENNSYLVANIA.
SCRANTON PENN, June 16.-A terrific
thunderstorm visited this city tonight.
doing much damage. Several fatalities
are reported, but no particulars are OBJ
talnable, owing to communication
throughout the city being entirely shut
OF. Five fires, none disastrous, resulted
from lightning. An abutment of the Erie
and Wyoming Valley bridge was washed
away, and washouts are reported on the
Delaware and Hudson, and Delaware.
Lackawanna and Western.
THE QUEBEC CYCLONE.
ST. ROSE (Que.), June 16.-Further in
telligence of Tuesdays great cyclone
shows that the destruction and loss O :
life was not confined to this place, but
spread to many places in the vicinity.
Adyices from Stephen state that that
district was devastated by terrible storm.
In the parish of ST. Nazaire the inhab
itants suffered most. The house of An
selm Horile was demolished. His wife and
children, four in number, were buried in
the ruins. A babe was killed in it's moth
er's arms, and the woman herself and
other children badly and perhaps fatally
injured. The house of Alphonse Miuuette
was wrecked, one child killed and three
others badly hurt.
At st. Helene fifty-two buildings we're
wrecked. and fifteen persons injured.
some seriously.
Great damage is also reported from
Actonville, Narenness and other places
in that vicinity.