The record-union., 1895-07-08

switch tower was lifted from its iounda-
ton and turned over. August Bouda-
low, the watchman, who WAS in the tower
at the time, had his legs broken by the
fall, and his hands and face were severely
cut.
Two high walls, which had been left
standing at Az Wabash avenue on the
site of "a burned building, were blown
down, ana threw the people OF the neigh
borhood into fright, but no one was
hurt.
A loss Of several thousand dollars was
caused by the blowing down of the roof
OF the tive-s,ory building at l26 Washing
ton street, adjoining the Chicago Opera
house. Every Office below was flooded,
and the costly saloon of Daniel OBrien,
on the ground floor, was Hooded. The
ceiling broke, and ire also started from
the electric hight wires.
Over $1,000 damage was done 10 the d e.
partinent store of a. NJ. Rothschild IL Co.
by the breakage of plate glass windows
and the destruction OF goods. Fireman
Loe Grant of the firm had his hands seri-
ously cut while trying to save merchan-
disc in the windows.
A big plate glass show-window in the
store OF Siegel, Cooper Il Co. was smashed
by the fury Of the wind, which seemed
to blow from every direction ct once.
Plate glass windows in the stores or the
s. II. Mott Iron Works, Thorson u Cas-
sidy, sporting goods. the Bank of the Ma
tional Trust Company, the saloon of
George II. andrews and the cigar store of
Cohen Bros were laid out on the street
in fine particles. Trees were blown down
by the score.
HEAVY STORM AT TOPEKA.
TOPEKA (Kas.), July IA heavy wind
and rain tornado struck the little
town of Canton this evening, and nearly
demolished it. Barns and houses were
overturned and destroyed. Not single
building in town escaped injury. A score
OF people were injured by dying timbers.
James Snyder and two others were buried
under an overturned barn, and Snyder
suffered broken arm and other injuries,
from which he cannot recover. a num-
Der OF iarmhouse5 that lay IN the path OF
the storm were destroyed anu great dam
age was done to crops. Up TO a late hour
to-nighta no fatalities had been reported.
but it is not impossible that number
have resulted.
a WESTERN CYCLONE.
SAVANNAH Qu.), July IA storm
amounting almost TO a Western cyclone
struck TINS place at 3 O'Clock this after
noon. There was much damage done to
property. The thermometer dropped
from 81 to 160. Light rain fell, but there
was heavy storm to the south.
FIVE PEOPLE DROWNED.
LAKE GENEVA (Wis), July Five
persons were drowned IN Lake Geneva
this evening by the swamping of the
steam launch Dispatch in the tornado |
which struck this place at about o'clock.
The drowned are: Mrs. Fred II. Child, |
Father Hogan, Catholic priest from Har
ward, H., Mrs, Hogan, and John Preston. |
engineer OF the launch.
The engineer saw the storm coming, !
and wished TO remain at Elgin, ILL.,, but
the passengers insisted in crossing over TO |
Kaye's Park. Half way across the storm
struck the boat, and it must have gone
down like a shot. Another steamer COM
ing along picked UP five hats and the |
body OF Mrs. Hogan, who had peen kept |
atloat by her large sleeves. She had been |
beaten by the storm, however, until life |
was extinct. The Dispatch was one of |
Tho Worlds Fair launches, and was
owned by w. a. Johnson.
DAMAGE IN GEORGIA.
ATLANTA (Ga.), July "A storm which |
amounted almost to a cyclone in violence |
passed over Morgan County to-day. a |
special TO the Constitution trc.n Madison |
says: f. l.. kobertson's farm buildings |
were all leveled to the ground. The !
middle of the storms path was fifty |
yards from the residence, which was |
moved from its foundation but not over |
turned. The family hid in the cellar. f. |
X. Logan, nelghbor OF Robertson, suf |
tered the loss OF nearly all buildings. |
Reports from the track of the storm are |
slow.
CYCLONE IN TENNESSEE.
MEMPHIS (Tenn.), July IA terrific |
cyclone is sweeping this section tonight, |
though, as yet, no loss of life is reported. |
1t must have occurred, however, as many |
houses were either swept entirely away |
or badly wrecked. The earliest approach !
of the storm was about O'Clock at Gov |
ington, Tenn, north of hero. There sew |
eral houses were damaged. At ii o'clock |
it swept over Pine Bluff. Ark, wrecking |
number of small houses. hurting them |
quite a distance. 1t swept over this city |
about midnight, but, owing to its natural |
protection from heavy windstOrms, no |
serious casualties have appeared as yet. |
The storm was followed by heavy rain |
fall.
GREAT DAMAGE IN OKLAHOMA.
RENO %. T.), July IA terrific storm
struck this city this afternoon about |
O'clock. Many small frame houses were |
overturned, and great damage was done |
TO some of the best buildings III the city. |
The Kerioot Hotel was perforated with |
1ying gravel stones that broke nearly all /
the windows out OF the west side. The |
First National Bank front was blown in. |
Leo's big livery barn was badly wrecked, !
and the African NJ. e. Church destroyed. |
The root OF the Masonic block was |
crushed by falling chimneys. More than |
100 buildings in all were overturned or
wrecked.
At the fair grounds everything Is swept |
away. George Baker. who owns a string /
of trotters, was seriously injured. Brown
Bonny and Hustler, TWO valuable trol-
Ting horses. owned by NJ. L. Stanley, |
were so badly hurt that they will have to |
be killed.
For three days past the heat has been !
awful. The thermometer has not been |
below So at midnight, and has reached as
high as 1892. During the storm this after !
noon it was as dark as midnight.
AT PEORIA, ILLINOIS.
PEORIA, July 7.-One of the worst |
storms in the history Of Peoria swept |
over the city this afternoon, followed by |
q light rain. Great damage was done to |
buildings, several being lifted and moved |
from their foundations. The roofs OF !
several business blocks were blown off, |
and the running of street cars was serI- |
ously inter.ered with. Awnings were
torn down and windows smashed in. 1t |
was tho hottest day OF the year, the ther- |
moineter registering $50 in the shade. !
West of here. on the. Terre Haute. Peoria |
and Western Railway, the damage was |
general.
TERRIFIC STORM IN WISCONSIN.
CHICAGO, July IA special from Dele |
van, Wis, says the storm there was ter |
rifle. Roofs were blown from houses, !
trees were felied, windows broken and /
the crops badly damaged. Reports state |
that it was the hottest day in years. At |
Elkhorn, Wis, the rain which fell to-day !
will be saving OF crops which were |
suffering the drought.
OsKosH (Wisl, Jnly The most |
severe hailstorIn in years occurred this |
evening, breaking skylights and doing |
damage to crops. In ten minutes the |
temperature dropped from 80 to IS de- |
grees.