River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1896-10-08
SWEPT BY A HURRICANE.
Scores of Lives Lost in the South
Atlantic States.
The Damage to Property Amounts to Mil
lions of Dollars-Florida Gets the Brunt
of the Storm = Towns Wiped
Out of Existence.

was blown ashore in the Savannah river.
was found wedged in a training wall. II
was brought 10 the city by rescue tug.
later the body of one of the deckha
was picked up by the United States reve-
Tue steamer Tybee. which has been on
relief duty since the storm subsidized
James Mcclure. a passenger on the
Turner, ard two deckhands are stIll
missing. Fanny jackson (colored) who
was injured by falling roof in South
Vile, died Wednesday. Riley Williams
(colored), 75years Of age. crushed under
q roof, died Wednesday night. The in
jured have all been removed to the hos
pital or their homes. Three are fatally
injured and will die.
The fatalities on the sea islands were
numerous. The actual loss of life is not
known, but it is feared ii will reach
100. Twenty negroes were killed on
the rice plantations by falling timbers.
The names could not be secured. The
sea island cotton crop is badly dam
aged, the cotton being beaten down and
of the stalk. a house to house canvass
places the total of destruction to prop
erty here at S267 900. This is regarded
as a low estimate. the general belief Of
those who have figured on it being that
100000 is a conservative estimate.
Damage in the Capital
Washington, Oct. 1.-The West In
dian tornado which struck Washington
between Il p. m. and midnight Tuesday
night, respected neither official nor
diplomatic properties. 1t ripped off
some of the coping of the white house
and laid low most of the historic trees
in the white house grounds, including
the elm tree which Lincoln planted.
1t carried away part of the roof of the
state department where the official doe
uments are stored, but fortunately left
them uninjured. The costly roof of the
patent Office, constructed after the fire
there some years ago, was rolled up and
distributed all around the neigh bor-
hood, and sLylights half an inch thick
were remorselessly beaten in. The
naval observatory and, in fact, pretty
well every other public building was
more or less damaged.
Diplomatic residences were not
spared. That of the French minister
was left roohess, and even the suo-
stantially-built embassy of Great Brit
ain suffered the loss of the portico, I'M
der which the British ambassador was
accustomed 10 sit in the summer even
ings and receive his friends.
The devastation wrought among the
beautiful trees of the ca pitol was heart
rending.
President Cleveland Loser.
President Cleyeland's suburban home
at Woodley, near the city. which has
been left in charge of servants since
the president and his family went away
20 Massachusetts, caught the full fury
of the gale. Roof aud rafters were car
ried away and landed 500 yards distant,
where they were intermingled with the
ruins of windmill which had supplied
water to the country seat of John x.
Mclean. ad Joining the presidents prop
erty. Portions of Mr.. McLean's stables
which stood on slight bluff adjoining
the presidents grounds, and which
from their exposed position, were quite
q feature in the landscape, were inter
mingled in The general mix up.
In the keystone State.
huntingdon, Pa, Oct. /. - The
Juniata valley is experiencing a destruc-
the great flood of 1889. During the past
"a hours the rainfall has been unprece-
dented and the climax was reached at
two o'clock Wednesday morning by q
cloudburst Just west of this city. This
volume OF water swept through the
western end of the town, washing out
streets. flooding houses. carrying away
out-buildings. and drowning several
head of cattl,. Many families were
obliged to flee from their homes. Traffic
on the middle division of the Pennsyl-
vania railroad has been wholly sus-
pended, all through eastern trains going
around by way of Lockhaven. on the
Northern Central. The Pennsylvania
tracks. five miles east of here. have
been washed out. and slide on Jacks
mountain, ten miles east, has covered
the tracks for a distance of 200 yards.
Gettysburg Cemetery suffers.
Getty sburg, IA, Oct. 1.-The storm
in Adams county did tremendous dam
age to houses. barns, timber and fenc-
ing, but no casualties are reported. On
the battlefield the national cemetery
suffered severely. Round Top aud Culp's
hill are a mass of broken trees and
the new iron observatory on Cemetery
ridge was injured. The monument of
the Sixty-sixth Ohio regiment was COM
pletely overturned.
flood at sfaunton. Va.
Richmond, Va, Oct. 1.-The Shenan-
doah valley near Staunton. Va. was
visited by terrific food Wednesday
Many lives were lost and great damage
20 hn 81 q -,
day caused the lake TO rise. All the
water courses in the valley became rag
ing torrents and swept ovel their banks.
carrying destruction in their path.
Houses were swept from their founda-
tons. In several cases persons were
with difficulty rescued from the roofs
and upper stories. II is impossible at
this hour to ascertain the extent of the
loss of life or the extent of property
damaged. The latter will exceed bali
q million dollars. Heroic attempts are
being made to rescue those in danger.
Four Killed at Alexandria
Alexandria, Va, Oct. 2.-Fopr people
were killed and three injured by
Wednesdays storm. All the churches
suffered severely. The First Baptist.
u ndnOSOAAlG WIS
demolished: the ST. Elmo Baptist was
badly wrecked. and Roberts chapel,
NJ. E. South, bad its spire blown away.
Nearly every business block in town
suffered some damage, and hundreds
of private houses were unroofed. The
loss "a and around Alexandria will prob
ably reach 100000.
Lake shipping Suffers
Chicago, Oct. lone of the most Sc
we're windstorms known for years ragged
ever the lake region Tuesday night
and part of Wednesday. 1t seemed 10
have expended most of its fury over
the upper half of Lake Michigan. The
loss of life so far reported is small
four men having been drowned by The
sinking of the steam barge Sumatra at
Milwaukee. Much minor damage was
done to shipping in Milwaukee,. Grand
Haven. Cl.icag3 and other harbors, and
the masters OF such steamers rs were
out in the lake during the night re-
port one of the toughest passages they
ever experienced. Owing 70 the tate
ness Of the season and threatening con-
ditions which prevailed for "a hours
before the storm broke, most of the
sailing fleet was tied up in d tferent
ports-Chieago harbor especially, being
crow ded.
FIOrida swept
Jacksonville, Fla. pcs. 3.-Reports