Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1893-04-21
A HEAVY GALE.
Destruction and Death at Milwaukee in
Consequence.
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fsy telegraph TO thc Oispatrh.l
MUwAUKEE, WIS. April 20.-ln a gallo which
for years has no; been eluallod on the great
lakes the CRIB At the end 0t the intake tunnel
sltuatod some 5000 Tee; out in tho la6e, vas
washed away, ami u seventeen men who "era
employed in the shaft. which rsacnes 10 the shore,
bus one Is now Known 20 De- alive. Some OF the
Others. believed 20 Tee i've, were washed away ahi
drowned The remainder wcre drnNned or
smotherCd IN the 1ir-suatt, where they soughs
refuge when the upper works Nent. TWO bollos
pre washing around IN the surf. ON" Wah was
rescued uy a nfeLsaylug crow, bat he was ~ thth
a condition that he can only say his companions
We're in the alr-=h1it.
FtIETEEN IlNES lo>r.
Ilfer-It wns definitely asrrrtanel tonight
that nftaeu men were iu the cup Wh'cA WAS
wa-het into Lake Michigan this morning ana
that fourteen ot thees had been drowned.
james Miller Is mo only survivor. me ""aN arc
John Mcbride. Michael DWycr. Mltiam Irhrse-
ner George Grecg, James Murphy. Joseph
PezoL Gu~'ave L.ekowitI. Potter >ooens, vivian
Marion, Charles Johnson, John healy, FRANK
B-own, J6nu Donovan HoNnrd Chamberlain,
and ElwnTl thlWbrrlain
THIEGRATu-wIRE, DJwN.
CHICAGO, AprI 2o.-llieh winds. a3proachlug
cyclones iu severity. aul accour lnied hN RAM
suow, ant nutl. have a'ain p efNi hafu' Win
the telegraph tltuIcrout the West.
Neitho- company ha@ "ursAhl' WY" turthcr
west than Des Noines, oui y ~ dudrlU 10 10
" iscon~iu. Western ILLINOIS. Netla'n 4,
aul Missouri, thc wrcs are pracucany
useless, and communication ~ c,it OF from MS
sts-tnpl anu Ioui-iann. East n chicago also,
tns wires are either down or largely useless.
Wnl-st,rm- are reported from ONO ana nest
ern Pennsylvania. Ine m"agrs reports "hlou
have becu received indl'at th1t tue storm is
rather Increasing than uhHi'ng ih severity
RATS AND STOW.
MINNEAPOLIS. MINI, Aprb2O The ra'n-storm
I
70 snow la-t night. md to-day from eight 10 ten
inches covers the ground. 10 lSs'ih showing Ac-
cOmpauiod 10y high winds. Inc 7iFert'at ~
| TEN Is completely blp'6rd Ns tn- snow lh damp
and packs. Adyicos from points throughout the
! State AM from Dakota apI Misrousiu Indicate
! that the storm g. general
HOTEL ANNgX GONE.
WILNINGroS, y. C., April 90 The annex q
| the Island Beach Hotel is a compete "r'cN' M
| yolying heavy loss. The mgin hulling Il I'M
| Injured. 10 n estimated that the wind thert
| reached a maximum velocity oi nl;y mieS AZ
sIcor STA FOAM LOST.
| BrAVF0Sr. =. c., April 2o.-Ine sloop Ser
! Foam. Captain Moro, ma attempting 20 cro.-
! tie bar capsizoi. Tho vessel was lost WIN X
! cargo of FISH. but tho crew were saved. lh'
weather Is worry stormy, strong souiheas; winds
prevailing
| SOUTH GEORGIA SWEET.
| SAvANSAH, Ca, April "O.-A special 70 .h'
| M0rnIng Nsirs from south Georgia reports tha
section ot the State a. being swept by a terrific
| rain and wnI-stOrm. At Cnipley eight resi-
| dences and several barns we're demolished. n
| Albany the storm was accompanied by almos
! incessant flashes Of lightning A negro cabit
Was struck. but its inmates escaped injury
| NAldOsta reports al crops. including cotton
| heIly damaged. NO Other points haye bee,
| heard from as yet. and no loGs Of fe Is reported
| in .his city the wind and rain were tcrriuc, Od
| at noon the weather beclmo pleasant.
| ACOrSrY DEVASTATED.
| A terrific wind-sioru passed. over Worth coun
Il to-day. Nrs- Lawrence Dudy was fatally an
several others Nero less seriously m!HreI
| Many head of stock were KILLED ~ IN" fields an
| many buildings demolished. Every building f.
Malcolm iukes plantation. near AlapIha. wa
! blown dOWn and Luxe and every member Os IA
| family injured.