Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-04-03
APRIL BRINGS CYCLONE.
SEVERAL STATES VISITED AND
MANY LIVES LOST.

AGKIL BKINUN A C1CLUNE.
SEVERAL STATES VISITED AND
MANY LIVES LOST.
! Considerable Damage Done in South
CarOlina-Villages in Ohio and Indiana
Torn Up by the Storm and the Wreck
age of Buildings Scattered in Every
Directien-A Train Wrecked by Tree.
| MUNCIE, IND, April A cyclone
struck this county about p. N. yester-
day, completely wiping Oakyille (seven
miles south of the Fort Wayne, Cincin-
natl and Louisville Railroad entirely out
of existence, and doing great damage to
life and property. At about 3 O'Clock a
/ heavy black cloud came driving from the
west and another from the north. The
clouds met at the house of Lewis Coch-
rane, two miles west of Oakville, lifted it
from its foundations and, tearing it
into kindling-wood, deposited it over
distance of two miles, and a halt
minute later 1t struck Oakville.
OF thirty houses in Oakville, all
but three were torn down. Four per-
sons were killed outright in OakVille and
the fifth died this morning. James
Sanders, two miles west of OakYille, was
also killed, making six killed in all. Fifty
are reported wounded. A large ware
house and saw mill adjoining are in ruins,
and the scene is a chaos of rubbish, of
whose ownership it is impossible to tell.
Anna Dearborn. an old lady, two sons of
Col. johnson and James Sanders are
among the killed. The path of the cyclone
was about a quarter OF mile wide, and
everything in its track was destroyed.
THE GALE IN SOUTH CAROLINA.
NEW YORK, April "A Columbia, S.
c., special says: "A fearful hurricane
has prevailed here since 6 O'Clock this
II Orning. Trees were uprOOted, miles of
fencing leveled, gardens DESTROYED, Win
dows demolished and Outhouses blown
down throughout the city. The iron roof
of the State House, that cost $1,000, has
been blown off. The Palmetto Monument
is greatly damaged. 1t is reported that
village in Lexington county has been
completely destroyed and several persons
injured.
IN OHIO.
CINCINNATI, April AT Dublin,
Franklin county. Ohio, town of about
300 inhabitants, the Christian Church
was unroOfed, several barns and out
houses were removed from their fOunda-
tions, and some were carried great dis
tance. The farm house of Philip Wolf,
three miles east, was completely de-
mOlished. The family We're caught in
the ruins, but We're afterwards rescued
with slight injuries. Considerable stock
was killed by falling barns, but no esti-
mate of the damage can be made. as dis
tant parts of the county have not been
head from. The direction Of the storm
was from the northeast and the range ex-
tensive.
Near Jaysyille twelve barns were de-
strOyed, four horses were killed and three
persons were badly hurt.
At Mechanicsburg, Ohio, many trees
were blown down and several buildings
unrOOfed and upturned. The cyclone
here came from the northwest.
From Urbana, Ohio, it is reported that
the storm did the greatest damage in the
vicinity of Mutual and B0wlersyille, the
track being third of mile wide. The
destruction of timber was heavy. Large
trees were torn from the ground by the
roots. No lives are reported lost.
NEAR CHATTANOOGA.
CHATTANOOGA, April "A cyclone 100
yards wide passed 80 miles below this city
last night, gOing.in northeast direction.
Two members of Col. Tatum's family
were killed, and five other deaths are re-
ported, but the names have not been
learned. Trees on the mountains were
torn up by their roots. Several trees
were blown across the track of the
Alabama Great Southern Railway, and
the night express was thrown from the
rails by distractions. Fireman Ed.
Brown was killed, and engineer Mike
Frowley was injured.
DAMAGE NEAR HUNTSVILLE, ALA.
NEW ORLEANS, April "A dispatch
from Huntsville, Ala, says: "a destruct-
i've cyclone passed through the southeast
portion of this county last night, greatly
damaging timber and fencing. The house
OF Mr.. White was completely blown
away. Mrs. White and her mOther-in-
law were killed. A baby was carried
several miles and deposited in the woods,
where it was found alive this morning
A man named Glover, had both shoulders
broken, and other persons sustained iDju-
ries more or less serious"
THE MINDS RUSH AT PITTsBURG.
PITTsBURG, April "A terrific wind
storm, accompanied by thunder and
lightning and hail, passed over this city
at 10 O'Clock this morning, doing con-
siderable damage to property and in
juring a number of persons. The new
wire mill of Oliver & Roberts, a large
sheet iron structure on Ninth street, on
the south side, was blown down, and two
wOrkmen were seriously injured, one of
whom will probably die. A frame house
on Twenty-eighth street not vet completed
was also demolished, but no one was hurt.
A carpenter named Robinson, who was
erecting the scaffOld on which Gideon
Jones will be executed tomorrow, was
struck by beam and seriously hurt. A
number of other persons were injured by
falling chimneys and signs. A special
dispatch from PetrOlia reports great dam
age from the storm there about 1920
O'Clock in the morning.
TERRIBLE DEsoLATIoN.
CHICAGO, April "A dispatch from
Muncie, Ind, gives the following addi-
tional details of the Oakyille cyclone: !:
''In the path of the storm for five miles
east and west of the village the damage
is equally great. Every farm that the
cyclone passed over was made perfect
wreck, barns, houses, orchards and for
ests being blown down and fences lev
eled to the ground. Everything presents
a scene of desOlatiOn. On the farm of
James Sanders, four miles east of Middle
town, the dwelling and barn were COM
pletely destroyed. Mr.. Sanders, who was
a merchant in MiddletOwn, but who was
out .0n his place at the time and had
taken refuge in the barn, was killed"
At the town of Murray, family of
eight persons had their house blown to
splinters and the father, named William
Lines, was killed outright. The others
escaped uninjured
w. Frank, a painter, while out on his
farm. four miles west of Oakville, was
killed by the storm. The condition of the
people of Oakville is terrible. They are
without homes, clothing food, or bedding
They were found standing in a cold,
binding snow storm or shivering in few
fireless houses that remained. The por-
tion more fortunate than the others have
thrown open their homes to the suffering,
and are making arrangements to feed the
hungry until they may be able to help
themselves.