| Show NEWS ITEMS ITE w TI t 1 rt I 1 h b yire FIRE some thirty league leagues 3 square qu vire lire 0 of forest foiest and settlements along th the agu enay nay river ridi in canada have been ravaged by fire and many buildings destroyed diany many of ae the inhabitants habit babit anty antl narrowly escaped death N 7 courier enquirer june jane 23 THE tue WESTERN FLOOD flo OD CHICAGO G 6 june it n I 1 17 iby 1858 alo AIO mound und and city is under water trains approach within six hundred lt adred yards ds in n cairo water stands in the second secand story of the taylor house it erlna doh ahe ohia levee evee above the town aird stands within nine inches of the top of the he old station house of the illinois central road THE tile HUGHES halli POINTING ting TELEGRAPH suc sue cess IN WORKING THE ATLANTIC CABLE HALt HALIFAX fax vAx N S june 15 A 4 private letter from in an intelligent gentleman and practical I 1 telegrapher who witnessed on the nit uit at plymouth england the formal tests of the several electricians in Aele zele telegraphing graphing through the entire lueth of the atlantic cable table states that prof Hughe hughes with his wonderful printing telegraph machines was able to write through the three thousand miles of or the rate of thirty two letters per minute equal to about seven words a degree of success which was waa ag unexpected as it was ratifying gratifying prof whitehouse was able to write only rate of nineteen words in eighteen 13 minutes and prof th thompson thomeson ompson was work at all through the cable ba the alog S cholera has made its ill appear anem anet 0 in kentucky indiana tenness tennessee e and arkansas ari 1 kansa and anath the animals I 1 are dying by hundreds boston statesman june 16 TORNADO IN NEW york CITY monday june 21 was a hot sultry day clear for the most part until about 4 at that time there came up with unexampled rapidity ohe one of the most roost f furious urious storms of rain wind lightning hail and thunder that has been known here for cormany I 1 many mahy years it was not more than twenty minutes in duration but within that time avast a vast amount of damage was done houses were injured roofs and chimneys chim neya destroyed and several persons were killed the storm seems toi tol llave collected on tile the mountains lying in w west est of the hudson and isas was observed hovering for several hours over the northern part of the city at 3 in tile the af afternoon it had commenced its progress in its van a large dusky cloud had gathered in form somewhat like the head of a large elephant with its proboscis extending to the ground as if f eeling to find the proper route of the destroyer A furious whirlwind attended its progress through the northern part of the city it was of buch such a density that ahat the them observer could scarcely behold any object which it had bad enveloped ana anu build buildings too slightly vp put t together were torn down unroofed and in lit some instances transported to considerable distances scattering along the way the ruins thus made the course of the tempest wasi was southeastward in half an hour the fury of the storm I 1 was over and the pioneer cloud to cross east river to williamsburgh Williams burgh here it was more mor e destructive both to life and property prope arty passing g to brooklyn western district it was for a time really f frightful rightful in the ruin it odda ogda occasioned i it soon further to the southeast leaving the land to expend its further violence 0 on the ocean new yorks york in the neighbor neighborhood r hood of the battery south brooklyn and sta staten t cn island were exempt from its aravag ravages es in lit thid city the EI episcopal church in fifty fourth street between second and add third aven ires irea erected through the exertions of ralph hoyt was biow blow nto to th the grou ground fid and nothing but the foundation walls was left standing in var various lotis iotis portions of the city trees treed were born torn up b by their roots awnings av ninga and awning posts few hew about inell in all ail directions roofs roots werf were were blown biown off and several persons we were re badly injured bv the falling failing of chim thim chimneys s in brooklyn a worna i n WAS struck by lightning liKht ning in fifth avenue near the of Fl flatbush avenue and bias yag yas in instantly killed there was no ho mark marks 8 upon apon her body except a slight discoloration on the neck and right richi ri bit fit cheek A girl whom gha ehe was leading it q by bv the hand was stun stunned nned fied but was not otherwise injured the american glass glas works at hunters Hu killed point P int L I 1 were blown blow d down anti and two tivo men killed and several sev severely ebely wounded many iia ila nyo of f the poles of the police telegraph were struck by lightning and shattered and and the wires es were gere ere completely melted orf off the storm lasted asted but bat half halt an hour and passed pasted rapidly away leaving destruction and deso debo lIti orl oll in its wa wake ke IV X Y tribune jua june Jun e 26 tin THE LEVIATHAN the condon london times sayi the E attern rn steam navigation co propose t to 0 raise rel rei required dired for or the ohp completion of or the leviathan by granting annuities of xa j term terminable anable in eight years for a payment of they have also ilso decided that the veas vessel e I 1 shall shail ue ll permanently permanent fy empi empl emli emri oyed oved in the traffic between Er ealand faland and aner aher america j ica Portland 4 vin in the sate ot of maine atai arai ne is to be the american port p t and hol hothead blead or liverpool will be selected on fhi fbi side tue passage is hoped to be regularly accomplished in i bev seven er days and it la if con that be seven ea or eight voyages out and wid io ome menny may be performed yearly A an estimate is li put plit forward 0 pr probable ab 1 apt earnings dg a net profit 60 0 per voy voyage ae lif in lit this it itis is assumed the of p pas a 3 censera ensena each way will be 2100 and that the fare ciro should be 21 elch 12 aad gad 6 tor for or berat gat icv thud third clala d t I 1 L loas loss BT sy sugar do d 8 r 0 y by the inundation in louisiana in islea eat est timatea 1 a t d at it 50 ho iirth the cotton destroyed by fhe the ngi the binks banks of odthe the mississippi it is li sald said will be loukoo bales whose value would probably be bp jn lit the wabash valley as a ree presented resented by journal the thel losses ossea by y the far tar farmers and property owners will fulcer c er tal tai nl y bl be e e equally as heavy eavy that bays says A friend wh who has been veen voyaging ov erthe wabash bottoms in ah boats b oats oafs ana steamer s dipre the whole talley valley to 0 be i a lake ii in width reaching ten and fifteen miles from bhore shore to shore bhore and almost requite requiring 1 ng a compass toay i late ate it he was f ferried arri ed from vincennes Vincen neb nea to Lawrenc lawrenceville evilie in illinois a aa distance of otten often iten miles overwater over water passing over a settled and cultivated section at of gou Pou country now submerged from front six to ten feet deep these thesel wide rich bottoms which yield sueh such suen suea stores of food tood nd contribute 86 so largely to our ri J 4 be barren and di desolate wastes this thib summer er those who ordinarily supplied so 0 maily mally many mahy doutha by their labor wiil will thema themselves elves seek beek food this year from others the am amount u n t of 0 tb the e ios los lost A I 1 ix a 51 boston roston statesman june 16 STEAMERS BUILDING longeill zhe THE L LEVIATHAN vin VIk the liverpool says bays that two steamers are building in liverpool each measuring feet in length they are intended for inland navi navigation t gatlon gation in in india the rivers in that country are very shallow in and ethe ves vessels bels sels navigating a v aki ting there aili mut abt float float very ilg light 1 if and at the same bame time har bar room enough to carry large cargoes car loei goei I 1 |
