Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-04-03
TERRIFIC T0RNADOES.
Waltziug Winds whirling Through
Towns In the Northwest.
An Indiana village Literally Wiped Ont
Of Existence

oAKviiLr, IND.

. o'clock yesterday afternoon, COM
pletely wiping Oakville, seven miles
south of here on the Fort Wayne Il
Cincinnati railway, out OF ex-
istence, and doing ines,imahle damage
To life and property. About o'clock I
u heavy black cloud came rising from
the West, and another from the North
The two clouds met NJ the house of
Tevis Cochrane, lifting 1t bodily from
its floor aud foundation and tearing IL
Into kinillng wood.
The following were killed:
Mrs. Aun Dearmond, widow,
aged 80.
Susan Hill, aged Is. When dscov-
cred she was In an almost nude condi
ton, her clothing having been liter
ally blown from her person.
The babe of q. q. johnson, found In
n field one hundred and iifty yards
from where the house stood, with its
head crushed,
The babe Of Charles Brown.
lnjured--'rurncr johnson, IL years
old, son Of Z. G. Johnson, blown
twenty rods, skull ccushed aud will
probably die.
Nancy Myers, GO years old, arm
broken.
Lemonie Myers, aged 10, arm broken,
John Kaufman and wife, both
badly bruised in the head and other
wise Injured.
Jefl Hoover, engineer at the saw
mill, leg broken in two places, injured
internally and will probably die.
jeff Miller, hips dislocaled.
Mrs jeff Miller, badly bruised.
Fred Calstock, of Sheibyvilie, three
ribs broken.
Widow Hitler, bad cut in shoulder.
Fifteen others were more or less In
| jured, but none seriously. Among the
| houses mashed WAS that OF John Sui
| Ivan. In which we're himself, his wife
and six children, the youngest babe
two weeks old. Most mIracuously
none OF the family were injured IN the
least. The babe was found In bed COW
cred with debris but unscratched.
In the path Of the storm Tor miles
east and west of the village, the
damage Is equally great, and every
farm passed over was made u perfect
wreck, barns, houses, orchards ant
fore SITS being blown dewn and
fences leveled TO the ground. Every
thing presents scene of decolation,
On the farm of James Sanders
four miles east OF Mid
dlewton, his barn and housC
were completely destroyed. Sanders
who IL u merchant in Middletown
but who was Mt the place at the tim,
: and had taken refuge in the barn, wa
instantly killed.
+ AT the town of Murray, family o
eight persons had their house blown
: to splinters, and the father, William
e Hines, was killed. w. Frank, paint
e or, four miles west of Oakville, while
out on his farm, WAS caugh
: by the storm and In
e stantly killed. The condition
o of the dcnizens OF Oakville Is terribl
4 to think of. Without homes, clothing
. food or bedding, they were foun
# standing in the cold binding snow, o
Y shlvering I'm the few iireless house
Q that YET remain. People who wei
It more fortunate have thrown ope
their homes tothe suffering, and al
e making arrangements TO feed the hui
II pry until such time as they may |
D. able to sustain themselves.
OF uBBANA, OHIO.
II, Urbana, o., April . I'm the vicini'
of Mutual and Bowlersville The stor
did great damage, its track being
third of mil, wide. The destructit
of timber is heavy, large trees bein
=. torn up ly the roots. No lives are J
ported lost.
DUBLIN, ONO.
Dublin, o., April 1.-The Christio
Ia church was unroofed, and damage
10 over 81 900. Several barns ana on
N houses were removed from their ioul
80 dations, and some carried a great III
| far al
~ three miles east, was completely az
N molished, and the family wedged
- the ruins, but rescued with slight II
=, iuries. A considerable amount OF stoc
= was killed by the falling barns, but Il
- estimate Of damages can be made, a
distant parts of the country are n,
= heard frOm. The direction of u
y storm was northeast aud extensive
= It's range AT Arcanumo, near Gay
., Vile. twelve cabins and four hous
~ were destroyed and three persons ba
v ly hurt.
n MEcHANIcsBuRo, OHIO.
" Mechanicsburg, Ohio, April l..
V Many houses here were blown dow
and several buildings unroOfed and u
~ turned. The cyclone came from Il
y northwest.
" THE MoNoNoAUELA VALLEY.
T. Pittsburg. April BY the cycloi
ID which passed over the Monongahe
"a valley this morning property WI
il damaged ~. erM thousand dollars, al
n, twenty-one persons injured, fol
no probably fatally. The sun W
10 shining bright at half-pnst nine, b
~ 4 few minutes later the sky BEGAN
a. overcast. hail commenced falling III
q there were vivid flashes Of lightniI
% aud loud peals of thunder.
20 terrific gale followed, which level
-, -, fences, wrenched signs from their f.
Jennings, and demolished sevei
"a houses. On Twenty-Eighth street
- frame house was completely dem'
N ished. The roof Of VIM. Rosenburl
house was blown or and a brick par
" tion Overthrown, bnrying Mrs. II
~ senburg, Fanny Skau.kin and bah
IN and injnring them SO severely that
~ IL doubtful II they recover. A lar
Sign was blown from bull
ing on Fifth avenue, and stru
a boy named Portsell, slightly injuriI
him. Several other persons We're j
by flying debris but none serious
hurt. The most serious damage In q
city was to Oliver g. Roberts wi
III mill on Tie South side, which col
Ie pIeteIy destroyed the building, Will
" was 200 feet square and almost entii
~ ly OF irou construction, but had n
yet been placed under roof. Abo
one hundred men were eDgng
i,1iJa pnffinU In the 4