The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-06-03
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an canoes en- Lake Washington Yesterday
afternoon about the time Of the storm. As
near as could be learned they started from
the Caiee Club house. near Laurel shade,
intending 20 cross the lAka Mira Price
thought they we're going to some camr.
the location of which she said not know.
Al midnight nothing had been heard
from thcrs and tears wcre entertained for
their safety.
The following special dispatches trace
the progress Of the storm norshward:
lsgrrIx FalEs. June "A heavy wind
storm swept ny the Ccwiisx valley 81 80
p m. causing considerable damage. A
large store ~ this place beionsirg TO !. L.
Cantwcii Was blown down aud the store
haisy damaged. bus no persons were hurt.
The coanty bridge across olequa creek was
blown partly over. The tsamway
from the tile works over the rass-
road Was blown down. West Of oieaua.
on Cowiitx creek. about ten acres Of
fatterson's hops we're blown down. and
the hops OF many others were blown about
SO that they wsfl have to b taken down.
The store ~ Oleqns was also blown down
and the owner injured. but not fatally.
The storm was the heaviest ever known
within the memory Of the oldest inhahi-
tans. and lasted ABOUT fifseen minutes. ac-
cempanied by heavy lightning and fos-
OF timber were blown down. blocking the
roads and prostrating the wires IA every
direction
Caxaarfs. June a--fSpscial 1.-The high
est wind ever known here came np from
the south this evening ABOUT o o'clock and
for fifteen inmates ragged pcrfecs cyclone.
Large trees on the hill east Of town
cracked like pipestems and were blown
about like feathers. Considerable damage
Was done in town. Signs. awnings and
chimneys were wrecked. barn in which
Frank Powers kept valuable horse.
buggy and wagon was wrecked.
Henry Fosters warehouse. valued az
about $500. is total losA The opera
house, . large wooden structure, was
blown out of shape and il on the point of
falling. The staging and scaffeldinr on
the new school house were blown down.
but the building. about half completed,
withstood the storm. The most serious
loss vas sustained by the Dornbecher
FagnitnSe Misunderstanding Company. The
packing department., . building 61xi2D.
was completely demolished. It contained
several thousand dollars worth Of stock.
which WAS little hurt Manager J. g. Greig,
renorts the loss ~ about q, i,0Q0 He does
not include the loss ON the automatic
sprinkler being put la. which will fall upon
the contractors. probably amounting TO
$500 or t6nl Seven men were at work
when the building fell. All escaped serious
injury. Lee Fsrrier was somewhat bruised
about the head, ono other ntightiy. The
company will put large force Of men at
work tomorrow 10 clear MP the ruina Not
much damage was done IN CentrAlia.
At Winiock the Odd Fellows hall was
ings. The wind was followed by slight
RAIN. The oldest residents never saw such
wipdstorm here.
OLYMPIA. June 2-(Special. This city
jWas visited BY . quite severe thunder
storm. accompanied BY heavy rain and
placed upon the streets In honor OF ths
visiting Knights Of Pythias. were ruined.
and will have to Be replaced.
TACOMA. juno z.-tSpscial. IAN un-
usually severe thunder and rain storm
passed over this city this evening. Teie-
graph wires were down during the after-
noon to Portland. and Communication be-
~ $50 The storm was the sevsrsst ever
experienced here Six psrSons aro re-
ported dr0wmed on the hay.
Shortly after O'Clock, when the storm
seemed abating, MrA Feahe's house on n
street, near Ninth. collapsed. Some Of the
had bssn weakened by the heavy wind.
and when the side walls began 10 spread
the roof cavsd In. The house vas
known - the Home lodging house.
and was built during boom times
by Van Ogie. II was NOT strongly COM
structed. IL was three stories high, frame,
with mansard roof Mrs. Fsshs was
per with her children, her husband,
formerly cigarmaker, being absent.
The children screamed whom the floor
began 10 sink, and Mrs. Hurley. who
10 widow, called for her dsughtsr Mag.
gle A crowd collected and an alarm of
tire was quickly turned In. At first IL
was believed all SIX persons In the wreck
effective work the women and children
were Gil brought out and cared for by
neighhors and taken TO the hospital
Five minutes after the storm struck the
city the only live wire ont Of town Vas the
one between the Postal telegraph ofsices in
disahied for . time. Many wires we're
burned out and tangled mp. The
Western Union wires we're down In three
places between the city limits and Puyai-
iup. A Northern Pacific switch engine
was sent out with . gang Of linsmeB to
make repairs. The Postal. being down
only In one place, got clear first. but all
and Portland could not be reached.
On the Puyaiiup reservation several
trees wers blown down, carrying with
them all telephone and telegraph wires
and blockading the Northern Pacific
tracks. One tree tell across the tracks
curve. Freight train number 81
came along and could not bs
stopped before crashing into
il. The locomotive was thrown from the
rails, but Was soon gotten back again and
pulled out 10 Tacoma. but the freight train
which followed could not Get shFongh on
account Of ths rails spreading. This
hincked thu track for two and =
half hours while new rails wsfs
brought. The seattle passenger train
had to b held. having on board passen-
gers, who left Seattle At o O'Clock with the
sun shining. while the storm struck Ia
coma about O'Clock and continued for
nearly two hours. the wind blowing .
gale. rain falling In sheets and there being
regular downeast flashes Of lightning aud
claps Of thunder.
II took the storm just one hour TO travel
from Chehaiis 20 Tacoma. thak In ~ the
rate Of nearly fifsy-six miles Per hour, and
IL Is estimated to have travelled thirty i've
to forty raiiss IN hour In On Air line. In
the Puyaiiup reservation oyer 100 trees
sers blown down. At midnight ths
clear - far 20 Ellsnsburr, but
IL 10 believed another storm has svsmped
everything east Of the rpountsins- Whils
travelling at its mile -a-minuts clip through
Chshaiis and Csntrsiia several buildingu
were blown down. and In the forests
hundreds Of trees toppled over. Shortly
after midnight the Western Union gos Z
river.
Another wing OF the storm evidently
came up along this east side Of the Cas-.
csdes, and ct Eilsnsbuyg tore down several
buildings, and seemed more wrathy even
than iss eountsrpart west Of the moan