Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-04-18
" DowN LIKE GR,s,

ed-A Death-DealinE Hurricana ""e
Over Portions of Pennsylvanis n
North Carolina and Alabama.
FoRr WAYNE, Ind, April 3.-p,u
reports of the destruction caused by w.
clone of Tuesday evening continue t0
in, and cover a greater territory than
at first supposed. A correspondent VIZ.
Oakyille and found only five N.Y.
out of the thirty-five o. forty which
stood there Tuesday. Dwelling.b0,
barns. saw-mills, workshops and %storebes
are scattered here and there beyond
sibility of repair. The wind "
from the northwest, and persons Win j
the storm-cloud approaching describe y,
of peculiar form and color. When An
two miles from the village it sndd,
dropped to the earth, whirling and tviS
into wreck everything in its way, anil
from three to five minutes after it sruss
village the place was in ruins The liz
killed numbers five, and injured Al
twenty-five.
Among the houses that were Smashed
that Of Johnny Sullivan, in which
himself, wife and six children, the yono
a babe two weeks old. Most miraculn
none of the children were injured in
least. The babe was found in q bed Cow
with debris, but u~nscratched.
The loss to property a not yet be
proximated. but will be less than SIS
The large saw-miu of j. Reprogle & M
a total wreck. This was one of the
mills in the country, and the loss ia
firm is So. 200. j. l.. Holtzinger had on
the best tile works in the State. lti
tirely demolished, and the loss amouD1
$1,000. G. A. Fleming, dry-goods and
eral merchant, sustained a loss of
haps SO, 900, while the grocery Of MI,
man was obliterated. In the yd
of the village several heads of cattle,
mule and some other stock grazing
field were struck by flying timbers
killed. Many others in the country
near here were seriously hurt. The few
bred inhabitants of Oakville are ina
able condition, being without homes, q
ing, food or bedding. The women
children were found crowded into the
houses which withst0od the terrible
while the men stood around gazing Op
ruins of their homes and shiveripg
binding snoW-stOrm.
In the path of the storm, for five d
east and west of the village, the dalnag
equally great. Every farm swept by
cyclone was wrecked, barns, houses
clards and forests being blown down,
fences leveled to the ground. On the
of James Sanders, four miles east of
dletown, a barn and house were compld
destroyed, while Mr.. Sanders, a mercd
at Middletown, but who was out at his
and had taken refuge in a barn, was
stantly killed. At Murray a family of
persons had their house blown to splint
and the father, William Lines, was xii
While the others escaped uninjured.
Frank, living four miles west Of Oakv
while out on his farm, was caught by
storm and instantly killed.
PITTSBURGH, Pa, April 3.-About
O'Clock yesterday morning a terrible VI
storm, accompanied by thunder, light
and hail, passed over this city and vici
wrecking a number of buildings and
verely, if not fatally, injuring seq
people. Oliver & Roberts large sheet
cone-mill, on Ninth street, was blown /
and William Lacy and James Donahce
workmen, seriously hurt, the former
feared fatally. A frame house on TIVE
eighth street, not yet completed, was
demolished, but nc one was hurt. A
penter named Robinson. who was q
ing the scatfold upon which George u
will be executed to-day was struck b
beam and quite seriously hurt. A nun
OF other persons were injured by fall
chimneys and signs at Homestead, q
miles from this city, a frame house in col
Of construction vas demolished and six
were injured, one of them, Robert l1
very seriously. A carpenta-shop adjoh
was crushed by the falling timbers and
men barely escaped with their lives.
house owned by John Randolph was
wrecked, but nobody was hurt.
COLUMBUS, o., April 3.-A wind,t
OF unusual violence swept over var
parts of the county in this neighbour
Tuesday night. At Reynoldsburg sey
houses, barns and bridges were blownda
and a still greater number unroofed. Fel
and fruit trees were laid waste, and
miles OF telegraph poles along the Natt
Road torn down. So far as learned no
son was seriously injured, though 81
live stock was killed. The cyct
did not touch Columbus, except
q heavy hail and rain storm.
Dublin, o., the Christian Church was
rooted, at a loss of over $1,000. Sew
barns and outhouses were removed ii
their foundations, and some carried
great distance. The farmhouse Of PHI
Wolf, three miles east, was completely
molished. The family were wedged in
runs, but were rescued with slight injua
A considerable amount of stock was XII
by falling barns. At Arcanum,
Jaysville, twelve barns and !
houses were destroyed, three peY
being badly hurt. At Merchandising M
trees were blown down, and several By
lngs unroofed and upturned. In the yE
lty OF Mutual and Bowlersville the sd
dld great damage, its track being abo1
third of a mile wide. The destruction
TIMBER was oheavy, large trees being
down by the roots. No lives are repS
lost.
ATLANTA, Ca, April "a cyclone
hundred yards wide passed through y
county Tuesday night in q northwest
direction. Two members OF Colonel
turns family were killed. Five Q
deaths were reported. Several trees y
oiown across the track of the Alaball
Great Southern Railway. The night
press was thrown from the track BY
obstruction; Fireman Ed Brown was hD
anu Engineer Mike Fromley injured.
HUNTSVILLE, Ala, April "a des
i've cyclone passed through this co.,
iuesday night, greatly damaging tsj
ana fencing. The house of a family nJ
White was completely blown away. =
NIiite and her mother-in-law were III
ana a oaby was carried several miles ~