The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1893-05-27
storm. Flood and FIRE.

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the kighesz point kBOsn 70 fbe oldssS sess-
dsats- zsd TIE damage already done Vii
zrsosnt 70 asodre5s u thozsznds of dosizrs
SeFsrzi Of the largest bridges On the EnsoH
Pzesfe and Nor5hs-n Pze-Se rbz1k haze beea
rzsbed gray Nzsy II the 68ez- Earns haze
been fosded zad the CROPS destroyed i
large Eamber q fzniiies are camping o. the
hiIls
Made Roberts, aged : jean. Of Ez1gz-
tack. conzee1iezs- Ezz bsrned 70 dezib 81
Friday night. Of last week. her elOfhes taxing
Ere from stove Nzry HoSro@, an zgsd
bed-r5Sden WOMAN 10 ~bon the child rae
for help. EzE also fatally zbsrDea-
A sores. Gre Il Lake cisy. Michigan. o.
Saturday destroyed the lnDber camps q Losis
Sands. Eight men. Who took refuge n =
well, were burned 10 death by falling iiDlbers
AID tzo others persisted while trying 70 e.
cape
4 fire started IA disnzBtiea planning laiII
At Saginaw. Michigan. on Saturday after
aoon, and famed By stronZ gale froan the
southwest sEept through the cry destroying
several industrial establishments and about
200 dwellings. Tie loss i estimated Z. 81
10000 John Clark was burned 70 Death
On Monday another fire started AID b1rsed
q large samber Of buildiags iaeiu3ing s=Te.zl
hoiels.
a; HoaghiOn, Michigan, buzh IRE On
SATURDAY. Destroyed OTer 100 acres Of bard
wood, farm houses and other property
A violent bail storm occurred At Pit.sburg,
Pa. Saturday afternoon Telephone zal
telegraph wires zere prosirzted u; every d
rec1ion electric and cable ears were .tOppe3
and IN the East End asI IN the upper por-
too Of Allegheny, nearly every window fac
ing south WAS shattered Twenty horses
we're killed. either by collision or by becoui
ing enizBgied 10 broken electric light ~iEes-
John DoEBsy, driver. sas dragged several
squares By his team and fatally hgrt-
The Beatty Glass WORKS aud factory OF the
United States Glass Company. al Tifiin.
Ohio. ~ere burned on Monday. The los
aggregates nearly 500, co, and 90 persosss
are thrown out d employment. The Ese
started 10 the oil COMPRISING N. or BE-
ing used as faei 80 connection with gas AID
was probably caused By Spontaneous e0B5sis-
ton. Peter Linden aud HAsii-~ Caldwell
we're seriousiy burned. The los i fsiIy
covered by insurance
The c. " CraD Livery CompaHy's build
ing in ST. Louis. No. Was burned on Sunday
night. Ole hundred and fifty horses. and
/ Eh1Ec h{lsll- sDH % JAMES [4Aiiu- Alr tfs2r-
man. persisted 10 the flames.
The plan, Of the MiddIeto~n, Ohio. Pump
Works vas destroyed 10y fire On MONDAY.
The ioss will reach $1,000, siih Sl00.OJJ
insurance. Wni. Spect and John HOggaT'i
we're injured by falling walls.
The spool mill OH. ". Bennett al Gilezd,
Ne. was burned on MONDAY. IL vas the
largest mill Of the kind ia the world. and she
loss will be heavy
A veritable hurricane visited still@ater,
Minnesota, early Monday morning. Build
I ings were unroofed and fences were blown
I down. The worst damage was done a the
I Thrasher Company shipping shed Nearly
half of the roof, 300 feet long. was carried
away.
Three children Of John Downey we're
| burned 70 death on Sunday by the destruc-
I ton of their home, on Grand Island. IN - G
Z Niagara river. The FIRE is said TO have ORG
mated from the rpsetting of a lamp by q dog.
/ An oil train standing on the Baltimore and
+ Ohio Railroad bridge, south Of JohnstoWn,
I Pa. Monday evening, while the engine was
/ being turned was run into by another train.
I Two oil cars were derailed. The oil took
/ fire and the cars burned with fearful heat.
/ The iron bridge was twisted aud warped ont
| Of shape. utterly running the structure. Com
I uunication with the main line will be cot of
I for weeks The loss is about $4,000.
/ Failure Of the air-brake was the cause of the
/ accident.
J Cigarette smoking in d stable at Nashville.
I Tenn. caused the destruction Of $4,000
worth Of property on Monday. Nine stables
I a grocery store and six residences were de
I streyed The heaviest loser was J. Z. Sher-
| III l. Sons.
CHEIsrIAxA, NORWAY, May ga land
/ slide occurred in the Levanger Valley, Yaer-
I dalen. Norway, destroying twenty-five home
/ steads and fifty cottages. A vast area i
/ flooded and about one hundred persons are
/ missing, who, it is feared, have persisted.
I Residents Of the vicinity are taking to flight
/ IN expectation that there may be recur
renee Of the calamity.
/ A fire at Bedding, Michigan, on Tuesday,
/ DESTROYED n number Of business places, the
/ loss reaching $4,000. Ed. Young and Al
len Armstrong died from exhaustion fighting
/ the fire.
I THE DROUGHT IS North EUROPE.
/ PARIS. MAY 23.-The two months drought
I in France Is estimated TO have destroyed q, >
OOO,O 600 francs worth OF crops. The greatest
damage was done to the green crops. A
I despatch from Rome says that rain IN north
ern Italy has saEed the people from much OIL
| the enormous loss threatened by the drought
! The crops on the Roman Campagna, how
ever. have been ruined.
BERLIN, May 23.-The drought remains
/ unbroken. Official statistics concerning the
] Prussan crops show that the kingdom has
suffered heavy losses The hay crop IS q
complete failure.
FLOODS Is PIEDMONT.
RoyE, May 23.-Rain fell in torrents To-
day throughout Piedmont. The rivers have
overAowed their banks and are spreading
over the lowlands. Several villages are un'
der water, bridges have been swept away
and railways and trainways have been flooded.
/ All railway traffic between Cuneo, Llmonei
and Bastia has been suspended.
NEw ORLEANS, May 23.-The worst ere
vase of the season has Just occurred. The
/ leyee has broken beloY Lake Providence al
I Judge Wylie's plantation, and the cTeYasse i
now 200 feet and rapidly widening. Ihf
4 ieyee was fifteen feet high, and twelve feet Of
water was standing against it. A rich see
ton Of Louisiana will be Overlooked. There
| rs so hope of closing the break.
THE STORM OF TUESDAY.
At Cleveland, Ohio, a scaffold on the roo
of the Bradley block WAS blown down, falling
/ on gang Of men in the street, four OF whom
were injured, one fatally. portion of the
Cleveland Rolling Mil collapsed and two
men we're killed and one fsstGlIy injured, and
John Cole was killed by being buried in the
ruins of house.
In Louisville, Kentucky. on Tuesday, .
number Of buildings were unroofed aud cleo
,ric wires, wrecked. No lives werelost
The storm did much damage in the eastern
aud southern parts of Indiana.
A wind storm, accompanied by torrents o
rain, passed over portions of Michigan
wrecking a number Of buildings and inter
rupting telegraphic communication. In part:
Of Michigan, Iowa, Ohio and Pennsylvania
an immense amount Of damage was done Il
towns and villages, while numerous farms
we're swept Of all buildings, fruit, &e.
A wind storm reaching the proportions o
u hurricane passed over Sioux City, Iowa, OF
Sunday night. Much damage to building'
WAS done.