Morning journal and courier., 1886-05-14
News by Telegraph FROM ALI QUARTERS. THE DEADLY CYCLONE Sweeping Wildly Through
 The West. A WIDE PATH OF DESTRUCTION. Lives Lost By The
 Score. 4 WILD uPROAR IN COMMONS, The Great Shut Down at
 Chicago.
A WILD uPROAR IN COMMONS.
The Great Shut Down at
 Chicago.
THE CYCLONES IN THE WEST.

l
 Property Ruined by the Hundred
 of Thousands-An Awful Path o
 Death and Destruction.
 | XENIA, O., May 13.-A terrible storr
 ragged here from until 12 o'clock last night
 It is supposed to have been waterspout. 1
 struck the southeastern part of the town an'
 followed the course of the Shaunee river | which was swollen in few moments so as t.
 inundate all the banks and neighborin, | streets, sweeping away or totally ruinine | more than one hundred houses. Many wer
 swept down the current with families il | them. One of these, that of Aaron Fergu | son, contained nine persons of his own fam 1 fly and three of John Burch's, who had hec l there for safety A man named Garber wht l risked his life by throwing himself into tht l current and floating against the house witt | a rope in his hands succeeded in saving tht ! inmates of the house by means of a boat The Pan Handle railroad, including its
 embanknents. is a total wreck in thil entire vicinity. The greatest ex | citement prevails. The building that con 1 tains those who perished is surrounded by crowds anxious to view the remains of the dead. Many narrowing stories are narrated A family named Morris was hoated away ir their house and drowned, with the exception of child about seven years old who was found this morning c1inging to tree. Up to this hour twenty-three dead bodies have been recovered from the ruins of the once happy homes which are now but tangled mass
 of timbers and slime. Relief parties are hard at work. The doctors are overworked,
 and nearly every uninjured house is a hos
 pital. The condition of the town is ssicken-
 ing Groans of the wounded fill the air,
 and whole families have been killed. Over
 mile of the Little Miami railroad is com
 rieseiy s"nA, and no trains can be run. The
 nearest approach is Dresden junction.
 The list of the dead are as follows: Mrs.
 Nellie AndersoA and her sister Lydia Casey,
 colored, widows past sixty years of age; Mrs sa@1s1 GoehFape yssfs, saf widow and sons ss sss s9s nate S1%asl Goohranee ane lived across +lss oam creek in the bottoms near the depot; Matt Evans, wife and child. The child is missing. Orrin Morris, white laborer, and five children; Stephen Renton, colored, laborer, lived on Barr's bottoms; William Powell, cart driver, and wife and six or eight children, lived in Detroit street. One child escaped from the house, did Henry Brazitton, Son-in-law of Powell, and two children were found this morning. The rest are missing. Louis Anderson and wife, eolored, lived in Barr's bottoms. Anderson is missing. Mrs. E. Lindsay lived in the fork of the creek near the depot. The incidents are of an exciting nature, almost beyond descrip- tion. lineman was standing an and when the flood came he was swept for mile down the river. An other man took refuge in tree, but it was knocked over by house which came down the current. As he was swept further down he was thrown against another tree and clung to it until rescued.
 CIRcLEv1LLE, O., May 13.-A severe wind and rain storm passed over this section last night, but this city escaped serious damage. The damage to property in the surrounding country is very serious.
 WILMINGTON, O., May 13.-The storm last night struck this county at 10 o'clock. It ragged with much fury for four hours. This city escaped with little damage. Other parts of the county suffered more. Fifty trees were blown down in the fair grounds James Woods barn was blown to pieces and his house damaged.
 LoGANsPoRT, Ind, May 13.-A terrific cyclone struck this city last night. Hun dreds of houses were unroofed, fences, trees and houses blown down. The High school and American Normal college lost their roads. The lightning struck several houses and their inmates were badly shocked but no loss of life resulted. The damage was about $50, ,O0O.
 SPRINGFIELD, O., May 13.-The storm last night did frightful damage in and about Springfield East High street bridge is a mass of ruins. Hundreds of families have been driven from their homes in the eastern and southean part of the city, many barely awakening in time to escape with their lives. The scene in that quarter is one of Frightful devastation. Dwellings are washed full of soil and debris. The railroads are all locked up Ths York street sewer broke and tossed the boiler, engine and the heavy Of the Common Sense Engine company and the Ohio Southern railroad shops like feathers, and a four hundred foot bridge over the East fork of the Little Miami river, near Harmon, was swept away, and surging down stream tore down the iron bridge two miles below. Dozens of turnpike bridges in the country are reported swept away. No loss of life is reported, but there were many narrow escapes. The loss will amount up into the hundreds of thousands of dollars.
 ArTIcA, Ind, May 13.-A tornado last evening demelished two hundred houses in this city in about five minutes, among them the Revere House. Many business houses and residences are in ruins and about seven ty people were injured. Mrs. Davis was killed. The express train on the Wabash road was totally wrecked in a washout. The mail clerk was injured slightly.
 EATON, O., May 13.-The most terrific and destructive storm that ever occurred here has been raging for the past twelve hours. A great many bridges were washed away and houses and barns were destroyed. The resi- dence of Edward Somers was demolished and his wife killed. The loss to farm property and crops is enormous.
 SHELBYv1LLE, Ind, May 13.-At midnight last night terrific storm passed over this doing great damage to property.
 PIQUA, O., May 13.-The storm last night caused much damage in this region. part of the south wall of the Miami Malt com pany gave way this morning, causing loss of SAC, 900.
 SHAWNEE, Ohio, May 13.-The disastrous O n,n1ooGz 1aSf night, doing damage to the amount of sev- eral thousand dollars. The railroad is washed out in many places and no trains are run ming. Two residences were badly wrecked by lightning. The lower part of the town was flooded and many persons narrowly es- capped drowning.
 NEW SrRA1rsvILLE, Ohio, May 13.-At il o'clock last night the storm reached here. It was the most severe in years. Houses were flooded and all the mines here have closed on account of the washouts. The New York furnace dams burst, flooding the furnace, causing immediate stoppage.
 CoNNoRsvILLE. Ind, May 13.-Whitewater river rose higher and quicker than for twenty years this morning on account of last nights storm The levees are all broken and the feeder dam at Lockport is washed out, out ting off the city's water supply. The White water railroad bridge is washed out at Hagerstown and the road is also torn away, stopping all l1hNcl. O"OsAo sSAA~ AesAAAA PAo- ducts were washed down the river. The damage is the greatest ever known here.
 PERU, Ind, May 13.-A terrible storm passed over this city last night, unroofng houses and destroying grain and trees. The damage will amount to about $20O, 900.
 PARKERsBURa, W. Va, May l3:-A ter rife rain storm struck this city at II o'clock last night and lasted five hours, causing con- siderable damage. There are several wash outs between here, Cincinnati and Baltimore, and all trains are delayed. The Little Kama wha is very high.
 ATTrcA, Ind, May 13.-Later reports of last nights storm give the following casual ties: Dead-Mrs. G. Davis Seriously ln- jured-James Idle, Mrs. Nathan, W. Van deryenter, Mrs. A. J. Moorehead and son and Mrs. Benton Slightly injured-Two daughters of John Bethel, Mrs. Kirby and son, - Brady, A. s. Parsons and John Ensigner.
 WILKINSON, Ind. May 13.-This town was visited by a terrible cyclone at six o'clock last evening. Thirteen houses were blown down and completely wrecked. Samuel White was killed and his wife and child fla tally injured. A small child was also killed.
 Many persons were wounded, some fatally.