The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-09-13
CYCLONE IN THE NORTHEAST.
FATALITIES AND GREAT DAMAGE
REPORTED FROM CAPE VINCENT.


Number Of Towns and villages
swept with wind and Drencbcd
with CIOudburst-The storm.
Though Lasting But n Few Bricf
Moments. Is Described as the Worst
known since the settlement of the
Begion-Cape Vincent Depot. an
Immense Passenger shed, Blown
Away Like straw.
Watertown, n Y. Sept IA terrific
storm swept over this section at about .
o'clock last evening. causing much dam
age to property generally and culminat-
ing in a serious disaster and fatality az
Cape Vincent. at the foot of Lake on
tario.
Thomas Arnel and George Godfrey Of
Cape Vincent have since died from inter-
nal Injuries received from the wrecking
Of the depot
Others were injured as follows: J. VI.
Anderson, New York city. fracture at
base Of brain; Miss Maude Walsh, King
ston, Ont, severe scalp wound; Miss Liz
lie Wilson, Cape Vincent. fractured -la-
vicle; Mrs. John Aiken, Hamilton, Ont.
fractured limb and internal injuries: Dav-
id Andrus, Pierrepont Manor, hand cur,
Mrs. Engene Fitzgerald, severely injured
internally: 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 It continued only few minutes,
It was the most severe wind storm that
has visited this section since it's settle
ment by the whites. The rain came as IL
from a cloudburst. and that continued
half an hour. but the wind which wrought
the destruction, was like a tremendous
gust, coming so suddenly and passing so
swiftly, that II seemed not to have lasted
more than a minute, and that yet, In that
brief time, showing power before which
almost everything movable gave away.
The depot at Cape Vincent, which was
wrecked, was an immense shed capable
Of sheltering great crowds Of excursion
lists to the Thousand Islands and Cana
dian points 1t seemed like a straw un-
der the force of the wind A large hay
storage barn, belonging to the Rome, Wa
tertown and Ogdensburg Railroad Com
pany was smashed into kindllng wood
and piled upon the tracks. The roundhouse
was knocked down. damaging an engine.
A lumber yard was emptied of its con-
tents and the boards scattered through
out the town, on the roofs and on the
lake and river
The evening train had just arrived with
about 200 people on board for Kingston,
ont. The boat succeeded In getting away
from the deck with most Of her passen-
gers.
Attleboro, Mass. Sept 12.-One Of the
worst thunder storms that ever visited
this place struck here az 1:10 this morn
ing. The wind blew In fearful gusts
Trees were prostrated, blinds were
wrenched from houses and chlmneys
D. ffs1..
was 80 miles an hour and the lightning
was incessant.
The house OF James w. Sanford, on
Highland street, was struck, and two
men knocked out OF bed. Mrs. Jane
Ide, OF West street, while shutting the
windows IN hsf house was blown down
stairs and had her left hip broken. The
rain fell in torrents, the lightning played
havoc with the telephone and telegraph
and telegraph wires and hundreds OF
bushels Of fruit were blown from the
trees.
canajoharie. N. Y. Sept. ia terrific
wind and rain storm, accompanied BY
thunder and lightning. passed over this
section last night. Barns and trees we're
blown down and houses unroofed. Much
damage was done to hop yards and fruit
trees. Telegraph and telephone wires are
down In all directions.
Bellows Falls, Vt. Sept. 12.-Reports OF
the damage that was done by
yesterdays three electrical storms
In this vicinity indicate that much damage
was done by wind and lightning The
wind blew down chimneys, unroofed
dwellings, destroyed many shade trees.
and crippled the telephone and telegraph
wires. In Charleston, NJ H., the dwelling
of Nelson Reed was struck by lightning
and burned. Mrs. Reed was prostrated.
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 probably foot up heavily.