Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1884-04-03
A DEADLY CYCLONE.
vILLAGE SWEET AWAY
live, Lo,t aud Houses Unrooiod ana Torn
Down By q storm Ia the west aud

county, lnulana, ABOUT nNO CLOCK tues.
day afternoon, completely wiping Oak. |
vile, lud., seven miles south of Muncie,
on the Fort Wayne, Cincinnati and Louis
vile railroad, ont of existence and doing
great damage to life and property. At
about five o'clock heavy black cloud
came driving from the west and another
from the north. The clouds met at the
house of Tevis Cochrane, two miles west
Of Oakville, lifted 1t from the foundations
and tearing 1t into kindling wood, deposit
ed it over distance of two miles and q
half. a minute later 1t struck Olkville,
carrying death aud destruction in its track.
OF thirty houses in Oakvillo all but three
were torn down. Four persons were kill
cd outright in Olkyillo and the fifth died
Wednesday morning,
The dead at Oakyillo arc Mrs. Auna
Dcarmond, a widow, aged 80 Susan Hiles,
aged 10. When discovered sho was in an
almost nude condition, her clothing having
been literally blown from her person. n
babe of G. Z. johnson. 1t was found in
field 100 yards from whore the house
stood its head was mashed, A baby Of
Charles Brown.
The injured are Turner johnson, aged
/ IL son Of G. G. johnson. He was blown
| twenty rods and his skull was crushed {;
| he will probably die. Nancy Myers, 80
! years old, arm broken Lemmie Myers,
! algd Is, arm broken John Hoffman and
! wife. both badly bruised On the head and
otherwise injured JEDI Hover, engineer
at the sawmill, leg broken in two places
aud injured internally will probably die
JEFF Miller, hip dislocated Mrs. Jef Nil
| Ter, badly bruised Fred. Coldstook, Of
Shslbyvillc, three ribs broken Mrs.
Himer, a widow, badly cut on the shoulder.
Fifteen others were moro or less injured
All who we're seriously injured are men
toned above.
Among the houses smashed was that of
John sullivan, in which were himself, his
wife and six children, tho youngest child
being q babe two weeks old. Most mirac
ul0usly, none OF the family were injured
In the least, The babe was found iu bed,
covered with debris, but unscathed.
In the path Of the storm for five miles
east and west Of the village the damage
is equally great. Every farm that the
cyclone passed over WAS made a perfect
wreck barns, houses, orchards aud forests
being bi2Tl down aud fences leyeled to the
CrOuud Everything presents scene Ot
desDlati0n. Ga tho farm Of James Sanders
four miles ast OF Middletown, the dwell
ing aId barn were completely destroyed
Sanders, who was n merchant in Middle
town, bat who was out on the place at tul
TIM aud had taken refuge in the barn, wa.
instantly killed. A. the town of Murray
a family OF eight people had their house
blown to splinters and the father. William
Jones, was killed outright. The Others
escaped unjnjured. w. +. Painter, while
ont on his farm, four miles west Of Oak
vile, was instantly killed by the storm.
The condition of the people Of Oakvill
| = hnp al ft,n
!, or beiding, they were found standing i
Il the cold, binding saow storm or shiverin
3 in tho few freless houses that remained
/. A portion, moro fortunate than other;
= have thrown opsn their houses to IL
suffering and arc making arrangements
l. feed the hungry until they may be able
sustain themselves.
o In Onlo aud wstcru Pcnuslyvauis.
V At Dublin, Franklin county, Ohio,
town OF about 800 inhabitants, the Chri
tian church was unrOofed. Several BARI
and outhousos were removed from the
foundations and some were carried q gre;
- distance. The farm house of Philip VOL
three miles east, was completely demo
isbed. The family were caught in Ii
u ruins, but were afterwsrd rescued, wit
= slight injuries. A considerable amount {
+ stock was killed BY falling oarns, but n
estimate of the damage can be made, a
distant parts OF the country have not ye
been heard from.
The cyclone which passed over th
Monongahela valley Wednesday mornin,
I damaged property to the amount of seye
1 raj Thousand dollars sad 81 persons ver
injured, four probably fatally. The su
was shining brightly at hllf.past niue, bu
4 few minutes later the sky became over
-. cast, hail commenced falling and tber
were vivid flashes of lightning aud lou
pesls Of thunder. \ terrific gale followed
c which lsVelled fences, wreuched sign
from their fast0nings and demolishe
several houses /; on T1enty-sighth stree;
p, PittsOurg, some frame houses were oOu
= petely demolished aud on Wylie avenu
: the roof of the residence Of Wm. ROsea
i berg was blown off and the brick paEtitiO
5 was overthrown, burying Mrs Rosenberg
/ Fanny Skoulkin and baby apl iujurn
I them so severely that it is doubtfr
y. whether they will recover.
4 large sign was blown from buildin
on Fifth avenue, Pittsburg, struck bo
named Portzsll and slightly injured him
: Several other persons were hit by Il, in
Il debris, but mono seriously hurt. Tn
, most serious damage in the city was don
. to the Oliver Il Roberts wire mill, on th
although the building was two hundre
. feet square and was almost entirely iro
/ in its construction. 1t had not yet bee
a placed under roof About one hundred
men were engaged inside putting 10 q
engine when tbs storm rent the buildi6
in twain. The heavy iron girders ie
with crash and tho men scattered pc
NELL, seeking pla)ks Of sa(aty. All bu
s six escaped uninjuTed and only one c
# these, VIM. Lacy, was seriously hurt. II
was caught and crushed down by an iro
pillar and can hardly recover.
The storm continued Ia its course alOn
u the side OF the MOnongahela river, sweeI
" ing small out houses and fences from i
e path, until Homestead, Pa was reached
when 1t seemed to gather new force
frame house, owned by Evan Jones, W.
a blown down and SIX men working on TIA
building were NOR or less injured.
carpenter shop and shoe shop adjoinin
I were crushed by falling timbers and tw
n cobblers we're hurt slightly. In anothe
G part OF Tho town frame house, owned b
4 john Randolph, was lifted from It's foundi
tions and carried some distance, bu
miraculous as 1t seems, tho family escape
8 uninjured. The dwelling OF Mrs. Ecclt
e was next struck by the gale and badl
/ damaged aud the storm passed up III
10 valley, but no other damage has been re
10 ported,
70 H. tho South.
g. a cyclone, 100 yards wide, passed