The record-union., 1896-06-06
Doing Considerable Damage to Prop
erty.
A Waterspout Causes a Creek at
Atlantic, Iowa, to Overflow Its
Banks, Carrying Away Barns,
Bridges and Occupied Dwellings
for Blocks, the Occupants of the
Latter Being Rescued With
Difficulty.

COUNCIL BLUFFS, June 5.-The
Missouri Valley and adjacent terri
tory were visited by a heavy rain last
night, accompanied by a terrible wind
storm that developed into a cyclone. In
Grassland a suburb, the house of Ben
Purcell was completely overturned and
the family more or less injured. At the
fair grounds the floral and machinery
halls were completely wrecked. A
large portion of the Erie-street school
house roof was blown off, and New
finders icehouse was crushed like egg
shells. A large number of horses and
cattle are reported killed. Telegraph
and telephone wires are Frustrated,
and the morning trains were delayed
by washouts. The storm was the
worst known in this section of the
country for many years.
DESTRUCTIVE WATERSPOUT.
ATLANTIC Qa-), June 5.-At 5
o'clock this afternoon the city was Wis
tied by a regular waterspout lasting
half an hour, followed by hail, some of
which was ten inches in circumference.
The hail broke the window lights in
many places The worst damage was
done to skylights in the 1. o. o. F.
building, amounting to 5000. Egbert's
photograph gallery was damaged S15,
and Scott's greenhouse 81 800. In the
country garden truck was pounded
into the ground, and young corn de-
stroyed. Bull Creek, flowing through
the heart of the city, overflowed its
banks, carrying away barns, bridges
and occupied dwellings for blocks. The
occupants were finally rescued with
difficulty. The dwelling houses on
Walnut and Elm streets We're flooded
to a depth of three feet. The Rock
Island tracks We're completely sub
merged, and a large gang of men is
now at work clearing away the debris.
STORM IN NEBRASKA.
LINCOLN CNeb.), June 5.-Threat-
ening storm clouds which hung over
Lincoln nearly all of last night did
damage some miles from the city On
the farm of G.. B. Garlock the wind.
which was blowing almost at the hur-
ricane stage, dipped and tore to pieces
grove Of trees. Nearly all were up
rooted or blown down. On the farm
OF ex-Sheriff Ensign outbuildings were
demolished. The wind blew hard in
this city, but no damage was done
was a hOosy Adll VI IdlU anu
hail
ELECTRIC PLANT DESTROYED.
HOT SPRINGS Is. D., June ga
landslide to-day at the pow house
used for the generation of electricity
for the incandescent light system al
most completely destroyed the plant,
burying the dynamo and the building
in which 1t is located The loss was
$4,000. All the workmen escaped 1t
will require two months to repair the
damage.
FLOODS IN KANSAS.
SALINA (Kas), June 5-Gypsum
City, small town seventeen miles
southeast of here, was visited by a
cloudburst about midnight. The people
were compelled to flee from their
houses Water was running through
the main streets two feet deep to-day.
Farms along Gypsum Greek for miles
are covered with from four to ten feet
of water, and the farmers are leaving
their houses in boats
At Brookville, eighteen miles west.
the water is nearly as bad John Cur
It's, his wife and three children and the
family of railroad man named Shick
barely escaped drowning. Smoky Hill
River is rapidly rising, and an inunda-
ton is feared in this city.