Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1873-12-06
DESTRUCTIVE STORM.
Immense Damage and Disaster by the
Storm Of Wind and Rain OF the
Third Instant.
The Whole Country Between the Ohio
aud the Lakes Visited by it
Several RailtOad Trains
Ditehed.
Brick Houses and Walls Blown Down
Roofs and Fences Blown Away
Steamers Iniured-MRny
Lives Lest, Etc.
Fatal RAILROAD ACCIDENTS By OBJ
STRTCTIONS ON THE TRA ACk.

Fatal pAIIROAD ACCIDENTS By OBJ
STRTCTIONS ON THE TRACK.
louisville, KY, December 4 As freight
train number twenty-siN was goinS h0nlA ~ ", VI,
the Cambridge city branch OF .ite m cines st.e si
ton near Rushville, the engine s~Tuch ~ q L. n,
which was blown by the wind across the the
track and turned over, lns.s,iisls SUI ~ In -
death Charles Mckibber, the engineer, 1hIee
cars were wrecked and the engine pauly otin- An
dTep. aud is the sixth man Killed W1iIe 10 10
charge of this same engine. passenSet @ ltell :
on the Ohio and Mississippi railroad DOunu
for this city, ran into tree AT .i1l naoo 10
SfpftoD between Lexington and MaryNllle, IN
dfana Wednesday night, during a storm
Throwing the engine from the track ana turn
ing it upside down. Inc nISi' It1s I'd an by,Iises
The storm OF last night was the IlosS S
which has visited this city anu Nlclntg ~, iol
some time much damage being done " me ne
rain and wind, which were accom- A-e1 y
thunder and lightning. r
AT OMAHA, NEB.
OMAHA, NEls., December IA @AenNy @ ,l htoIli
from the north west, with sllghtIail ol SNOW
passed over last night Inc re siorIn extended
UeSf several hundred miles, Inc "P ''0'AA7
were about on time
DAMAGE To BUILDINGS AND IELE-
GRAPH LINES.
rv,,rr,co december A very severe wind
Storm prevailed in this vicinity during we
whole OF last night, and its violence i I IItlIe
abated this morning. ConslGetaDle ualhase
done 10 unfinished buildings anu ~ s,oI'yfd .I1
moIishing of plate-glsss windows IN % oceul @
structures. Telegraph1c COMM ulCaSLOli I 70, a.
! also muen embarrassed. MeaIleT Siesi' u"
very cold. ,,-r
| DAMAGES AROUND CINCINNAll AM
VICINITY. Hr
| r,,,-,,-,- ,Tr December4 Private advices re
| mort the gind-storm last night as very general
/ and Hooded the rivers IN ONO, henLuCh henLs ~ :
aud Indiana Trees Were down rn,lroaS qoa neal
| Akron. across the Richmond aud Chieage
railroad IN this state, and the f3hhaatls ~ ~
Indiana, between Rus 'ellNllie auu Ssiii - IL -
| crossing and the ditching OF the lraln WhlcH
/ resulted in the death OF the engineer ano ~
| brakeman. a barn was struck Dy ny S-l4 snllt
IN Heightes county, Oll Ohios "a .nI I.enTsI In.
/ diana A barn was blown down Dack .
| Cow ugtOn, Kentucky, shSL nO'so wa
! unroOfed, but no other damage uOue, -. -.
| Adyices from the surrounding country s@non @
| thar the damage TO houses, iencesi &c, "
the late gale, was cOnslqefao4e ~ ysl 10y -
! Ohio. A large brick bullulngl oLIs oL,IlieS
and fifty by fifty feet, four stories
| os q seTe,5-facfory, was TaZed 10 the gTounu
| The structure gas subtantial one, the waii
being eighteen inches tlleks tne ne ui1iti ii 80
| estimated at ten Thousand dollars. Ihe IoS S
| of Pengriue's machine-shop was pIoWh ~
| a number Of wooden houses and sheds Ia III III
ferent parts Of the town, We're pIomn I line q q
/ In the country, near Dayton, long nhe .
/ fences were leVeled. one large DaIh = :
| moved seveTal feet from the foundation. MIs
Hills barn on the Eaton plke'"s ~ o1,
! point all the fences were bloNl. IroIh OnS sL
On the pike TO the other. AT Laurel 1hQl 4
houses were blown down, ana many l'a 90
| and n great amount of damage done; ,l "A -
IVES blown OF the side-traek near fort " ny ne
| on the Wabash railroa,-, anu Aas' >, iJ soTis
into it. No one was injures,: - - ~,
| Ohio, a fiOuTing-mlll was unGooleu So oT
railroad depot. Everywhere the slLealnN q; q
reported rising rapidly sAt Boston, Kent .. AS
the boOms of the Licking river IuIlDst s fTtctl
/ pany were broken by the sudden rise IN a.lS ~ a n
! fnu river, and from one thousand 70 HlIeel
| hundred logs washed away 4 rise OF WeLi,S t1i
| three feet at the head waters of the Ilcklnl
was reported yesterday.
ON THE LAKES.
| nrrpoIT. December 4.-The gale last nigh
| caused considerable damage in this city: On,
| hundred feet of brick wall OF the ne'A Mlchl
! . an Central car works was prosttated, an'
/ The whole roef blown OF. Thirty feet OF lroI
yr,,f ,1, me Central freight depot was blOwi
/ into rhe river. The steamers Mac kinaW an
| burnside were seriously injured. The lax
| Snperior steamer Kennesaw was blown al
me river mile and a half, and beacued OF
Relle Isle. Tugs QuaYle and Parker are losl
! whereabouts unknown supposed 70 De asnor
above Belle Isle. fr1peers o'beT cTaft ~i1, N
sud across the river, sustained more or les
damt-5e. ,r.N-,D,
| .r,,.,s7,, December IA terrific gale pasSe
ovsT Osbaxa yesterday Several churcht
and many dwellings were unrooied, ana
-. number OF buildings proS;;-:e,it4e'h -,
| The loss by the recent storm hereIah9 E@iClL @
| fty will probably reach one hunureo mo- NO.
sand dollars. Reports from Narlons Poln,
| east west, north and northwest, lnulcal
that the storm was of the most destrncilN
, t character. - - 49,, -,
sax Francisco, December J.-The snow
, storm throughout California has been uI
10 | nrscedented for ten years. The weather
stiH stormy and unsettled, and vessels wei
, unable TO make the harboT last night on ~
| =, ,unt OF the strong southeast gales, but can
ia AT BUFFALO, y. \.
I RfrFFALo, \. y, December IA terrlL
LII l,g,.sf oale has prevailed here since earl
q nnornipg The water in the lake ro
IN Ser than for twenty years, and tne stoi.
/ hlg, houses in the lower portion OF the cll
,a1T were n, Noded. -.--