Collection Item - Saugatuck-Douglas History Center

Unusual Weather News

Archive

Scope and ContentScans of Commercial Record newspaper clippings about late frost, tornadoes, blizzards, storms, low water, lightening, record-breaking cold or other weird weather events.

cr1883062201UncleSteveNichols.jpg; Steve Nichols June 20 frost killed garden

cr1883070601MidnightApparition.jpg; A.C. Zwemer witness a strange, sucking wind

cr1883070601RagingKalamazoo.jpg; High Kalamazoo water levels in spring 1868 submerged bridges and Leslie, Ingham & Co. veneer work in Richmond, Daniel Gerber warehouse and dock floated away; Ph. Purdy warehouse, Finley's planing mill, Johnson Company shut down, John Martel ship yard, Kleeman's saloon, J. Priest blacksmith shop, James Elliott ship yard, residences on Water St., and blocked efforts to ship out berries.

cr1885021301BigBlizzard-1.jpg; Capt. Robinson, Johnny Brown, Mr. L. Kingsley,

cr1888122801JohnWheelerFerryman-RiverLow.jpg; Chain Ferry aground reports John Wheeler

cr1896073101Tornadoof1896.jpg; Damage to Brittain warehouse at foot of Mason St., S.D. Upham's dock fruit shed, A.B. Taylor home, Palzer house at corner of Mason and Griffith occupied by A.H. Stillson, A.R. Takken building, C.W. Wade house near school trees, Zwemer building on Mason St. occupied by P.M. Grice and Charles Thew, I.F. Austin boat tossed through windows of J.K. Dole residence and J. Metzger, S. Barney place on Nysson place, Captain M.W. Lyman, H.C. Scott and son rowboat,

cr1897090301AretasBennettHouseStruckByLightening.jpg; Aretas Bennett house, south of Douglas

cr1899021701RecordBreaker-45Below.jpg; Story names, Sam Clipson, Joe Lewis, Fruit Belt,

cr1904042905Douglas-WBSmithResStruckByLightening.jpg; W.B. Smith

Entry/Object ID

2024.01.39

Collection

Newspapers

Cataloged By

Winthers, Sally

Location

* Untyped Location

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Nichols, Stephen D. 1806-1887Zwemer, Adrian Cornelius 1835-1909Purdy, Philetus "Fleet" 1835-1922Gerber, Daniel 1820-1890Griffin & Henry Lumber Yard/Griffin & Henry Sawmill/Griffin & Williams/Stockbridge & Johnson/Wells & Johnson/M.B. Spencer MillMartel, John Baptiste c1894-1909Kleeman, Theodore F. 1829-1906321 Water St./Saugatuck Tea Party/Tuscan Pot/Kleeman's TavernPriest, John 1836-1922Elliott, James 1830-1911Kingsley, Leonard 1824-1893Brown, John H.C. 1837-1910Wheeler, John 1824-1910Old Chain Ferry ScowsUpham, Sherman D. Capt. 1858-1940Taylor, Alfred Blake Sr. 1846-1920Wade, Clarence W. 1855-1928Thew, Charles Nelson 1865-1927Dole, James Knox, Captain 1844-1910Metzger, Jacob "Jake" Friederich 1854-1928Bennett, ArtusClipson, Samuel 1826-1905

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Create Date

05/28/2024

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Update Date

05/28/2024