The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1897-07-10
SWEPT BY STORMS.
Much Damage by Ran and Light
ming In the Northwest
CITY OF DULUTH A HEAVY SUFFERER.
Adjacent Towns FloOded-The sums
Rays Deal Death IN the Middle
West-Colorado Bxperiepces
Heavy Snowfall.

Duluth, Mimi, July GA terrific
rainstorm visited Duluth Friday night,
breaking all records. The ruin fell In
binding sheets. 1t seemed as though
the bottom had dropped out of the
heavens. 1t was II oloudburst. Never
during the 20 years the weather bureau
has been established in Duluth was
there such fall Of rain in such short
space of time, and the streams and
creeks oil swollen to such enormous
size. The damage done by the storm in
Duluth and surrounding towns will
amount to over 100000. Streets are lit
terly torn out in many places, puve-
mcnts all over the city are rooted up,
parks sadly damaged, and the loss to
the city alone will be tremendous. The
private losses also will run very high.
Houses have been loosened from their
foundations, especially at the west end.
cellars ull over the city were filled,
easements of stores were flooded, horses
aud COWS were drowned, and an endless
amount of smaller damage was done.
Fortunately, so far as known, there
was no loss of life in the city.
ClOuuDurst In Indiana.
Evansville Ind, July 5.-Reports
from Henderson county concerning the
damage caused by the cloudburst Fri
day morning is of much more serious
nature thun was given Saturday even-
ing. The damage to crops alone is es-
timuted at from 100000 to $l50,0O0.
Thousands of acres Of wheat was car
ricd away by the flood, while immense
crops of corn and tobacco in all por-
tions of the county were completely de-
stroyed.
SNOW In Colorado.
Denver, Col, July 5.-Thcre was some-
thing not on the programmes for the
decctation of the Endcuvor excursion
lists who passed through Colorado on
their way to the coust. Saturday MORN
ing at Leadville all trains stopped long
enough for the passengers to indulge
In snowbnlling match, but after the
novel pleasure the GOODNESS of the at
mosphere did not present the same at
fractions for the travellers, who were
lily clad to cope with the sudden drop
in temperature. Fires had to be
lighted in the coaches where the train
hands could get supply of fuel. The
coaches of the western roads, thut arc
prepared for all kinds of weather. were
made comfortable from their fuel bins,
but the slcepcrs that came from the
east had no stock of coal and the tenn
pcrature was low, so that the travellers
were actually suffering. The south
crn part of the state reports the most
severe weather, and around Telluride,
Ouray, Silver Cliff and Gunnison the
ground was covered with snow to
depth that ranged all the wny from
three to eight inches, the latter being
reported from Telluride.
Victims of Heat.
Cleveland. o., July 5.-Thc heat here
has been most intense, the temperature
reaching 81, the highest point for the
season. Two fatalities occurred Sum
day and one Saturday night and there
have been several other prostrations.
The dead are us follows: Miss Sarah
Clinton, aged 50, found on the street,
died in police station; Mrs. Lena
Hrdusky, aged &C, died in her room ut
the house where she was Employed,
Mrs. Agnes Lee, Of 1897 Woodland nvc-
nue., died of nervous prostitution
brought OH by the heat.