Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-10-02
~DEATH-DEALlNe BLASTS

nstrOus Cyclone-Washinrton Ills.
House, o., h Scene of Great ns So"fs-
tion-seven Persons Killed. Man"Sta-
jured and a undre Families Een1 l,
MISUNDERSTANDING Hoad!y,s .eret
for Aid for the Sufferers. "'reat
WASHINGTON COURTHOUSE. O. Co.,.
1o.-The cyclone which struck this .al'
Tuesday evening completely demo,ish'ns
every store, hotel. church and barn nns
about a hundred and fifty residences Nv
sides badly injuring the courthouse ;Ys.
completed. The cyclone appeared first ,M'
miles west of the town, picked I'M ,h
house of r. n. richards and we
carrying it about one hundred , m ~
dashed it to the ground demolished '% W's
storm-cloud bounced like a ball, str;.inss
the earth at every little distance, and anni
hilating everything in it's path. It's fnrr
seemed, however, to be at its height wbass
it struck this town. !, A heavy rain preceJoaa
the wind, II everybody had sought SHAY
ter. Suddenly the storm pounced upon t%o
place with a demoniacal whistling, a con-.
slant flashing Of lightning and an almn't
continuous peal Of thunder.
1t was owe in a few minutes. The cros,
ing Of falling buildings and the terriso
voice of the storm was succeeded ror =
moment by all unearthly quiet. The p,s
works had been destroyed, and the placa
was in darkness. In a few minutes more tho
widest excitement prevailed. The liyins
began to search for the missing; ,nen
women and children rushed shriekine int,
the streets: bon-tires We're built, torches
imprOvised and the search for victims hs.
gan.
A terrific rain continuing most of ,hp
night added to the misery of the homeless
women, men and children, who ran about
crying and seeking shelter. Sheriff Rankin
called out the militia at once. and a relief
committee was organized. Miraculous es.
capes We're numerous. The manager of
the telephone exchange was blown across
the street, and had one arm, one Loo
and his collar-bone broken. :. He has Sinca
died. A hack being driven to the depot
was picked up bodily, hurled a hr,ldrel-
yards, and dashed to pieces. Forty Odd.
Fellows were gathered at a meeting in the
second story of a dwelling when the storm
came. The building was literally throw.
down, yet not one was injured. Ihirty.
one went down with the ruins and escapyl
while nine chung to the walls of an
adj%oining.block and were: rescued by lad.
ders. Some houses were carried several
hundred eject, and then dashed to the
ground with tcrritic force. The shattered
fragments We're hurled in some instances A
quarter of a mile. Music Hall was filled
with people attending the Salvation Army
meeting. A portion of the roof and cell.
ing fell i'll, and a disastrous panic and STAN.
pede was prevented with the greatest diff.
Guilty.
IIinvnc hnr0,, OF 1,,an oF{,, %l,o l:..I
to plumber the wrecks Of stores and build.
ings, and their number has been increased
to-day, as people from all directions have
poured into the town. Here and there i'm.
provised ways of living begin to appear,
Cook-stoves are being set up in the streets
and fires kindied with broken boards and
shingles from the universal ruin.
The dead number only seven One is an
unknown boy and one a ten.yearold girl
named Shackelford. The others are: Her.
bert Taggart, Ella Forsha, Jennie Forsla,
Eddie Carey and Helen Jones. Over iNy
are injured. 1t is thought that many of the
injured will die within q week. Govermor |
Hoadly has subscribed 500 to a relief fund
and issued an appeal to the people of Ohio
for aid for the sufferers. Ex-senator John
Little estimates the loss in Washington and
vicinity ut 1000, 900. 1t is estimated that
%, 600 visitors were inWashington YESTERDAY.
Northwest of here thousands of trees
were snapped off, crops are ruined and
many houses are down. Two children
were killed near Jasper. Passengers CON-
ing Oh the Midland Road from Cincinnati
saw dozens OF farm houses in ruins and
trees broken off like pipe-stems. Miss
Clifton, living with Isaac Snynder, al
Oaklawn, was seriously injured. She was
lic,nvnrnl l,$D AZ, ~f%,,a.~ 500 Ir, X
dred yards from the house. V. }.
Thorp, wife and child of four years Were
carried II hundred feet on the floor o!
their sitting-room and set down without in
jury. The house was totally wrecked, not
a trace of it being LETT on the foundation
j. X. Mense'S house was turned inside Out.
Mense, his wife and three children Wen!
with the floor up through the house. They
landed safely, but the floor has not been
found, or any trace of the house,
James Rencl, his wife. and Their
four-day-old baby were swept against
tree, but uninjured, as the house was lifted
and dashed to pieces. The roof of the
Fdycttc County Herald building crashed
through to the cellar with part of the walls
taking presses, type and everything WIN
them. y committee has been organized 70
care for the injured. Hundreds are iG'
with absolutely nothing.
COLUMBUS, O., Sept. 10.-Govesna
Hoadly issued the following proclamation
last night:
40 the People of Ohio: On the eyen:ns@
ton c. ii. was struck by Il cyclone. have
Just returned from II personal eXimillaNga
OF the ruins. The newspaper accounts "S
not eXaggerated A very large n inI hy the he
poor, are in ruins. Five lives have utn