Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-06-14
FURY OF THE WIND.
Damage BY Storm in Three Western
States.
DESTRUCTION CAUSED IN CHICAGO.
Successful Relay Race of Over 200
Miles.
THE MARE ISLAND DISASTER.
DESTRUCTION CAUSED IN CHICAGO.
THE MARE ISLAND DISASTER.
FURIOUS WESTERN WINDS.



daiss crssss Destruction I'm Indiana. I'M
nois and Iowa.
HAMMOND, ND, June IA furious wind
storm struck this city at sl5 last night. shat
terins windows and unroofing houses, tearing
down awnings and filing the streets with
debris. The storm assumed the features
OF cyclone west of Hammond. the
nerce blast coming with scarcely
warning sound. The rotary velocity Of
the wind was terrific. and il progressed at q
rate OF seventy miles hour. The greatest
and at Stein. Hirsch a Achs starch works. The
Wind played havoc with the telegraph wires,
most Of which are down. Trains from the
east ana west are from ten TO
thirteen hours late. Huge trees were
torn out by the roots and carried
existence and orchards obliterated. The roof
OF the @. H. Hammond Company's Offices were
badly damaged by falling sign. A number OF
barns and telegraph poles were struck by light
Bing and . switch board In one Of the telegraph
ofhces was completely destroyed. No lives are
reported lost, but there were numerous narrow
escapes.
COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa, June IA terrific
storm occurred Yesterday evening near Earring
on the Chicago, Milwaukee and ST. Paul, and
last accounts were that the waters are rising
fast and the Mosquito valley is again inundated.
Wires are down and telephone connection is cut
on. The telephone exchange at Harlan
reports having received word that the Milwau-
kee bridge at Earring moved when the east
bound passenger train passed over il and train
men report that the water up to the track
and rising A report is in circulation here that
the water is up a. high as two years ago. Such
depth would cause q food in the entire valley.
As the wires are down the report cannot be
verified.
DUBUQUE, Iowa, June IA heavy rain
turbance, ragged here for several hours last
evening. The wires are down and il IL i'm
possible to obtain outside reports In this
city the damage has not been great. Telegraph
operators say 1t is the most severe on the wires
OF any storm known for years. 1t is reported
in the neighberhood of Farley.
PEORIA, ILL.,, June 14.-Train men coming
this way from Galva. town in Henry county,
report that terrible cyclone passed over that
place about s O'Clock last evening, doing APP
palling damage. As all wires are down it Il
impossible to get the details. Only
the most meager reports have been received.
The Chicago, Burlington and Quincy round
house, the Rock Island and Peoria depot and
many other buildings were destroyed and sew
eral persons were killed and injured. The
storm was general throughout this section and
only few wires are working in any direction.
STURGEON BAY, Wis, June 1.-THE seven
large ice houses belonging TO the Union Ice
Company of Chicago and situated in this city
at the mouth OF the bay were blown down yes
terday during terrible gale from the south
east. The loss will be considerable
CHICAGO, June 1.-The steamer Juliet, with
the graduating class of the Northwest Uni
versity, arrived at the dock near the North
western depot at 3:l5 o'clock this morn
ing. All on board were safe despite
the experiences Of the evening and
unaware Of the anxiety which their failure to
rQfI has, la1 xnff h.. -
| to the craft. The trip, while eventful, was not
| at any time considered dangerous.
DAMAGE IN CHICAGO.
CHICAGO, June I4-Yesterday afternoons
storm was much more destructive than at first
reports indicated. At least seven lives were
lost in Chicago and vicinity and fifteen persons
were more or less injured. while it will proba-
bly, take hundreds Of thousands Of dollars to re-
pair the damage done by the tornado.
When the storm struck State street its vio-
lence appeared to have been at Its height.
Then it seems to have lost strength as it howled
toward the lake. Its greatest force centered
between Esd and 25th streets. and the
manner in which ii twirled and de-
stroyed objects along its path would
indicate that it had a rotary motion and was q
veritable though not highly dangerous cy-
clone. 1t WAS violent enough. however. to tear
the roofs off the buildings and send them fiy-
ing through the air and to break tele-
graph poles as If they were pipe stems.
While it lasted its path on State
street was a scene of intense terror and excite
ment, and the people between Esd and 3Oth
streets every moment dreaded death, and there
| was reason for their fear amid the Hying Of
bricks and signs and limbs of trees and the
crashing of glass and telegraph poles.
On the west side of state street every tele-
graph pole from the one in front Of No. 1920 TO
the one in front of No. 294s was snapped
| asunder.
seven-story brick building at 246 West
Madison street was so badly shaken up that it is
thought it will crumble. A wild rumor was cir
culated that some of the worlds fair buildings
had been damaged. but this proved untrue.
The telegraph and telephone poles in the path
Of the storm were torn down and wires completely
tangled, completely demoralizing the news
service as well rs the commercial business Not
! a click of the saunders was heard in the
Western Union Office for a few hours. Linsmen
were sent out Immediately however and the
usual prompt service is promised by 10 O'Clock
this morning. 1t was the worst storm that
Chicago has experienced in many years.