The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1885-09-17
A Town TORN TOTATfERS
Anp SCORES or People PfalsH
THE naFrors of u Cyclone in ON"
Washington CopIt iiouse swept
Away-A sight ~ Death n1d
Destruction from wind ard
Water-1ho Victims,

OF l. ore, at Sp, M, sud Utmost 'lefahF
swsp. Il from tho oa't Ia. 10 camn from
tho northwest aud broke al n tho
town a. midnight, carrying everything
| before IL. Tho tornado whirldd up
! Cour. slTesl, tho main business thor
oughfaro, Rnd Iuipod almost every
] business blOcE on H. ~ least
| 30 or 80 in Oh. Hardly a pri' ate
residence in town escaped, i'liy
400 dwellings go ng down. iha Bap-
list. tho Presbyterian ard the C"shc
lIc churches a,l suffered common
fate. Tho Ohio Southern, tina Pau-
! handle, tho NSrrow-gaugo and the
! Midland railroad dapoil wore blown
/ to smilheroens and eve y building 10
Tue v!ciDlty was car led away, making
ingrass and egress almost Impossible
"A every w're within r o'rclo OF Iwo
! miles is down, IL IL n, ely impoS hpie
| TO goL accurate detatls OF the cataStrc
pne. The only rep0r,s thS. can be CSt'
ten are through an operator who tapped
| a " lra two niles west of town, and Is
sitting in a heavy sto. N 10 work his
! instrument. The panic-strlckeu pc
pie were taken completely uuawHies,
and fled from tho tumpling buildings
In every direction through the murky
darkness. A mad frenzy seemed to
seize them, end they hurried hither
and thither in Their distraction, little
knowing where they were fleeing.
After the wh'lwiud, which IL tied
about 10 minutes, a heavy rainfall set
10, which continues unabated ut this
whiting.
LOOKING FOR TIE DEAD.
As soon as q lev of the cooler heads
recovered their senses, sea- ching per-
ties were organized and the sad work
OF looking for the dead began. 50 far
| Is ss have beeu recovered from
the debris of the variousiulned build
ipgs and the drea,y work is just be-
ginning to get under way. Probably
as many more viii bs found. The
slimmer OF tho lanterns procured from
the farm houses in the vicinity and
| from the few houses left standing Is
the only light they have 10 work by.
Two or three bodies have
bsen stumbled upon ia the
middle OF the slrest where
they were sl.cken down by ilyipg
biicks or tlmosrs. Collars OF houses
snd every SOIL of refuge were filled
with soivering people hutd,'ng to
rether in q vain eytsmpt to keep we IN.
one babe in arms had died from g.
osure. The morning rains will carry
D, euty of assistance, rut, strange -
say, nobody has yet thought of send
ing q special train { D the scene of the
catastrophe tonight.
WIDESPREAD wRECEAGE.
C1HoINNA. Sept. 9.-Rap1is
..om va ioas pats in Ohio
and Indiana show that yes 9rdey'c
sto, N which 6evasted Washington
Cor horee YVES widespread. In
Miami coln.y, Ohio, its 6or"se waj
due e27t.
At Col y in that county, two
baYas were blowh down and tho
dwelling OF Mr.. Win ,rstcsr wss car
red around and one side aud
end blown away. The menh5,s of
the ia io''y e'e SCI iously hut.
On The other SIDE OF no Miami :.ver
ae.a'n house was blown away, and
Berry Ramesy's l.'ame house "
blowa from it3 foundation and
wrecked.
TIE path Of the 8 I'M was % rods ,
a b Sn' g V Do
at Cambi ,dgs G.. ), ! diana, w.
ST 1ns's rouse vas b'Swn dow L and
NJ 9. Sdo0'-s; IL e1.
At D,bl'n, ssvera' houses were
wrecked
Al Sev mour, Indiana, aud at Naro-
leon, Ouio, much damage is report I'D,
but no lives lost.
TEE KILLED AND INJURED.
The ri nes-Stf- We hjue IA Cor vt
Housa special saws: Nj ). Ma ,ie JON, %,
Edit FIovd, Ella FOrsha. Jenp =
, sha and Fora Carr We're. .RN' "a. Her
b, Taogatl, James Jsclc1n ana
Join 9. v apr 1t are, supp lsc1 TO y
fat ny wounded. Among the XII
was 8 little girl name She cl,ie'o
=, cge1 10 yeas. Among thce ( y ,ously
! iuiu ed are Judge Asl Greco, w: w.
SIP, D, Bowmar Hess. M.uon Aver,
: Hueh Forsha, II. Fl. Whelply.
D Tne list of TIE SLIGHTLY iuiure j is
D very large. Fatty go. people were
: hur leo many ID make it practic' ple
r 10 give rame5. TIE lC 5 win exc Z
+ 81 GO COO. The Cioy council has af
. pointed a a'ef com mittee end lac
militia re gus ling he s. )ros, WIZ G
IN IN = sc s'' eEp ..
From TTE SCENE DIRECT.
WASHINGTON, o., Sept. 9.-The oy.
3 C. me which came upon this town l& 81
i evening s o'clock almost )ph'
pie, lv demolished it. Not single
h tore fscirg the central square out OF
!, 40 is le.s in the tire ,k. ard a majority
. of them are leveleu. About 9 y resi-
: dencss are desh Dyed and the
:. ,eet SO flied with debris
that il ia almost imr )ssibe tc
a pass. Sheriff Rankin ordered out the
Z mil,tia, which tcoh cne-ge, md helped
', to get OF der ont of cuaos. All the ges
= went out WI ca The storm came, ano q
the works were destroyed, b0ptires
fhal 70 butt 10 the streets { give light
for the sesrchers. TIE 1tsl known tc
hs dead ia Is, and about % are Injured
- One OF the lat )r YVES the manager o.
s hs Telephone e-1ch9nge, who Wa,
hurled acre 8 tho sVreeG sYd had one
arm end one leg ED bis collar bont
bi)keD.
s ,nne house were lifted up and Ger
II led be jily several hundred feet an6
Z then da 7hE1 - the fOupd " .th g.'eai
force. Tue shat 3red l.ae, ment1 wers
then wh'~lcl, in some instances,
ous ter of mile. A relief ommilt ;;
= IS at work, and II. houses not de
: 5. owed a-e VOW a open the hons
8 less Fan ners SO con ing in rJ
!. dozens bringing food aud bedding
Every hof Il, bank, church and bnsl
d Dess house in town is Iuued. TIT
7 u most desolati0n prevails. The nao
i n!e VINO sre coming in report the find
/. ING OF debris 10 miles from Town.
3 Canada.