New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-07-20
TORNADOES AT THE WEST
FURIOUS WIND AND RAIN STORMS
SWEEP OVER SEVERAL STATES

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ST. CLAIR. MICH, HARD HIT AND ONE LIFE LOST
GREAT DAMAGE TO RAILROADS AND CROPS
IN IowA-A CroUDBrRsT IN ILLINOIS
! DESTRUCTION IN FINDLAY. OHIO
| st. Clair. Mich. July ia fatal windstorm,
accompanied by heavy rainfall. burst upon this
| city soon after o'clock this afternoon. For
several weeks prayers had been offered In this
| neighborhood for rain. Before the storm had
! spent itself child had been killed two men in
jured. and much property destroyed.
! The City Hall was partly demolished nun
dreds OF trees were blown down. roofs were
taken off buildings b. the dozen. two large craft
were blown aground In the river. and general
! confusion reigned. The eleven -months-old child
/ Of Elmer f. Black was killed instantly by the
wind wreckng the Black home. There were
! four other children In tho house at the time, but
they escaped without scratch They were
alone In the house. The horse OF Joseph Dam
was blown into the river. and In attempting to
rescue II ne sustained injuries that are serious
A horse belonging to Julius Belknap was also
blown into the river together with shed which
! the wind set down I'm Pine River. Joseph Gou-
! Ialt workman at Belknaps brickyard. was in
jured by ny!ng brick A large chimney at Shell
! don's brickyard was blown TO the ground. and
! came neer striking a high-pressure boiler The
tower and chimneys 81 the City Hall were blown
down and par; OF the roof was Blown into the
4 next yard. The roof was torn Off the Hotel
Cadillac. A liberty pole now stands upside down
through the roof ~ of the largest store build
! ings IN the city.
The big steamer Maryland Of the Inter-Ocean
Line was caught by the wind and blown aground
| on the Canadian side Of the river. just below
this city She was released about four hours
! afterward " her sister barge. the Mano hester.
The Maruba with her consort. the Malta. botn
Of the Minnesota Line. were abreast the city
when the storm came The tow line parted. ana
the Malta went high and dry on the bar in the
middle of The river. She was released by the
Maruha after two hours tusg,ug. yacht.
a saiboat and two rowboats c'psized, but no
lives lost. 1t Is believed that the Farmers
will be benefited by the storm.
-. Louis. July ia dispatch to The Chron-
icle" from Lewiston. H.. says that cloudburst
in that neighb ,rhooi last night did great dam
acc - growing crops Samuel snaw we'll
known citizen was killed by bolt ~ lightning
Several thousand feet Of the narrow gauge rail
way were washed away by the downpour OF rain
IOWA sTORMswEPT TOO.
pes Mones. Iowa. july l9-Rain. wind and
damage to crops and property last night. In the
/ north part II the state a storm swept strip
/ twenty i've miles wide In Palo Alto Emmett
and Kossuth counties and small grain was
/ badly damaged The corn viii recover except In
I places here IL was beaten down by hail. In the
middle %. tho storm strip was n section about
five miles wide. In which there was fierce hail
storm. and there the damage to crops was i'm
| menre
| Tn The eastern part Of the State another storm
/ diI almost az much damage. II started just east
Of here and swept over the country FAR as the
| Mississippi River and south 20 the state line At
! lgroodyn there was waterspcut "hich
amounted 10 a four-inch fall of water In about an
| hour II covered n wide section and IA" streams
were npo'ed. Bridges were carried out ana tn'F"
w.r. many washouts On the railroads The Rock
Island suffered 20 badly that for twenty hours up
| To o'clock tonight no through tralrs reached
| almost tornado and many buildings were un-
rooted and other damage done. There was more
or less hail In this part or the STATE, ana CI'PS
are badly injured
The Rock Island Denver flyer" WAS d'tched
near Iowa city by washout. ana IN" hr'hah
| had HIS leg broken. The passengers were baby
| sh,k.n nm hut no one was seriously injured
The tracks of the Burlington. Cedar Rapids ana
Northern were washed out in two or three
| places In the eastern part OF the state ana
! trains are still badly delayed
IT SMASHED THINGS At FINDLAY.
Findlay. Ohio. July l9-One OF the most de-
structlve wlndstorns eyer known to have passed
over this part OF the state occurred In ana around
this city this afternoon. causing much damage to
| property which lay In It's path. All day long the
heat had been Intense and IA storm was naturally
| expected About 3 O'Clock dark clouds appeared
and a slight breeze sprang up from the southwest
| In half an hour rain began Ia fall ana WIN
scarcely n moments warning IN" gale DrrSt lortn
and steadily Increased In fury until II was noth'hs
| short 81 tornado. II was OF short DURATION
! however lasting only Ave minutes. but II swept
| everything movable before IT, The rain was
! blown along In such volume that person c"uIo
| not distinguish objects few feet away The ram
| was accompanied by hail. which. however, had
| no part In the destruction caused by me storm
The storm appeared to have its inception III the
southwestern part OF the city IL i'''u ISL -,
! eastward and then almost due north. taking the
! entire central portion Of the city In Its course
| BY the time IL had reached the northern iHh's
| Of the city II had apparently vanish"i' OF at
least spent its force. Several houses We're uh-
rooted but the occupants escaped serious injury
The south wall and portion or the roof ot tne
| Iuher School building was demolished. Hardy
a smokestack In the city is left standing. The
fire tower Mt the central engne-house WAS blown
| down, and In falling smashed In portion "f the
| stables the horses narrowly escaping. Portions
OF the spires Of the First Methodist and Lutheran
| churches were blown away. Nearly every avn
| ing and sign IN Main-st. was either partially or
| totally destroyed Several large plate-glass
fronts were broken. A large wagon or the Anleri-
can Express Company was blown over while
crossing MaIn-st. and the driver was slightly in
jured Hundreds of fruit and shade trees were
| broken on like pipe stems. rendering some
| streets irnpassablc The storm id not extend
far beyond the city limits and consequently no
| damage done in the oil fleids or 10 growing
| crops.