The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1877-07-03
THE NEWS.
Saturday Nights Wind and
Rain Storm.
Great Destruction to Life
and Property
In Central Ohio and Indi-
ana,
Severe Storm in New York
and Pennsylvania.
Arrival of Diaz's Minister
in Washington.
BE Promises a Speedy Ter
mination of the Rio
Grande Troubles.
katurday's Storm.

CINCINNATI, July AIS advices
come in from points remote 1t is evident
that the storm of wind and rain Saturday
wa5 even more destructive TO lie and
property than any previous one. lis
path seemed to have been through the
counties of Indiana and ONO lying n
little south of the centre OF these States.
At Waverly, johnson county, Indiana,
about nine o'clock at night, the storm
struck the residence OF George Dressler
and blew it away, leaving the fruit
cans in the cellar undlsturbed.
MIR. Dressler was found near by
with his leet lacerated ana chest injured
His wife and two children, five aud
three years old, were killed. and
child II years old died yesterday.
Another child received Il scalp
wound AID il not e& pected to live, The
residence of Jas. armstrong near by
was blown down, kIlling one child AID
another has since died. Near ST. Paul,
Ind, n number OF barns and dwellings,
also the churches aud school house were
destroyed. NJ. Meuish was killed, Mrs.
Kicker fatally injured, Z. Juppenlltz,
injured internally and John Lewis had
his collar bone broken. The new church
was utterly torn to pieces. The farmers
lose very heavily. \ large number OF
cattle were killed, fences levelled and
barns destroyed in the vicinity OF Col
umbus, Ind. The lowest estimate OF the
damages is $4,000.
INDIANAPOLIS, July 2.-Another des.
tructive wind storm passed over the
central part of the State Saturday even
ing. Near Franklin the house OF Mr.
Drummer was demolished, killing an en-.
tire family of five persons, and the hor e
of Geo FressIer was torn to pieces, kill
ing family of six persons. The house
of Mr.. Armstrong WAS thrown down,
AID two children killed and others badly
injured. Cattle, crops, barns, forests
Nd orchards suffered severely.
In Morgan couhty several houses
are reported blown down and many in
iured. Two children have since died. A
house was carried fifty yards down nlll,
and school house carried across the
road into cornfed. and the school fur
nlture scattered Tor halt II mile. One
house was bespattered with mud, sup
posed to come from II stream halt mile
away, AS no rain accompanied the storm.
Corn waist high was Utterly torn to
shreds, and plowed ground car
ried away. The storm was from
a quarter TO half mile in width.
Near st Paul. Michael Mehrlick and
Mrs. Kicker were killed and others in
iured, with great damage to the houses
and crops, as in the other counties. In
Wayne county, two persons who had
taken refuge IN bridge, were killed by
II falling tree crashing through across
their buggy. A train east bound on the
Pan Handle, ran into the tornado near
Knightstown. a tree fell across the for
ward end of the postal car, crushing 1t,
but doing no other damage, as the train
was running slowly. At ten o'clock this
morning, severe thunder and rain
storm is in progress here.
Destructive Storm I'm the East.
PARKERSBURG, July The terrible
storm here yesterday unrooted houses and
blew down barns, fences and trees. The
full extent OF the damage done Is not
known. The course OF the storm is south
east, across part Of the country thlokly
populated
MARLBORO, y. Y, July This place
was visited yesterday by terrible storm.
Fences, barns and outbuldngs were
blown down, and sheep and cattle killed.
The house OF z. o. Brien WAS destroyed.
Part of Main street, with a costly wall,
was undermined. Much damage WAS
done to fruit.
kEENE n. H July 2.-Sunday after
noon n tornado struck the woods and
passed through the south part of Gilsum
and spent Itself IN sullivan. Twenty
barns and sheds were blown down in
Glsum, and chimneys, timber and fruit
trees were Frustrated.