Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1882-04-28
LATE EA>TERN NEWS


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BLooMFIELD, April Zl.-Hp. c-;! re-
purts OF tie vaatulIrn by Il clciuue III
the county are receive: When now
ever, by oooG chance, dad 10, alihe
ANY one. The Galna5e WIS coIIiihed
to farms, fences aud Isolated Duitd-
lna&, aud no death Is reported.
/ inlce persons we've injured.
Pennsylvania shak--ur
Mr.. VERNON, April pa Storm
last evening killed Mrs. Anne Wier-
.roves, and injured seven chi!dIen
of Jacob iiauiler, as well as lnlur-
| ing, seriously, members Of other
families. Some damage occurred at
PeDnyville also. -
PTrsBURG, April 21.-The damage
by ,storday's storm Ill Fay cite
county is worse than at first report
ed, and the loss to property viii ex-
cee, $75 ,OU0. The tornado stated
al bradford and subsidized seven
mines east of Pennsvilie. La the
cUuroe, ices Of the largest d,mens-
ions were twisted and uplooied,
houses blown down and fences ana
barns demolished. An old lady
named Bondori was killed aud Il
number of others so badly injured
they may not recover.
Tornadoes and Cyclones
ST. LOUIS, April 2O.-A RcpuJti-
c0n's correspondent, writing from
brownsville, gives particulars of the
terrible cyc.one. He says the Wild
est confusion leigned all day. The
town was crowded with people from
the surrounding country who tiocked
Ill to see the devastation. The work
OF clearing away the debris was COM
mence after the storm passed and
Las been kept up incessantly ever
since, but 1t Will require several days
to Thoroughly overhaul the RUNS.
Two mole dead bodies have been
exhnmed and 1t is thought there are
still woman and child beneath the
ruins. l.. G. Big9erstat' was on the
street when the two storm clouds
united and made their terrible rush
Tor town. lie stood directly in line
Of the funnel shaped cloud and
thinking to get out of its way started
to iun, but had proceeded not more
than dozen yards when he was en-
veloped, draws up several feet above
ground and hurled against brick
building, but escaped without even
brulse. lie says that while he was
up Ill the air and within the vortex
oi the cloud, he heard a terrible
cracking sound and could ses\pyr-
lads of sparks flying round, evil
= IDENTITY electrical. The storm did
hot last more than a mil ute and
when 1T passed ali parts of the town
touched were perfect waste. The
hrSt place the storm struck was a
two story brick building, corner of
, Main and spring streets, which was
lifted from It's foundations and hurl-
ed into the stIeet, burying the in
mates aud killing three outright.
Ihe storm than continued northeast,
$ demollsh:ns a number of dwellings,
on the way to the brick block on
Lexington avenue. Seven story
br.ck buildings We're destroyed and
others were badly damaged. The
+ Brownsville hotel, large two-s,ory.
5 frame, was completely carried away
e and tlmbers scattered 100 Yards
around. The brick public school
building was cut down to the first
windows. School had been dismiss
$ ed about fifteen minutes before the
storm. The Christian church was
!, also destroyed and about twenty.
frame and several brick dwellings,
were de molisLed. The aggregate
loss is at least $3.50, 900. The force
OF the wind was so great that it lift. d
a oilck building clear off the foun-.
g cations and frame buildings were
. picked up bodily and twisted into
splnters. Carpets and furniture in
dwellings, were carried entirely out
Oh town and lodged in tree tops and
e iamber yards scattered all over the
Y country. Several pieces were found
mile distant. A house was carried
about fifty feet and hurled against a
brick wall, and two mlIesp,o the
: country fence rail was driven en-
'. tirely through the body of COW.
= Home physicians here have been
relieved by others from SedaIia and
adjacent towns, and the wounded
have now been nearly all attended
to. A large number were rendered
homeless. The cyclone is fully equal
to that of Richmond in 1878, or
Marshtield in 1879. y portion of
f the dead were buried to-day.
A SPECIAL train was run from Sc
dalla to-day and the proceeds of the
, trip, about 800, We're dona, ell to ;he
: sufferers. Another train will be run
i to-molow for the same purpose.
: The Mayor has issued a proclama-
Ton stating donations will be 1e-
ceived by committee for dis ribu-
hon. No new facts aye developed.
:, AT Montrose, eighteen dwellings
aud four churches wee destroyed
AND number of farm houses in the
vicinity are demolished.