The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-07-08
RAGING ELEMENTS.
CYCLONE AND CLOUDBURST WORK
HAVOC,
northwestern Towns Visited Inv .
destructive Storm-At Barnum
"hh'' Bridges Were Swept Away
ana Streets Torn Up-Du1uth Had
~ Flooded-Other Towns Suffer.

1uornlng cyclone passed lust south
OF town, followed by a cloudburst. The
Moosehorn river rose rapidly, and in
I'VE hours the water stood three feet
deep IN every house on level ground.
ana a raging torrent ran through Main
street, compelling every one to make a
nasty move up stairs. Several fami-
lies could not remove their effects.
Every bridge in town was washed out.
ana the streets were torn up COMPLETE
~. The houses of j. Murphy. VIM.
Nevers and Fred Mcguire were blown
away, and Mr.. and Mrs. Murphy were
badly injured, the former probably ia
tally. The st. Paul & Duluth lost sew
eral bridges and several miles of track,
ana no trains are expected for
week. "A great many logs and ties
noated away. The water has now sub
sided, and the town looks desolated.
duluth, Mimi, July 6.-The storm at
Ialned the proportions of cloudburst.
Inc greatest amount of water that fell
IL the shortest space was one-tenth of
an inch in minute and a half. The
city was literally flooded. The side hill
avenues We're raging torrents. The
streets We're gutte1ed to a depth of
tour feet in places. Acres of paving
were lifted and foated for miles.
scores OF buildings were flooded. The
losses in Duluth and vicinity are at
least 100000. The street railway COM
pany was a heavy sufferer. Its power
house was flooded and it's tracks were
covered with rocks, sand and debris Of
all descriptions. The railroads are also
heavy sufferers. The st. Louis river is
the highest since 1883. Two million
feet OF logs are coming down from the
JohnsOn-W entWOrth boom and are be-
ing caught as they enter the bay. The
water in the river is four feet deep
over the picnic island at Fond du Lac.
Princeton, Mimi, July 6. - During a
heavy rain at this place a severe wind,
cyclonic in nature, suddenly arose, and
though lasting but few minutes, did
great damage to shade trees and build
ings. The st. Anthony & Dakota ele-
yator was badly damaged, and three
plate glass windows of N. E. Jesmer's
department store were broken. Sew
eral buildings and residences were I'M
rooted and badly shattered, but no Sc
rlous accident occurred, though several
persons sustained slight injuries. The
Storm swept the surrounding country,
out no serious damage is reported eX-
Cept at the home Of Mr.. Croft, about
four miles north of here. The house
was shattered and MI Croft injured.
West Superior, Wis, July 6. 49, The
Northern Paciti: railroad finds that it
will have to resand all Of it's switching
tracks here by reason Of damage by
the storm. The storm played havoc
with the tracks. The railroad has had
steam ShOvels and work trains bring
ing sand for a week with which the
yards here were being reballasted, and
all OF it is washed so bad as to render
the tracks unsafe. The steam shovel
and thirteen cars at Carlton gravel pit
are buried under a slide of sand, and
work train and eighteen cars were
derailed near there by running into q
WashOut.
Erainerd, Mimi, July 6.-The storm
was the worst ever known in this Sec
ton. Rain fell in torrents for hours,
and at one time the city looked like
one vast lake. Sewers were made
quate to carry off the water, and many
cellars and easements in the business
portion were flooded. The railroads
suffered from Washouts. Inside the
city limits a section Of the Northern
Pacific track sixty feet long is gone
and a rapidly flowing river takes the
place Of a small creek.
st. Paul, July GA severe thunder
storm passed over this city. A house
on the West Side flats was turned
over and demolished and four of the
seven inmates We're badly injured.
Several people We're badly shocked by
lightning.