The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-02-21
DEATHS D0lNGS.
The Work Of the Wind In the SouilltIn
States.
A aost Tcrrlble Gallery Explosion In
Pennsylvania.
Other Tales OF tho Telegraph
Tho Tornsdo's work .

Of death ana destruction IN thc hutiehpH-
ing counties. special Atlanta telegram
reports Gity killed north OF that CITY,
special & I'M Columbus reports several
BinMlsduAM. Ala, Feb. 20.-A cyclone
swept through the Cahaba valley yesterday
noon. Il IL reported that thirteen were M
lured IN ono community.
WfIMisGros, n. O., Feb. 20.--The Stars
peciil says: \ terrible cyclone passed
noar Rockingham last night, killing hom
ilnsen to thirty people aud woundlng
great number.
AUGUSTA, GA, Feb. 20 Yesterday
storm was tue Beyores, sinca the cyclone Of
1875. In Hancock county tho houses end
tables OF y ivid DokBo wer8 Destroyed by
lightning. In Columbia county the barn
and stables OF J. Y. Neal or Were blnwn
down. Three horses we're killed at Harlem.
The plantation OF George Granade was
ruined. his house damaged and timber car
rlod off. On tho plantation OF Or. Reese
! negro was killsd. Mrs. V; NJ, Wade, wife
4 OF tho overseer, was seriously wounded.
The gin house of George A. Fawcett was
dem olshed The town of Bradlsys, south
Carolina, was nearly blown away. Tho
residence OF DR.. Logon was blown down ana
his wife badly injured. At Ninety
ak, South Carolina, house was wrecked
aud child killed. The residence OF w. IL.
Sla,tworlh, Mt Edgeleld, South Carolina,
I
his III IL daughter persisted. The dwelling
house Of J g. HsWkinson and the store OF
| j. d. Boyd, at Jackson, South Carolina,
were blown down Three negroes were
killed. Tho town Of Msllen was nearly de-
stroyed. Trains are impeded, wires down,
end mails irregular.
BTRatYdHAM, Ala, Feb. 20.-At Leeds
| The cyclone swept away the section h oucs
OF the railroad, killing three ne
| groes. An old white couple By
tho name OF Bass were seriously
| injured. Three miles south OF Leeds the
house OF John Poole was blown away aud
his son, daughter and the child Of a tenant
Instantly Killed. Po0ls's wife and f0gg
children were very badly injured. he foa-
idence and premises Of Dr. w. Il. WRIGHT
rgiroad contractor, was demolished. TIE
| body OF Dr.. Wrighps mother was found 100
wards ffom tho house, fearful manghd
Aunie, Jennie, Thomas, James and
arms or legs broken. Hrrriet Msyrlv
the cook was killed. OF twentv-iour carte,
two wagons aud three horses on the place.
nothing remains but one hose. The housu
occupied by Mr. Mclaughlin was blown
away. McLaushlln was badly hurt. HIS
neighbor, j. p. Lsndman, wife and daugh.
| ter had his legs broken Tue house OF q
man named Kerr tooK fire and was blown
away. Mrs. Kerr was fatally injured. The
railroad for several hundred wards 10 thickly
strawn with debris, delaying trains.
NASHVILLE, Feb. 20.-Clsrksvi lie, Tenn,
was visited yesterday by two destruct We
cyclones about two hours apart. which
swept through the central part OF the CITY,
levsling many hou.es and doing damages to
hundreds OF buildings. Two churches
were nearly blown down. Two towers
were taken of the court house. One end
was blown out OF tho Franklin hotel and
muca other destruction done. Many per-
sons were seriously Injured nnUs ,,,,d 10
outright. The roof of the Chronicle
offices, raters and all, were lifted up and
carried over Elders opera.house and
driven through another house two blocks
beyond. The DAMAGE will be very large.
Every telephone and telegraph wire was
pros,ra.ed and the train delayed.
Another Terrible Disaster.
CoTs.LLsviLLE.p PA. Feb 20.-At 9 O'Clock
this morning one of the most terrible ex'
plosions that wss ever known in this vcn-
ity occurred at West Liesenring shaft,
few miles from here. resulting in fright
fui loss Of lie. The particulars are 80
mesgre that nothing definite is known as
20 shat caused the disaster. The
latest report received here at noon
was that some sev9nty-hve persons
were at work in the mine at the time OF the
explosion, and that out OF that numbtr
met their death, and that many dead bodies
have already been taken out. Twelve were
resou,d. several of whom are SO badly ip-
Iured that they will die. Every effort is
being made to get at those who are yet IN
| the mine and 30 learn the full extent OF the
irightfnl accident. it is Thought that ~
least fifty out OF the seventyive in the
mine are killed, or so badly injured that
they will die. Particulars later.
FULLER DETAILS.
UsIonTows, Pa, Feb. 2O.-The little
mining valley OF West Les-neyng. four
miles north of here, was this morning
the scene OF the most terrific explosion
nellsville Coal and Iron company
s ssTI about Goo 100 men, o'e Cosl is n oo
taineo by shalt through the mine
at a distance Of 400 feet from the surface.
This morning shout seventy men wers g.
the men were digging, without
warming there occurred an explosion
that oonyul,ed the mine in every apar,-
tnent, and threw the men into
the utmost CONSERVATION. CT all the
men who were In hearing when
the explosion occurred. Dick Balsley rlone
escaped to tell the awful story. When the
explosion came md all the lights
were blown out Bolsley wound
Ia part of his wearing apparel
| tightly aroand his face end mouth to keep
out the foul air, and gave the rest o
his garments 20 a companion with instruc-
ton to do likewise. He then started
| for the main entrance. They ran over the
bodies OF men aud shattered wagons could
see nothing but could hear the groans OF The
dying men. Presently Balsley'e companion
protested that they were not going In the
right direction. turned back and
persisted. Balsley pushed on until he
/ lta.Nt - II
was about S O'Clock when the first body
was brought out, that OF Michael Ripko, a
Hungarian, whose wife and two children
we're waiting at statt. The face
bore no mark Of violence, and he had
evicently died of sufiocation. The
work Of rescuins went rapidly on, and at
noon nineteen bodies had been recovered.
The company's books we're then
examined, the roll called, and II was then
announced that all the men we're accounttd
for. Most OF the dead bore no vlsi-
BILE marks Of violence aud had died Of
suiIooation. Many OF those who
were in other parts Of the mine suffered
men acted much like horses in q burning
stable. They we're bewildered, and
not knowing what way TO 90
refused to go in any direction.
Some we're 90 burned that the flesh dropped
of them In places when removed. The c0ro-
ner adjourned the inquest until Saturday
morning. The company bears all expenses
OF the funerals, which take plsce tomorrow
aad next day. No accident ever happened
here before, aud the mine was remarked
as very safe. The fire boss
with lamp inside his usual examination
last night and pronounced everything ell
right.
Cremation Progress in France.
While uould-be cen ationists are mobbed
In Wsles, aud the seal Of the advocates oil
burning In England has grown 20 cold that