Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1892-07-29
Cyclones and Floods DemoIis HIM.
dreds of Thousands of Dollars
Worth OF Property.
Family of Nine Killed and MANY
More Perish or Are
Missing.
Lightning Does Fearful Work-Bod
les OF Victims Being
Found.

PHILADELPHIA, July 25.-Just before
noon today a terrific thunder and rain
storm broke over this section, 1t lasted
less than an hour, but in that time did
$500, 600 worth of damage. 1t was most
severe in the northern part of the city.
At Twenty fifth and York streets a row
OF twenty-five brick buildings in course
O. construction were demolished. The
storm went eastward over the city, leaving
a vide swath of unroofed houses until it
reached the manufacturing districts
kensington and Richmond. Here its
greatest fury was vented on score of tai
mill buildings, they being stripped Of
their roofs.
The roof of the North Pennsylvania
railway station at American and Berks
streets was blown off and with it went over
hundred telegraph wires. This badly
crippled the telegraph serv ce for hours.
The roof of the Catholic church of Ma
tivity was ripped off
At Clear field street where the repair
shop of the Philadelphia X Reading road,
four hundred feet long and seventy feet
wide was completely demolished, the men
having narrow escape, six of them bein :
painfully cut and bruised by flying debris.
The loss on this structure and contents is
$4,000.
In addition nearly fifty dwelling houses
in the two districts were unroofed and
partly demolished.
Suburban sections Of Erie also suffered
severely, three mills and fifteen dwellings
being rnroofed at Mrnayunk.
After the storm was over the mercury
rose to "a and the humidity being excess
sive the heat was very oppressive.
Notwit hstanding, however, there we're
but few pIostrations.
WHEELING, w. Va, July 25 "A
severe storm whico passed over this per
ton Of the country last night WAS disas-
trous In It's results
A few miles south of Wheeling an entire
family OF nine persons ara rep,rted to
have been swept away by the sudden food
followin4; a cloudburst.
The family consisted OF William Doty
and wife, three children, Doty's father
and mother, Mrs. Doty's mother and a
servant girl,
The house was situated in ravine and
was swept away by the torrent. Not one
of the sleeping occupants was left TO tell
the tale
The first known of the disaster was the
finding of the body of the servant girl this
morning in the yard of neifhbor some
distant below
1t is also reported that the bodies of
Doty and the children had been found at
the mouth Of the creek which empties in
to the Ohio river.
Another house was swept away by The
same torrent, but all the occupants are be-
ieved to have escaped.
At Proctor, on the Ohio river railroad.
long trestie was washed out and a
freight train was wrecked and Two of the
crew badly injured.
At Parkersburg today another storm
played havoc with the state encampment
of the militia.
The stable of Shattuck's stock farm wa.
struck by lightning and several blooded
horses killed.
AsBURY PARK, N. j., July 25.-A
small cyclone swept over Asbury Park and
Ocean Grove this afternoon. Rain fell in
torrents, accompanied 90 thunder and
and much damage was done.
A stage containing VIM. Morris was
blown over and Morris was badly cut and
bruised.
Several buildings were struck by light
ming.
One boat run into the Ross bathing es-
Enlistment, stunning the inmates. Miss
Lizzie Bynum is in critical condition
and Mrs. Joel Clayton is still uncon-
3cious.
Some barns were struck bp lightning
and dasfro nv fro