The record-union., 1895-07-20
St. Clair, Mich, Visited by Storm
Cyclonic in Fury.
BUILDINGS UNROOFED AND HUN
DREDS OF TREES LEVELED.
An Eleven -Months-Old Child Killed
and Two Men Badly Injured-Houses
Blown Into the River, and Two
Vessels Grounded-A Destructive
Storm Also Sweeps Over Large
Section in Iowa.

| windstorm, ccompanied by heavy rain
fall. burst upon this city soon after l
o'clock this afternoon. For several weeks
prayers had been offered in this vicinity
for rain. The storm was cyclonic in fury,
! and before it had spent itself child had
| been killed, two mon injured and prop
erty destroyed. The City Hall was partly
demolished, hundreds OF trees were
blown down, roofs were taken OFT build
ings by the dozen, two large craft were
blown aground in the river, and general
confusion reigned.
The ll-months-old child of Elmer +.
Black was killed instantly by the over
turning by the wind of Blacks home.
There were other children in the house at
the time but they escaped without in
jury. The children were alone in the
| house.
| The house of Joseph Dam was blown
| into the river, and in attempting TO rescue
| it Mr.. Dam sustained serious lnlur les.
The house of Julius Belknap wae also
| blown into the river, together with q
| shed which the wind took fancy to and
set down in Pine River. The damage to
Belknap's brickyard will not be covered
by 81, 900.
| Joseph Goualit, fireman at the brick
yards, was injured by falling brick. 4
large chimney at Sheldon's brickyard
was blown 10 the ground, and came near
striking on high pressure boiler.
| The roof was torn Off the Hotel Cadll-
lac.
A liberty pole now stands upside down
through the roof of one of the largest
store buildings in the city.
"a cta "a nd Of fhQ nj
ocean line, was caught by the wind and
blown down the river just below this
city. She was released about four hours
afterward by her sister barge, the Man
chester, which steamed along about an
hour after the big one had been victim
lied by the hurricane.
STORM IN IOWA.
DEs MONIES, July 19.-Rain, wind and
hailstorms over large sections OF Iowa
did much damage TO crops and property
last night. In the north part of the State
storm swept strip twenty-five miles
| wide in Palo Alta, Emmet and kossuth
Counties. and small grain was badly
damaged. The corn will recover except
in places whore 1t was beaten down by
hail, but the loss to small grain is very
great
In the middle Of the storm strip was a
section about five miles wide, in which
age to crops was immense
In the eastern part OF the State another
storm did almost as much damage 1t
started just east OF here, and swept over
the country as far as the Mississippi and
south to the State line.
AT Brooklyn there was a waterspout
which amounted TO a tour-inch fail of
rain in about an hour. 1t covered a wide
section. and streams were flooded.
Bridges were carried out, and there were
a mum Der of waShOutS on the railroads.
| The Rock Island suffered so badly that for
twenty hours up TO o'clock tonight no
through trains reached here from the
East.
At Keokuk number of buildings
were unrOoted and other damage done.
There was more or less hail in this sec
ton. and crops are badly damaged. Small
grain is lodged and much will he lost.
Corn will generally recover in part at
least. except where the hail cut it.
The Rock Island Denver flyer" was
d!tched near Iowa City by a washout,
and the fireman had his leg broken. The
none were seriously injured. The tracks
of the burlington, Cedar Rapids and
Northern were washed out in two or
three places in the eastern part OF the
State, and trains are still badly delayed
FURIOUS STORM IN OHIO.
FINDLAY, July 19.-One of the most
destructive windstorms ever known to
| have passed over this section of the State
occurred in and around this city this
afternoon, causing much damage to prop
| erty which lay in its path.
| All day long the heat was intense, and
storm was naturally expected. About
3 o'clock dark clouds appeared, aud d
slight breeze sprung up from the south
west. In half an hour rain began to fall
| and without scharcely moments warn
ing the gale burst forth and steadily in
creased in fury, until it was nothing short
of cyclone.
| Several houses were unroofed, but the
occupants escaped serious injury. The
south wall and q portion of the roof of the
Huber school building was demolished.
Hardly smokestack in the city was left
standing. The fire tower at the central
engine house was blown down, and in
falling smashed in "a portion of the
stables.
The storm did not extend far beyond
the city limits, and consequently no dam
age was done in the oil fields or to grow
ing crops. The loss in the city is esti-
mated at s., 900.