Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1880-04-21
THE WIND TIEND.
More Concerning his Deyassnf.
ing Work.

OF. LOUIS, Aprli zU.-- Telegraph
ic communication has been partially
restored with Marshfield. Seven Of
the persons wounded on st. Johns
river died yesterday afternoon, and
five at Marshfeld. At Marshfield
many families are homeless and
have taken refuge in the depot and
in empty cars.
The death li>t at 7 O'Clock last
night numbered IS, and many
missing, several Of whom are doubt.
less buried under the debris.
Eighty,fve wounded are in the
school house. A great many col
ored persons were killed or injured.
Only fourteen buildings are left
standing. Clothing is needed badly.
Contributions are coming in from
all the towns along the road. M
CHICAGO, Ills, April 20.-A
special from Champagne, Ills, says
the state university suffered severely
by the storm of the 18th inst. A
large portion Of the new main build
ing was unroofed. The old univer,
sity building, used as a dormitory,
was wrecked, the western portion
being leyeled to tho ground. The
students just escaped in time.
Many of the buildings in the city
were badly damaged. Minor casus
alties are reported,
ELPAso, ILL.,, April 20.-Reports
say that the damage here viii ag-
gregate many thousands Of dollars.
A special from Jeansyille, Wis
consin, says: "For ten miles along
the track of the storm the evidences
of destruction to property are seen
which it will take over 100000 to
replace. Churches, dwelling houses,
barns, fences, orchards, ETC., are
much damaged, and several persons
received dangerous injuries. PTas
ST. LOUIS Mo-, April 20.-The
first dispatch direct from Marshfeld
was received late last night by the
Globe Democrat, and gives the fol-
lowing description Of the storm:
This town and county were visited
by one of the most destructive cy-
clones on record, last evening.
After passing through several miles
Of the country in Christian, Greene
and Webster counties, destroys
ing everything in its pathway,
it struck this town about six
o'clock. The eye witnesses of the
approaching storm say it was q
frightful looking black cloud lined
with feecy white, funnel.shaped,
and moving in the manner Of
screw propeller. 1t moved with
wonderful velocity, literally destroy
ing and blowing away everything
in its path, which was about
half mile wide at this
| point. Trees were twisted oil, tele-
graph wires snapped, and the bark
was literally peeled from small trees,
houses were blown from their foun>
dations, cattle, hogs, sheep, horses
and poultry were whirled into the
air and carried great distance.
The noise of the storm, crash of the
falling houses, and the cries
and screams of the terrified
people made scene Of borrow
that beggars description. What
was a beautiful, peaceful town of
eight hundred inhabitants twenty
four hours ago, is now waste and
desolation. Out of two hundred
dwellings not more than twenty are
left standing, and but few of these
are uninjured. Of the business
houses around the public
square all but three are utterly de-
molished, and their contents blown
away, burned or badly damaged.
About 8 o'clock a freight train
from Springfield brought about 800
persons with provisions and medi-
cine for the wounded, As
rapidly as the bodies of
abe dead could be extricated
from the ruins, they were prepared
for interment. The wounded were
conveyed to the only available struc-
ture left standing, the public school
building, which was not badly dam
aged. 1t was turned into hos
pital, and there are now fifty wounds
ed in the building, under the care of
noble women from Lebanon and
Springfield, who are doing all in
their power to alleviate the suffering
of those in their care.
The loss by this terrible calamity
is estimated at from 100000 to
100000. OF the 800 inhabitants
of Marsh6eld who yesterday had
happy and comfortable homes,
seven. eighths are without homes,
clothing, food or means to procure
them. Their destitution and suffers
ings ars terrible.
MINOR DISPATCHES.