The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-07-19
WINDS ARE BUSY
AND RIVERS HIGH
Numerous Sections of the West Get
ting Too Much Breeze, Water
and Lightning.

DENVER, Col, July 1S.-This city
was swept by an unusual wind storm
about 2 o'clock, followed by a drench-
Ing rain. The wind blew at the rate of
forty-two miles an hour from the
northwest for five minutes. The fall of
rain was half an inch.
w. +. Swallows, prominent mer
chant and postmaster at Kokomo, Col,
was instantly killed there by a stroke
of lightning today.
PEORIA, Ill, July 1S.-The Illinois
river is rising at an alarming rate at
this point and farmers along the low
lands are again anticipating damaging
floods. The river has gone up a foot
since o'clock this morning and is in
creasing each hour tonight. Rain be-
gan falling shortly after noon today
and has continued steadily ever since,
with no prospect of let up tonight.
LAFAYETTE, Ind, July ia Sc
we're electrical storm passed through
the eastern part of this county at noon
today doing immense damage to grow
ing crops. Harvey Reesor's granary
was struck by lightning and 800 bush
els OF new wheat burned. Oats and
corn were beaten into the ground by
the downpour of rain.
CINCINNATI Ohio, July IS. -
Though relieved last night and TODAY
by thunder storms the weather has
been oppressively hot for two days.
Eight or ten prostrations from heat
and one death have been reported.
JOLIET, ILL.,, July 1S.-A rainfall of
nearly four inches last night and today
has caused another flood in Joliet,
overt1owing the streets and yards ad-
jacent to Spring and Hickory creeks,
and creating alarm among hundreds of
families. Several manufacturing plants
have been compelled to close by high
water. Further rains are threatened
and there may be serious consequences
CHESTERVILLE, Ont, July 1s.-A tor
nado passed within a mile of this town
today and everything in it's path about
sixty rods in width, was DESTROYED. The
country presents a scene of devastation.
Dwellings are overturned and dead cat
tie are lying at nearly every farm. Sew
eral persons were killed and a number
injured The damage will exceed $780,
600.
PLATTsBURGH. n. Y July 1S.-A
tornado swept over Moffittsville a small
village near Dannemora in Clinton coun-
ty, last night, destroying a starch fac
tory, a carding mill, the Chateaugay Ore
and Iron company's sawmill and other
property. The same storm sunk a
launch in Upper Chateaugay lake be-
longing to Seth Thomas, the well known
CLOCK manufacturer or Connecticut, and
destroyed his fine camp and boat house
on the same lake. The storm also de-
molished the fine cottage owned bv
Frank Sawyer, Of Chicago, III, located
near near the Seth Thomas cottage, on Upper
Chateaugay lake. severely injuring one
ST. LOUIS, Mo-, July 1S.-OnIy onece
since the flood of 1892 has the Mississippi
river been so high as it is at present
On the Illinois shore, between st. Louis
and Alton, many farms are under water
AT the mouth of the Missouri river the
overflow covers an area of ten miles,
KANSAS CITY. Mo-, July 1S-A down
pour or rain, amounting almost to a.
cioudburst at Piper, Kan, ten miles west
Of here tonight, caused the creeks in
That vicinity to overflow their banks and
Hood the surrounding country Manv
farmers, with their families, We're forced
to abandon their homes leaving their
hogs and poultry to drown. One house
was washed from it's foundation. The
occupants had moved out but Frank
Carter, neighbor, who entered the house
Tor shelter, barely saved his life by Jump
ing out of window before the house
crashed into the bridge. The tracks of
the KANSAS City & Leavenworth Flee
trio line are under two feet of Water for
a quarter of a mile.