New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-09-10
AN OHIO TOWN SWEPT AWAY.
RAzED TO THE GROUND BY A TORNADO

ural district with excellent railroad facilities IL had
grown to be business lace of considerable Importance
lts residents had Deautifed the town with taSteiuI
dwellings and It's recently completed Court House was
one OF tho best in the State To day this prosperous
town is OF ruins. Last nights experience OF
Inhabitants has parallel In the experience or any town
in Ohio. a heavy rainfall began about o'clock Ihat
and the darkness everybody into shelter There
are who cay that they funnel shaped clouds ap
preaching the the rain began to fail There was
muled sound OF distant roaring waters ard shortly
after the wind with q terrific noise It's work was
almost instantaneous. People say that it WAS over IN
two minutes but nOt ody could take note of time In such
fearful experience The fierce roaring Of the tornado
the crashing of broken and falling buildings, the sharp
flashes OF lightning, the rolling thunder and the ptess
rain combined to produce sensations the most hory
ing character.
Tho storm from the northwest and carried every
thing before II. The wind whirlc1 up COurt-st., the
main business thoroughare, and ruined almost every
business block In It. Hardly private residence In the
town escaped. The BAPTIST Presbyterian and Catholic
churches all suffered the common fate. The ONO
Southern Panhandle Narrow Gauge and Midland Rail
road dcpots were blown to pieces and every building IN
the vicinity carried away. making iBgress or egress
almost impossible. The panic stricken people fed fIom
the tumbng buildings IN every direction through the
murly darkness. A mad frenzy seemed to seize them
and they hurried hithcr and thither In their wild dstrac
ton. little knowing whittier they were fleeing.
This startling experience was followed by a new fcol
ing among scattered and survivors, sckeninc
than that through which they had PASSED Il was the
uncertainty OF the fate Of friends and rclares. All who
escaped alive felt that many lives were certainly
lost When the nerccncss Of the storm had passed. and
men could communicate with each osher, It was found
that nil were IN darkness The gas destroyed
and all thc street lights out Only by the lightning
flashes were the frightened people able to eaten gnpses
Of tie desoauon tnat had wrecked their lttle city
Friends called FOR friends, and as answers came the hrst
shoe. of dread was relieved BouHrc- wrc lighted and
t9chc, imProyi-cd and search for the dead dying ana
Imprisoned vas begun. Bodies were stumbled upon IN
uc mlI, OK the street where they had been stricken
down hy living bricks timbers. The cellars, houses
and every sot OF refuge filled with slyering people
huluug together IN the vain attempt 70 keep warm
ono babe 10 arms Gei from exposure Wherever cries
,.rre hrlrl ready and was given. More than that the
debris a. overturned TO r any more dead could be
found cheerful welcome The doors o such houses
A. were not destroyed orcncd for the hou-ele-s
ones driven into the rain In many cases these were
utterly bercu OF al their household goods.
The night was fearful but it was ful OF helpful
work fr the strong The sheriff called upon the militia
40 uard over tho exposed stock, OF all the business
houses. Tor they we're all broken aud destroyed and
uroTlu hleycs were not wanting even IN The first hour
of tne ci.,s misfortune With day Wight came most
de4rtsuug spectacle. The fair town OF yesterday Ay
o- p wrecked IN dlsoriegcd heaps The street, were
u Ia impossible from the trees and parts oi houses cast
ut, tuem Worst o. all was the --ut OF the poor "ho
baI lost .il aud Who had place to lay their heads
r..y wandered Aopc.e--ly about as II they were
.,r.r,,.. TIE utop.e whose houses were not ruined
l...n II once 20 cufe FOR their unfortunate fellow
.rn lr. Farmers soon began To pour INTO town drawn
Dos curiosity but ~ the -ame time bringing rub'iAuA'
"a for ITO d'-H'u''' p'''' ''' ''' 80 ,
,,,,l, bad taatA lu.ua H.ion by 0rSahlNh- f'Aci
committee and by nsht much was done o""IH prevent
iu- ACTUAL rrlyaton
3D., min
900 ' 80, 10. no .,,i,,,-i, f,r,,,,.,l and f,rty
House We're blown down or scll"'7J "'''~''' '' '''
dazzling lou-r- were Ind iu ruins. The Telephone TX
Change collapsed IKE an ctt -heI In 'uH f''""7 ''.
forty members were -''h'i' u. % 'i''''7 j" Wv
story WHEN the storm came IH' 'u"lhA WIS '''''"y
thrown down. get ""' on was 'I 'l'I In! WV
down aIth ihc nuns ANA e-'"i'' ""'' n'"o ,nE 10 ''
walls o au I'oinint h"'" ana "''' I'''u'" "! '"'
I'll, NAudru Block was parity uhioo!rd anu tue s4o
newt 20 tho Court House Vl- cut out down 20 'He ''''
noor and Herbert Iagsct was kIIcd. Inc Oh "o"'.'H
factory ia Court It.. occupied n- a "%'"ns wa, &c
moh-hrd and In lt- RUNS l'i'no" lH' r'ls' ,.' ' ,'
The saN alton Army was holding " meeting '" iu' i''
when The storm came Nv. iAo oHI'un5 was 'o' J'''"
,,, .l,.c,,,y IN the lire of the and bulldogs
'''7 d.. -, -..,rI it uau,y.. livery stable coll
were falling al "'""H' IT, '''' ''N''
la-cd an damaged many bugse'' Dh' "'''O "'''''7
vi" ho' l''"'' 80, 80 -, ,,,. o,, hr,.,.
j. n. Non.'S "'"'' Wa 80 go, 1 | -.
mis- vile and three children went wuh the hoor MP
~, ,,, lousc They landed safely but the noor
, D.. lam. ,.r .,,, t,,e, of tl,c lIoi,e JnuIe-
was hol '"AA" 'o-'"' " ""' ,'I ,,. -
l'eheH MS WIZ "" r ,,,. v,,s
swept "b""'' a., h.t.l,th.s
hi'ed "'" 49,. ,,.T, Tho r,,., of
u, to I ~ ~ ,as vyn cntircly 10 pieces or sight
The three occupants were dropped across tR' tIS'',
with only NIs. h"I @ ,'' '',, ''u,y t' f','i,J "
slAht hull iI ~ ~ arNJ Al uItrru Tho list OF
te csuaItics as accurately 1t may be compiled from
present reports. l. 9s Iolio"si - ,,o rlerboac
] ]hla'u urs F1rs[the aud two children. child OF
NJ IInorc Mrs Molle Jones' Edith Floyd, Flora
- - Ienuic Forster and Miss -huckclforl.
tr''n11 the seriously wounded Mrs. W. T. irving.
u Hes Milton Hyrr James snnpp Mrs. W. lhorp.
VI Iiln clifton. Herbert Taggart Charles Mercer,
H.. Limos pcnrb and Mas Shots. Not less than 800
,nr.ons , Sustained injuries OF varying severity.
,,,,,,.,, obto Sent o tSDeciab I'm the northern
-. ,,r.atest severity WAS felt in the
PAIN o' 'no 'o''1 80, In wvouJot and Crawford
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