Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1886-05-14
THE CYCLONE.
"A violent storm Reaches Cleveland Early
Thursday Morning.
Wires Down in All Directions and I'm,
Little News Obtained.
Heartrending Scenes at Xenia, Ohio
Thiity.Five PerseBs kiiled-Tbe
Loss to Property Estimated at
100000.


Thity-Five Persons kiiled-The
Loss to Property Estimated at
100000.
Tremendous tlo"ds Caused in DAYTON.
D.. by the Rise OF Rivers.
Spain Suffers FromIa Terrible Hurricane
and 10 People are Killed aud 200
Injut ed at Madrid.
NEW YORK, May l3.
2.30 A. M.-Dispatctfes just received here
from Pittsburg and Cleveland, report the
storm as having reached those places, and
that il Is raging it'll awful violence. There
are no details yet as to the ravages of the
storm. About Cincinnati. wires are down in
all directions and it is difficult 10 obtain apy
infor nation whatever
WILLIAMsPoRT, Ind, May Is.
cyclone struck this place last evening,
destroying everything in its track Several
houses and barns in the north end of the
town were carried away II seemed to formed
about two miles northeast of the town and
took souhwesterly direction. travelling
treme north end of thi. place. Reports come
from Attica, ABOUT two miles east of here.
that it struck that place about the centre of
the town and destroyed several of the busi-
ness buildings, including new mill, the Re-
we're House and Chicago & Great Southern
railway offices. Several persons were on the
Wabash wagon bridge at the time it
went down and are supposed TO have been
killed. Several of the inmates of the Revere
house were seriously injured, Wires are all
down AMI it is AS yet impossible to get any
definite information from outside. At this
place two brick houses were torn down. All
but one lady escaped injuries.
CHICAGO. May l3.
No further particulars of Wednesday S
storm in Indiana and Illinois are as yet OBJ
tainable. owing to the interruption of tele-
graphic communications. The wires were
swept down by the score. In one place in
Illinois over one hundred poles were blown
down. There is no communication with St.
Louis, Cincinnati and many other southern
points.
Dispatches from Mt. Carroll, Galesboro,
Rockford, Marshall. Tuscola and Streator,
Ill.,, and other points in eastern Iowa and
northern Indiana, indicate that the storm Of
last evening was general throughout the To-
calities named.
ClNcINNArI, NAV l3
The city of Xenia, in this State, is reported
to be disconnected by rail from any direction
because of washouts, caused BY last night
storm Archer Creek ,&w hich flows from the
east. through culvert under the railroad
near the depot damned the culvert with drift
and formed great reservoir which broke the
railway embankments, and swept through the
town earring away and, as it is reported,
causing loss of life, besides sweeping away
600 feet OF railway tracks
New YORK. May 10
The hurricane in the vicinity of Cincinnati
last night, prostrated all telegraph wires near
that city. At 10 80 A. NJ. there is but one
wire open between New York and Cincinnati
The storm is reported to have been quite Sc
we're in Southern Ohio.
LANARK, Ills. May l3
There was heavy rain, hail aud wind
storm here Wednesday evening, which did
great damage to property and caused the loss
of at least one lite.
XENIA, O., May l3.
About o'clock last evening terrible clouds
were seen gathering and terrific lightning
followed by peals OF thunder. This lasted
until 8 o'clock when an extraordinary clap OF
thunder seemed to open the gates and rain
fell in torrents. The people living in houses
on Water street escaped by every way posi-
ole. The spout seemed to vent its fury on
that portion of the city, for a stretch of l5C
yards of the Little Miami railway is swept
away. The spout struck the houses on Water
street and tore them to pieces as if thev were
shells. A resident of the street states that
within two minutes after the clap of thunder
he stood in wafer to his waist. he being about
25 yards from the creek Telegraph wire.
are down and business has been suspended
The house of family named Morris wa,
swept away. The last seen of .he inmate.
was at Miami bridge when man vas seen al
the window by the terror stricken crowd
waving a lighted lamp. The next instant
the house collapsed and they were gone
Only one of them, q boy ID wears of age, ha:
been found. The work OF finding the bodie,
still continues tonight. The scenes art
heartrending. Whole families lie disfiguret
on cots. The following is a list of the killed
Mrs. Lindsay, colored; Mrs. Casey, colored
Mrs. Anderson. colored; child named An
derson, Mr.. Corcoran White, crippled idlo
named Corcoran, MIR. and Mrs. Louis Ander
son, Stephen Dundon, Orrn Morris, wifi,
and five children, white; VIM Paul, col
ored, wife and five children; VIM Adams
and wife. The loss of property is great
Whole lumber yards and all the bridges ART
gone completely. The scenes in the devas
| tated districts are indescribable. Forces o.
men are busily engaged clearing away anC
! hundreds of people surround the place. Th,
council has appropriated $1,000 for immediate
use in the burial of the victims. Private
subscriptions have already reached into tht
thousands. The rink has been turned into
place of refuge for the homeless, who arr
many. All aid possible is needed from every
source. The loss to property is estimated a
$500, 900. The complete number dead
whose bodies have been identified, is % will
ii still missing.
DAYTON, Ohio. May l3.
Dayton is isolated with no trains or mail.
in or out and the telegraph and telephone
wires are down. storm of wind, rain anC
hail struck this vicinity at eight last night
Small streams became rushing torrents anc
the Miami mighty flood. rising nine feet il
three hours, inundating 80 acres of houses in
the fourth ward, drowning horses and cows
Merchandise in cellars was ruined. Bridges
in all directions were swept away, farm
buildings and dwellings demolished and al
kinds of crops totally ruined The greatest
destruction is in its track east from the Bis
Miami to the Little Miami. The Zionville
brick Reform church, four miles south oi
Dayton, was razed. Fairmount is tota
wreck. The church at Beavertown is de
molished and the dwellings there twisted
from their foundations. At Shaker Village
three miles east, many buildings were un
rooted, barns blown down and cattle injured
A special train with Superintendent Tucker
was wrecked near Osburn. Tucker and siz