New-York tribune., 1906-06-09
ONTARIO STORM SWEPT.
Wires All Dopn-FuU Ertent of
Damage UnknO1cn.

Hamilton. Ontario. June S-A terrific wind
and rain storm swept over Ontario from one end
of the southern peninsula TO the other. demol-
ishing buildings. uprooting trees and laying the
telegraph and telephone lines in tangled mess
of wires L,nemen. who sent out inrnedi-
ately after the storm. got far Dundas. five
miles west of here. They report that miles of
poles are down and that IL will take several
days to restore anything like normal conditions.
Nothing like accurate estimate of the dam
age caused by the storm be given tonight
The storm struck this city at 4::}5 this after
noon, and for twenty minutes the wind tore
through the streets at the rate of eighty-ive
miles an hour. Immense oak and maple trees
the principal streets were broken off at the
base as cleanly though cut by a saw. Build
ings were demolished and electrical wires of all
kinds Frustrated. The streetcar service was
suspended for four hours
Forty buildings in course of construction and
some that had been finished were blown down.
The roof of the warehouse Of the Deering Agri-
cultural Implement Company was blown off and
some of the smaller buildings of the plant were
wrecked. Plate glass windows along King street
were shattered by the force Of the wind and by
flying debris The roof was blown off the Ham,
ilton Vinegar Works, and wing of the Hamil-
ton Club house was razed to the ground The
steeple of st. PauTs Church was badly damaged
Reports from the rich fruit belt in the valley
east and west of Hamilton. state that the dam
age to fruit trees will reach many thousand
dollars.
A large number of people in the city sustained
slight injuries. but so far is known no one
was killed
Detroit. June S.-A tOrrential rainstorrn. accom-
panied by forty-mile wind. swept Detroit lust
before o'clock this evening The rainfall IN less
than hour measured SO inches and the wind
in five minutes sprang from gentle six-mile
breeze to forty miles hour gale. Trees were
felled all over he city. causing much damage
to wires and putting several hundred telephones
of commission. Several streetcar lines were
held up by broken trolley wires during the busi-
est hour of the evening.
Unconfirmed reports of loss OF life on the river
were current tonight One Of these reports
was that eight lives were lost near VOLTS a
resort on the Canadian shore. mile above the
head of Belle Isle. Another that a child had
been picked up by the wind and swept Off the
Belle Isle bridge.
Rochester. June S.-Violent storms did consid-
erable damage this afternoon at number OF
points Trees were uprooted at Avon. and tele-
phones were put out of commission. During the
storm there an unknown man who was walking
along the Erie Railroad tracks jumped in front
OF a locomotive and killed.
At Canandaigua plate glass windows
blown out of stores along Main street and trees
were uprooted. At Palmyra buildings on the
baseball grounds where a game being
played. We're damaged.
At Utica the store and warehouse of P.
Monyehan & Co. at Long Lake West. were
struck by lightning and destroyed
At Syracuse John Long and John Burns. farm
hands. were struck by lightning and killed.