The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1884-03-29
BY STORM AND FLOOD.
TERRIBLE WINDS IN FOUR STATES.
A Cyclone In Kentucky Results In Loss Of
Lifc-Great Damage Done in Indi-
ana, Ohio and Tennessee
Floods In Louisiana.
FURY OF THE ELEMENTS.

Iage Oh NOIelllallSNlllti anu uttciis Nipcu
II out of existence, after which ii passed
over Mount Nebor several miles east,
and left hardly a house standing.
From there the cyclone passed on
to Antioch, Snakelck and Conroy,
doing in these places more or less damage.
About four o'clock the oppressive atmos-
phere and gathering clouds gave evidence
of an approaching storm and a llSllt ram
began TO fall. This gave way to hail, which
poured down like shot, accompanied by
high winds. The latter increased in
fury until IL formed cyclone
which struck Colemanyiile full on
the southwestern side, and in lew mo-
ments had almost 0bllterated the town from
existence Every one either ran into the
street or sought refuge in cellars, and many
were injured by falling timbers, which
dropped around in all directions. In the
midst OF the storm Mrs. 4. II. Lail rushed
out of the house with her infant, three
weeks old The storm tore the child from
her arms while she was blown across the
street against a neighbours house. She was
picked up insensible and badly injured, and
the baby was found dead two hundred
yards distant.
At Conroy, another village, the houses
are scattered around promiscuouSly and the
place, like Colemansvlle, is almost entirely
obltera,ed. Roofs of houses were torn
away, trees from an adjoining wood carried
into the place, and every house injured.
The storm then attacked the dense wood of
Thomas Earl, and literally cleared the
place, four hundred trees being blown
down or carried off, Snake Lick,
another small village, is also nearly
destroyed, while Claysvlle, Little
Rlchland and other places sustained seri-
Gus injuries. At the latter place Strew's
workhouse large brick building, is entire
" demolished An almost incredible
amount OF damage has been done, while the
suffering of families rendered homeless is
terrible. Fifty families, perhaps more, are
seeking what shelter they can, and prOvis-
ions are very scarce. The path of the cy'
clone is nearly half mile wide and extends
along the northern portion OF Harrison
County distance of fifteen miles.
All along this distance can be found rem
nants of household articles clothing and
fencing. Reports OF damage done by the
cyclone of yesterday evening pour in from
all directions. Barns stables and sheds in
great numbers have been destroyed and the
timbers carried along in the terrific breeze
for hundreds of yards. Entire orchards
and parts of stately forests have been
laid waste. 1t is remarkable that only
two lives have been lost, COwan,
the farmer, and Papeno, small child.
Ex-Sherif Glatfelter took refuge in COW
cred bridge. The bridge was struck by
lightning and hurled one hundred feet in
the air, some of the tmbers being carried
nearly quarter of a mile away. Mr.. Glat-
felter was drowned.
CHARLOTTE, n. c., March 27.-Dis-
patches continue to come in regarding Tues
day nights cyclone in this section of the
State. At Newton thirty houses were
blown down, the Methodist Church was
wrecked, and the residences of Rev. Colry
Killian and Charles Jewett swept away.
Cline & Williams Touring mills were par
TALLY destroyed. Mary Ilunsucker was
killed and fourteen persons wounded. Ru-
mOrs from LenOir say whole family were
killed. Six ladies are known to have been
killed. The telegraph wires are down. At
Mecklenburg five or six residences were
destroyed, but no lives were lost.
DAYTON, o. March 20. "A destructive
cyclone swept over the country to the south
east Tuesday evening, tearing down for
est trees and sweeping away barns and
houses. An eye witness says out of a black
bank came Il funnel shaped cloud about one
hundred yards in length. This was driven
before the storm at terrible rate Of speed.
The storm struck the little town of Oak
Ridge, about eight miles south of here, and
passed on a serpcntlne course through thick
woods, telling trees like blades of grass be-
fore the scythe. Both the Pan. Handle and
Toledo, Cincinnati X st. Louis roads were
blockaded in several places by falling trees.
A hired hand on the farm OF Thomas An
drews was instantly killed, his body being
found several hundred yards away A farm
house belonging to one Wilson was blown
over and a child crushed by falling timbcrs.
The cyclone continued on i'm a southeastern
direction, destroying everything in its way.
Other people are supposed to be injured,
but reports from the places are very meager.
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, March 27.-The
storm appears to have covered but narrow
area, but was very destructive. The dam
age in this city and vicinity was triiling. AT
BrlghtwOOd, four miles east Miss karibO
was so badly injured by falling timbers
that she will die. In the neighbOrhood of |
COnDersviile number OF houses were I'M
rooted and barns leveled to the earth The |
b"iIo OthVi vi
farm, south of Connersyille, were badly |
damaged. Two barns belonging to Will |
lam Robinson, in the same neighborhood, |
were wrecked and his residence badly |
damaged. There are some farms in |
the storms track which have hardly a fence |
standing. At Bedford an engine and tray |
eler used for transferring stone from the |
cars at the Hollowell Granite COmpany's |
mills were blown from the track falling at |
a distance Of about twenty feet upon the |
track of the Louisville New Albany e Chi
cago Railway, causing considerable deten
ton OF the soutll-bound train.
New ORLEANS, La, March "a. Kemp
levee broke Tuesday and an immense vol
ume of water is pouring through the ere
vase, completing the inunda,On of Tensas
parish. Kemp, one Of the largest leveeS in
North Louisiana, was destroyed by the flood
OF 1882, but was rebuilt by the United
States Government last year at a cost of
$4,000. The levee can not be repaired
at the present stage OF water and the
result of the break will be to force the
people in the parishes of Concorda and
Tensas upon the charity OF the country.
Five parishes of the State, Madison, Ten
sas ConcOrdla, Pointe COupee and West
Baton Rouge are now almost completely
inundated, and the overflow of water, in
seeking an outlet TO the Gull, will probably
devastate the rich Teche country. There