Griggs courier., 1898-07-01
MEASACREAT-ST0R
Wind and Rain Cause an Enormous
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SEVERAL STATES SUFFER SEVERELY. j
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a Number of Per.ons Eost Their Lives'
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Thousandssof Acres seofg gsarsw-
Ing Grain Ruined. .:.s'..a.s 60.
Ea.sagAicago, June -Fhestormof wind
> and rain which swept over several Of
the states Friday night and .earlys Sat-s
urday morning was. ore spt; hi. most se7.l
we're experienced for several years, and
in many Localities great damage, was,
DONE. cyclone swepts-sthroughr the;
wheat regiphl hl!pp !ppflssorth Dakota. laying
in waste hundreds of thousands of acres
-'--D Ut growing wheat. Following the cy-:
Clone came a storm. of hail, rain and.
lightning, which cost several people
their lives and resulted in many build
ings being wrecked. Another center
il; Iowa, and there the property loss
sssE amounts to many thousands Of dollars.
- Buildings were unroofed or razed to
the. ground, railroad tracks and bridges
washed out, big trees broken or uproot-
ed and the growing crops beaten into
the ground. With the wind and rain
came an ,electric display seldom
.,ssseqhaled. Many buildings were struck.
- by lightning, although few people were.
Killed. Stock suffered to consider
Z able extent, however. The following
summary shows the points at which the
most ruin was wrought by the ele-
ments:
North Dakota.
Grand Forks, N: D.-The storm which
~ passed through this state was Of much
:. greater magnitude: than at first reported.
81 and the damage is almost inconceivable,
- reaching at d conservative estimate over
- &k 600, eco. The track Of the storm is plain
~ sly visible, from the western limit Of cul-
tivated land, so miles west of DEVILS lake
IAN; almost straight line, extending 200
miles through the cream of the grain belt
into Minnesota; where its destructive
swath is lost sight of in the wilderness Of
the Red Lake country. The path of the
~ storm, is from three to ten miles in width,
land in this vast area a large proportion
~ of the crop is totally destroyed. At least
T.: 200. 900 acres of wheat was moved down
by the hail, and it is too late for any ma
.''asterial portion to recover Many small
j. buildings were blown down. and come
& broken into kindling wood. A church in
sizsBeNson county was struck by lightning
h during service, when. Hans Anderson and
John Ploium were killed. and other people
injured. Frank Butler was killed near.
1nlster, and William Lowell, farmer.
Tt"Near. Candor Thousands Of window lights
were broken.
'2is5st. Illinois,
Galena. nl-Considerable damage was,
caused in and about Galena by violent
sss.s rain and windstorm In Galena several
- buildings were unroofed andSEtelephone
v poles, fences and shade. and fruit trees
"a were leveled. The storm was more severe
ssEYasfew' miles north Of Giatena. IN southwest
sasts ern Wisconsin. :f'i .:l ::l ]: !:s bts ~
s.s.: Belvidere.s sHl-Reports on the storm show
that # played havoc with thesoat crop and
flooded the country north of here. Many
bridges over Beaver creek were washed
out. Lightning struck the home Of RAN
som Tuttle. where church social was
being held, and tore the door screen to
z.ss MeGes, but injured no one. One farmer
had nine head OF cattle KILLED by light
.-.sstssAlgonquin,I Ill-The seVerest storm in this
f. vicinity for 16 years swept over Algonquin
last night. The railroad on both sides
was washed out, and the village will be
cut Off from the outside world fo- sew
eral days. There were number of mar
row escapes from drowning. The Dodd
As,isboys rescued two men locked in death
HI embrace as they were going down for the
,,,,:s- last time Several railroad and other
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Beloit.-The greatest rainstorm that has
visited Beloit In so years, according to
the college weather bureau reports, swept
over here Friday night. In six hours 6h
country roads and railroads is considera-
n ible, lightning struck many buildings and
sa;a,ft SaSssd several small fires in this city and
9si'ii' NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. from towns in
1.i:t5 boAtherni Wisconsin report the worst cleo
trio storms In years. At Platteville the
tracks OF the Northwestern and St Paul
roads We're washed out. The house Of Bar
1 neX Van Eta at Cornelia, near Plat.eyille
4A..4Mass struck by lightning and his 1S-year-old
son killed. At Delavan four inches of rain
- fell, flooding low lands and causing the
ss4.st lake to rise foot. Crops were fa.tened
to the grnund. Plainfield and Grafton also
: report. 2 Terrific storm. At LACROSSE: there
was cloudburst, causing washouts along
the Chicago Northwestern road Traf-
81 fic was suspended eight hours At Lam
caster sheds and outbuildings were razed
''-''":den dnd HI Kinds of crops DESTROYED. Mon
roe was drenched with rain for four hours
Trains were delayed on the st. Paul and
Illinois Central roads, and traffic is sus-
pended on the Mineral Point division
Dodgeville experienced the most, severe
storm in years. Thousands Of dollars. d am
age was done to crops of all kinds Every
stream is raging and nearly every dam was
washed out. .--s.
sses. s:Sr -s ss. Iowa
g. s Marsha lltown. IA storm which as
sumed the proportions of tornado struck
this city and vicinity. Several barns and
other buildings were wrecked, trees were
broken, electric wires were damaged and
the oat and wheat crop in some places
was completely ruined. No one was in
>ss -ipred. but the properly loss In this county
win amount to thousands of dollars.
Belle Plaine. lathe storm worked great
.e. damage throughout. this part Of iowa.
.s< The wind blew with great velocity.
amounting to almost tornado. Many
trees were uprootadand outhouses suffered
: severely At Montour heavy damage was
eSerera@~freieista= ears own
out upon the e, main line. but fortunately no
ssn tnabsrof buildings We're lemolishad, Con-
49,, damage was done at.Celn7Ch
slislaa asas and ,Tama. .Thesaprincipat'r damage
setsssfrom. Belle PIatne down. the Iopa riyer val