The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1899-06-01
-rORNADOEs AND HAILsTORMs.
Much Damage Done and Several Lives Lost
at Pittsburgh, Buffalo and Else
where in the East.

Pittsburgh, Pa. May 30.-A terrific
wind and rdiustorm passed over this
/ section doing considerable money dam
age. but no fatalities resulted. The
( early rumors had Il mum Der Of people
I killed, bat later reports were that only
one person was seriously injured,
Annie Sullivan. a ten-year-Old girl
Y no was struck on her way home from
school. The Miller street schoolhouse
/ in Minersyille was unrOOfed and sew
eral children We're supposed TO be
pinned under the debris. 1t Fortunate
( IL proved untrue and no one was seri-
ously injured. The damage through
out the city 10 trees, fences, roofs, etc,
| is heavy. The storm also did much
damage in surrounding towns, but no
fatalities resulted.
Buffalo, \. y, May 30.-A severe
rain and windstorm passed over Buff
falo and vicinity, causing damage to
property and injury to number of
people. In this city the 90-foot smoke
stack at the works of the Buffalo Cast
Iron Pipe company was blown over. In
falling il crushed into the wall Of the
foundry building, Andrew Reidle and
Valentine Hahn. worIlmen in the foun-
dry, We're probably fatally injured and
50 others were slightly hurt. At Lock-
port, the grandstand at the Lake
Avenue grounds was wrecked. Daniel
ToothilI. Il years old, was fatally in
jured and two other boys named Albert
Murphy and Sharlzey painfully injured.
Reports from TOnawanda. Jamestown
and other places report much damage
in the way of trees and outhouses blow
ir4fr Js.i,r
torn down. Many houses were struck
by lightning in outlying districts.
New York, May @0.-A special from
North Tonawanda. y. y. says; \ tor
nado passed over the southern portion
of the city and adjacent country. Two
men We're killed. houses were wrecked
and much other damage done.
Owoso, Mich, May 30.-The tornado
which passed through the village of
Perry. II miles from this city, de-
stroyed So, 600 worth OF property. No
one was killed and only one person in
jured.
Champagne, H., May 30.-A tornado
passed across Champagne county from
the east to. the west. The storm cloud
struck on a ridge five miles south Of
this city, doing slight damage. and
tnen rcbOunulng INTO the AR. 1t was |
seen 25 miles further east several hun
dred feet in the air and was then sepa-
rating. The cloud was followed by a
terrific hailstorm, which did great |
damage in the vicinity of Homer and |
Sydney. At Sydney hundreds of win
dows We're battered in by large hail |
stones. The hail did much damage to |
the growing corn.
Milwaukee, May 30.-Reports of a
severe rain and windstorm in western |
Wisconsin are coming in. special |
from GAINESVILLE says: In the town of |
La Prairie, the barns on Alexander |
and Ed Paul's farms We're |
wrecked. Twelve windmills close to the |
city were destroyed. On Thornton |
Reid 5 farm, SOrOds of fence were blown |
down. Large trees were uprooted, |
and for half an hour a small cyclone |
prevailed. Much of the early crops are
destroyed. British Hollow. a hamlet
near Potosi, was nearly DESTROYED by
he heavy wind. The town hall and
several small buildings were blown
down and other damage done