, 1874-03-19
HURRICANE.
Cairo Yesterday Visited by a Great
Wind and Rain Storm.
Houses Blown Down and Unrooted, and
Chimneys Promiscuously
Distributed.
Many Buildings Flooded and
NIttcti Dntligc Done.

Special Dispatch to Tho Chtcaao Tribune.
OAHlo ill.,, March 18.-A terrible hurricane
struck this city this morning ut 10 minutes to
4 o'clock, which threatened for a moment the
destruction Of the city, With tho lives Of tho
people. Yesterday was i,nooh,fortably warm,
aid whilo 1t was clear the most Of tho day, tho
air Was heavy. The barometer begun In the
evening to aink rapidly. tho signal observer
announced about p. m that D storm was
approaching, md this uows was generally cirou-
lated. About dark, stonmboats at the wharf
niaao preparations for II by putting
ri extra eabtcs, and generally Hroalking,
tiiero was moro or loss ttHoahiebb MN Infested
the tiEht was nearly clear. Mine, ton, dlovcn
O'clock passed and our people retired to rest,
many Of them doubtless regarding
,"olD rnob" is 4 I{Uaiuuo,
tsS M a sasan naRast dfa1 S'h 81 o 9 ] g1G soa
indicating tho anproach Of tho promta6u hurr1:
eano. Tic clouds woro, of an tnky b]ockhcys.
tho !1ghtuilg iiorco mud tho thundor foa1 full The
tothhtlo catno ffon, the Bouth or southeast, and
Hbbnt lta force In otin trctnondoub blast that
BltuoK EyEty fuihD1No
rs an earthquake would. but loft in lta pathway
numerous nlelnentoeB OF its visit. H0l1HeH we're
blown down., roofs wero. uplifted, walls thrown
tlown, atid chnnosa and sllioke;htaoks weto dis;
tttbtited Id endless cbnfliHbh: The raiu i6utcd
dbwn ltko Hood, and gtcat dnnage WIS done by
water, especially to uuroofed buildings.
NO LOSS or LIFE
haa beoii diacovered, but the loss # PROPERTY Is
JOHN Antrim. dealer III clotliittg; was tho Hotvicst
Ioaof. The roof Of His place waB torn off ard
hta stock greatly damaged. which, with Tie re-
pairing to tho house, must probably foot up
T1fE DAlAaE DONE.
Tho root Of IouiH Horbort's halooh, part OF
tho roof OF Barclay Brothora' drug etore part
Of the roof Of ": D. Giibort's residence aBo tho
roof OF Leg Klebs' bakery. aud pnrt Of lhe roof
Ssesag e ts 9ess r s s shs ssf aa Mas Il ass
water Of probably half dozon light frat1oH. mud
sMall house On Sixth street, two frnnes OIL Fo1r-
teonth street, and ono Or two other framcs, the
throwing down OF 4 brick wall for 8. Walters
aud nl1nlbeflosa other like atcidonta, comprise
the extont Of the damage from wind.
THE LOIS FROM wATE1t
10, however. greater than from tho wind. No
damngo wis dote to BtoainorA neither do we
hoar Of any damage in tile surrounding country.
inainder of tho day las been quiet. Among 9TH
era that came In for u allaro OF damage was the
DAILY AND WEEKLY ''sUN" OFFICE,
,H1 Which il located IL Antrim's building. Every
and tile Sun will be all right tomorrow.
Though standing, as it were, on d narroY nccls
Of land, Cairo has mover before beon visited by
such storm.
ITO tho Assoctdled Pyees,1
0A1no, ILL.,, March 18.-To!ogralns from points
adjacaht report no damage from the Borln this
morning. indicating TINT its area was quito mar
ROW. We heard OF eight houses unroofed or
ae,11iosly damaged in tlls city. on which the loss
JOHN Antrim, clothier, whoso loss on building
and stook ia oatimatcd ut from So, 900 to 81 600.
Wharf-boat ptopriators and those III charge of
tho stoamors in port acted on hint from tho
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