Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1896-05-28
The, Financial Loss.

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In Bondurant the financial loss will
he about 100000. A strip of country
a mile wide for % miles was nearly
swept clean. Barns are nearly ALI
gone, trees uprooted, stock killed, and
growing crops covered with mud, and
ruined.
The people escaped here in cyclone
cellars. At the home of w. T. Scott
the family went into the cellar, but
Scott refused to 60. He was badly in
jured in the wreck of the house. ,s.o''s.''e
At Santiago the house of Peter Bolen-
baugh was destroyed and his wife and
nephew, named Fletchy, were killed
while asleep in bed.
AtValeria Charles Phelan and chill
dren were Killed. and his;wife will prob-
ably die. '@!S Relief headquarters have
been established in a vacant store, and
the dead are being brought in.
James Stouten was bruised about the
head, and may die.
Reports from Other Towns.
1t is reported that several people were
killed at Ira, but the tracks are out at
Valareia, no train running and wires
down east of!here. Minge, between Ira
and Valeria, is reported safe. It is re-
ported that John Mitchell's house, five
miles north of here, was struck by light
ming. Mitchell was killed and family,
wifeand children injured. ,s.,: s:.,5$~-
Floods Near Dubuque.
Dubuque, Ia, May 25.-A terrific
thunder and lightning storm struck Du-
buque shortly after nine o'clock Sunday
night after a very warm and oppressive
day. In the midst of the storm Mrs.
Clark, station agent for the Chicago &
Great Western railroad at Durango,
eight miles northwest of Dubuque, was
called from her residence to the depot
near by to get orders for train which
had just arrived. She took her four
children with her and was at work when
the food sweeping down the Maquoka
valley carried away the bridge, then the
residence then the depot, which was
borne down stream W. miles. The four
children were drowned, as was also a
brakeman named Tom Griffith, but Mrs
Clark chung to the roof and was saved
by the train men. All railroads leading.
into Dubuque were washed out and tele-
graphic communication completely de-
stroyed. Bridges on all the roads were
washed out, the Illinois Central losing
30 between Dubuque and Lemars.
STORM AT CHICAGO.
Downpour Which Amounts to a Cloudburst
Floods Easements.
Chicago, May 25.-A storm of wind.
rain, thunder and lightning struck Chi
cago at two o'clock Monday morning.
The wind at times attained the velocity
of a hurricane, and the lightning was
incessant. Over an inch of water fell
in less than ten minutes, which amount
ed to a cloudburst. The sewers were
unable to carry off the water, and as
result Easements all over the city
were flooded. The pressroo1us Of three
morning papers were flooded by water
backing up from the sewers, and fire
engines had to be called to pump out
the water before the second editions
could be sent to press. Much minor
damage from wind and lightning is re-
ported from all over the city, but nc
fatalities resulted so far as heard of.
Telegraph Wires Down.
The storm extended south of Chicago
into Will and Kankakee counties, ano
all telegraph wires are down in the Vi
entity of Joliet and Kankakee, cutting
off communication with the centraa
parts of the state. 1t is not unlikely
that reports of serious damage will be
received from that section when the
wires get to working again.
On the lake the storm raised ire
mendous sea, but as the direction of the
wind was generally from the west no
vessels were reported in trouble on this
side of the lake. There is every proba-
bility, however, that wrecks will be
heard of on the eastern shore.
Dwelling House Blown Down.
While the storm was at it's height, at
2:15 o'clock Monday morning, the ~
story frame cottage at 314O North Ash
land avenue, occupied by James Dens-
Ter, his wife and three children, was
lifted from it's foundation by the wind,
carried to an adjoining lot, thrown upon
it's side and crushed like house built:
of cards. All the inmates were caught
in the debris, but only Mrs Densler was
hurt, and she not seriously.
Chicago Suburbs Suffer.
Thework of the storm in the suburban.
towns was disastrous. Edison Park,
Norwood Park, Irving Park and Ravens
wood came in for the greatest damage
Several people were hurt, some seri-
ously, and nearly d score of buildings,
two of them churches, were damaged.
Storm at Elgin.
E]gin, ILL.,, May 25.-This city was Wis