New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-04-29
THE WORK OF THE TORNADO.
IT'S nEyAsTATIoNs IN WESTERN OHIO
rop,tATIoN OF THE CLOUD DESCRIBED bf oNb
WHO SAW IT-HAIRBREADTH EsCArhS'
LEY TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBuNE.l

.,,,.r,oS or ruy CLOUD DESCRIBED ny ONE
WHO SAW IT-HAIRBREADTH ESCAPES
[BY TELEGRAPH To THE TRIBuNE'l
DAYTON, Ohio, April 2S.-The tornado winch
swept across this part Of the State YESTERDAY loeo
,hont one mile southwest of Carrollton, and TOOK
northeasterly course until it reached BelIDrook'
nir Rutler. seeing the storm coming, ran tnto the
fields with his wife and children. They held TO
each other for safety. Mrs. Butler was carried up
nv the severe wind, losing her hold of her husband
She was taken q considerable distance ana
dronned into a creek, severely trlRht-
eued but not injured Here the storm
rose and when next heard from was near Aehla'
where il renewed its work of demolition, taxing
direct course 10 Jamestown and from there 10 Jel-
fersonville, where it separated and disappeared
FORMING OF THE STORM.
AtCarrolltOn where il first was seen, reputaDle
farmer who claims to have observed It's formation
thus describes it Two clouds, one from the South
the other from the north, seemed to meet, when III
stantly the scene became densely blacK' wn,i0
from the centre came binding flashes, as II the
heavy clouds were filed with writing,
twisting sheets OF fire. The atmosphere
was soon cnveopod IN dense smoke-hke fog 1t
seemed as if the clouds struggled with each O'her
md then shot forward, whrling, destroying every
thing that came in their way
The tornado was there only three hundred yards
in width. while miles further on the Track OF de-
struction is fully an eighth of a mile in width
THE DAMAGE TO FARMS
In pas>ing across the Miami River the wind blew
the gravel of the river bed hundred feet IN the
air and scattered it over the adjacent helds' Inc
following farms were damaged; ). OeohaIt'
bouse and farm demolished; MIR. Yonder. barn
and outhouses destroyed and several cattle killed;
+. Souires. house ruined j. E. Dodds, house blown
oil fba there
track of the storm TO AleXandersville. AT TINS
nlace eleven houses were damaged, five beng TO-
tally destroyed.
IN Lescher's Wood, just beyond AlexandersyiHe,
stately trees were feed like blades of grass before
a scythe
FARMER FICHNER's DESCRIPTION.
The farm of Frank Eichner was totally destroyed,
all the buildings on it being swept away MI
Eichner thus describes the scene The tornado
came with a roar similar 10 that OF a buzz saw
and the great tongue reaching from the black mass
of clouds above was like great augur boring mo
the earth and where the funnel touched the earth
clouds of black smoke rolled up to the heavens.
On il came like monster, and as it struck Vie shed
the shrill sound like a striking piece of lum-
her resounded In an instant the air filed with
the debris and called to those on the place
10 run for the cellar Scarcely had we reached this
"
md then the shril singing and cracking that told
the tale of rum Hardly two minutes had elapsed
when all was again quiet, and on emerging we
found the sun shining brightly, and scarcely
breeze blowing"
But round about lay Their dwellings barns, sheds,
even the orchard and forest mass Of ruins. MI
Eichner's loss viii reach $4,000
MIRACULOUS ESCAPE.
In a tobacco shed, about 400 feet away, was the
family of Aaron Lucas they had gone there III
s2ring wagon to be sheltered from the storm.
stranae as it may appear, none OF the
family. six in munger, father, mother and
four children, was fatally injured. The
shed was lifted square from its foundation, carried
along with the wind short distance and then
mpletcly wrecked. One of the children, little
girl ten years of age, sustained severe wound on
the head, and the mother was slightly injured on
the right shoulder.
HORSE BLOWN TWO HUNDRED FEET
Frank Washy, who was coming along the
road not far from the track of the
storm, was blown from his buggy,
which was TO torn to pieces and scattered
over the country, Willie the horse was lodged
in creek 200 feet away, where he was
afterwards fouut dead. The same might be said of
all the farms 10 WOoubum, distance OF eight
All Of the following people suffered from the
to,naaO in Ian1er similar to that above
aescribed: Edward Whitney, .Abner Harris, Isaac
Iaaener, j. j. LOesch, Mrs. j. Leghty and others.
Some of tho members of the above families were
seriously injured, though none SO far as known
have set died from their wounds.
VILLAGES RAzED TO THE GROUND
The little town Of WOOdburn suffered Terribly,
moi house IA the place escaping.
But the worst destruction occurred in James
town, about twenty miles from this city, Not
house remains standing on the main street. The
i've churches, Catholic, Baptist Methodist, Pres
bytcrIan and Christian. arc all wrecked.
SIX persons were instantly killed. MIS-. Ann Gar
penteT. Miss Katie BOteler Miss Lilly Jenhins, Mrs
Stewart colored two sons Of James PAUL. also Miss
Stella Jones of Esculapia Springs, Ky: child Of
Mr. Paul. Edward Wallace cOlored. and Ed
ward Reyboum not expected TO recover
II Is estimated that upward Of fifty people were IN
jured more or less.
TIE LIST OF THE INJURED.
The following is list OF those dangerously injured
John aker, leg and arm broken Mrs. Maxson,
hip broken; Mrs. Tim Christopher, internal
injuries and badly bruised; James christopher.
child, badly bruised Mr.. Reyboumc, internally
injured and bruised his son, Elmer, both legs
broken Edward Wallace, both legs and one arm
broken Barnle Rogers, badly cut and bruised
about the head; WI liam Heavy, skull frac tured
Emma Williams, cOored, badly bruised. A NUM-
Der of others are also severely injured though not
seriously.
FROM jamestown the storm passed on to JefIer
sonye, where several houses were more or less
damaged There disappeared and not again
heard Of
THE DAMAGE At THE ORPHANS HOME.
The loss OF the Xenia Orphans Home viii not
eAcecd $4,000 Tie buildings in which were
all the workshops were demolished, the barn
was blown to pieces, and the Toof taken on
u more or less damaged, and the Outbulidmgs were
destroyed No one was badly injured.