The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1896-06-09
RUIN ny WEsrERN STORMS.

RUIN BY WESTERN STORMS.
Cloudbursts and Heavy Winds Damage
Property-In st. Paul Property valued
Mt 100000 Wrecked and Three Lives
Lost--Ihe Town of Lynch, Neb., De-
stroyed by a TOrnado-In Other Parts of
the State Heavy Rains Have Overlooked
Streams.
st. Paul, Mimi, June S.-Reports re-
ceived here up to II o'clock last night
Indicate that the damage done by the
great storm of Saturday will reach
100000
known, but three persons are known to
have persisted. These are G. w. Castle
ton of Ash Lake, Il. W. Hunter of Adri-
an and Moses Chadwick of Mobiles
county, There were at least one thou
sand cattle, sheep, hogs and horses
drowned in southwestern Minnesota.
The greatest casualties Were at Lu-
verne and on the Rock river Two
cloudbursts struck the river in three
hours, and the stream yesterday over
flowed the country for miles.
Many persons We're forced to take to
trees or the roofs of their houses. and
a rescuing party was sent out for them
from Luverne. The current was so
swift that the rescuers were overturn-
ed and themselves rescued with great
difficulty.
A second party saved twenty or thir-
| ty persons who were in danger. Many
business houses We're flooded in Lu-
verne.
Across the border, in South Dakota,
at least 10000 acres of grain were ruin
ed by flooding. Several houses and ele-
vators We're blown down at the town of
Chapel.
Hot Springs, South Dakota, June S.
The Southern Black Hills country was
visited with flood on Saturday, the
like of which has never been known in
its history. The Elkhorn railroad track
between smithwick and Fairburg was
so badly damaged that it is thought it
will take a week to repair it.
In some places the track has been
swept off the roadbed and twisted up
into fragments. The telegraph poles
and wires are swept away for half a
mile at stretch in places, and general
havoc and ruin have been wrought
along the line of the road The Chey-
enne river is running over the top of
the bridge at the railroad crossing.
O'Neill, Neb.. June Sword has
reached here that Lynch, Boyd county,
was destroyed by a tornado on Satur-
day night No lives were lost. Lynch
| is a small village twenty miles north of
here, off the railroad and without tele-
graph communication
Lansing, Mich, June S.-A tornado
struck this city from the west shortly
after II o'clock yesterday, and a ter
| rible WIND and rain storm followed. IT
was the worst storm experienced here
| in years.
Trees were uprooted and scores of
them were broken off Several barns
| and numerous outbuildings were over
turned and over 400 feet of sheds at the
plant of the Michigan stave company
were levelled.
The rain fell in torrents
Beatrice, Neb., June 8.-A repetition
of the disastrous floods of four years
| ago was witnessed here yesterday. In
dian Creek rose six feet In less than an
| hour. when a score Of dwellers on the
| bottoms found themselves surrounded
| by the flood They were rescued In
| boates. A bad washout occurred on
| the Union Pacific tracks and trains
have been run on the Burlington and
Missouri River road.
| ST Paul, Neb., June 8.-As a sequel
| to Friday nights cloudburst the village
| of Dannebrog, nine miles west Of here
| was flooded Saturday night and yester-
day. The town is on lying ground
4 and Is intersected by a stream called
1 Oak Creek. This began to rise in thf
early evening on Saturday and by nine
o'clock seven feet of water was flowing
| through the streets Many persons
| were obliged to leave their homes. They
We're warned in time to prevent loss Of
| lie.
| Sidewalks, fences and small out
| buildings were set adrift by the tor.
1 rem.
/ Chicago, June S.--There was a heavy
/ wind, rain and hail storm in Chicago
yesterday afternoon, and In the south
eastern district much damage wa
done In Hyde Park and Woodlawn al
| Easements were flooded with water
and many windows were broken by tn
hail Trees We're blown down, sign
| were carried away and the roof of thu
| Waukesha Flats, at Sixtyfourth ant
Grace streets, was partially destroyed
by the wind.
Two sailboats were capsized on TIL
| lave, one at Thirty-ninth street ant
the other at South Chicago. Eight per
sons were thrown into the lake, but
with one exception, all were rescued.
Wont to Hartford.
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