The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1884-04-05
WRECKED BY THE WIND.
a DEATH Dealing Hurricane Almost Com
pletely Demolishes AN Indiana village
Several Killed aud Many Wounded
Other States Visited.
A TOWN SWEPT AWAY.

FoRr WAYNE, Ind, April 2.-Oakvlle,
small st ition OF about two hundred inhab'
itants on the line of the Fort Wayne, Gin
cinnati AZ Louisville Railroad, in Delaware
County, was almost entirely destroyed by
cyclone which struck the pl,ce at five
o'clock Tuesday afternoon. Five persons
are reported to have been killed ana
many wounded Only five dwellings eS-
caped destruction. The storm formed in
the neighborhoOd of Muncie aud swept
southeast, destroying everything III lis pain.
In the path of the storm, Tor ave miles
east and west of the village, the damage Is
equally great Every farm swept by the
cyclone was wrecked, barns, houses, or
chards and forests being blow down, aE
fences leveled to the ground.
PlrrSBURGu Pa, April about t'n
O'Clock Yesterday morning terrible N.l,-
storm. accompanied by thunder lightning
and hail, passed over this city and vicinity,
wrecking a number OF buildings and Sc
verely, if not fatally, inimlns several
people. Oliver a Roberts lar-e shcet-iron
cone mill, on Ninth street was blown over,
and William Lacy and James Donahoe, TWO
workmen, seriously hurt, the former 1t Is
feared fatally. \ frame house on twenty
eighth street not yet completed, was also
demolished, but no one was hurt. a ear
penter named Robinson. who was erect
ing the scaifold upon which George Jones
will be executed to-day Gas struck by
beam and quite seriously hurt. a number
of other persons were Injured by falling
chmneys and signs at Homestead, eight
miles from this city, frame house IN course
of construction was demolished and SIX iien
were injured, one OF them, Robert Irwin,
very seriously.
COLUMBUS, o., April 3.-A wind-stOrm
of unusual violence swept over various
parts of the county in this neighborhood
Tuesday night At heynoldsburg several
houses, barns and bridges were blown down
and still greater number unroofed. Fences
and fruit trees were laid waste, and five
miles of telegraph poles along the National
Road torn down. SO far as learned no per
son was seriously injured, though some
live stock was killed The cyclone
did not touch Columbus, except IN
heavy hail and rain storm. At
Dublin, o., the Christian Church was uu-
rooted, at loss Of over $1,000. Several
barns and OuthOuStS were removed from
their foundations, and some carried to
great distance. The farmhouse OF Philip
Wolf, three miles east, was completely de-
llOllSlltt. j Ut lulllilN Ntlt NtbE't III tiN
ruins, bnt were rescued with slight injuries.
4 considerable amount of stock was killed
by falling barns. At Arcinum, near
JaysyIle, twelve barns and four
houses were destroyed, three persons
being badly hurt At Mechanic ,burg many
trees were blown down, and several build
ings unroofed and uptllrned
ATLANTA, Ga, April "a cyclone one
hundred yards wide passed through Dade
County Tuesday night in nOrthwcsterly
direction Two members Of Colonel Ia
turns family were killed, Five other
deaths were reported. Several trees were
blown across the track Of the Alabam n
Great Southern Railway The night cN-
press was thrown from the track by the
obstruction; Fireman Ed Brown was Killed
and Engineer Mike FrOmiey injured.
HUNTSVILLE, Ala, April 3.-A deStruc
tive cyclone passed through this county
Tuesday night, greatly damaging timber
and fencing The house of family named
White was completely blown away Mrs.
White and her mOthtr-in-law were killed,
and a baby was carried several miles in the
woods, where it was found alive IN the
morning. A man named Glover had both
his shoulders broken, and several others ara
more or less injured.