The record-union., 1896-09-20
One Man Fatally, and q Number OF
People Slightly Injured.
Widespread Disaster Caused by Wind
in All the Country Tributary TO
Ogden-SchOOl Houses and Barns
All Over the Country Wrecked
killing FrOsts in the Upper
Missouri River Valley.

NEW BEDFORD (MaSS.), Sept ~
"A cyclone from the west struck this city
early this morning, dealing out de-
struction on every hand, and perhaps
death in one instance. There was, OF
course, an immense number OF minor
accidents, trees uproOted, etc., but soon
after daylight a particularly severe
wind caused damage Of more serious
import.
About $50 o'clock a huge bolt OIL
lightning descended from a cloud OF
inky blackness upon the big cotton shed
of the Bennett Mills. 1t ignited the IN
flammable contents, and imperiled nearly
5000 bales of cotton of high grade ana
long staple. 1t took the firemen three
hours to get the mad blaze subdued,
and in all about $500 bales, valued at
upward of 100000, were ignited. Much
of this damage will be offset by pro-
ceeds of the sale Of the damaged cot
ton but it will still be a heavy loss. 1t
Is generally insured. The cotton house
was destroyed, and involved a loss OF
perhaps $4,000.
In the midst of the mill fire another
cyclone burst upon the city, character
lied by a terrific wind and a torrent or
rain. The crowd near the mill fire ran
for shelter, and about twenty OF them
found it in a new building at the corner
of Coggeshall and North Front street.
No sooner had they entered than the
wind took up the building, raised the
roof bodily, and the whole structure
fell with crash. All but one In the
crowd in the building escaped. He was
Zoel Levigney, a Frenchman, aged TO,
who had run in for shelter. He was
pinned down by heavy timbers, his spine
injured, several ribs broken and in
ternally injured. The narrow escape of
the carpenters forms a remarkable
story. The building was the property
of the contractor, and is a total loss OF
$1,000. Several other houses were un-
rooted.
In Fair Haven big elms were up
rooted and filled the streets for time
In South Dartmouth several buildings
were blown down and horse killed. On
the Fair Haven bridge a street car
barely escaped a big tree from Papes'
Island, and travel was blocked some
time. Reports from suburban terri
tory are to the effect that the storm was
of fearful severity.
WIDESPREAD DISASTER IN UTAH.
OGDEN Utah), Sept. 19.-Further
reports of the storm of last night indi-
cate that there was widespread dis
aster in all Of the country tributary to
Ogden. The most important was the
wrecking of the entire machine shops
at the mouth of Ogden Canyon, where
the Pioneer Electric Power Company
are putting I'D the steel pipe for their
million-dollar plant The shops were
directly in the line Of the storm, and
were blown fiat, the thirty-ton steel
crane crashing down into the machinery
and badly damaging it. There were
500 hundred workmen at or near the
shops, but no one was hurt.
All fruit was blown off the trees, the
Reform School building was unroofed,
and schoolhouse and barns all over the
county are wrecked.
At Hot Springs, ten miles north Of Og
den, the hotel building was damaged to
the extent of 81 200.
The total damage in this county will
reach $500, 900. In Ogden many build
ings were badly damaged, but the
amount cannot yet be estimated
Trains We're badly delayed by fallen
trees last night, but everything is run
ming on time tonight
KILLING FROSTS.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 10. - The
Weather Bureau furnishes the follow
ing special bulletin in the papers: A de-