The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-04-24
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railroad, at $50 last night, gave Il
few facts concerning a terrible disas-
ter. A man who came to the depot,
at the edge of the town. while the
train was there, reported that at $50
O'Clock a furious hurricane struck the
place and leveled all that part of the
town lying west of the Centre Square
flat to the ground. The debris imme-
diately took fire in several places,
and the flames could be seen at some
half-dozen points by the passengers
on the train. Eighty bodies had been
taken out, and many more were sup
posed to be buried in the ruins or
burned up. There were also many
living still imprisoned in the debris
of the fallen buildings.
In one instance piece of wood
weighing 81 pounds was carried sew.
eral miles, falling near the town. of
Aurora, in Lawrence county. The
hail-storm was very disastrous to
fruit and glass, much of the hail be
ing so large as to last five hours be
fore melting, and measuring from
to inches in circumference. Aside
from loss of life, which is terrible,
the whole country in the path of the
tornado is wrecked.
All the physicians of the town
were killed. excepting two, and there
was great need of doctors to attend
to the wounded, of whom it was said
there some 200. A relief train with
twenty physicians and nurses and
full of supplies left Springfield, Mo-,
this morning, and probably other
trains will arrive during the day.
The storm was general in Southwest.
ern Missouri, and other places Urob
ably suffered damage, but as the tele.
graph wires are all Frustrated no
adyices have been received. A vio-
lent hail and rain accompanied the
wind.
Later-The town was totally des-
troyed by storm and fire. Seventy.
five persons were killed and 200
wounded. The telegraph wires are
all down.
At Gregg's Creek, near jefferson
City, Mo-, four or five houses were
blown down, and a number of per.
sons injured. One house was blown
across the Missouri and Pacific Rail-
road track, and no warning being
given train ran into it, demolishing
the locomotive and severely wound
ing the engineer and fireman. The
passengers escaped unhurt. The ac-
counts are meagre in consequence of
the prostration of the wires.
Specials from various points show
that the storm was general through
out Illinois. AT Decatur trees were
blown down and barns demolished.
At Ottawa barns were blown down.
At Weaver the cyclone did thousands
of dollars worth If damage. Several
houses, miles of fences and all the
bridges are gone. The mercury fell
fifty. four degrees in ten hours. Two
cyclones passed over Davis county,
la. One passed through stiles and
did great damage, leaving path
twenty miles long and from fifty to
three hundred yards wide. 1t was
accompanied by thunder, lightning,
heavy hail and floods of rain.
ST. LOUIS, April 20.-Details of the
late terrible tornado continue to come
in, giving accounts Of distress and
desolation along the whole path Of
the storm. Nothing like such fury
was ever before witnessed. Houses
were blown from their foundations {;
cattle, hogs, sheep, horses and poul-
try whirled into the air and carried
for a great distance. The. noise of
the storm, the crash of the falling
houses and the cries and screams Of
the terrified people made scene of
! horror that beggars description.
Leaves and sticks were carried by
! the wind for miles, and at Springfield
( fell continually like rain for an hour
: after the storm had passed.
DENIS KEARNEY IN THE HOUSE OF
CORRECTION.
SAN FRANCISCO, April 10 I'm the
;, Police Court this morning the pros
ecuting attorney asked for The com.
mitment of Denis Kearney. The
latter was not present at the time,
but few minutes later appeared
with his counsel. who asked for de
lay, to enable him to make applica'
ton to the supreme Court for writ
of habeas corpus. The court denied
the request as unusual and extraor'
binary. The commitment was then
made out. and Kearney, evidently
depressed and chagrined, was taken
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