River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1894-05-24


day night, and the entire country is
flooded to a depth of from 2 to 10 feet
Wolf and Sugar creeks. which
were but small streams, are
now rushing torrents of water
from 1 to 8 miles in width The new
iron bridge which spanued Wolf
creek on the Charlottesville road, 10
miles west of here, gave way
about daylight Wednesday morning
The crash was distinctly heard mile
away. Numerous wooden bridges and
culverts were destroyed and the roads
are impossible. Hundreds of rods of
fences and dozens of small buildings
were washed away The damage TO
growing crops and the loss by drowned
live stock will be very great, and,
while it is impossible to estimate the
damage until the waters recede, it is
known that it will reach many thou
sands of dollars.
More Dams Burst
ST. PAUL. Mimi, May IA Hudson
wis., special TO the Dispatch says: The
Jewett mills dam, besides the new
Richmond and Burkhardt dams, have
gone out, causing much damage. Sew
eral bridges are out, including the
Tower bridge, which cost originally
s25, 600, and has now been made use
less superintendent Scott, of the
Omaha railroad, is here aud estimates
the damage to that road in washouts
and otherwise at upwards of So, 600
Loss VIII Reach SI,o0o.ooa
ST. PAUL, Mimi. May l9-Reports
from the districts visited by storm and
food indicate that the loss was heavier
than first reported and will reach at
least 81 900, 00O All the railway lines
entering ST. Paul except the Chicago
Great Western and Minneapolis & st.
Louis employed all the idle men they
could find in repairing bridges and
tracks washed away by the torrents
which swept down every river and
brook in this section on Tuesday and
Wednesday.
Every bridge Gone.
MAIDEN Rock, Wis, May 10. Rush
river overlooked its banks during
Wednesday night and the raging tor
rent carried everything before it.
Every bridge from the headwater of
Rush river to the outlet in the Missis-
sippi has been swept away. Bot, -four
ing and sawmills were ruined and the
total loss will reach Sl0), 900 in this
county. At least a dozen farmhouses
along Rush river were washed away
Killed by a Cyclone.
KUNKLE, o., May 10. A cyclone
passed one-fourth mile west of here at
4:3o o'clock Thursday afternoon. kill
ing five persons. fatally injuring two
others and slightly wounding several
more.
The scene of the cyclone is a hard
one TO describe Houses, fences, trees
and distractions of all kinds in the
path of the storm have been carried
away and nothing left to mark the spot
where they stood except holes in the
ground
Furious HaiIstorm at Cleveland.
CLEVELAND, O.. May 49, The worst
hailstorm that has visited this city in
years ragged here for nearly an hour
Thursday afternoon. The storm was
accompanied by heavy rain, thunder
and lightning Many of the hailstones
were as large as hens eggs and were
sands of windows all over the city were
broken, greenhouses were wrecked and
several runaways resulted from horses
trying to escape the bombardment of
ice. The damage will amount to sew
eral thousand dollars
Grain Eeaten Down.
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, May IA wind
and rain storm with hail passed over
this city at o'clock Thursday night.
1t blew down few trees without seri-
Gus damage to the city. Great dam
age is reported from the section south
west of indianapolis At Patriot, in
Switzerland county, hailstones as big
as snowballs shivered trees and pound
cd the wheat into the earth. Six inch
es of ice fell in places.
DECATUR, ILL.,, May ia damaging
hailstorm prevailed here Thursday
afternoon, the hail in some cases being
as large as mars fist. Tn the south
sides Of buildings all of the glass was
shattered Even heavy plate glass was
not proof against the volley. Stock
suffered badly The courthouse, city
hall and schoDlhouses suffered. Several
found The damage is extensive.
Much Damage in Wisconsin.
ASHLAND, Wis, May 2l.-The old
portions OF Ashland's breakwater are
almost demolished, the sea breaking
entirely through at three different
places and wrecking it the entire
length, so that il viii have to be re-
built The new portion stood well.
The damage will probably reach $40, 600.
KEwAuNEE. Wis. May 19.-The last
of the heavy transforms ende0 Friday
morning in a blizzard of snow and hail
No mail has arrived from the south
since Thursday owing to the tracks of
the Green Bay road being washed
out Farmers report the pea crop
totally ruined.
Great Damage Results. ~
EI.wooD. Ind, May 2L-Property to
the value of $40, 600 was destroyed here
by the storm. At Franklin, miles
south of this city, the Smith City iron
works. in course of construction, were
DESTROYED, with loss of $4,000.
KoKomo, Ind. Nav 10 The roof of
the furnace of the Diamond plate glass
works was blown off Thursday night,
and Zion church, 4 miles east. was de-
stroyed The damage in the county
will exceed s1OO.OOa
In Iowa.
DUBUQUE, la, May 2L-The specta
Gle of snow falling after the middle of
Nav was seen Friday morning. After
several days of extreme hot weather.
resulting Thursday in prostrations by
sunstroke, the mercury sunk from 30
degrees 10 AZ degrees inside Of twelve
hours.
Terrific storm in New Jersey.
New YORK, May 21.-Southern New
Jersey experienced thunderstorm Fri
day night. Fourteen houses were
struck by lightning in Bridgeton. three
at Cedarville, four at Newport, two at
Dutch NeciS, seven at Nineland and
several i'm MilIville Several barns
were struck and burned to he ground
II. johnson lives in the southern quar-
ter of Bridgeton and the lightning ran
down the chimney Of his house and