The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-04-03
A Husdred Men Escape Almost Scaihe
less ~ Pittsburs.

tihCIhNAfI, Apfll z-Hrport from cast'
ern Indiana and western Ohio says the
stofm last night was very severe. The
wind blew n hurricane, prostrating iences
and ielr raph lines, nnd communication
is badly interrupted. No lives are known
to bs ios'.
Near Grseuville the storm was very
severe. Houses, harms and trees were
blown down. No lives are reported lost.
MusoiE. lsp. April 2 "A destructive cy-
clone .tfuck this c'uniy about O'Clock
Yesterday afternoon, completely wipiDg
Oikv'lie, teyeu mile. south OF nere on the
f.. w., O. & l.. railw eDtirely out OF
.xisieuce and doing inestimsbls Damage to
II q aud property. About 8 O'Clock a heavy
black cloud came rising from ths west, and
aI other from ths north. The two clouds
met ut the mouse Of revis Cocn ane, tVo
miles irum 0agvlile, lifted Vt bodily from It's
II Ior aud iou dation, aud tearing IL into
kindling Sood Deposited
MpHcIE. lSD, April 2.-F0lloWing IS 4
lisi OF 49,. kilrJ:
Mr., A M y. armond. widow. aged 80
Suea4 liila, aged Is, when discpvr rod
Wus Ia an almost nude condition, nertl 9TH
Ing having been literally blown from her
p.rsor,
Babe o,C. C. Johnson. ioaud in u field
l59 yards from where house stood; he-d
crushed.
Babe OF Charles Brown.
INJURED.
Twiner johnson; IL years old; son OF q. {.
Jnh hnsOn; blow tweuty rods; SKULL crush
ed; viii probably die.
Nnncy Mysrt, On yesrs ol ?: arm kroken.
Kemonia Myers ased 10; arm broken.
John Kaufman and wife, bo;h bed
hrui,sd 80 tAs head and otherwiao iDiurrd.
Jeil Hoover, engineer at he eaw uIill
lep broken IA tvo places and injured IN
ternally, will probably die
yeli .Niler. nips cislcc.ted.
Mrs.. Jtff Nillsc badly bruissd.
fred CJ!cstocs, 0i Saelbyville, three Ties
broken.
Widow Himer, bad cut in shoulder.
Fifteen others more or less njured n1De
NJ seriously ss above mentioned. Among
the houses smashed wbs that OF John Sui
.ivati, in which WAS himself wife aud .'x
children, the youugest bioe two wsek=
old; their egcape was mos miraculous
rone 81 tho iSmily being Injured ia the
least. The babe Was found in bed co,efe q
with debris, INT uoscratche6
COLUMBUS, April 2.-rne Evening Des.
patnh's special gives further accounts oi
destruction by the cyclone &C points in the
northwest last night
DUBLIN o.. April 2--The Christian
ohuroh was unroofed aud damaged over
over 81 090 Ssvsrsl bsrns ard out.bousts
we're removed tom taeir foundations aud
Some carried grest distance, Tue farm
Scuse of Philip Volt three miles east, was
compile ely demolished. The family was
wedged in the ruine, BIT rescued
With ,light injuries. A ooasid-
ersble amount Of stock was killed by
falling barns, out no estimate of damage
can be made, as distant parts Of the coun-
try are not heard from. The direction Of
the storm Was northeast and extensive ir
range. At Arcanumo, near J ysvi,l'
twelve barns aud tour house, were destroy
ed. Three persons aare badly hur,.
MRoHsEic.yURo, o., April o. Many
houses wsre blown down, several buildings
urroofed and upturnsd. Thecy clone otu-
frOiu the north vest.
UspANA, o., April AIN the vicinity Of
Mutual and B,wlcrsvile the storm did
g-eat dam age. she track being third Of 4
mile wide. The destruction of timhe is
heavy. Large trees were torn up by the
roots. No lives are reported lost.
CHICAGO, April 2-The Daily News'
Muncie. Indians special gives the follow
irg additional details OF the Oikville cr-
clone: In the path Of the storm. for miles
past snd west OF the village damage Ia
equally great, and every farm passed over
was made perfect wreck, barns houses,
orchards and forests being blown down and
fences leveled 10 the ground.
Everything presents ecsse o.
On the farm OF
James Lsnders. four miles east Of Mid
his barn and house we're com
plete,y DESTROYED. Lsnders, who was
merchant IN Niddletown, but who was not
az the place st the time and had taken
refuge IN his barn, was instantly killed. At
the town OF Murray a family Of
eight persone had their house
blown to sp in,ers and the father
William Lines killed. W. Frank, a painter,
living tour milst west OF OAkvIlle while out
on his farm, was caught by the storm and
killed. The oondi ion OF denixenS
Of Oakville is terrible 10 think ot Without
homes, clothing, food or bedding they were
found standing in the cold, blinding
snow-storm shiyeriDg. In the few
freless houses that yet remain, the people
more fortunate have thrown open their
homes In the suffering and are making
70 feed the hungry until
such time as they may be able to sustain
PTrrspupe, April 2-By aoyolone that
passed over the Monongahea valley this
morning propcrty wes damaged TO the
amount OF several Thousand dollars and
Iwenty-oue persons 1 jured, four probably
falal. The sun was shinins brightly az
halt past Q A. few minutes
later the sky became overcast,
hail commenced falling and there were
vivid fissnes Of lightning and loud peals OF
thunder. A terrific gale followed, vh'oh
Ievsled fences, wrenched sigus from their
fAstcniDgs aud demolished several houses.
On TweLty-eigh,h street a frame house
was completely dem molished, and
on Wvhe tho roof the residence
Of William Rosenberg was blown off snd
q brick partition overthrown, burying Mrs.
Ross nberg, Fanny shsulsin aud the baby
and iniuring them so severely that u Is
don uhtful vhether thev can recoyef
large sign blosn from = BUILDING on fitth
avenue struck boy named Porsel and
slightly injured him. Several other per-
sous were hit by dying debris but none
seriously hurt. The mott serious damage
in the city 10 TO Oliver & Roberts wire
mill. on the South side, which is complete
ly destroyed. The building WAS 40 feet
square and almoet entirely iron a. con-
etruction. IL had not yet been placed un-
der root. Abou. 100 men we're engaged
inside putting N engines when the storm
hesvy iron eirdsrs fell with O crash
and the nen tcatt' red pell nell, seeking
places OF salety. All but eix escaped unin-
jured, and me OF these, named Lacy. seri-
ously hurt. He was caught snd crushed
down BIZ sn iron pillar and will hardly re-
cover. The storm continued I've course
along the southern bank Of the Nonongs-
hela river, sweeping suiah "nthouses
snd fences from its osib until Home
Il seemed TO gather Dev force. A frame
house ovnsd ny Evan Jones was blovn
down aud six men working on the building
more or lee injured. A ,srpsnter shop
and shoe shop acjaininF we're crus1ed oy
falling timbsrs and t~o cobtl-rs hurt
silehiIv. IN another r1y. o.
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