The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1878-05-02

blown over and trains
detained by trees across the track. A
man named Taylor was fatally injur-
ed nesr Liberty, being struck with q |
barn door blown by the wind-storm,
which came with sudden fury, en-
tirely suspending business during its
continuance.
Ar KENSINGToN, the brick school
house just north of town, called the
" Hornets Nest" was demolished. All
the scholars were injured, some Sc
riously and others slightly. Large
trees were torn out by the roots, and
out-hOuses and fences were laid to the
ground. Trees were blown across the
railroad-tracks aud country roads.
AT BELLAIRE.-The Goblet Works
were blown down and five employees
fatally injured. Several others we're
badly bruised. Considerable other
damage, such as blowing down fences
aud chimneys aud the roof of houses.
was done, bnt no other fatal acci dents
are yet known.
Az DENNIsoN, John Sattc, q farmer
was killed by tree being blown down
upon him.
AT Cleveland. Toledo, Ashtabula.
Painsville, Minerva. Crest'ine, Eaton,
Kenton, Sidney, Nrnia, and other
places in Ohio, trees and fences were
blown down, houses, barnes and 9TH
er buildings unroOfed and other dam
age done.
THE GALE IN TFNN#SsET..
NASHVILLE, April 24-lrtei'igence
from all parts of Mi,iti I. Ie""Is see re-
ports last nights sio.n, t'ie most seIi-
Gus for years. A ;e,fifc - e swept
over Franklin from t;,9 .ou;a-west to.
ward the nOr'b. doing immepse dam
age. The Inhabitants fed ID the Gel.
lars. A large britge was carried
away, nearly all The reeS were laid
low, and a number of hou "S, churches
aud mills badly damaged.
At ShelbyV.iie irutn an :" twelve
the wind 81 orIn Va. tn icus. blow '"g
down houses. s. abb ;. / ~ $, iru 'tzes
and killing stock. All par's of the
county suffered heavily. Ire storm
ragged along the Nas:,yi - AID Chatia-
nooga Road, and the ,'';.,l nora had a
| terrible fight with the s,O,'n arriving
| five hours late. Trces were blown
across the track. The depot at Belle
vile, one of the fiucst OH the road,
was totally destroyed. The Baptist
Church was moved several feet. The
forest along the road suffered severe
ly.
CYCLONE IN GEORGIA.
ATLANTA, GA, April GA cyclone
passed over this section Ut country four
miles from Rome, Ga, cleai ing every
thing as it went. AS far as heard
from eight persons We're injured, and
several horses aud mules killed.
Trees three feet in diameter were
twisted off and swep. away. Nine
dwellings were blown down, The
path of the cyclone is three hundred
yards wide, passing from southwest
to northeast.
| The STORM IN IOWA.
DEs MONIES, Iowa, April 24.-Per.
sons from the track of the cyclone III
the northern part of the State give ad'
ditional details of its fearful destruc
ton of life and property. 1t spent iii
force III Madison county, near the
track of the cyclone two years ago
The track was very narrow after il
reached Madison county, but severa
houses were moved from their foun
datiOns and fences aud hay-stack
|
left. This is the fifth tornado which
has followed that track, and has be
coma established on The GOvernmen
charts.
r DAMAGE IN INDIANA.
Reports from various places repre-
. sent the storm as doing much damage
At Union City, several large build
ings were unroofed and much othe
damage done, mounting to SlO,CJJ.
At Deputy, saw-mi,! WAS blow
down.
At Fayetteville, the Christian Churc
was badly dsmaged, and considerabl
timber and lew smsl builhlng
} were blown down.
The chimney of the NJ. L. Churc
at Greensbnrgh was blown upon tn
roof breaking a large hole therein.
} AT Fort Wayne, signs and tree
. were blown down, buildings unrool
= ed and glass fronts shattered. A iarg
/ new boiler shop being erected by tn
P. f. w. & &. Railroad was psrtiall
/. blown down.
J. The storm was severely felt ST Sun
+. merset and other counties in kel
e lucky, where much damage was don
Michigan, also, received visit frOI
a the storm king. A dispatch froI
o Kalamazoo says: The storm tore dow
fences. upturned trees, demOlishe
: out-houses, and uuroofed the gran
}. stand at the National Park. III
damage to fruit trees is considerable
e The tornado extended over a iarg'
e area, and was the most destructive
/. property of any that has occurred fl
e many years, but, strange TO. say fe
q lives have been repOrtcQ lost,