The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1896-05-30
WIND FELT IN NoRrmEnN ILLINOIS.
Chicago Has ~ CIoudburst--O Parts
OF the state suffer.


Chicago Has CIoudburst--O other Parts
OF the state suffer.
Chicago, May pa storm OF wind. rain.
thunder and lightning struck Chicago 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 amounted to a cloudburst. The
sewers were unablt 10 carry of the water.
and as a result Easements all over the
city were flooded. The pressrooms OF three
morning papers were flooded by water
backing up from the sewers. and fire en-
gines had to BIO called TO pump out the
water before the second editions could be
sent to press
One Death AT Freeport.
Freeport. H.. May ga severe rain and
windstorm ragged over this city Sunday
night. great amount Of damage was
done. Buildings were unroofed and trees
were blown down. A Hood swept away
many bridges Mr. Foss was drowned
while crossing yellow creek.
Damage Estimated at 100000.
Mount Carroll. Ill. May 26.-The hardest
storm ever experienced in this section
broke at IL 80 Sunday night and lasted until
three o'clock Monday morning. Carroll
creek rose 20 feet I'm half an hour. passing
the high-water mark by five feet. The
J. NJ. Shirk company's mill dam broke,
kickor's carriage mandatory, the Mount
Carroll tannery and all the buildings along
Galena avenue and Mil street. The fire
alarm was riing at one o'clock and people
were rescued on improvised RATS. Plum
river Is six feet higher than ever known.
and iron bridges and fences all went down
I'm the food. Cattle and horses were
drowned. The damage Ia Carroll county is
estimated at 100000.
Destruction at Eigin.
Elgin. May 26-This city was visited
by a tornado at an early hour Monday
morning and death and destruction were
loft In it's path. The immense brick smoke
stack at the pumping station at the insane
asylum was completely wrecked, and Fire
man Jack Kehoe was killed and buried be-
meath a pile OF debris. The smokestack
stood l25 feet high. The station Is a COM
plotc wreck. At the asylum proper the
building wGs considerably damaged, but TO
one was seriously injured. The roof OF the
lclgin bicycle and sewing machine works
was torn or and the building practically
ruined.
High water at GaIena.
Galena. H.. May 2G.--The most violent
storm OF rain and lightning that has ever
occurred here ragged Sunday night for two
hours up to midnight. An hour after the
storm ceased a great flood came down the
Galena river with such suddenness that
a rise of four feet occurred In five minutes
The factory and lumber districts
submerged before anyone was aware OF
the danger threatening. Many dwelling
houses were also inundated and some were
swept away, the inmates escaping In their
night clothes Mrs. II. ID. Strickland was
drowned In her home I'm Gear street Her
husband escaped with small child. and
returning TO rescue her found her drowned.
Eleven Persons Drowned at Cairo.
Cairo, ILL.,. May IA terrific hurricane
and cloudburst struck this city at $3.50
O. clock Monday morning. The extent OF the
destruction Of property cannot yet be as
certained, but Il is known that at least
dozen lives were lost through the capsizing
OF the steam ferryboat Katherine. The list
OF drowned includes;
Charles Gilhofer. Richard Thurman. Ber-
tina Stanley. May Jones, all residents OF
Cairo, and Mrs. Shannon and baby, of
Birds Point. Mo-, and an unknown coll
ored woman. all passengers on the boat.
and Wood Rittcnhousc. superintendent:
George Davis (colored), employed In paint
ing the boat: Louis Hall (colored). fireman.
and Asbury Alexander (colored), deck
hand. OF tho boats crew.
Struck by the storm.
The ferry left the landing at eight o'clock
and was near the Illinois shore about a mile
below here when the storm struck. She
turned completely over and remained In
that position for some time while her
cabin, chimncys and bodies were carried
away. nothing remaining hut her hull and
engines.
The captain. John +. Hacker, Engineer
George Magoo. Clerk Stanley Posey and
Joseph Curry, a passenger. escaped from
the wreck and they assisted DIR. Orr, Of
Wicllffe. Ky. another passenger out OF
the debris and they all climbed upon the
overturned hull, which was partly sub
merged They expected every minute u
would sink, and Hacker. Posey and Curry
swan ashore, while Magee remained with
Orr who could not swim. Assistance was
soon at hand and the survivors were
brought TO this city, while work 60 find the
missing was at once commenced The
bodies OF Richard Truman. Mics Bertha
stanley and George Davis have been re-
covered. The boat has since righted her
self and lies with her stern considerably
cunken.