Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1881-10-02
TERRIBLE CYCLONE.
The Northwest Devastated by a
Tornado.
Great Loss of Life and Destruc-
ton of Property.
Railroads ObsIructsd and Tele-
graph Wires Down.
Stalwarts Victorious in Several
Districts in New York.
A Good Prospect for Lively Times
Next Week
Disastrous Storms in Different
Localities.

CHICAGO, ILL, October 1-Tele-
graphic reports from various points
in the northwest indicate the occur
renee of widespread wind storm,
which has proved very disastrous.
It is reported to have lasted all day,
The wires are down at many places,
and full accounts of the damage
done cannot be obtained.
OMAHA, NEB., Oct. IA tornado,
which arose at 1 o'clock yesterday
morning, nearly demolished Madison,
town of about one thousand inhab-
itants, in this State. The railway
buildings were wrecked and most OF
the private residences laid level
Two persons are known to have been
killed. The telegraph wires are
do yn, and the Union Pacific Railroad
as sent out train to the homeless
peo pie and for the use of it's officers.
EMpoRIA, Ks, October 1.-The
long drouth was broken yesterday
afternoon by one of the heaviest
rain storms ever seen in this section
The streets were literally flooded in
half an hour, and the water in the
ravines ran like rivers. After this
storm subsided, another rose
in the west which soon turned into a
violent and Obstructive cyclone, 1t
seemed to have started at point a
few miles west of this city
and travelled in the north east
direction, leaving Emporia only
about mile and a~half. From its
work in the city there are now lying
four dead bodies of people, killed by
its fury. AS many as score OF
buildings were utterly dei1.e'-shed
The loss of property is very great
4 large number of people were in
jured by the falling stones and flying
timbers.
MILWAUKEE, Wis, Oct. IA specia
to the Republican from Wautonia
Wis, says terrible tornado swep
| the valley a short distance west o
that town, Thursday, completely de-
vastating a space of eighty rods
wide and five or six miles in length
Many houses, barns, outbuildings
aud one grist mill were demolished
and about dozen persons seriously
injured, but none killed outright
The damage to property could not
be closely estimated, but would reacl
$4,000.
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, October 1.-Ac
counts from Omaha, Nebraska, re
port the cyclone of Tuesday al
terrific in it's force. Nebraska Git,
was damaged several thousand dol
lars, the Blind Asylum and severa
business blocks being unroofed
The injury at Omaha was compare
lively trifing.
A st. Paul dispatch says the heav,
and continued rains in that vicinity
causing all the rivers to rise, hav
inflicted serious damage. The train
On the various railroads have beel
} delayed by washouts AM
} land-slides. At Minneapolis ther
has been much uneasiness over tn
jam of 20,000,00O logs in the Missis
sippi The low grounds Of the Mir
nesota River are flooded in man
: places, causing considerable loss t
farmers In Coon Valley the dan
:, age is heavy. Bridges have bee
, swept away, and it is believed tn
valley has suffered a repetition of tn
spring floods. The farmers hav
j.. been unable to thresh and the graf
r is sprouting in the stacks and, ba
l been greatly damaged by water.
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