The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1883-05-31
Disastrous Fire.

LyscHBuRa, VA, May S0.-The most dis
astrous fire ever known in this city broke
ant at 10 o'clock this morning. and is now
raging furiously. Hall a million dollars
worth Of property have already been des.
troyed. including the Commercial bank.
Tho large hardware establishment of Jones,
Watts Bros. & Co.; the large tobacco factory
oi Flood Il Peters; and other business
bonses Several residences have also been
destroyed A strong wind is blowing, aDd
The fire department is unable to cope with
the flames. kilograms have been sent to
Richmond for assistance.
IlTER.-The fire was gotten under coz
troll after raging two hours and destroying
nronerty to the amount of over
s9o GOO. The loss of Jones, Watts
Bros. & Co. is estimated at $4,000;
insurance only $32 500. The Virgian office
was totally destroyed loss, $4,000; insu-
rance, $4,000. Peters IL Flood, tobacco
mist lose about $4,000; insurance, $3l 900.
A number of small buildings
DESTROYED, on which there was partial i'll
surance, and Others partly damaged by
water and fire. Five men, Hal
sey Goudman, Polcaman Vaughan,
and Uaptain William II, Moore. the last a
conductor on the Norfolk & Western rsil-
vay, we're buried under the falling walls OF
the Virginian building and killed. 1t took
several hours hard work to recover
their bodies. Business was partially sus-
pended all day and the city in
great gloom over the tragic
deaths. The white and cOlored military
companies we're called out for the protec-
ton of property, everything being in a
state of unparalleled confusion. The in.
surance aggregates about 100000,
Wind storms.
CINCINNATI, May 30.-Reports are still
coming in of the storm Monday night in
the Miami valley. Something like cloud
burst occarred, driving the people off the
first floors. By food at Freesport the
bridge across the Miami was torn from the
pier, ana wrecked. Stubs Touring mill
was unrooied. In Shelby. Decatur and
Bartholomew counties, Indiana. the de
struction of barns, fences, timber and grow
ing crops is almost unmeasurable, yet not
single person has been hurt In Butter
county, Ohio, family near West Chester
was badly injured by falling walls. A great
number of barns were unroofed and two or
three dwellings demolished. At Lancaster
Indiana, W. r. Williams, wife and child
and four Crafts brothers were killed BY tim.
Der fallny and several others were injured
Various other points in Ohio and Indiana
report high wind with extraordinary rain,
hail and lightning.
INDIANAPOLIS, May 30.-The news of a
very disastrous tornado having passed over
the counties of Clay. Owen, Johnson and
Shelby Monday evening was not received
sooner on account OF the smaller towns
which suffered most having no telegraphic
communication. AT Clay City, in the
Southwestern part of Clay county, the bank
building Of Thompson. Jewett Il Wittse
was unrooied and Abe Burgess ware-room
destroyed, besides oyher smaller buildings.
The storm passed over part of the town
and destroyed John Gratis farmhouse, de-
molishihg and killing five in
mates, Mr.. Craft and child
Mrs. Williamson and child and a
young man by the name of Pfeisler, who
stopped to take refuge. A heavy raiu and
hail &C ,ompanied the wind at Patricksburg,
Owen county, and the path of the cyclone
was mile wide. Great havoc was made
in the town. Two saw mills we're destroy.
ed besides dozen houses, large tlouriug
mill was unroofed, and Coats e Smeltz's
Store was badly wrecked, and the propre-
tors badly injured. and the houses of Mrs
Richards and DR.. Storm and the Christian
church were all damaged greatly. The
Fiat Rock valley, In Shelby county, suffer
ed from high winds destroying timber,
orchards garden fences and h uses rem
derlng many roads impossible The pro
perty loss represents many thousands o
dollars.