The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1884-04-02
DEADLY WORK OF A CYCLONE
IN KENTUCKY
Over One Hundred Families at
Pittsburg. ky.. Made Homeless

LONDON, March ga terrific
cyclone. the severest ever known IN
this section of country, passed near
tins place and Plttsburg. two miles +
north OF here. about 4 p. NJ. yester-
day, carrying death and destruction
i'll Its tram, especially at Pittsburg,
where it was the most severe. The
Methodist Church was razed to the .
ground and much other property |
damaged at Pittsburg.
John Hailman, brakeman, was
blown frem a freight car and car
ried about fifty feet. lighting on his
head in creek. His neck was
broken.
Three freight cars two coal oil
tanks and a caboose We're blown
from the track and several persons
were slightly injured. This accident
caused delay of FIVE hours TO the
south bound mail train.
\ little cabin in which Mr. Brough-
ton was living was blo6n down,
and Mrs. Broughton and two little
children were instantly killed
The following persons are thought
to be mortally wounded Col. G..
W. Stringer, both legs broke and cut
in the head Mrs. G.. w. Stringer,
hip mashed ; Robert Ridings, spinal
column broken and cut in the head !;
Miss Sallie Gaff, cut in the head !;
James Warren, two ribs broken and
wounded in the head.
Among those slightly wounded
are : W. Woolsey, William Philpot,
Mrs. Thomas Ross and Others
whase name could not be learned.
The following are the estimated
damages 10 property: Pittman Coal
| Company, store and houses, $4,000;
Laurel Company, sterehouse. $1,000 !;
Peacock Coal Company, house and
store, $1,000; John Pittman, hotel
and steam mill, $1,000.
Over 100 men and their families
are left without homes or employ
ment by the dreadful catastrophe.
NASHVILLE, Tenn, March ga
severe rain and hail STERN yesterday
morning destroyed fences and trees
IN the southwestern portion of the
city and flooded the lowlands 70
such an extent that many persons
were compelled to abandon their
houses There was also considerable
destruction of three barns and fences
near the National Cemetery, six
miles north of the city
LYNCHBURG, Va, March pa
terrific wind and rain storm swept
over this section last night, causing
great damage to pI oerty in Amherst
county. The lowlands were all sub
merged, and fences bridges and
several mill dams were swept away
by the swollen streams. The James
River at this point is higher than it
has been for years. Considerable
damage has been done along the
line of the Richmond and Allegheny
Railroad between Lynchburg and
Lexington, and the tracks of the
road in this city are submerged from
the acquaduct to Tenth street.
RALEIGH, y. c., March pa
special dispatch to the Nelrs and
Obscrrer states that a cyclone form
ed near Newton, N. c., Yesterday
afternoon, and travelled east, utterly
destroying thirty houses, including
la Methodist church, and killing
Miss Hunsecker. Trees were blown |
a distance of two miles, and every
thing was swept clean in the path !
of the storm. Many persons were !
rendered homeless and are suffering
for want of food. \ hail fall which /
accompanied the storm was verv Sc
we're, the hailstones being as large as /
eggs. A dwellingnear Mebanesville |
caught fire from the lightning and |
was destroyed. Elsewhere in the |
State, so far as known, no damage
was done, although the electric storm
ragged everywhere and caused much
alarm.
GREENVILLE, ). c., March ga
severe cyclone passed over Ander-
son county, near Piedmont. destroy
ing the house of a Mr.. Watson.
Three of his children are thought to
be fatally injured.
AUGUSTA, Ga, March pa dis /.
patch to the Chronicle from Athens
Ga. gives particulars of the cvclone
at Gainesville. The storm was verv /,
destructive to property, many hous-
es being leveled to the ground. It
travelled northeast. with a rotary
motion. Hail stones as large az
Guinea eggs fell thick and fast
The track ofthestorm was $50 wards
wide The cloud was black, with a
silver gray background. Three lives
are reported lost, and furniture, beds,
roofs, trees and timber cover the
grouad in every direction.
H'Shwaymen IN Fayette.