Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1894-05-25
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.
Last Weeks Disastrous Storms.

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LIKE Michigan Visited by n E.orc,I
H"rricone----PennsyI o,d ~
York also Suffer.
ne storm that swept over Lake NIichi-
gan from Thursday night to Saturday was
vi almost unparalleled intensity. The
hurricane came from the northeast and the
iake was lashed and churned as il has not
oeeh III many months. Half dozen or
nlore schooners were wrecked Friday after
u u III plain sight of pedestrians on
CniSah avenue at Chicago, and a num-
uel Vi lives were lost. Clouds flew across
.ne SKY so low as almost to touch the
, ,h"Sls vi Ihe schooners lying just outside
the Dreakwater. The gale pushed the wa.
ter ahead of it until the breakers. baatina
against the breakwater, were thrown 56
1eet in the air and vessels were ground to.
gether and broken up Six persons ner-
lshed in the sinking of a single shin at
milwaukee,. Six more were lost ont in the
iake from another schooner, and the life
BOAT IN which rescuers attempted to reach
Chls schooner was capsized and four of its
occupants drowned. Friday a dozen fish
ermen, who had gone out the night before
from chicago, chung for hours to the piles
On one OF the piers, and II were final
~ rescued by the life saving crew, little
more IMAM alive. Later tug rescued sew
eral men from one of the piers, though
some OF their companions were swept into
the lake. Going up and down the lake. no
such extensive damage to shipping and
loss OF life has probably ever been wrought
oy single storm in that quarter. No less
than 80 vessels have been lost or driven
ashore 1t will be some time vet before
the full extent of the disaster can be
known.
In the middle states also tornadoes ragged
Friday. Near La Porte, Ind, barn was
demolished and the owner instantly killed.
AT WelsbOro a freight car was blown
across the main track of the Baltimore 4,
Ohio road in front of the milk train, re-
sulting in bad wreck In the vicinity of
Peru the destruction of property was enor-
nous. South of Indianapolis brick
schoolhouse and five barns were leveed.
At Anderson $4,000 damage was done to
the window glass factories.
AT Moawasqua, ILL.,, the mercury drop
ped 5O0 in "a hours. At Springfield and
other points in central Illinois a similar
condition is reported. Snow fell at Grand
Rapids, Mich, Friday night. At Cadillac
tive inches of snow fell and the tempera-
ture was 81. Six inches of snow in Ken
lucky is one of the phenomena of the
storm.
The heavy rains of Friday and Saturday
have caused great anxiety in many cities
in Pennsylvania, and the damage to prop
erty from high water will be enormous.
Much apprehension is felt for railroad
bridges in many parts of the state. The
rivers have reached a height unknown
since 1880, and people have been driven to
the higher lands. In New York state,
near Dansville, the property loss from the
flood will reach half a million dollars.
Heavy loss was also caused at Dunkirk
Saturday by a cloud burst.
At Johnstown, Penn, fire added its ter
rors to the flood. In Williamsport the
business streets were flooded to the depth
of eight feet The force of the storm was
felt all along the coast and much damage
and some loss of life resulted.