Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-02-21
The Warning Elements.

The Warning Elements.
MACON (Gs.), February 2Oth.-The city
was visited yesterday afternoon sud last
night by a tremendous storm There are ru-
mors of death and destruction in the sur
rounding counties. a special Atlanta tele-
gram reports fifty killed !uorth of that city.
A special from Columbus reports several
killed and wounded.
RIVER sTREWN WITH WRECKS OF HOUSES.
EVANSVILLE Qnd.). February 2Osh.-The
| river is strewn with wrecks Of houses swept
awsy by last nights gale. Relief boats have
been sent above and below, to render such
assistance rs possible in rescuing people and
relieving distress. They will not return be-
fore soue time this afternoon. There are
many rumors Of loss of life, but no definite
! Information is obtainable, but no doubt it was
| heavy. Ne~burgh has Just telephoned for 8
boat to 90 to the assistance of people to be
seen in distress opposite thst town, which is
fifteen miles above here.
CLEAR AND COLD WEATHER.
ST, PAUL (Minn. J. February 20h-Noon.-
/, Dispatches from various points ia the north.
west this morning indicate that clear and
cold weather has succeeded the blizzard.
| Trains which were badly delayed and in sew.
eral cases abandoned are being resumed, and
| telegrsphic communication is restored. Ad-
vices from Larimore, Dakota, bring as vet no
tidings OF the missing stage coaches lost in
| the storm.
HAVOC PLAYED WITH TELEGRAPH WIRES.
CHICAGO, February 2Oth.-A storm in the
vicinity Of AMI west Of st. Paul, and south.
ward through Iowa. eastern Dakota and Mis-
souri,, played havoc with the telegraph wires,
and the service in thst direction ia more or
| less impaired. The same is true in Texas and
| The southwest, and in measure east and
southeast Of Cincinnati.
! BUILDINGS BLOWN DOWN AND UNROoFED.
FRANKLIN (Ky.b February 2O:h.- This
| towu was visited by tornado yesterday af-
| tsrEoon. a large tobacco factory owned by
! New York parties was blown down. The
! Barnun Hotel, opera house and other build
| ings were uuroofed.
PERSONS KILLED AND INJURED.
WILMINGTON IN. c., February 20th.-A
| Star special says: 4 terrible cyclone passed
near Rockingham last nigdt, killing from fl
teen to thirty people and wounding great
number,
BIRMINGHAM tAla.) February 2Oth.-A cy-
clone swept through the Cohaba Valley yes
terday at noon. 1t is reported that thirteen
persons were injured in one community. AT
Leeds the cyclone swept sway a section
house of the railroad, killing three negroes.
An old white couple, named Bass, were seri.
ously injured. Three miles south Of Leeds
the house OF John Poole was blown away,
and q son, daughter aud child of tenant in
stantly killed Pooles wife and four children (
were very badly injured. The residence and
premises Of DIR. W. +. Weight, railroad con. !
tractor. were demolished. The body of DR.. |
Weights mother was found 100 yards from |
the house, fearfully mangied. Annie, Jennie, |
Thomas, james and Edward, children Of DR.. |
Weight have their arms or legs broken. |
Harriet McCrew (cook) was killed. OF |
tweuty-four csrs, two wagons and three |
horses on the place, nothing remained but |
the carcass of one horse. The house occu-
pied by III. Mclaughlin was blown away, |
and Mclaughlin badly hurt. A neighbor, !
j. 2. l.andrul, his wife aud daughter, all had |
their legs broken. The house of man named |
Kerr took fire aud was blown away. Mrs. |
Kerr was fatally injured.
Later intelligence but adds TO the horrors |
of the woeful story. Miles of forest in the |
Cahsba Valley are leyeled by the storm. |
The bodies OF strange cows were found around |
Leeds. IG many places the ground is as clear |
cf stone as il carefully swept. The stumps |
of trees bear the marks of flying rocks. |
There Is absolutely nothing TO indicate where |
DR., Weights residence and outhouses stood. |
FORTY HOUSES BLOWN DOWN.
CAIRO Ul) February 2O5h.-The storm
yesterday did no damage here, although the
velocity Of the wind at one time was six5y
miles su hour. At Metr7polis i5 blew down |
about forty houses, including one church, aud |
i.juEed several people, hut as far 8s could be
learned 10 one was fatally injured. Reports
are very meager. 1t is also reported that |
several were supposed to be lost from boats I.
end skiffs, but the report is not suhstsrtiated. |
At Paducah the tobacco warehouse of Buck |
ner & Co. and Charles Carleys oil warehouse /
are the only houses reported destroyed. No |
damage is reported from Mound City.
AWFUL SCENE OF DEsoLATIoN.
EVANSVILLE Qnd.), February 2Oth.-Oae |
of the relief boats arrived from below this |
afternoon, and reports an awful scene of |
desolation; but as far as ascertained there |
has been no loss of life. Within fifteen miles |
of Evansville fifty or more houses have been |
washed away. Many people were taken from
trees and the hills, some badly frozen, and |
brought here.
LADY DROWNED.
MADISON Und }, February 20ih.-Mrs. |
Hullsy, a prominent ilsdy Of Switzerland |
county, was drowned in the fl od last night !
sEvEREsT IN YEARS.
AUGUSTA (Ga), February 20;h.-Yester-
days storm was the seyerest since The cycoae |
of 1875. In Hancock county the storm over.
turned ou5houses and unroofed houses. At |
Harlem, beside damages in the interior the |
plsntation of George Granade was ruined, |
houses demolished and timber carried off. On |
the plantation of DIR. Reese a negro was |
killed, and Mrs. Y. NJ Wade, wife of the |
overseer, seriously wounded. The town of |
Bradley, S. c., was nearly blown away. The |
residence OF DR.. Logan was blown down and |
his wife badly injured. At Ninety-six, S.
g., q house was wrecked and child killed. |
The residence Of w. II. Slattwortb in Edge
field county, s. c., was blown down; the ruins |
taking fire, his little daughter persisted. The /
dwelling house Of J. g. Hsnkiuson and the |
store of j. S. Boyd, at Jackson, S. C., were |
blown down, and three negroes killed. The |
town of Millen was nearly destroyed.
UNPARALLELED DESTRUCTION OF HOUSES.
EVANSVILLE Qnd.l February 2Osh.-Re.
ports are coming in of great destruction by |
the wind-storm yesterday afternoon and last
night. The destruction of houses is unpar-
alleied for years. There is hardly house |
Standing in the flooded districts between |
Owenshoro and Mount Vernon. But one |
loss of life has been reported so far. Yester- |
day two destructive cyclones, about two |
hours sparts, swept through the Central part |
of the city, leveling many houses, and doing |
serious damage to hundreds of buildings. |
Many persons were seriously injured in the |
falling houses, but none killed.
CLEAN swATH.
TALLADEGA (Ala.l, February 20sh.-A de-
structive cyclone yesterday passed through the |
suburbs of Cave Springs, Co., killing five |
men. and seriously iuiHring others. The cy-
clone was about quarter of a mile wide, and |
swept down houses and everything in its
path. The damage was great.
UNIVERSAL DEVASTATION.