The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1895-07-13

Great Havoc Wrought by Wind
and Rain.
Eerty-rhree Lives Lost In Fierce wesforn
storms--six Drowned In Lake
Geneva, Wis.-Lake 1tichi-
gan Disasters.


ing last tclcgrnphIc reports began TO
arrive Ia this city OF rains al west
ern points. These reports grew In
numbers Friday and covered a
large territory indicating that the
entire eastern watershed Of the Rocky
mountains, from the Nebraska and
Iowa lines 20 Texas was swept by a
storm. Friday night the scverest blow
came. Reports OF loss OF life and
destruction OF property came with
every Telegram. and the downpour
first regarded as blessing grew into
n wave Ok devastation. Fields of gram
that promised the most bountiful yield
In many years are to-day swept bare OF
vegetation. In several instances the
seas OF rain were allotted In their work
OF destruction by tornadoes.
The storm focus embraced an area Of
200 square miles with the southwest
ern corner Of Missouri as the center.
The greatest loss of life Is reported
from Winonn, Mo-, where twelve corpscs
have been found. with as many more
missing. At Baxter Springs, ia
southwestern Kansas, five were killed
and eleven seriously injured by a cy-
clone that accompanied the storm.
One was drowned at Columbus and
two at Ottawa, Kan. At Van Buren,,
Ark. mother and her babe
were drowned. A family of 1--we
encampcd on the banks of Fish
creek in the Indian territory. Satur-
day nothing OF them or their belong
ings was found exccpta part of their
L. 81 H.stff A
Thomasville, Mo-, where the rain
fall was inches in one hour,
five persons were lost. uncon-
flrmed reports are received OF
loss Of life rs follows: Three at Fay
ctteyille, Ark. one at Paoli. Kan; one
mt Richards, Kan, and six Of hunt
ing party in the Indian territory. This
gives q known and probable loss of
forty-three lives. This total will be I'M
creased when the reccding water per-
mits thorough search.
The loss in property can be placed in
the millions Dwellings. fences and
farm buildings were carried OIL
and wagon aud railroad bridges
swept away. Thirty Of the
eighty buildings in Winona sue
cpmbed Five residences, church
and warehouse went down at Baxter
Springs. Six bridges went out in Rus
sell county, Kan. About Jefferson City.
Mo. many square miles OF growing
grain were covered with debris Traffic
on the Fort Scott a Memphis railway
is temporarily suspended Reports of
damage TO property other than above
noted come from five points in Kansas,
nino in Missouri, six In Arkansas, two
in the Indian territory. The storm
spent itself la Illinois. but having lost
It's force proved blessing 10 crops
The above summaries are only
fraction of the loss in property. The
greatest burden falls upon the farmers,
as the season is too far spent TO plant
new crops. and suffering must surely
follow in the storms wake. The coun-
try's granary has been cleaned 5at.
Details Of individual suffering and cx-
pcriences would fiji volumes and re-
call the horrors of the Johnstown dis
nster.
LAKE GENEVA. Wis. July o. - A
heavy storm passed over here Sunday
afternoon about 4.an, which rnrcnfed
buildings and demoralized shade trees.
The hail broke large amount of glass
and ruined corn and what little fruit
there was. Tho steam launch Dis
patch was chartered just before the
storm by purity consisting OF Father
Hogan and Miss Hogan, Of Harvard
III, and d man thought to be Dr.
Hogan, assistant superintendent of the
Elgin ull) insane asylum, wife and
child. The boat was in charge OF
John Preston, "a reliable young man.
They were caught by tho storm and
The boat was capsized and all on
board were drowned. The body OF
Miss Hogan was found floating near
Hayes park.
cnIcAoo, July with little warn
ing Of ITS terrific death-dcaling force
and destructive character, wind
and rainstorm such as Chicago has not
seen for years, broke upon the city about
600 o'clock Sunday afternoon. The
complete result IS not known but Il Is
certain that some lives were lost on
Lake Michigan by the capsizing OF
boats at the mercy OF the hurricane.
saiina, Kan, Under Water
SAUNA, Kan, July II. Dispatches
"Wednesday morning state that the
portion Of the city east Of smoky river
was under water. Hundreds of fami-
lies had left their homes and hundreds
OF others were unable TO leave except
an boats. The river had been steadily
rising for three days nna. although Il
had reached the highest point ever
known. IL was still rising II was said
that the country 10 the southwest pre-
scented tho Appearance of n vast lake,
thousands Of acres being from TO
feet under water