Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-04-11
TORNADO TERRoRs.
A Town Wiped Out and Many Killed ana
Injured-Destruction Generally. So

ToWD Wiped Out and Many hhieo sbu
Injured-Destruction Generally. So
MUNcIE, ISD., April s,-A destructive
cyclone struck this county about three
O'Clock Tuesday afternoon, completely
sweeping oakviilc. seven miles south of
here on the F. V. w. c. & L. Railway, en-
tirely out of existence and dong inesti-
mable 6arraee TO life and property. About
three o'clock heH7y black cloud came
driving from the west and httother from
the north. The two clouds met st Tire
hsuse of Lewis Cochran, two miles from
Oakvllle, thsed it bodily from its floor and
foundation and tesrihg IL into kindling
wood, deposited it two miles and q half
away. A minute later It Struck 0akville
carrying death and destruction in
its track. Of thirty houses in Oak
vile all but three were torn to atoms.
-Four persons were killed outright in Oak
Vile and the fifth died this morning, while
James Sanders, two miles west, was also
killed, making six killed and large number
injured Fifty are reported wounded. The
large warehouse and saw mill adjoining are
In ruins, and the scene is q chaos OF rubbish,
of whose ownership It Is impossible to tell.
Anna Dearborn, mn old lady, the sons OF
Colonel johnson and James Sanders, were
killed, and two other persons whose names
were not ascertained. Christian Swain lost
everything. and had his house blown from
over his head, but like Cochran, escaped
uninjured. l.. Hale had new house re-
moved. entirely from its foundation. The
track Of the cyclone was about quarter of
mile wide and destroyed everything in its
track.
The following were killed:
Mrs. Anna DearmOld, widow, aged fifty.
Susan Hiles, aged fifteen, when discovered
was I'm almost a nude condition her cloth
ing having been literally blown from her
person.
A baby of C. c. johnson, found in field
$50 yards from where the house stood,
head crushed, and the baby of Charles
Brown.
The injured are Turner Johnson, twelve
years old, son Of G. G. Johnson, blown twen-
ty rods, skull crushed and will probably die.
Nancy Myers, sixty years old, arm bro
ken.
Lemniic Myers, aged thirteen years, arm
| broken.
John Huffman and wife, both badly
bruised on the head and otherwise injured.
jeff Hoover, engineer at the saw MILL leg
broken in two places and injured internally,
will probably die.
JEFF Miller, hip dislocated.
Mrs. jeff Miller, badly bruised.
| Fred Coldstock, of SheIbyville, three ribs
broken.
Widow Himer bad cut on shoulder.
Fifteen others more ar less injured none
as seriously as the above mentioned.
! Among the houses smashed was that of
John Sullivan, in which We're himself, wife
and six children. IRE youngest babe of two
weeks old. 1t was most miraculous that
| Of t,,tt llnDS
! The babe was found in bed covered with De-
| bris, but unscratched.
| In the path of the storm for five miles
! east and west of the village of Oakville the
damage is equally great. Every farm passed
over was made a perfect wreck, barns,
| houses, orchards and forests being blown
and fences leveled to the ground Every
| thing presents a scene of desolation. On
the farm of James Sanders, four miles east
6f Middletown, his barn and house were
completely destroyed. Sanders, who is "a
merchant in NiddletosSn; btlt who was oft
on his place at the time ard had taken ref
uge in the barn, was instantly killed.
| At the town of Murray a family of eight
| pefsuus had their house blown to splinterS,
! and the fatheF. william Jones. killed out
right. The Others escaped ui,injured.
TIE MoNoNGAHELA EAItEt.
PITTSBURGH. April 3.--By tie cyclone
which passed over the Monongahela Valley
! yesterday morning property was damaged
| several thousand dollars, and twenty-one per-
SOILS injured. four probably fatally. The sun
was shining bright al 9:30. a few minutes
! later the sky became overcast, hail COM
menced falling and there were vivid flashes
| of lightning and loud pCals of thunder. A
terrific gale followed which leSeled fences,
wrenched signs from faSteningS and de
street frame house was completely de-
mOlished, and on Wylie avenue the roof of
the residence Of William Rosenberg was
! blown off and brick partition Overthrown,
| burying Mrs. Rosenberg. Fanny S6aulkiD
! and baby, and injuring them so severely
! that il is doubtful if they recover. A large
! sign was blown from building on Fifth
| avenue, struck boy named Portsell and
! slightly injured him. Several other persons
| were hit by the flying debris, but none were
! seriously hurt. The most serious damage in
! the city was to Oliver & Roberts wire mill,
! South Side, which was completely wrecked.
! The building was two hundred feet square
and almost entirely an iron construction.
| 1t had not yet been placed under
roof. About one hundred men Were
| engaged inside putting in engines when the
storm rent the building in twain. The
! heavy iron fell with a crash and the men
scattered pell nell, seeking places of safety.
All hut six escaped uninjured. and only one
of these, William Lacy was seriously hurt.
! He was caught and crushed down by All iroI,
| pillar and will hardly recover. The storm
continued its course along the south side of
the M0nOngahela River, sweeping small out
houses and fence from its path, until Home
stead, Pa, when it seemed to gather new
! force. n frame house owned by Evan Jones
was blown down, and six men working Oh
| the building were more or less injured.
| CHATTANOOGA, Tenn, April "a cy'
! clone one hundred yards wide passed thirty
miles below this city Tuesdaynight in a north
easterly direction. Two members of Colonel
| Tatum's family were killed and five other
deaths reported. Several trees were blown
across the track of tie Alabama & Great
| Southern Railroad. The night express was
| thrown from the track by the obstruction
! and Fireman Ed. Brown was killed and
Engineer Wise Frowley injured
IN ALABAMA.
| NEW ORLEANS, April 3.A Huntville,
! Ala, special says: A destructive cy-
/ clone passed through this country,
greatly damaging timber and fencing
The house of family named White was
completely blown away. Mrs White and
her mother-in-law were killed and the baby
carried several miles in the woods, where it
was found alive this morning. a man
named Glover had both shoulders broken,
7 Ill N.afl tt.