The San Francisco call., 1897-07-04
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big stone piers being already carried out.
Several small houses on the lake shore
at the mouth Of the river were carried
ont into tie lake, but the occupants
escaped. A large num- ber of horses and
cows were drowned. at the east end a
swollen creek tore its way through the
engine-room of Scott e. Holston's BIZ saw
mill, and to-day the big dry kiln has been
undermined and threatens to fall. The
power-house of the street railway was
flooded, and all traffic was shut off for a
time.
Lincoln Park, the prettiest in the city.
is pietely washed away, and Cascad e
Park is almost ruined.
Traffic on the railroads around Duluth
is blocked. The Duluth and Iron Range
railroad has had two or three big wash
outs and one or two small bridges gone
within the city limits, while outside a
mum ber of bridges have been reported
washed out. The Duluth. Mesaba and
Northern Railroad has number of bad
washouts ana several bridges gone. No
trains have arrived here since last even
ing and telegraphic communication was
cut off for many hours. The water in the
West End is still rising to-day and several
narrow escapes have been reported.
LOUISVILLE, KY. July 3.-An even
100 degrees in the shade is what Observer
Frank Burns read on his Thermometer
this afternoon. Ten minutes it had
dropped to SO, where it remained for an
hour, a gradual drop following. This
breaks all records for years. The hottest
day last year was July 2S when 9S was
registered. AT IL o'clock this morning SO
was registered. At noon a slight drop
was noticeable, but thirty minutes later
and broke all records. There are dozen
or more prostrations, but none have re-
suled fatally. Twenty or more horses
have been killed on account of the ex-
cessive heat.
PITTSBURG, Pa, July 3.-Two deatIs s
and number of prostrations from heat
were reported to-day. 1t was the hottest
day of the year, the thermometer regis
tering 81 at noon. The indications are for
continued high temrerature.
CINCINNATI, OHIO, July Sat noon
to-day the thermometer recorded SO in the
shade. There were fifteen sunstrokes re-
ported. among them being h. P. Boyden,
City AuditoI-elect and formerly editor of
the G mmercial Tribune. H. is seriously
affected. -Four of the sunstroke cases are
serious. Policeman Kunsman is raving in
delirium from the effects OF the heat Sew
eral horses dropped dead in the street.
WASHINGTON, D. c.. July 3.-The
Weather Bureau to-day issued the follow
ing heat weather bulletin:
'Ine area OIL unusually nigh tenn pera-
ture this morning includes nearly all the
whole country east of the Rocky Noun
tains, except the middle Atlantic Coast
and New England, the range above the
normal amounting to from Ito Is degrees,
and being the greatest in the lake region.
Maximum temperatures of 100 degrees
ana over occurred yesterday at Charleston
and Savannah, and OF 80 and over in the
entire region named.
''The temperature throughout the lake
region and the Ohio and Mississippi val
leys has been above the normal since the
first of the month. There has been con.
siderable fall during the past twenty-four
hours in the Missouri Valley and the
Northwest. Continued high temperature
is probable for Sunday over the eastern
and southern portions of the United
States. Willis D. MOORE.
"Chief OF Weather Bureau.
FOND DU LAC, Wis, July IA dam in
the ST. Louis River at this place broke at
6 clock tonight and the town is flooded
There is four feet of water on the streets
and people have fled TO the upper stores
OF their houses. The water rushed
through the streets, sweeping every thing
before it.
Several people are reported MISSING bnt
1T is not positively known shat any live.
are lost. The river is the highest aver
known and is rising at the rate of foot