The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1883-06-16
scouRGEn Rr STORMS.

| Trains Blown from the Track.
MARrov ILL.,, Juno II.
| a terrible cyclone struck the southeast
portion OF Williamson County on Saturday
night june 2. Several houses were thrown
down. and all the farm fences in It's path
were destroyed. The loss of lifa Is not
known, but viii reach twenty or twenty.
five, it is supposed. Its direction WIS
/ from southeast 20 the northyyest Two
boys were killed in New Burnside, and
one whole family were struck bvlightninp.
| The mother was killed and the rest Of the
/ family are dying. Every report that comes
/ in makes matters worse. Its track was
/ about n quarter Of mile In width. The
! lightning and wind was terrific but the
| rain was not so very hard. Large trees
! were rooted up and borne along by the
wind. Whole loclss of sheep were blown
/ away This is one. of the best regions in
/ Southern Illinois for peaches, but not a
/ single tree is left standing in its track.
! This Is the only storm of this nature that
| has visited this section since the great hur.
/ ricane OF twenty years ago. The track of
/ the storm can be easily traced by the
dcsolation and waste it has left. reports
| are coming in very slowly.
Y The Ruin at Beloit, wis
n BEL0IT. WIS, June II.
/ a terrible tornado struck this place at 9
/ p. M, coming from the southwest, doing
1 damage to the amount of $4,000 70 $780,
| coo. The storm concentrated on the river,
| taking first the Chicago & Northwestern
bridge and blowing it into Rock River then
the roof of the Brown block and hurled it
across the street, breaking glass in Car
! penter's block, Rieh's block. Ererson's
/ drug and Goodwin's block then fol-
| lowing the river northeast it demolished
/ the carriage factory of o. IL Denman then
! 70 the Rock River paper mill, a part OF
| which was demolished, killing one man.,
! seriously injuring one, and others slightly.
In the west. part stlle. city three houses
! were blown down, one moved off It's foun2
/ dations and five. barns destroyed On the
east side the steeples of the Presbyterian
! and First Congregational churches were
/ blown of. Broad street, tue finest in the
! city, is impossible, Trees from one to
four feet in diameter, were torn up in all
! parts of the city. The public school, on the
4 east side, fine brick structure, is damaged
| considerably. ]. +. Johnsun's paint-shop,
/ two stories, is ruined. The telephone and
telegraph wires are down all over the city.
The casualties so lar as known are one.
! killed and twenty wounded. The larger
| part of the wounded are not badly hurt.
/ The Wreck in Indiana.
4 INDIANAPOLIS, June II.
While the cyclone that passed over YER
non and vicinity, fifty miles south Of Iu-
dianapolis, last night was of fearful force,
so far as can be learned no loss Of life
was occasioned by its visitation, aud re-
! ports of damage are rather meager in de-
tails. 1t pursued narrow path. fortu-
nately no more than $50 feet in width in
any place, and sometimes even smaller
4 than that. It passed over the couItfy be-
! tween Vernon and North Vernon, and ev-
eIything in its path was leyeled to the
| ground lu
Farther east, in Ripley County, two per.
sons are reported to have been killed at
Osgood, but no names or particulars are
given. 'a4m ..i.l
AS indicating the extraordinary power of
the wind it is related that as iJ passed
| over Muscatatuck Creek all the water in
| the stream was lifted in the air and the
! bottom exposed for a minute. In the vi
4 entity of Butlerville, east of North Yer
| non, the storm struck moving freight
\ trainon the Ohio& Mississippi Railroad. The
cars were loaded TO their utmost capacity
| with sugar. Seven of them we're carried
/. from the track as if they had been mere
shells aud thrown into the woods some dis
lance away, and nine others are lying on
| their sides near the track. None OF the
train hands injured except Fireman Wheel
er, VINO was cut on the head by flying de-
bris. .IfYg Vut
! Extensive damage was done TO trees and
! out-houses and that no more serious results
| followed is a miracle.
An Iowa Cyclone. EgB
+ slgqf f,. DUpUQUE, June II.
The weather for the past day or two has
been favorable for cyclones, and dispatches
received by the Times this evening state
that the interior of the State was this morn
ing visited by these terrible disturbances at
various points. At British Greek Fuyette
County, frightful cyclone swept through
| the village at 3 O'Clock, completely destroy
ing about one-third of the town. No one
] was killed, but the damage is about $50, 600.
] Summer, Brewer County, was also visited,
| the wind blowing down several buildings,
including GARDENERS lerge warehouse,
| which is IA total wreck. The depot was al
! so demolished and several other buildings.
A man by the name of Carpenter is re-
ported seriously injured.
A dispatch from Waverly says a young
/ cyclone this afternoon visited l1poli, the
faseene, of the exploits of the Barber brothers;
time, about $3.50. 1t blew down trees and
| builimgS.l ThelQrge machinery warehouse
of J. @. Gault was completely destroyed,
the loss being about $500 or ~ 900. Two
men were in the warehouse at the timo ,But
succeeded IL escaping with few bruises.
! Considerable damage was done 70 business
! houses, and many small buildings and corn
| cribs were blown to atoms. Several per-
sons were slightly injured, but Eone seri'
ously.
A Whirlwind at Elmo, Wis.
.lT- GALENA, III, June II.
A whirlwind passed over Elmo Southern
Wisconsin, at 1850 O'Clock this afternoon,
doing much damage undoubtedly, full. par
ticulars of which can not be obtained at
this hour owing to the imperfect coramuni-
cation with the points by telegraph. A