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Show A FKAUHX MKBH IS tl'KOI'K. Oreat Lon of tiila ami Fearful Damns to rroperty ltporid. li;itus, July 2. -A terrible storm of thunder, hull mid raiu passed over a large part of Germany last night, causing caus-ing immense damage to property and groat loss of lii'o in the villages of fcuu'htelon, near Dusseldorf, and Sittard in Crefeld. Thirteen bodies have been lalien from the ruins of houses. Two hundred is the estimated number of lives iost. At i'.ruuswisk the storm assumed the proportions of n cyclone antl this morning morn-ing the streets are tilled with wreckage. Many houses were demolished aud others badly damaged while many thoroughfares were turned into rivers. In the neighborhood of Sprottam in Prussion Silesia hail cut down the grain and did other damage. At Sutiiet Ku-pi Ku-pi echt near Gratz, tho capital of Styria, in Austria, a water spout burst over the town with fearful force and sweep- ing away the cabins of the peasants, drowning nine of them. Every hour is adding to the story of disaster, and but few places in the path of the storm seem to have escaped. |