Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1882-04-20
ANOTHER cYoIoNE.
Loss Of lift asd DsshfuctfSe &
Properly.
Seven People Killed and Others Severely
woundsd-Bemeen Thirty sad Forty
Houses Utterly 0estroysd-Tres'
and Crops Moved Down.
STRANGE SCENES AND INCIDENTS.

STRANGE SCENES AND INCIDENTS.
CHICAGO, April lo-Latsr advices con-.
corning the cyclone which visited Browns.
vile, No., yesterday, and which was men.
toned in tho Associated Press dispatches
last night say:, The storm struck the
town at 1 r. NJ, and two minutes aftsrward
q most fearful scene Of death and destruc.
ton was visible on every side. Largo two
story brick business houses were lifted
from their foundations and the ruins scat.
tered in chaotic confusion In all directions,
frame dwellings were overturned and
crushed into splinters, while large tries
were uprooted and carried long distances
by the force OF the storm. Hogs and other
animals were picked up into the air and
carried various distances and dropped life.
less along the track Of the storm.
The first intimation the people had OF the
terrible disaster impending was the ap-
pearanee Of Q low hanging cloud, blush
funnel shaped rising in the southwest
which seemed to be -
Whirlins and asslise
in all directions assuming every conceiv.
able form and travelling at q most fearful
rate Of speed directly toward the town.
People became intensely excited. and many
sought safety In cellars, but the storm came
with such velocity that no time was given
the people TO take places OF safety. Just
before the funnel struck the town q loud,
roaring noise was heard, which was followed
by several loud electrical explosions At
the southwestern limits OF the town the
funnel seemed to strike the ground and re-
bound few feet into the air. and kept In
close proximity 10 the earth during its en-
tire passage through the town. II seemed
TO move in q rapid, rotary manner, and
everything IL came in contact with WAS
drawn up into its mouth only TO be drop
ped again few seconds later twisted and
crushed out OF all shape. Fifteen brick
and two frame houses, between fifteen and
twenty dwellings, the Missouri Pacific
depot and telegraph Office were entirely
destroyed, and numerous other buildings
badly damaged.
The seven Persons RuleA
were i. scrugSs,a prominent farmer: &.
Mayors, a leading dry goods merchant.
Arthur and Williams, two travelling men.
residence unknown; J. Il. Bayne, . Baptist
minister; James Miller. o we'll known
young man, and City Marshal White. Per
~ and John Wilson. father and son. were
fatally injured. The names OF the others
wounded are not obtainable. All except
City Marshal White were killed by falling
buildings. He was upon the street, aud
was the most mutilatcd and dishgurcd Of
any. II is supposed that he was drawn into
the funnel among the flying timbcrs which
occasioned the mutilation. The ground
over which the storm passed Vas moved
smooth, and everything the cyclone came
in contact with was charrcd and blackencd.
aud covered with u blackish sticking mud.
Large deposits OF sand and gravel were alo
noticed scattered oil along the path
The storms Track
was in the ncighborhood Of two hundred
yards wide, and was zigLag on both sides.
Ii swept through 90 the center OF the town
from southwest TO northeast, and after
leaving the city limits, the cloud raised
hortn-wsyuffy nffrcff0m.- -SSeHienfuE fo15S
accompanied the storm, which could be
heard sometime after IL had passed. The
cloud was seen TO pass over this city about
half.past three, and great deal OF uncsd-
ness was felt by everybody. IL struck In
the neighborhood Of Marshall. Saline coun-
~. but no material damage has been re-
ported. The telegraph lines are all down
east and south Of Brownsville, and only one
railroad wire working west, 40 II IL impos-
sble 10 get full details, tonight. Create ex-
citement was occasioned here, N well -
everywhere else, where the news wn re.
ceiyed.
srpALr.. Mo-, April I9.-Further particu.
lars from Brownsville are meager. Up 70
halfpast 4 the body Of N. l.. White, who was
missing, had not been found. The last seen
Of him alive he was standing In kslly's
drug store, and IL supposed TO be buried In
the ruins. Twenty.cight brick business
buildings are completely wrecked; the sec
ton house, which was about 100 yards from
the depot, was blown across the track and
riddled 10 atoms Mrs.. John ii. Alpin and
six children were occupants OF the ttrue-
ture nj the time, and they were carried with
/, and suffered injury. more or less. MT
Halpin's right arm is broken, scalp iscer-
a,ed in several places and her ssouIdsr dis
located.
A number Of farm houses In the vicinity
of Brow n y:lle are reported 20 hsvey been
blown down. The total number Of persons
wounded and injured foots up
Over One Hundred ss1 Hifty.
The City Hotel block iss complete wreck
tar and debris.
The body Of q farmer named Matt Will
liams, was taken from the ruins st hall past
one. His head was mashed 70 pulp.
At Resisk. Ne.
ST. Lorn, April ia dispatch from
Rcnick, No.. says severe storm passed
over there at q O'Clock last night, which
blew of two or three roofs, turned around
n building or two, and tore down fences.
trees, etc, In great numbers. u seems TO
have been part Of the storm which struck
Brownsville.
~ Hsstrsse.
sr. LORI, April I9.-A Pos. Htpatoh
special says: At Montrose, Hsnris county,
last night. o storm entirely dsmoitsbso
the Baptist and Christian churches, and DID
more or les. damage 10 twenty other build
ipgs. The Farmer Institute school build-
ing was struck by Q cyclone, and thirty'nve
children were in the building and the wind
carried the structure entirely svsy. stfs1'
ing the debris over the prsirie for mile
and the children In some instances. we're
carried along distance, and nunbef o.
them seriously hurt The damage VIII -
nearly 5000.
- CsIhsss. Hessy Csssty.
Al Calhoun, Henry county, the PotRfy
building was blown In and Large amount
Of stack damaged.
A. saiise CS0nfy,
g.. Lors. April ia Post-DIpa'eh spe'
cisl from jefferson City ssys tbst people
lust in from sstine county ~ thst the ds'
struction st Brownsville will sum up Over
$1,000. The destruction OF country prop
erty Is not great, but 10 extensive.
In PsaDsy1van1As
PrrrsgupG. April ia special 70 The
D;,tgtoh from Scottdale, says: 1o-dsya
storm did considerable damage IN the
neighborhood Of At Vernon Ia. Ivs
| houses were blown down and others dan
aged. One woman, Mrs. wiregrcve. 20
| killed and shout six others isjufsd.
Tbs nsssss Why.
Mr.. Fellows, In his Nsfsd As~tly, gve'
| reasop for the peculiar action Of his Hyne
| sesm 10 b born out by Arts. Prom tooa1
setjop OF the gympaihstic Nerves al ~
| Organic NuscIes are sirsngthsnsd, and n
| nstiepf oyeYcomes bis malady simply
plessandy. and rstidiy.
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