New-York tribune., 1896-07-28
FIERCE STORMS IN MANY STATES
EAST AND WEST SUFFERING FROM THE DE-
sTRUCTIvE ELEMENTS.

EAST AND WEST SUFFERING FROM THE DE-
sTRUcTIvE ELEMENTS.
McKeesport PENN July 2l.-The amount OF dam
age done in this city and vicinity oy 'he hls"
water In the Monongahela and Youghiogheny rivers
SATURDAY night and Yesterday is estimated at 800
coo In the town OF Drave<ourg. immediately opp
site this city the Monongaheia, water eoVere'
TIE first floors OF seventy-nve houses. Along th'
Youghicgheny between Ninth and Thirteenth s's
and reaching up TO Market-st., ali the houses IN
Guiding the watervorks were flooded. in many the
second story being Inundated. This morning the
rivers are running full within their banks, pu'
large pools Of water are 10 be seen IN 'he "o''Oh
lands Dravesburg presents bad appearahce'
and II will take a week or two 10 clean the town up
The Dawes-WooJ .ron~orks. which were com
pelled 70 shut down, Will partially resume opera
tlons the middle Of the week but t will be three
weeks before they can get the furnaces ready TO
work full
Cleveland July "A tornado struck Beuah Park
picnic grounds AT $50 p m sunday destroying
eight or nine houses. a large tabernacle ana otAer
valuable property The loss is estimated at many
thousands OF dollars. The grounds were well hlled
with people tut beyond being soaked by the pour
ing rain. 10 harmed. The storm hrst
struck the waterWorks tower and demolished IL as
though II a bunch OF sticks. TIE large taoer-
ma lie recently erected for the religious camp
meetings was wrecked rot timber was LEFT
standing A house lifted from its foundations
and moved twelve feet The large bridge over the
rav.re at Reulah Park carried 100 feet and the
chinneys were blown on the Cody Hotel The
boarders took fright and started for the tao~rnace
but Just before they reached II the Dig ou.idhs Was
demolished
MANY tents used by campers were blown away
and the occupants left without place 10 sleep. a
heavy rain accompanied the wind. Al Beuiah
Beach party Of young men and women were
bathing They compelled 10 make their es-
cape In their bathing suits. as their clothes were
blown away
At Euclid Reach Park the Crystal Maze was dam
aged 10 the extent OF 500 During the storm a
tidal wave raised the four feet, and the
steamers Duluth and Superior were almost o-o"h
from the water.
Detroit. Ju,y 1.-THE storm which swept over
Mich gan yesterday afternoon dii much damage in
many places At Worthwhile the heavy rainfall
caused the River Rouge 10 leave ts banks. flooding
the shops OF the Globe Furniture Company. and
carrying away lumber and many small buildings
The losses VIII aggregate $1,000 In and around
Mount Clemens lightning di much damage. The
house o. Mrs Christopher Scoof was struck and all
the inmates badly n ocked
Warren reports that many barns were struck by
lightning and burned near there. John Measles's
house was struck by a bolt and Measles and a
Mrs Dehl severely injured.
The street, arr are 69Ssd S d., e ss6 Tsrs rp
,eisnhone svsstems nearly iemoiished Reports from
the sounry EAST brn and Nest OF & Tees ay
stripped bare and many fields OF grain are fiat and
The section arounG Battle Creek also suffered Sc
verely. The house AMI harm OF Ransom MaTKnam
we're blown down and Markham vas severely IN
Homer; Meh. July IA terrible windsrSrm S.,TI
houses partly blown away. barns tipped over anu
half the fine maple trees about The town were
60 : store were blown In. The worst part OF the
storm seemed TO have passed iiti,e 70 'he north
houses in this vicinity were in IT'S path There
were several NARROW escapes OF persons esught out
in the storm. but as yet no one IS reported az IN
July Five sessrs eve ,s; storms nss,sSssT sTsri
and las, night Many PAGES reported 10 have
Seen Se done There was small ciondburst over this
city last night and hs rain tel n such aganiities
in the downtown districts are flooded. Arthur
Furstel. six-year-cld boy, was severely burned
Gaiena. ill.,, July g.-Galena experienced another
ths, Of Two months ago TIE storm was general
north Of Galena. and swelling streams caused =
hish-wa,er mark. flooding cellar. and lower floors
OaanFs Dros1 IN hch ne AhS from % the a doo
been repaired and was second time wrecked
Iron bdSs, as55 S5 as corn d
were laid low. and considerable iamage TO crops
The nsi vii fsn[a rn orer M Is Saa
sTn fsr a Nv DAYS The Northwestern cannot run
any trains untli the road and bridges repaired
Dubuque Iowa. July c7.-One OF the heaviest rair-
storms ever known in Dubuque occurred here las,
ntohr 4 tornado passed the city. followed by
torrents OF rain The streets are blocked with
mud and Sevcnteenth-st. Is impossible one ~ The
nnwer-houses was struck by lightning and the
fynamo burned out. No cars running on this
line for Two hours TIE lamage In the city Is great.
Baltimore, July (speciap.-Ths hottest day of
tho summer IN this vicinity followed to-n!gh,
hv the wors; storm Of the many that have swept
ave, baltimore In the last weeks Tne deluge
Of rain flooded streets and houses in the lower part
of the ,ity. Storm sewers were burst open SKY
Isr1s ,rees Tn the parks were blown down ana
some Of them split IN Two oy eectsica oI,d, s me
s' III exnnrs'on boats and pleasure yachts on the
hav suffered In Baltimore, Harford am aaron
no stOru even worse tnan IN the city.
Rarns were struck BY lightning crops washed out
"a. gre,t amount Of damage done Many tele--
ahu ssirss between this city and New-fork ana