The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1882-04-21
TELEGRAPHIC
TEE CYCLONE.
FrIgAtfuI DestruesiOn of Prop
eEtYs

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st. Louis, 20.-The Repu6LteGn's cor
respondent writing from Brownsville
gives the particulars of the terrible
cyclone. He ssys the widest confusion
reigned all day. The town was crowded
with people from the surrounding country
who focked in to see the devastation. The
work of clearing the debris was COM
menced after the storm passed, and has
been kept up necessarily ever since. But
it will require several days to thoroughly
overhaul the ruins. Two more dead
bodies have been exhume1 and it is
thought there are still q woman and child
beneath the ruins. E. g. Biggerstsff was
on the street when the two storm clouds
united, and made their terrible rush for
town. He stood directly in line Of the
tunnel shaped cloud, and thinking to
get out of its way started 70 run, but had
proceeded not more than a dozen yards
when he WAS enveloped, drawn up several
feet above the ground and hurled against
az brick building but escaped without even
bruise. He says, while he was up in
the air and within the Whirling vortex of
the cloud he heard q terrible
cracking sound, and could see myr-
lads of sparks flying round, ev-
identity electrical. The torn did not
last more than = minute, aad when it
passed the part of the town touched, was
perfect waste. The first place the
storm struck was tWo-storY brick build
ing, corner Of Main and Spring streets,
occupied by Meyers and Duensing, dry
goods; Thomas Andrews, clothing; a.
Helzen, groceries, and A Reinhert, hard
ell - nh Nh liffaA frora fbnir
foundations and hurled into the street,
burying the inmates and killing three
outright. The storm then continued
northeast, demolishing a number of
buildings on the way to q brick block on
Lexington avenue. Seven new two
story buildings were destroyed and others
badly damaged. The Brownsville Hotel,
8 large two-story frame, was completely
carried away and the timbers were scat
tered one hundred yards around. The
brick public school building was cut
down to the first Windows. School had
been dismissed about fifteen minutes be-
fore the storm. The Christian Church
was alec destroyed. About twenty frame
and several brick dwellings were demol-
ished. The aggregate loss is at least
$3.50, COO. The force of the wind was so
great that it lifted brick buildings clear
off their foundations, and frame build
ings were picked up bodily and twisted
into splinters. Carpets and furniture in
dwellings were carried entirely out
town and lodged in tree tops, and lun-
Der rds were scattered all over the
country, Several pieces were found
mile distant. A house was carried &bou.
fifty feet and hurled against brick wall,
and two miles In the country a fence rail
was driven entirely through the body of
cow. Home physicians have been re
lieved by others from SedAlio and ada.
cent towns, and the wounded have now
been nearly all attended to. A large
number are rendered homeless. The cy-
clone is fully equal t. that Of Richmond
In '7s or Mansfield in 10. A portion Of
the dead we're buried to-day.
A special train was run from SedaliR,
to-day, and the proceeds Of the trip about
$500 were donated to the sufferers
another train will be run tomorrow for
the same purpose. The mayor has
issued proclamation stating that doRa-
tons will be received by q committee for
distribution.
No new facts are developed at Mont
rose. Eighteen dwellings and four
churches were destroyed there. A mum.
Der of farm houses in the vicinity are
demolished.
Mount VeRon, Pa, 26.-The storm
last evening killed Mrs. Ann Wiregroves,
and injured seven children of Jacob
suffers, and injured seriously members
Of other families. Some damage ct
Pennsville.
Chicago, 2O.-A special says the town
Of Csrrollton, Louisiana, WAS struck By
q whirlWind on Tuesday evening. a
skit in the river, containing three men,
was capsized, and none of the occupants
were seen afterwards. The wharf was
lifted and carried square distant. The
noise accompanying the wind was like
deep thunder. Several houses were IN
raofed and property greatly damaged.
The German Catholic school vas COM
pletely destroyed. a number Of persons
were seriously hurt, but none killed out
right The damage is estimated at $780,
600. Other neigh boring towns report
more or less dAmsge.
A Bloomfield, Iowa, special reports a
devastating cyclone In that county,
which, however, by good chance did not
strike anyone. The damage was confned
to farms, fences and isolated buildings.
As yet no death is reported, but three
persons were injured.