Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-09-13
| TERRIFIC STORM.
II brushes q Railway Depot at the Foot
Of Lake Ontario.
TWO PERSONS FATALLY HURT
Many Others More or Less Seriously
Observation-Disclosures Damage 60
Property in watertowa-Cloua
Burst and Tornado.

WATERFOWL. N. T., September H.
A terrific storm swept over this section
at about o'clock last evening. causing
much damage to property generally. and
eliminating In serious disaster and ia
tally to Cape Vincent. at the foot OF
Lake Ontario. Thomas Arniel and
George Godfrey. of Cape Vincent. have
since died from internal injuries received
from tho wreckagc OF the depot and
others were injured. as follows:
J. NJ. Anderson. New York city; frac-
ture at base Of the brain.
Miss Maud Walsh, Kingston. Ont; So
we're scalp wounds.
Miss Lille Wilson. Cape vinccnti
fractured clavicle.
Mrs. John Aiken, Hamilton. Ont; frac-
tured limb and internal Injuries.
David Andrews. Pierpont Manor; hand
cut.
The following from Cape Vincent:
Edward Fitzgerald. severely injured ii-
ternally: Miss Addie Dennison. Willie
Rivers. Fred. Strong. Miss Addie Dun
ham, Miss Adele Seymour. Miss Lizzie
MCGOWAN. Miss Rose Stumpf Miss Grace
Augustus, Eugene Fitzgerald. Steve Ou-
dine.
Though II continued only few minutey,
II was the most severe wind-storm
that has visited this section since Its
settlement by the whites. The rain came
as IL from q cloudburst, and II continued
half an hour, but the wind which wrought
the destruction was like tremendous
gust. coming so suddenly and passing
so swiftly that II seemed not to have
lasted more than a minute. and yet. In
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which almost everything movable gave
| way.
The depot nj Cape Vincent. which was
wrecked. was an immense shed, capable
| OF sheltering great crowds OF excursions
lists to the Thousand Islands and Canada
| points. II seemed like a straw under
! the force OF the wind.
4 large hay-storage barn, belonging to
| the Rome, Watertown and Ogdensburg
| Railroad Company, was smashed into
kindlingwood and piled up on the tracks.
| The round-house was knocked down. dam
aging an engine A undergrad was
emptied OF rs contents, and the boards
scattered throughout the town, In the
streets and on roofs, and on the lake.
The evening train had just arrived with
about two hundred people on board for
| Kingston. The BOAT succeeded In get
| ting away from the dock with most OF
| her passengers
THE STORM ELSEWHERE.
| CANAJOHARIE. n. Y. September IL
| A terrific wind and rain-storm. accom-
| panied by thunder and lightning. passed
| over this section last night Barns and
| trees were blown down and houses I'M
rooted. Much damaged was done to hop
yards and fruit trees. Telegraph and tele-
phone wires are down in all directions.
STORM IN VERMONT.
BELLOWS FALLS. VT. September
| 12-Reports of damage by yesterdays
three electrical storms In this vicinity in.
dictate that much trouble was caused by
wind and lightning. The wind blew down
chimneys, unroofed dwellings. destroyed
many shade trees, and crippled the tele-
phone and telegraph wires.
In Charleston. n. H., the dwelling OF
Nelson Reid was struck by lightning and
burned. Mrs. Reid was Frustrated, and
perhaps fatally injured.
Little has been heard as yet from the
farming communities, but judging from
the village localities already heard from,
the damage will be heavy.
IN MASSACHUSETTS,.
ATTLEBORO. MASS. September L.
| One of the worst thunder-storms that
ever visited this section struck here at 10
| this morning. the wind blew In fearful
gusts. Trees were Frustrated. blinds were
wrenched from houses. and chimneys
blown down The velocity Of the wind
was eighty miles an hour. and the light
ming was incessant. The house of James
w. Stafford. on Highland street. was
struck. and two men were knocked out
OF bed. Mrs. Jane ide. OF West street,
while shutting windows In her house.
was blown down stairs and had her left
hip broken
The rain fell In torrents, the lightning
played havoc with telephone and tele-
graph wires. and hundreds Of bushels Of
fruit were blown from the trees. The
storm lasted half an hour.