The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1885-09-15
A TERRIBLE CYCLONE
Almost Totally DemOliShes
Washington, Ohio.
Six Killed and Fifty
Injured.
Every Hotel, Bank, Church and Blu.
sinesS House Wrecked and Two
Hundred Residences De-
StrOycd.
Great Des0latiOn and Suffering.

WASHINGTON c H., ONO, September
9.-The cyclone which came upon this
town last evening at 8 O'Clock almost
completely demolished it. Not single
store facing the central squire out of
forty Is left in it's place, and the majo
ity OF them are leveled. About two hun
dred residences are DESTROYED and the
streets so filed with debris that it is al
most impossible 10 pass Sheriff Ran
kin ordered out the militia, which took
charge and helped to get order out OF
confusion All the gas went out when
the storm came, and the works were de-
stroyed. Bonfres hal to be built In the
streets to give light for the searchers.-
The total known to he deal is five and
about fifty injured Oie Of the latter OF
these was the manager OF the telephone
exchange, who was buried across the
street and had one arm and one leg and
collar bone broken S,me houses we're
lifted up and carried bodily several hun
'dred feet and then dashed to the ground
with terrible force. The shattered frag-
ments were then whirled in some instan-
ces a onarter OF mile. A relief com.
mittee is at work and all bouses not de-
stroyed are thrown open to the homeless
Farmers are coming in by dozens bring
ing food and .ned,iing Every hotel.
bank. church aud business house in town
is ruined. The utmost desolation pre-
walls. People coming in report finding
debris ten miles from town.
With DAYLIGHT came the
Most DishearteniDg
spectacle The fair town of Yesterday
Law torn ard wrecked in disordered
heaps, the streets we'll nigh impossible
from the trees and parts of houses cast
into them The worst Of all was tue
sight of the poor who had lost all, and
who had no place to lay their heads =
They wandered hopelesslv about as II
they were strangers Or course people
whose houses were not ruined began al
once 10 care for their unfortunate fellow
sufferers, but the farmers hegan to pour
into town, drawn by curiosity, hut at the
same time bringing with them substan-
tial aid Before the dav ended the coun-
Gil had taken formal &C ion bv organi-
zing a relief committee, and by night
much can be done toward preventing
actual priva,ion. The wonder IS that nu
more lives were lost. In Old Fellows
hall forty members were gathered al
meeting when the storm came. Tht
building was literally thrown down, ye
not one man was injured. Thirty.onf
went down with the ruins and escape l.
while nine cung to the wallis of an ad
Joining block and were rescued by lad
ders.
The Commercial G ,zette's special says
People were not frightened until they
heard the rattle of signs threshing in th'
Terrific
storm. 1t kept getting worse and wors
IN il the. largest AMI most suhstant'a
brick aud stone structures heaved 10 AM
lfro at the mercy ef the steadily increas
ing gale. Bricks and beams, roofs
fsaces and almot every conceivsh
thing that could possibly he wrenche
loose few through the air scaterln
death aud destruction every where. Fo
leieht long minutes. the disastrous wor
went on. Music Hall was filled wit
people attending the Salvation Arm
meetings and as porti N OF the roc
, and ceiling fell in, a disastrous pan
was prevented with the greatest difficulty
The list of killed has already been sci
and DO others have been found. Anon
T the seriously wounded are: Mrs. W.
! Irving, badly injured; Milton Hye
q hack injured; James Snape, struck :
falling telegraph pole; Mrs. W. Thro
!, blown across the street and badly Il
iured; Miss Lllu Clifton. lower portic
:. OF body crushed; Herbert TaggsI
: badly crushed; Charles Mercer, bad
e injured; Mrs. James Bench, Ms, Sheet
Q Following is the
List of Losses.
There was no insurance for this XII
VI damage: Cllystone & Beaver, $l'
600; G .orge Melvin, So 500: R.v N,
!. man Jones, 81, GOO; Melvin Cofiman al
Hadlev & Son, $1,000; Court Hou
81 5000; C Burnett & s ms, 81, 900;
ot Haney $4,000; Arlington House, .
is 500; II. Hall estate, $1,000: H. Hild
Is braut, 81 900; Willet. $1,000; DR.. RI;
e. $1,000; G,rringer d Baird, Sl,00
of Joseph Walton. $1,000; Dr.. Ksnnet
D. SO 500; Masonic Hall. 81 600; r ce 3
10 600, Music Hall. $4,000; Hon. Will
o. Gardner, $4,000; B. Kelly. IS 0O
it, Stunson BIOS & Co, 80 500; Jan
be Purcell, $4,000; j. D. Stuckay d G
OF So 900; Diyton and Irontnn R'ilro'
.al s1,OOg; NJ. Sager, $500; Purcell
OF Bro., $4,000; Barr & Co., $1,000; r
Is- icortls, 81 600; Craig Bros. Sl,5OO,
so A. Harlow, 81 500; J P Robinson. s
nd 500; N. Vaudeman. 50 600; W.
re Ustick, $1,000; T. Heagies. S2.5(
an G gorge Dale, 50 5000; Old Fello
US 81, 5000; james Bragg, 50 600; T
,rt Burke, SO COO: Baker and Welton, .
900; White aud BDllani, $4,000; c
lie. clnnati and Mt Vernon rsilway. $3.50
&c, L C. Coffman. $4,000; Dennis d Sa
lid berry, S4 900; StiDehart, 81, 200; Is
;tfe f& Son; 81 600, George Baiiey. $50
lily d. Shannon, 81 600; C. o Stevens,
ng 600: A. DeWite, 81 500; Thomas Cr'
uts $1,000; C. G. Lawhead, $4,000; r
ID Collins, 1880.
me These losses ate upon buildings al
OF are far from complete. Among the
ice clients Of the disaster was the blow
ich of the house OF w. Thorp entirely
ian pieces, or out OF sight. The thirty
ag cupan were dropped across tie str
TO- with only Mrs. Tnorp severely brui
ers The Others had hut slight hurts.
ess house cannot be found.
be-
I'd THE INJURED DYING.
es- The Loss Estimated at Not j
age Than a Million Dollars.
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