Weekly Chillicothe crisis., 1884-04-03
CASUAL.

Details Of Tuesdays cyclone in Ohio lndi-
ana, Kentucky. Virginia, North and South
Carolina In Poland township, Mahoning
county, o., several residences, farm and out
buildings were demolished, trees torn To shrcds
and cattle killed, making loss Of many thou
sand dollars. Several persons were slightly
injured and some killed Intelligence from
Shakcrtown RIdgcyillc, Ccntcrvillc, Spring
Valley, Trcbcin's station and South Charleston,
Montgomery county, tell Of destruction. Two
Johnston brothers were killed at Ridgcylr, .
and ey.SheriG Glatfclcr was drowned while |
rcfugcd in bridge which was struck by the |
cyclone The damage done can not he c,t- |
mated At indianapolis Ind, two rotary wind |
clouds, one from the northwest, the other from |
the southeast, met ii funncl-shapcd terror in |
the northern part Of the city. only short dis
tancc away from the path Of the terrific cyclone
Of March 1, 1850 The storm was less severe
than the one four years ago in It's destruction
Of property. A horse and buggy containing
two men going in the face Of the storm were
separated the buggy being blown over or
through fence, leaving the horse standing in
| the street. Neither Of the men nor the hcRsl
were injured, A street car containing two
ladies was lifted of the track and laid over on
IT. side. The driver, John Stanton, had his
shoulder dislocatcd, and one of the two ladies,
the only Passengers, was bruised severely.
The Courier Journals London, Ky, special
says! terrific cyclone, the scvcrcst ever
known in this country, passed near that place
and Pittsburg two miles north Of London, car.
rying death and destruction In its train, rs-
pccially at PittsburC, where II was scvcrcst
The Methodist church was RACED to the ground
and much other property damaged, A brake
man was hOwn from freight box, carried
about fifty feet, and lighting on his head in Il
creek broke his meek, causing instantaneous
death. Several persons were killed and others
, mortally wounded. Over 100 men and their
. families arc left without homes and employ
r mcnt by the dreadful catastrophe. Adyiccs
from I.ynchburg, Va, say terrific wind storm
@ swept over that section, causing great damage
+ to property. In Amherst county the luwlanls
( were all submerged and fencing, bridges and
= mill dams swept away. Great damage was
n wrought near Newton, y, c. Trees were blown
: a distance Of two miles, and everything swcnt
II away l ut Hul NtllfN NtIt u lN'IN Us tHIS,
An electric storm ragged all over the state In
is South Carolina, n severe cyclone passed over
e Anderson county near Piedmount, destroying
Y the house of Mr., Watson. Three Of his chill
c dren are thought to be fatally injured,
Is Thousands Of people are rendered dcstitut,
c by the breaking Of the lcvccs and overflow Of
the Mississippi. The river Mt New Orleans /,
: ] M tVitl, n 4 al 4
g patch from NatchCz says breaks in the lcvrc.
4 are constantly Occurring and tho people arc
g. dcspOndent. special from Nicksburg say,
l. the river Is forly.eight feet ten inches Al
Davis Bend everything Is overlooked, and for
,t thirty miles down the river, except nj Loyclrl
g plantation, where lcvccd enclosure protect,
a. the people and stock from food Somerset
,r never before inundated is now at the mercy o
At the waves. A special from New Orleans -ay.
from high points in that city the delta look,
is as II built in the center Of big lake, Pcopl,
IS are going from house to house in skiTs.
is By microscOpical examination Of piece %
" Mrs Mary Schultz's leg, who died with symp
toms Of triChinH in WcstmOrclond county, Ia.
tt it is full Of parasites The worms, under The
IT microscope, wcrr found in all stages Of lie
4 yelopmcnt, Sunday, Schultz and the Gale,
4 family of six, who ate pork at the same time
are all in very serious condition, and II I,
J. probable Schultz and four Of the Gallep fNmll,
If will die, The former Is in a comalosc state
,e He is unable to swallow solid food and canno
open his mouth or move his arms from hi
IS side. Louis EnglciblC and Sylvester Schulz
o. who also partook Of the diseased meat, are con
i. valescent
1 AT Pittsburg Pa. while number Of workmc,
tie were moving four ton safe at the arsenal banI
h the foundation Of the pavement gave way AM
the safe was precipitatcd TO the cellar beneath
IN crushing to death George Schroeder. TIL
~ others escaped,
The village Of Connersville, Harrison count
KY, was almost entirely destroyed by a cyelonc
which swept over It Tuesday afternoon. TcI
- people were killed by the flying debris Of build
=. ings, and fifteen ortwenty injured
~ Heavy rains throughout New England hav
" swollen the streams and rivers and broke
10 DAMS sweeping away the water power of tn
=. ~ factories at Ansonia, Conn. The lowlands o.
~ ~ the Warner river are oyernowCd.
=. James MCGcc, living near Liberty, Ind, wa
81 struck by lightning while plOwing, and wa
~ seriously injured. One Of his horses was killed
= James Louthcrer was killed by the cars nea
- Edwardsvllle, III. Pieces Of jug that smele,
y Of whisky were also found near the body.
= A gale Of sixty miles an hour struck Denvc
- the other morning, unroohng the city hall an,
= two Of the finest blocks
: An engineer was killed and large nutrbc
I, Of cars wrecked by collision near Salisbury
:, s Pa, Sunday. -
- Eight men we're killed by an explosion o
: nitro-glyccrinc at Thompson's Point, Nj.