Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1883-02-01
A REGULAR CYCLONE.
Additional Particulars OF the Greai
Storm Mt Denver.
Houses Demolished and Things Shaken
Up Generally.

ST. LOUIS, January 3l.-The Globe Demo.
erofs D4nver special gives the following par
ticulars of the great cyclone there yesterday:
At o'clock this morning wind-storm
set in from the west. II rapidly intensified
in force until at daybreak il was developed
into fearful cyclone. All day long the
TEMPEST continued, and at nightfall il was
succeeded by b!iGding shows orm. II WAS
the most terrifying and destructive storm
ever had in this section OF the country. Tse
damage sustained By properly will exceed
100000. Several citizens were seriously
injured by falling walls and roofs,
but no deaths are yet reported. Dur
iDg the early morning and forenoon
only a few people dared appear in
the streets, many refusing to go 10 their
daily lsborr, so terrific vas The hurricane.
The wind at times blew at the rate Of Sky
miles an hour, carrying pebbles as big as
marbles through windows, sweeping iucom.
peted buildings TO the ground, moving
bouses with their contents many feet from
their foundations, lifting roofs from cottages
and cabins and depositiDg them hundreds Of
feet away. The streets were strewu with
business sign, torn from their hangings, snd
sheets of tin rolled from the roofs in huge
balIss The damage TO the shops of the D-nyer
and Rio Grsnde will amount TO thousands IF
dollars Parts of the roofs of the machine
shop, blacksmith shops and plsnipg mill
were ripped off and blown away. Auumber
of small houses and sheds ia that neighbor-
hood were either demolished where they
stood or pickt up and rried off TO a dis
tauce Of several rods. Some time ago the
congregation OF s.. Pairick's church, North
Denver, began 10 build up new edifice.
Yesterday the walls were up and ready for
81 r1of nnto " nil Of hrin be
remained OF tue building to mark where it
had stood. Timbers snd brick were blown
in every direction. Parts OF the church
were found in a dozen differen, places within
q radius of five squares. In South Denver a
dozen or more small dwellings, barns and
sheds were taken from their foundations and
set upon their sides, and in some cases com.
pletely overturned. Several frame houses
were blown 3 dozen yards or more from
where they had been placed, while some
brick dwellings were completely demol.
ished. A barn in which were two horses
was taken up ard blown fifty yards away
leaving the horses standing in their stalls
unframed. Mr.. w. G. Bfewo, who with
his wife and child and mother reside
in little one-and-a-hslf story cottage
on South Wafer street, jumped out of bee
just before daylight and went into The
kitchen to make IRE. He had applied the
! match and stepped back few feet, wher
The wall OF that side of the house fell il
| with crash, breaking the top of the range
half off The south wall fell in, and th,
tumbling bricks were picked up by the wins
and thrown against an adjoining chape
| with terrific force. The roof followed, leav
| ing Mr.. Brown and his family in
house with one wall tumbled in anS
| no covering over their heads. Tue destruc
| ton of house on South Eighth stree
was peculiar. 1t WIS about o'clocl
thst something like whirlwicd struck tn
dwelling. 1t did not begin at the foundation
! but on the root, which il forced down be
| tween the walls toto the apartments beneath
| After doing this much it picked up about 50'
pounds OF the demolished roof and carried j
in northerly direction. At point sbou
| fifty yards from the house the wind droppe,
it's burden. Strange to cay, not a particle o
the roof fell to the ground in this aerial voy
| age OF $50 feet. With equal force the wins
then picked up wall OF the house, and car
ried it of q number OF yards in south
easterly direction. In this vicinity severa
small houses and sheds were blown logethe
and mixed up in chaotic mass Of WOO
ADD timber. A one-stery brick house a
sos Lincoln avenue was struck full i
The front. The roof was lifted from th
walls and carried distance of 200 fee'
when the progress was slightly checked b
coming in contact with shed aud an GU
house. II cut completely through them an
continued on distance of fifty feet, maxim
journey of $50 feet in all, to Sherms
avenue, where it struck the rear of brio
house, No 492. The flying roof was pre-
PEELED with such force that il went CON
pieiely through brick house. Mr.. S. !
Collins, The occupant, jumped out of bed Jul
in time 10 be knocked down by hSin
brick. His wife and children escaped with
out injury. The electric light tower, o
Capitol Hill, was blown down. 1t was ii
last of three original towers built 10 illu
trate The feasibility of lighting the suburb
of the city by electric lights. In its fall
struck COW, crushing her into shspelei
| mass