The Worthington advance., 1874-11-27

Inc Telegraph OF Monday brought
details Of disastrous wind storm that
swept over a portion Of the country
Sunday night. The largest loss of life
and greatest destrl ction of property
was At Tuscumbia, Ala, of which
extract the following particulars:
A terrible storm occurred here last
evening at six o'clock, destroying one.
third of the residences. Twelve per-
sons were killed and many others in
Jurcd. The killed are Mrs. Winston,
mother of the late ex-Gov. Winston;
the wife and two children of Hon. J. B.
Moore, Senator from this district; F. D..
Hodgkins, editor Of the Chronicle, and
his wife and four children.
The Catholic church, the Dishler Fe.
male Institute, recently finished, many
o. the finest residences, both Of the
touring mills, and the most substanti. .
o''ick buildings in town were destroyed.
Many poor families are without homes.
A bridge on the Memphis & Charles.
ton railway, near town, Was destroyed
and the eastern bound train was pre-
cipitated into Spring creek. Fortu.
nately no one was killed, though the
engineer is badly burned. Several days
must pass before trains will run
through.
The Mayor appeals to Huntsville.
LOUISVILLE and Memphis and the adjoin-
ing towns in the following terms:
NEARLY half our town is in ruins.
Twelve persons are killed and many
wounded. A large number of famili:>
are entirely destitute. The tornol
came from the southwest, passin.,
northeast. Unless immediate aid can
be extended to us, much suffering will
be the result. We appeal to the char
ity of a Christian public in behalf of
the unfortunates. II. T. NEwsUM,
Mayor of Tuscumbia, Ala. "
At Montevalla, Ala, So miles north
of Selma, IL or Is houses we're de-
stroyed, 2 persons killed and Is or 20
Injured.
At Keyser, on the line Of the Balti-
more & Ohio railroad in West Virginia,
the brick wall and rafters of the round
house were blown down, bury ing a
number Of workmen under the ruins.
Two laborers were killed and scvcrc .
injured.
At Trenton, N. j., a number O.
houses were unroofed and otherwise IL
jured.
At Covington and Newport. KY, sew
eral houses were unroofed and other
slight damage done, but causing no per.
sonal injury or loss Of life.
New York, Nov. o. A hurricane
passed over Trenton last evening, Gus
ing damage in that city to the amount
of $4,000 and to the country north of
Trenton forty or $50,O00--no more so
far as known.
In Trenton Morton's row of six
houses on Warren street, Kline's Hail.,
Washington Market, Golding's flint
mill, Fish & Greene's saw mill, Hutch
ms box factory, Watson's foundry and
a portion Of the C:.tholic parsonage
were unroofed. Boats on the river
were upset and boat houses and sheds
entirely demolished.
A brakeman was blown from a train
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and killed. Two other persons in Tren'
ton were killed.
The meadows back of Elixabethpor;
we're flooded six to ten fe It deep by an
Extraordinary high tide and thousands
of tons Of hay in stack were floated
away or destroyed.
PoRr CoLEoRNE, ONT, Nov. a. The
water in the canal has reached the level
Of Lake Erie and the lock gates have
been thrown open by the shock ol
water passing through.
This never happened before in the
Welland canal. The water in the har
Dor has risen six or seven feet.
The storm Of last night was one o
the most severe ever experienced here
The water dashed over the pier:
with such force that it wa'
impossible to see the light houses an,
keepers found it impossible to get ou
to light the lamps. Much damage wa!
done to shipping and buildings lin tn
course of erection.