The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-06-02
STORM sweeps IHE WEST.
Wisconsin, Iowa and Nebraska
Are Visited by Violent
TornadoeS.
WORST STORM IN YEARS.
Thousands of Dollars Worth of Prop
erty Swept Away and Many
Homes Wrecked

Railroad Tracks Washed Out and Traffic
Suspended at Several Points-GrOwing
Crops Sustain Great Damage From
Rain and HaiI-Valuable stock Killed
and Fields Flooded.
Milwaukee, Wis, June 1.-Chip-
pewa and Eau Claire counties. Wiscon-
sin, have been visited by one of the
worst storms of rain and hail in the
history of that section.
Chippewa Falls reports that two
miles of the track on the Wisconsin
Central Railway was washed out at
Howard, and in Chippewa Falls all
railroad traffic has been suspended.
Southwark bound trains from st Paul
anu Minneapolis are tied up ut ColtaX,
and Chicago and Milwaukee trains are
held here
WaShouts are reported on the Omaha
RaliWay. The bridge over the Elk
River near Howard was carried away.
Much damage was done by lightning,
both III Chippewa Fans and in the
country. Heavy hail fell and many
windows were broken.
In Eau Claire ana vicinity heavy
rains did great damage. 4 report from
Bracket says than the water is IL foot
over the bridge aud ali OF the country
bridges are in danger.
Telephone and telegraph wires are
down in all directions.
large section Of the log fume at
Eau Claire was carried away by
fail Of rock OverhanGing the Chippewa
River -Four bridges south Of the city
were carried away.
La Crosse, Wis, reports severe
storm, which caused considerable dam
age to crops.
North TonaWanda, n. Y, May 30.-A
cyclone passed over the southern part
of this city and adjacent country
The city proper escaped the full force
of the elements, although considerable
damage was done in the residence and
lumber yards sc, tioAS. In TOnawanda
and Grand Island however, great
damage resulted and two fatalities 0c-
cured.
The net results of the terrific blow,
were Tive men killed, hundreds of
thousands of feet of lumber blown in
to the river, or broken and scattered
around the yards, number of horses
killed, n number of houses partly
wrecked, trees uprooted, several
wharyes along the Niagara River bad
ly damaged, fences signs, chimueys
and awnings blown down.
TWO DEAD.
The dead are:
Charles Brown, Tonawanda, farmer
Frederick Johnston, Grand Island,
farm labOrer.
Brown was blown from his wagon
while driving along the river road Just
south of TOnawanda and hurled
against fence. Johnson was killed
by tree falling on him while he was
seeking shelter from the great down
pour of rain.
The velocity of the wind is estimat-
ed at eighty miles an hour.
Accompanying the wind there was
lightning and rain storm of terrific
force.
Buffalo, May 30.-Fhe storm which
swept over Western New York struck
the grand stand Of the Lockport ball
grounds. Dan roohill was severely in
jured in the spine. and probably will
die
At Jamestown and Bolivar the storm
did considerable damage to property,
but no one was injured.
In this city a ninety-foot smoke
stack, at the works OF he Buffalo Iron
Pipe Company, was blown over and in
falling | crushed in the wall of the
foundry building. Andrew Riedle and
Valentine Hahn, workmen in the
foundry, probably were fatally injured
and twenty others were slightly hurt.