The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1902-07-05
STORM CAUSES RUM.
Disastrous Effect of Wind, Rain
and Lightning.
A Number of Lives Lost-Cdtiew Flood
ed, Buildings Wrecked and In
calculable Damage Done
to Crops.

Chicago, June 30.-Rain, wind and
lightning have caused almost meal
culable damage through Illinois, IEdi-
ana, Kentucky, Arkansas, Tennessee,
Texas and other states in the south.
Evansville, Ind, suffered heavily, and
near st. Wendell, in Posey county, the
home of Frank Goedde was wrecked
and Frank Goedde, ST., aged so; Frank
Goedde, aged seven, and Chris Laugle,
aged 25, were killed, and Frank Coed
de, Jr., fatally injured. The home and
barn of Peter Wolfe, two miles away,
were wrecked. One person (unknown)
was killed. The storm cut path
about 200 feet wide and left track
two miles in length. 50
|. During a thunderstorm at Harri-
man, Tenn, 15-year-old daughter OF
Frank Digger was killed by light
ming, Mr.. Dugger's residence was
burned to the ground and second
daughter was seriously injured.
In Louisville, KY, one man was
killed by falling car shed, and of
| Washington. n. c., five men were
drowned by the blowing over of a tug
boat.
Crops Damaged.
Madison county, ILL.,, is heavy suf-
ferer, entire fields of stacked grain
being ruined. =
Two days ago oats promised the
biggest yield in the history of Chris
tian county, ILL.,, but it is predicted now
that not more than one-half crop
can be gathered. The damage to oats
and wheat in Knox county is estimated
at $50, 900. Corn is hardly far enough
advanced to determine the damage,
but it will be considerably affected. At
Pana stock was killed by lightning
and the streets of the city are flooded
to the extent that traffic is suspended.
Thousands of acres of corn and oats
in the neighborhood Of Fairbury are
! ruined, and people residing in the bot
tom lands, which have not overfiown
! for years, have been obliged to move.
Damage at 81. Louis.
st. Louis, June 3O.-This city and Vi
cinity is the center of rainstorm of
: unprecedented severity, that has pre-
vailed almost necessarily since Sat
urday morning According to the To-
cal weather bureau reports, 5.45
inches of rain fell here between $3.50
a. m. Saturday and eight p. m. Sunday,
and the end is apparently not in sight.
At times the storm equaled a cloud
2 burst in severity. Considerable dam
age, the total estimated at about $780,
J, 600, resulted from the wind that ac-
: companied the rain. Saturday night
: the wind attained velocity of about
: IS miles an hour, blowing down trees,
telephone, telegraph and trolley poles
g and interfering with communication
S of all sorts. At least 1000 shade trees
e in various parts of the city are re-
!. ported on the ground. From the coun-
! try surrounding comes reports of de-
struction to and the washing out of
railroad tracks and bridges, causing
considerable delay to trains.
l. Five hundred feet OF the north wall
s of the Varied Industries palace at the
d worlds fair site fell Saturday night as
d the result of the storm, the water I'M
d dermining the foundations when the
l. wind was at it's height. In places the
o worlds fair grounds are covered with
water.
Flood mt Alton, Ill.
=. st. Louis, June 30.-One of the most
- distressing floods in the history of
= Alton, ILL.,, and vicinity resulted Sun
% day from the heavy rains of Friday and
a Saturday. At four o'clock in the aft
crnoon it was estimated that 10000
acres had been covered by the over
flow of Wood river, which is three to
six miles wide. Most of this land is
either occupied by manufacturing in
| XoJ To- ~
est single disaster caused by the flood
was the destruction of the plant OF
the Stoneware Pipe company at East
d. Alton. The loss is estimated at SAC, 600
e. The water rose rapidly, being IS inches
I'd higher than ever before and filed an
in underground duct leading from the
n mammoth smokestack to kiln No. 4
v; The kiln was filed with stonewars
On and red hot. When the water reached
n the kiln ii turned into steam and ar
he explosion followed. The kilns are
al built close to the main plant and thu
explosion set fire to the buildings ant
other kilns. burning them to TIT
ground within short time.
D. In East Alton the residents wer,
~ compelled to use skiffs to get abou
ne the principal streets Sunday. The wa
y ter filed all the cellars in the villag
M and some of the largest stores wer,
Ut also flooded. A number of outbuild
~ ings were washed away and the sta
NJ. ton of the Chicago, Burlington
ng Quincy railroad was carried away b.
~ the food and lodged in field quartz
no of mile distant. The food produce,
''e the worst railroad tie-up in recen
Vh years in the vicinity of the Altons
Oh The Big Four and the Chicago, Peori
ng & st. Louis railroads were hit tn
81 hardest, while the Burlington sus
ell tanned the smallest amount of dan
ago
Killed by the Cars.