The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1897-07-10
TOWN WIPED OUT.
Deadly and Destructive Cyclone at
Lowry, MINI.
Four People Killed and Many Injured
Awful Explosion of n Thr eshing En-
gine BoiIer-Many People Dead
from Excessive Heat.

DULUTH, Mimi, July 7.-Dispatches
received here last night at railroad Of
fees say that cyclone has obliterated
the town of Lowry, Mimi, and that
four people were killed and several in
jured. Lowry is situated on the 500
line and the Northern Pacific railroad.
Particulars are meager, but it is
learned that the cyclone travelled from
southwest to northeast, and that the
little town of Lowry was in the track
of the cloud. The second report is
that seven persons were killed and
many were injured, while another is
that ten were killed. The cyclone
struck Lowry shortly after four
o'clock yesterday evening. Evidences
of the cyclonic cloud were seen in Du-
luth about seven o'clock. The sky was
overcast with clouds that circled as
they moved rapidly northeast.
Fearful Boiler Explosion.
HARTsvILLE, Tenn, July IA fright
full boiler explosion occurred on the
farm of w. A. Allen, in the Tenth dis
trict of this county, yesterday after
noon, by which nine people were in
stantly killed and five badly injured.
Allen and his son were just concluding
the work of threshing wheat and were
preparing to leave the field when the
explosion occurred, but from what
cause is not known. Some of the vic
Tins were mangled beyond recogni-
ton, and pieces of the boiler were
blown several hundred yards.
Thirteen Heat Victims at Detroit.
DETROIT, Mich, July 7-George Van
Ness Lothrop, United States minister
to Russia during a part of President
Cleveland's first administration, and n
leading lawyer and politician, lies
critically i'll ut his residence, pros
trated by the heat. Thirteen deaths
from prostration were reported during
yesterday. Twenty additional cases
of sunStrolxe were reported, but none
of them serious.
Many Die from Heat at Cincinnati.
CINCINNATI, July There were 12
fatalities yesterday from the heat and
25 other prostrations of which official
notice was taken by the police patrol
wagons conveying the victims to
homes or hospitals, and fully as many
minor cases in which the victims were
able to go to their homes without
help. These bring the total to SO
fatalities in four days from the heat.
Heat Victims at Chicago.
CHICAGO, July -Four deaths from
heat was yesterdays record, although
the mercury did not rise above so,
cording to the weather office. The
buildings and pavements have become
SO thoroughly baked that it is much
hotter on the streets than in the tower
where the weather man does business.
Prnstrations at Fort Wayne.
Fort WAYNE. Ind, July 6.-Yester-
day was another hot day here. The
thermometer was above 90 degrees
nearly all day. Those who succumbed
were: Mrs. Amelia Miller, Mrs. Eliza
A. Ewing. Frank Huxley. Mrs. Will
liam Miller, Frustrated Sunday, died
yesterday. Mrs. William Pollock was
FRUSTRATED while in cherry tree and
fell to the ground. Both legs were
broken.
The Cleveland Fatalities.
CLEVELAND, o., July 5.-The heat
here yesterday was most intense, the
temperature reaching the highest
occurred Sunday and one Saturday
night, and the were several other pros
trationS.
Hot at Pittsburgh, Pa.
PITTSBURGH, Pa, July 6.-The ther-
mometer here yesterday reached 90 de-
grees, the hottest July day for ten
years. AS result of the intense heat
two deaths and II prostrations are re-
ported.
Five Deaths Louisville.
LOUISVILLE, KY, July 5.-There were
many cases of prostration from the
heat Sunday, five of them resul ting
fatally.