The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1880-04-28

nights storm. Three hundred persons are
homeless. One life was lost and seventeen
persons wounded, five OF them seiously. The
damage IS fully $4,000. The tornado did I'M
mense injury TO all kinds of property in the
County.
SEVERAL PERSONS KILLED AND MUCH DAMAGE
DONE BY SUNDAY NIGHTS STORM.
LITTLE Rock, Ark, April 2l.-Advices from
Fayetteville report that the storm of Sunday
night last was unprecedentedly severe. Com
ing from the southwest, IL struck and de-
stroyed the residences of Mr.. Kilton, DIR. Pad
dock, Mrs Croch and j. K. Vaughan, the Ma
sonic Hall ard the fremont House, three
story hotel, killing Mrs. Glass, the wife of the
proprietor. The Democrat office is badly dam
aged. DIR. Bales and Baum Brothers stores,
the east end of tie Mountain Home, jennings
stable and Coffy's two-story brick are utter
wrecks. Eight or ten frame dwellings east OF
town were lifted from their foundations and
torn to atoms. Many houses were unroofed.
Quite number of people were wounded and
one child killed. All the horses in jennings
stable were killed. The citizens turned out In
the pelting storm TO care for the wounded and
protect property. The storm prevailed with
County.
WHAT PROFESSOR TICE SAYS ABOUT THE TOR
NADO.
ST. LOUIS, April 2I.-Professor John III. TIce,
the weil-known meteorological of this city,
who went TO Marshfield to investigate the
Sunday night, telegraphed the Republican as
follows: Everywhere along the track of the
tornado there is evidence of a wave OF water
flowing in the rear of the cloud spouts. At
some places there only faint traces of
such wave; at others the debris is
carried up and over obStructiOns two
to three feet high. These waves or
currents, flowed in the greatest volume up
hill. There are places where the entire top
soil is washed away by the currents. Fibrous
roots and tufts of grass show their direction 10
have been up hill, and, what is significant,
from all parts OF the compass toward the top
OF the hill, where the tornado was raging at
the time aDS eXDen0inZ its force. trace at
any point can be found where they
flowed down hill. Many level places
were swept clean of soil, leaves, grass and
debris. OF the wrecked buildings, fragments
of planks were carried along by the current,
ana left In its track arranged themselves
lOngitudinally to the current. The following
interesting fact Is vouched for by George Gill
children were on a visit eight miles in
the country, and the center of
the tornado passed within five or six
yards from where they were. A wave of
water, apparently fifteen feet high, rolled in
the rear of the point of contact of the cloud
spout with the earth. IL rolled over them in a
second and was icy cold, drenching them
town stones, weighing from 300 to 200 pounds,
were liffe ed out OF the earth and carried along
some distance In the track of the tornado.
Hon. j. II. Williams, presiding Justice of the
County Court, residing in Panther Creek VAL
ley, tells me that stone fell in the center of a
field belonging to H. Rose, the estimated
weight of which is two tons. 1t Is not known
known, commenced In Arkansas, in Stone
County. 1t was very severe In the Crow Greek
Settlement-ten persons killed. On Flat Creek
six men were killed"