The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1884-04-10
DEATH AND DESTRUCTION.
0akvillc, Ind, Swept Out Of Exist.
enoe Many People Killed and
Wounded.
North Alabama nnd North Georgia Dc.
sastatni for Niles by Terri.
bio Cyclone.


bio Cyclone.
Mant people living IN tho Northwest win recall
the fact TINT Monday, tho at Ut Aptll, was one OF
tho darkest unsa Vt tho year, nanae clouds oha
aunred TIM Hun 10 such Nh extent aaia rcndr,
artificial light necessary In nearly NIL hnuacs
The femaik WA Il common ono that II wna a
nood tlas ief cyclones, und 10 II proved Mnns
serttunn III tho country were Waited bs fierce
HtofmE thai swept away houses anl killed many
people, The worst Ut theae elemental onthrruka
allsnfH ~ lave uitnrtrd ita fury arninat the
l,''r .oMn =, uak'ill., nolawa1n county, Ind
wrought IN the windy monsters ltH nath was
about hull 4 niila willie AMI distance ton mirs,
rer'h,inn u hrghe of ruin nna wreck seldom,
aee,l, Tile tluha came from tho northwest, aud
MAS VI innnel shHt@ nAd OF nfcehAh color.
The eenter. NJ ita destructive tiark II ohk,illc.
small sillane III the Fort Wayne Iincn.
nNi n louisville Roaa n II, N WaH, n llace OF
Ia inhabitants and " forty or itts buildings,
MT mime thNn NV III which arr now sinn,linu
Indeed, tho cntiie town, hut yesterday busy
a s,anrn. fe' n,s. " ana M hn an Of confused
A,io,ed hesond. repair Tho place n
absolutely Mir.d i,um tho iace of the
sa,,n, NV r,,sons ms,a KILLED eatrisnt
about a. ssatss tnlMell e. johnson. a small
ohiid belonging tn thu above, G. hfuMna infant
about ,eat old, snric iii,nra, epel ID, DAUGHTER
u widowed mother 'tMo others received
fatal injuries, lu,not johnson and Jefferson
Hoover, Tho following w.re Mnundcds Nancy
Myers, 90 wears II aIr. arm hokcn and hadlv
HOFFMAN, wife Of til. above, severe wounds;
Mrs, htewn. seriously hurt ahont The head
ieh Miller, hip aisloea,cd; Mra, Miller, wife ot
the above, had hody h,uisess Fred Callseo,t. oi
Shelhyville. stopping over nishs, thr.c ribs
hrokrns NiaeM Times, cut on tho shoulder; Il.
! liol,kinash bruised and cut, Lemmie Myers,
IA, arm broken,
nlumn'a ll,s., ehila WA found dead abeu,
twenty live sards from the house. while that y,
4, 4. duhnaun was Mhslod through thu air a dis.
tanee " iau Yards, and dranpcd IN n wheat.
the stafm had passed Miss HINES was also
found sone distance from her demolished home
with almost every PARTICLE VI eluthins strip ed
,rnm H.. neas b. The ,ossc OF thy M,na Mrs
house, About 4 aoFrn others were injured
slightly, Int thase mentioned sustained mos,
~r,ons Wounds AID bruises, Amen1 the house,
smashed Mas that III lnhnny sullivan. In which
We're himself wife. and stx children, the young.
cat hahe aMeeks old, Most mtiaenlaasy none
at tho family Men injured IN the least The
hut unsefasched.
The two clouds met Mt the house ut Louis
Cochran, two miles south of Oakslllc, and IN.
,tfvls demolished IL In seconds time, and car.
milo fam the foundation, while some " the
rlanksW ths house wrre found at n distance vi
Two m'les and halt, Two hass. riding IN q
wagon were caught IN the wind. the wagon
tnfhed over, and the horses ran away flying
ieCe OF timber struck one IT the hoNs, intictinr
severe scalp wound, nndcftns him nneon.
setaus The othcr buy was also seriously In
turcd by the wagon turning over IN him.
Al lniaN, A small town two miles east ot Oak.
Nslls VIII Lines, with his family. Mas seated III
the house when tho storm struck and complete.
IN wrecked il, killing Lines, hut tho sewn r,hc,
members III the family r~raMd without harm,
Four miles Mess JAMES sanders, = morehan'
hal gvhe 10 his farm ~ instruct his tenant, and
while IN the house of the latter II VAS torn II
riceeS and ssntefs Killed INSTANTLY In tho same
vicinity ", I, Fainter, while al Mofk On y farm
air and thrown ~ the en,una and Killed,
Farms look Ake a Wilderness, Houses wore
blown Town AMI the inmates either crippled Q,
hllgd, Tic farms ,Msfr Wsll iMnNNNett, and
thols tire harms ars perfect wrecks, The loss "
thus WY great the hundred and tNNcntv~tvs
,hnns Nd collars Will not fellaee The damag,
danr aM farms AlanA Take II all in al, this MA
QUE al thn must dreadful storms ever known III
EaStNrn Indiana,
Ahout TIE same hour that aakslll,A Ind, and
,he s.asNNa,a,Ng country MAS hing devastated
4 destructive t.faattu, atsNAt an ~ hs rain anu
hail, Mas sWssl ing Win grsNt iaase osst the rc'
slrn adtas nj u srlsA,tlts, ohio Many houses
Mvrr ho"n toNn, onc Ut tMn nNarir Killed, Z
farm lrAlNftN tisAaag,st The Nlaakeet iavssttle
near tr5NNItle> SNnsrNa ~cNe,cls, every haasc 1,
the town heI'.8 more on less injured, AMI serefa
t@SstVwa the II Ntyttttun MS Also sfysa,, houses
i fNtA taanS ssttSas down hstsss The blast
NAolv assAaUl~ Mtw DESTROYED, Mnd IN Sans
tsaer ., sss,al hanars,l sasis, The loss sas,
ta,n,st II WY ~ At Al iahlin, n large naane,
~ Aaese~ aNd fSfas Mefc blown down, III,
Christian shassh IT that place mas demolished
N ram City. A nauhAN III lafse buildings wcN
MNehe,t AMI seatt fVsl spontaneously, Aearriags
ssc,nfs MAS asm1a>hca aad the eymetefy laid
waste
4 ,sel,ae swe,t tAto>ssh thu Maaeasahels
Valley, nj l9tisharg, ley ling tcaes,s, wssnchins
ssens gfaM tAe4r ta~teMtnsS and a,mal,~hias
several HOUSES kaNe pvs~ens received iata
MEuNt.~, AMI MaaN nthris MVsv more NJ less
~estaNSly Wounded, ~ talmg buildings
AhaW tn TIM, tAe~e tvraassosS Mesc doing
thrlr aWtM wOrh III Indiana Nai.s and lNnnsyl'
,he s14as south, lcans death AMI ,iesoiAt,un
~ tbs, tseS, 4 sll~lAatah nssM Chattanooga
Tcnns ienastSS Nayh,t tae eseaasfy IL miles
TRINA a tathoSd, sna 0nly mtSages "details can III
ivarNest, tut snAusa II Nh Nh - sharssteSise u
astNc MNSs destructive storm that has prevailed
ia ths~ suantes In wars, Ths ,sM cosnmrnccs
IN ths neishaselsea ~ Inltia~N,lle, Ala, ans
ia~Svl IN \ nattara~t%llN slsfvs'sson, SMeelaAs
M Mills Valley AMI tavN ecASSaas lseakoal
Mountain, II las~el al into North searsia, ant
near ialtaa lett the earth, The width Mas leS'
tAaa SN Yards, hat IT. Msce Mas teffin& tn,
wlNa seeNea II IL formed Ia namhesless whirl'
Wlaa~, each WHALING Mtthaa tsselI, with Nssl
hNs taanaeS AMI II move over the earth viii
hShu'ns. like sala,stsN, atces were alsootc.
tallaMra by The storm waS CLEARED ~ wheat he,
fusv the sSsshe The Swash Mas rsssctSe and
wvl acNasst, and The strip Il made i = scene u
ruin ami a.S nation, Many people arc known Z,
have eeen kllleet.
The house IT the lion, CLAYTON Tstam, q
babe County, ia, hsoshes OF the state Senator
was asmeli~nsl, lie reSetsetl fatal injuries
his ehsia Mas INSTANTLY Alle,l sna his vile has
hotA lsss haNhea> Thu house III John Cfawles
In tho same ssvsAlty, WAS alSa demolished anJ
the entire family ksllesl latS and her aaMsh
ter AZ Iailsn~stlle. Alay, Merc Killed, N II av
lastesl that the vsvlanc swept along tho crest y
NalleN, anil essYs house IN e. path WAS Mhsrscs
ike casks uisea the SRA, ami many lives are ne
rosse9t host The storm csossoi the Alasssm'
Great SNathera halfway ncSr sulphur Springs
Immense stesS Mvre torn up hS their roots ans
thrown aeaess thu tracks,
Another arm III the storm passed To the north
West aud iii Sasat damage IA Madison county
AahAMa. In the Vicinity ~ Huntsville TIN
house ut NigllsM White Mas swept away and hi
Matc and his mother M~law, Mrs. Conner. Wen
instantly HI lea. When II struck tho residence
Of James sslosss he Mas sitting indoors with
little child on each Ancc, The house was blow,
ever and several tiaslscr> struck him In the back
causing instant death, hut both children escapes
aaaar,, In another family little child wa
caught ap ns the nrloas Wind anu carried ses
caal hundred yards.
Storms ptssslled the same night at scyera
other ia~anss I'm North Georgia and IN East Ten
nVSSeV, Houses wsfe NniNatss& fencing Blow
down, ami general destruction marked its Path
The tasal amount at damage or the entire loss q
lite will never he asccriasacd. hut hundreds q
thousands aeGe DESTROYED AMI seunes met thei
death II was the fourth destructive cseion