Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-06-09
GREAT STORM IN CANADA
southern Peninsula of Ontario Is
swept from End 20 End by
Terriac Gale.

HAMILTON. Ont June s-A terrific
wind and rsinstorm swept Ontario today
from one end Of the southern peninsula TO
tho other, dcmoishing buildings, uproo1-
ing trees and leaving the telegraph and
telephone lines in a tangled mass Line
men who were sent out as far as Dundas'
hvc miles west of here, report that miles
OF poles are down and that II will take
several days to restore anything like normal
conditions Nothing like an accurate esi-
mate Of the damage can he given tonie
The storm struck this city at 4:35 o
this afternoon and for twenty :
the wind tore through the streets "
rate of eighty FIVE miles an hour.
mensc oak and maple trees were GU, on
at the base as clesnly as though saw
had been used, buildings were demolished
and electrical wires of all kinds pros
trated. The street car service was sus-
pended for four hours Forty buildings
were blown down. The roof of the ware
house Of the Deering Agricultural lmple-
ment company was blown off and some
OF the smaller buildings of the plant were
wrecked. The roof was blown off the
| Hamilton Vinegar works and wing of
the Hamilton club was razed. The steeple
OF st. PauTs church was badly damaged
valley east and west Of Hamilton state
the damage to fruit trees will reach many
thousand dollars,
This was ladies' day at the race track
and the grand stand was crowded with
/ women when the storm broke. The horses
! were paraded past the stand for the sec
! ond race, but they were sent back to the
| paddock When the wind reached sucl
! hat fn
the stand panic seized the crowd MANY
Of the men climbed over the fence into the
lnfield. where they laid fiat on the ground
in the drenching rain.
The storm lasted less than half an hour
Nothing has been heard from Paris
Woodstock and London, cities west of her,
| in direct path Of the storm. Several pas
| senger steamers which reached port to
night report having had trying experience
/ on Lake Ontario.
| A large number Of people I'm this city Sus
tanned slight injuries, but so far know
no one was killed
Heavy Damage in Chatam.
DETROIT, June s.-A News specia
from Chatham, Ont, says: Thousands o
dollars worth of damage was done by
terrific wind and rain storm which swep
and buildings were twisted out of plumb
chimneys were torn down and the street
blockaded with trees and other debris
So far as known, however, no one wa
seriously injured. At the collegiate insti
tute the wind tore the skylghts from tn
building, throwing the girl pupils into
panic. Wires of all descriptions are dow
and traffic on the trolley line TO Wallace
burg Is suspended. The long distance line
out of the city are out of order and II
impossible yet to learn the damage don
by the storm in the country hereabouts.
A torrential rainstonn, accompanied by
forty-mie wind. swept Detroit just befor
S O'Clock The rainfall in less than an hou
measures l.Si inches and the wind in nv
minutes sprans from gentle six-mil
breeze 10 forty miles an hour. Trees wer
felled all over the city causing sever
damage, to wires and putting several hur
dred telephones out Of commission UncoT
lrmed rumors of loss of life on the rive
were current tonight One of these report
was that eight lives were lost on tn
river near VOLTS, resort on the Canada
shore; another was that child had bee
swept Off the Belle Isle bridge.
Both the Western Union and Postal TIE
egraph companies are making efforts
| reach interior Canadian cities Efforts
reach Canadian points by way of the Gran
Trunk railroads wire along its Sarn
branch were also unsuccessful.
Reports from eastern Michigan tell
severe storm with considerable propert
damage, but no loss of life.