New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-06-20
FURIOUS SUMMER STORMS.
LIVES AND PROPERTY DESTROYED BY
CLOUDBURSTS.
sEvNRAL PEOPLE DROWNED AND HOUSES
WASHED AWAY IN A PENNSYLVANIA VAL
LEY-A DAM BURSTS AT BALLsTON

WASHED AWAY IN A PENNSYLVANIA VAL
LEY-A DAM BrRsTs At BALLsToN-
DAMAGE AT THE WEST.
Braddock. Penn, June 1-Tte damage done
by the cloudburst in Turtle Creek Valley last
evening was much greater than first reports In
dicated Several persons are missing and there
c little doubt that they are drowned. The force
Of the storm broke full upon the villages along
Sandy and Plum creeks. Growing crops were
swept away and many buildings we're wrecked.
Al Sandy Creek village the water rose tc Leptn
Of ten feet and more than dozen houses were
washed away. John Hodoosky. a miner was
drowned while trying to escape through second
story window. Michael Bosck ell into the
creek and swept away Margaret N'sseIl'
fifteen years old. fell from a skif and has not
been hea rd Of since. The inhabitants OF the VII
lagos were terror-stric<en and fed In All cirec-
lions Rats were hastily constructed ana nam
families removed from their houses. me
wave which swept through Turtle Crock NaHey
was nearly eight feet high and rarrlfd evtry-
thing before II. At the w-fork ana ''tNt
land Gas Coal COmpany's plant the damage ~
extensive At the new Westinghouse etCtrlc
works several hundred feet Of railroad track was
DESTROYED and the rOadbed dama2h Fences
bridges etc have disappeared an1 to-day the
valley presents a sorry appearance The mohey
loss viii aggregate many thousand dollars.
Rome. y. Y. June 10 While two farmers
named Patrick Whalen and Micah Kenyon were
ar work IN a field on Mr.. Whalen's farm IN me
town Of Lee five miles north Of this ci'{; lhis
afternoon. an electric storm came up s,n"s'tN' ~
Whalen was struck by lightning ana kllleh IN
stantly. Kenyon was badly hurt ana his re-
covery Is despaired of
Saratoga. y. Y. June 10 (SpeciaD.-The village
~ Ballston Spa was this afternoon inundated
bv the breaking Of the dam holding the Red MIL
Pond. A reservoir fifteen feet deep and covering
several acres. The dam had been consideren 1 un-
safe for some time \ severe rainstorm pre-
vailed early in the afternoon wfich caused me
pond 10 rise rapidly. arl a general alarm was
sounded Al 3:20 o'clock the dam went out
with a roar and rush and the wall OF water
completely submerged all the lower portion ot
the town II emp,ied itself into Gordon Creek
and In less than an hour had suoslded. no
lives were lost hut many buildings were dam
aged Lightning struck In several places In the
village.
wichita. Kan June ia terrific cloudourst
occurred in the southern part OF this county yes
,crday afternoon but as all the wires are down
few details can be secured. II Is said that seven
feet Of water stood In the streets ~ MulYane al
one time The big Arkansas bridge al Derby
was swept away ~ the sudden rush OF water
The suppositon is that large amount Of damage
has been done.
Harrsonburg Neb, June l9-The northern
part OF Sioux County was visited on Sunday by
tornado. which was terrible in its severity,
but comparatively small IN us extent. II WAS
about twenty rods wide and five miles In length.
Everything IN lts path was swept away. The
barns sheds wagons and implements OF II. w.
Woody were completely demolished. Rufus
Woody and his horse in shed were picked up
and carried through the open roof and landed
about 200 feet away. Neither received any
serious damage although Wo)dy's face was con-
siderably bruised and his clothes were torn from
him
Des Moines. Iowa. June l9-Niolent winds and
heavy rainfall wrought death and considerable
destruction over Northwest and West Central
Iowa to-day. The house occupied by Roy God
ard aged twenty-five. living seven miles west
of Calendar. was blown down and ne was killed
4 boy at Moorand was fatally injured by the
falling of a corn crib in which he sought shelter
The damage from the wind at M0Orland and Cal
lendar will aggregate thousands Of dollars.
cloudburst at Walnut washed severa. buildings
from their foundations. Trans on the Rock Isl
and were considerably delayed. The overflow Of
the Missouri River At Hamburg has washed
away thousand Of acres Of corn and other crops.
4 dyke Is now being constructed Heavy rain
and hail west Of Atlantic and about Walnut ana
Rrayton have greatly damaged crops.
Chairon. Neb. June ia tornado struck THIS
city at o'clock this afternoon and blew down
several houses John /. Tenser. umberman.
was killed by flying timber. and Mrs f. Mead
was blown from her buggy and severely injured.
II IS feared that other lives have been lost, as
several people are missing