Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1896-05-29
STORM AT CHICAGO.
Downpoar Which Amounts to Cloudburst
Floods Easements.

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 hurricane, and the lightning was
incessant. Over an inch of water fell
in less than ten minutes, which amount
ed to cloudburst. The sewers were
unable to carry Off the water, and as
u 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 no
fatalities resulted so far as heard Of.
Telegraph Wires Down.
The storm extended south of Chicago
Into Will and Kankakee counties, and
oil telegraph wires are down in the vi.
cinity of Joliet and Kankal1ee, cutting
off communication with the central
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 tire.
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 Its height, at
2:15 o'clock Monday morning, the ~
story frame cottage at s14O North Ash.
land avenue, occupied by James Dens.
Ter, his wife and three children, was
lifted from its foundation by the wind,
carried to an adjoining lot, thrown upon
its 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 Suffcr.
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 score of buildings,
two of them churches, were damaged.
Storm at Elgin.
Elgin, ILL.,, May 25.-This city was Wis
tied by tornado at an early hour Mon
day morning and death and destruction
were left in its path. The immense
brick smokestack at the pumping sta
ton at the insane asylum was complete
ly wrecked, and Fireman Jack Kehoe
was killed and buried beneath pile OF
debris. The smokestack stood 1876
feet high. The station is a complete
wreck. AT the asylum proper the build.
ing was considerably damaged, but no
one was seriously injured. The roof Of
the Elgin Bicycle & Sewing Machine
Works was torn off and the building
practically ruined.
AT Clintonville, ILL.,, one mile from
here, the storm was very severe, but it
only struck one corner of the town,
wrecking an immense flour mill. All
the wires at this hour, noon, ore down
and with but one or two exceptions Ell.
gin Is practically cut off from communi.
cation with the outside world.
AT North Mcgregor.
Dubuque, Iowa, May 25.-Passengers
on train from the north, tonight say
that from a5 to 80 persons were drowned
at North McGregor. Among the dead
are man named Motoney, his wife,
child and grandchild, and families
named Burke and Myers wiped out and
leaving no trace. Eighteen are said to
have been drowned in these families
alone. A number OF tramps are also
known to have been lost. Other names
could not be had. Two small streams
unite at Beula and flow from that point
to the Mississippi. The flood of the
two united and swept everything, lum-
Der yards, houses and cars. between
Beula and North McGregor into the
Mississippi. Previous estimates of loss
Of life placed the numbe drowned at 10.
Running through McGregor is small
stream bearing the name of Bloody
Bun. This empties into the Missis-
sippi just below town, but after the
cloud burst this morning the Run was
unable to carry the immense quantity
of water and it overlooked its bank SO
quickly that people were taken COM
pletely by surprise and buildings in the
ravine along the stream were inundated
before they were aware or could re.
move much of their property.
A. G, Mellette, ex-governor of South
Dakota, died the 25th at his home in
Pittsburg, Kan, of heart failure after
an illness of about five weeks. Death
was however, brought on by a compli-
cation of diseases of four or five years
standing.
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