Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-05-20

| latter were rescued by swimming horses
/ to them. One family is missing.
Horses, cattle, wagons, etc, were sweeps
| away. The steel tubular bridge over the
Miami was broken by the floating debris.
| It is Impossible to estimate the loss, a.
all is tumult.
SPRINGFIELD, o., May l3.-The storm
last night did frightful damage in and
about Springfield. The East High street
bridge, recently completed, was under
mined and is now q mass of ruins. Hum
dreds of families have been driven from
their homes in the eastern and southern
portions OF the city, many barely aWaK.
ening in time to escape with their lives.
The scene in that quarter is one OF fright
full devastation. Dwellings are washing
full of soil and debris and the railroads
are all blocked up.
York street sewer broke and tossed the
boiler, engine and heavy machinery OF the
Common Sense Engine Company and the
immense 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 went surging down the stream. On
its way it 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
mount up in the hundreds of thousands
| of dollars.
| CINCINNATI, May 13.-About ten o'clock
last evening terrific hail and rain storm
swept over this city. Numerous win
dows and skylights were demolished and
many chimneys blown down. Tele-
graphic communication was entire y cut
| Off from the city for several hours. The
| loss, considering the violence OF the
storm, was very small, the heaviest loser
being A. E. Burkhart, who estimates his
| loss from broken plate glass and sky.
! lights, at about five thousand dollars.
MIAMIsBURG, O., May 13.-Trains are
all held by a washout. Miller, O'Key &
Freeman's circus train struck washout
at Cold Springs, ditching the engine and
| four cars. No lives are reported lost.
Four bridges are down between Dayton
and Grcenville. No trains are running
except on the Cincinnati, Hamilton Day
ton and the Bee line, and those only IN
the direction of Cincinnati.
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, May 13.-Reports
come from Attica, in Fountain County,
that cyclone struck that place about the
| center of the town and destroyed several
| of the business buildings, including new
| mill, the Revere House and the Chicago
& Great Southern railway offices. The
wagon bridge over the Wabash river was
| torn down. Several persons were on the
| bridge at the time it went down, and all
are supposed to have been killed. At the
| Revere House several are reported to have
| been killed.
report from Williamsport, Ind, says
| a cyclone struck that place last evening,
| destroying every thing in its track. Sew
| eral houses and barns in the north end Of
| the town were carried away. 1t seemed
| to have formed about two miles west OF
| the town, and took a southwesterly di-
| rection, travelling about thirty miles an
hour, striking the extreme north end OF
the place.
LoGANsPoRT, Ind, May ia terrific
cyclone struck this city last night. Hun
dreds of houses were unroofed and
fences, trees and houses blown down.
The high school and American Normal
college lost their roofs. Thousands OF
trees block the country roads. The
lightning struck several houses, and their
inmates were badly shocked, but there
was no loss of life. Damage about
$4,000.
WEST POINT, Ind, May IA tornado
struck Attica at ten minutes past six
Wednesday evening. In five minutes 200
houses were destroyed, among which
were the Revere House and the Chicago
& Great Southern freight depot. Many
business houses and residences are in
ruins, and about seventy people are in-
jured. A Mrs. Davis was found dead in
the ruins of her house. Many telegraph
lines are down In the track OF the storm.
The midnight express train on the Wabash
road ran into a washout and was ditched.
1t is total wreck. The mailing clerk
was slightly injured.
ATrIcA, Ind, May 14.-Latcr reports
of Wednesday nights storm show the fol-
lowing casualties:
Dead-Mrs. Jolt Davis.
Seriously injurcd-James Idle, Mrs. A.
Nathan, Will Handkerchief, Mis-. A. j.
Moorhead and son and Mrs. Benton
Gamble.
Slightly injurcd-Two daughters OF
Jno. Bethel, Mrs. Kirby and son, Reed
Brady, r. S. Paris and Jno. Ersingers.
EATON, O., May 1.-THE most terrific
and destructive rain and hail-storm that
ever occurred here comm enced at
fifteen minutes to eight o'clock Wednes.
day night and lasted for twelve hours.
The destruction to bridges over creeks
and other streams is very great. The
bridge Immediately west of town, that
has stood for sixty years, was swept
away, and in the eastern part of the
county several houses and barns Were
destroyed. The residence of Edward
Somers was demolished and his wife was
killed. The loss to farm property and
crops will be enormous in this locality.
SHAWNEE, o., May IA disastrous
storm visited this place Wednesday night,
doing damage to the amount of several |
thousand dollars. The railroad is washed |
completely out at places, and no trains |
are running. Two residences in town |
were struck by lightning and badly |
wrecked. The lower part of town was |
completely flooded and many persons mar
rowly escaped drowning. Most of the |
telegraph lines are down.
WILMINGTON, o., May 1.-The storm
Wednesday night struck this city at ten
O'Clock. 1t ragged with much fury for
four hours. This city escaped with little
damage. Other parts of the county suf-
fered more. Fifty trees were blown down
in the fair grounds and many stalls
were scattered. Jas. Woods barn was
blown to pieces and his house much
damaged.
NEW STRAITsvILLE, O., May 14.-At
eleven O'Clock Wednesday night the
storm reached here. 1t was the. most
severe of years. Houses were flooded,
trees uprooted, etc. All mines have