Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-09-10
CYCLONE IN OHIO.
a Town In Bulns--Fifteen Dead Bodies
Recovered Thus Par.


special from Springfield, o., dated las
night, says terrible cyclone struci
Washington Court House, city Of 400l
inhabitants, twenty-five miles east
Of here, at O'Clock p. m, and almosi
literally swept It from the earth. i
came from the north and broke upon "a,
town, nearly carrying everything before
it. The tornado whirled up Court street
the main business thoroughfare, and
ruined almost every business block on IT,
at least forty or fifty In all.
Hardly private residence In town es.
capped. The Baptist, Presbyterian and
Catholic churches all suffered a common
tate The Ohio Southern Panhandle mar
row-gauge and Midland railroad depots
were blown 10 smithereens, and every
building In the vicinity was carried away,
making ingrcss or egress almost impos.
sible As every wire within circle Of two
miles i down II Is utterly impossible TO
get accurate details OF the catastrophe.
The only reports that can be gotten are
through the operator who tapped the wire
two miles west Of the town and Is sitting
In heavy storm TO work his instrument.
The panic-stricken people were taken
completely nnawares and fed from the
tumbling buildings In every direction
through the murky darkness. mad
frenzy seemed 10 seize them and they hur-
ried bither and thlther In their distrac-
ton, little knowing whittier they were
fleeing.
After the whirlwlnd, which listed about
ten minutes, heavy rainfall set In, which
still continues undated at this writing
As soon AS a few OF the cooler heads re-
covered their senses, searching parties
were organized and The sad work Of look
ing for the dead began
So FAR fifteen bodies have been rccov-
cred from the debris of the various
ruined buildings and the work Is Just be-
ginning to get under way. Possibly as
many more will be found. The glim-
lncrlng OF lanterns, procured from farm
houses in the vicinity and from few
houses left standing, IS theonly light they
have to work by. Two or three bodies
have been stumbled upon IN the middle
OF the roads, where they were stricken
down by flying bricks or tlmbers.
The cellars OF the houses, and every
soft Oi refuge, were filed with shiyerlng
people, budding together In vain at
tempt TO keep warm. One babe In arms
has died from exposure. The morning
trains VIII carry plenty OF assistance but,
strange to say, nobody has yet thought
OIL sending special train TO the scene OF
the catastrophe tonight.
CfNCfNNAT1, Sept. 9.--Reports from
various parts OF Ohio and Indiana show
that Yesterdays storm, which devastated
Washington Courthouse, was wide
spread. In Miami county, Ohio, its
course was due east. At Colesyille, In
that county, two barns were blown down
aud the dwelling OF Mr. Wmtersteen was
carried around aud one side aud end
blown away. Three members of the fam
ily are seriously hurt.
On the other side of the Miami river n
grain-house was blown away and Berry I
lAmscy's frame house wns blown from rs
foundation and wrecked.
The path of the storm was from forty
rods TO a half-milc wide.
AT Cambridge City, Ind, NJ. Shanks' /
house was blown down and Mrs, Shnuks |
injured, AT Dublin several houses were
wrecked. Al Seymour, Ind, and ut Ma.
poieon, ONO, much damage IL reported,
but no one was hurt.
y washington Court-honso speclnl TO
the Commercial Gazette SAYS that Herbert
Taggart, telephone operator, died at o
O'Clock tonight and that many of the In |
1urcd win die within few hours
GOV HOadlcy was present to-day and /
subscribed 500 for their relief. lie rc. /
turned to Columbus saying he would |
issue an appeal tonight 10 the pcople of |
Ohio Tor aid for the sufferers.
ex-senator John Little estimated that
loss from storm In Washington and vi.
entity VIII not fall short of million dol. |
lars.
1t is estimated that 20, 900 visitors were
present In Washington to-day.
rllE DEAD AND WOUNDED.
CINCINNATI, Sept. 9,--Thc "TimeS. |
STAR Washington Court.IIousc special |
says Miss Mollio Jones, Edith FLOYD. |
Ella Forsha, Jennie F0rsha and Fiorn
Carr were killed.
Herbert Taggart, Jas. Jackson and
John VanPelt ae supposed to be fatally !
Among the killed was little girl named
aged 10.
Among III . seriously injured are Judge |
Asa Gregg, W. w, Sharp, Bowman Hess, !
Alllton Hicks, Hugh Forsha and II ii. |
Whelply
The list OF slightly injured Is very
large tnly 800 persons were hurt, too
many to make II practicable to give
names The loss viii exceed 81 900. 900
Fhe city council has appointed relief
committee and the militia are guarding
the stores, whose contents are all ex- |
posed
Among the seriously wounded are Mrs !
W T. irving, badly injured; h. Hess,
wounded on the head Milton Hicks, back |
lniurcd; Mrs. NJ. Thorp, blown across |
.he street and badly Injured, Miss
Lulu Clifton, lower portion oil
BODY crushcdi Herbert Taegart
oadly crushed; Charles Mcwer, badly lin.
lured Among the incidents OF the ais.
sster was the blowing OF the house OF w. |
Throp entirely TO pieces, OF out of sinht
The three occupants were dropped across
Inc street with only Mrs. Throp severely
bruised The others had hut slight hurts. |
The house cannot be found.
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