The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1884-04-03
A TOWN DEMOLISHED.
oAkvLLE, lND,, VISITED eYAcYcLoNe'
rwenty-seven out of Thlrty Houses In
the Village Torn to rieoes-,slS Persons
Killed and Fifty WOunded-Tho
Storm In Other Places,
swErT AWAY nY nm wINn,

MUNcIE, Ind, April "a destructive
cyclone struck this county about five
o'clock Tuesday afternoon, completely wlp-
Ing 0akyllle, seven miles south OF here, on
tho Fort Wayne Cincinnati Il Louisville
Railroad, out OF existence, and doing ines
tlmablo damage tG life and property, About
hyo o'clock heavy black cloud came driy-
Ing from tho west and another from the
north. Tho two clouds met at the
house Of Toyls Cochran, two miles
west of oakyllle, and lifted II bodily from
ib floor aud foundations, and tore II
Into klndllng.woOd, A minute later II
struck oakyllle, carrying dcath and destruc-
ton In lts track or tho thirty houses In
oakyIllo all but three were torn to atoms
-Four persons were killed outright In Oak
vile and the lfh has since died, while
james Sanders, residing two miles west,
was also killed. making six killed and o
large number Injured, Fifty aro reported
wounded. Tho largo warehouse and saw.
mill adjoining arc In ruins, and tho scene Is
chaos Of rubbish of whose ownership IL ls
lady two sons OF Colonel Johnson aud
James Sanders were killed, and two other
persons whose names are not RsCOllalned.
Christian Swain lost everything, aud had
hld house blown from over his head, but
like Cochran, escaped unlnjurod, l., Halo
had q now house removed entirely from It's
foundations, Tho track Of the cyclone was
about quarter Of u mile wdO and every
thing In IL track was destroyed,
IN ONO.
CNciNNATI, April 9, llopOHa itom East.
efn Indiana and Western Ohio say tho
storm Of Tuesday night was very severe,
Tho Wind blew u hurricane proslmtlng
fences and telegraph lines, and cOmmunlca-
ton IL badly interrupted, Near Gro0nylllo
the storm was very severe, and houses,
barns aud trees were blown down, No lives
arc reported lost
COLUMBUS, o., April 2,-Wod has been
received that u destructive wlnd'storm
passed over Reynoisburg, twelve miles
cast Of Columbus, and In southeast dl.
reclon, Tuesday night Several houses,
barns and bridges were blown down, aud u
still greater number unrooiod, Fences and
fruit trees were laid waste aud Ave miles
OF telegraph poles along tho National road
were torn down. So fur ~ learned no per.
eon was seriously Injured though some stock
was killed Tho effects Of tho cyclone did
not touch Columbus except In heavy hail
and rain storm,
IN rENNsYLYANIA.
PirTsnuRdil, April "a torrlno wind.
storm, accompanied by thunder lightning
and hail, passed. over this city NJ ton o'clock
a. M, doing considerable damage 10 proper.
ty and lnJurlng number Of persons, Olly-
or n Roberts now wire mill, tho large sheet
Iron structure on Ninth street. on tho
South Side, was blown down, and two
workmon, William Lacy and James Dona-
hue were seriously injured, Lacy IL
hurt internally, and will probably
die. A franc house on Twcnty-olghth
strooi, not yot completed, was also domol-
ishod but no ono was hurt A carpenter
named Robinson, who was erecting tho
scaiiOld upon which George Jones Is 10 DO
executed tomorrow, was struck by u beam
and quito seriously hurt A number Of
other persons were Injured by failing chin
noys aud signs
A special from Potrolp, Pa, reports
groat damage from the storm, which passed
over that town about halfpast ton o'clock.