The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1896-10-07

ing, but no casualties are reported. On
the battlefield the national cemetery
suffered severely. Round Top and Culp's
hill are mass of broken trees and
the new iron observatory on Cemetery
ridge was injured. The monument Of
the Sixty-sixth Ohio regiment was COM
pletely overturned.
Flood at Staunton. Va
Richmond. Va, Oct. 1.-The Shenan-
doah valley near Staunton, Va, was
visited by terrific flood Wednesday.
Many lives were lost and great damage
done to property. The storm of Tues
day caused the lake to rise. All the
water courses in the valley became rag
ing torrents and swept over their ba nks.
carrying destruction in their path.
Houses were swept from their founda-
tons. In several cases persons were
with difficulty rescued from the roofs
and upper stories. 1t is impossible at
this hour to ascertain the extent of the
loss of life or the extent of property
damaged. The latter will exceed half
million dollars. Heroic attempts are
being made to rescue those in danger.
Four Killed at Alexandria
Alexandria, Va, Oct. 2.-Four people
were killed and three injured by
Wednesdays storm. All the churches
suffered severely. The First Baptist,
handsome structure. was completely
demolished: the St. Elmo Baptist was
badly wrecked, and Roberts chapel,
M. +. South, bad its spire blown away.
Nearly every business block in town
suffered some damage, and hundreds
of private houses were unroofed. The
loss in and around Alexand ria will prob
ably reach 100000.
Lake Shipping Suffers.
Chicago, Oct. lone of the most Sc
we're windstorms known for years ragged
over the lake region Tuesday night
and part of Wednesday. 1t seemed to
have expended most of its fury over
the upper half of Lake Michigan. The
loss of life SO far reported is small
four men having been drowned by the
sinking of the steam barge sumatra at
Milwaukee. Much minor damage was
done to shipping in Milwaukee, Grand
Haven, Chicago and other harbors, and
the masters of such steamers as were
out in the lake during the night re-
port one of the toughest passages they
ever experienced. Owing to the late
ness of the season and threatening con-
ditions which prevailed for "a hours
before the storm broke, most of the
sailing fleet was tied up in different
ports-Chicago harbor especially, being
crowded.
Florida Swept.
Jacksonville, Fla, Oct. 3.-Reports
received from Cedar Keys tell a story of
great damage to property and loss of
life there from fire and flood.
Entire towns in the interior of the
state were demolished.
Early rumors spoke of Cedar Keys
having been wiped out but, fortunate
ly. later and more authentic reports
show this was an exaggeration. AS it
is, however, Is persons are reported
drowned. In Mrs. Weidley's house
alone five persons persisted by the flood,
including three of Mrs. Weidley's chill
dren and her niece and the latter's
child.
Bodies are being recovered from along
the coast, and many fishermen who
went out Monday night have not been
heard from since they left.
Appalling Loss of Life.
Exclusive of the hundreds of spongers
supposed to have been drowned off
Cedar Keys, the death list in the state
proper bids fair to reach 100 and the
property loss will run into the millions.
The people seem to be paralyzed by
the calamity that has overcome them,
and this is reflected in the accounts
sent in of the storms work In the
majority of cases nothing like detailed
description is attempted, and in but
few instances are the names OF the dead
given.
It is inferred from this that NH
iority of those killed outside CT Cedar
Keys and the points at which school
children were victims were negroes
EMPLOYED on the turpentine farms.