The Osceola times., 1886-05-22
STORM ECHOES.
Death, Wreck and Devastation 81
the Recent Storms.
rovr, and cities In Illinois, Ohio and In
diana Receive Fearful VisitAt"ns
shocking Loss ofLIfe at xsniA'
o., aud Elsewhere.

BLOOMINGTON, H., May l?'-A uie'
fu, cyclone struck Odell yesterday lore
noo;i and wrought great destruction. ohe
h,,ct block was wrecked aud three ware
houses were unroofed. The bss'ern
Hotel. Masonic hall and four store ouiia,
,nas. also the upper story Of the Angen
bloek, IN which WAS the Odell BANK anu
odd Yellowsi hall, were completely ue-
stroyed. Scarcely room IN the town
e.caned fniurf! The loss VIII loot up
sbou, s5o. 900. The hot..es we're twisted
oN N their foundations and destroyed;
trees 4 .,,os IN diameter were snapped or
The larre liyery Sars Of Hoke Bros: was
comnIetely destroyed. 4 large three
story elevator, operated by c. II. Ihissn'
w,s hlovn of its foundation and badly
damaged. The two-story brick hardware
store Of s. s. Cole Is q total wreck. A
ra,mber of residences were badly wrecked,
ami a. MANY as seven barns blown to
nieces. The streets are filled with TIM
hers boards. trees and fences. The new
,chool.housc Is partially unrCuf.df and .
one.story school building was compie'ey
! demolished.
Those fz:.lly injured are:
Iot,ie ZyiHc, ten tears old. She was
..r,ied over two hundred feet " the air,
and feIl on the railroad track, smash.fs
her skull. ,,,,
George ard Charles Hoke, liverymen'
both fatally injured.
SIS. Cole, merchant. -
Two children Of John Miller are ssfis
| ously injured. The Miller children had
taken refuge in \ brick building and were
\ bnricd In the debris.
The storm only lasted about fye min
utes. Ten minutes before the storm the
! air seemed 20 get green. The cyclone
struck Odeil II 40 p; M, and was ap.
parently formed by the union OF TWO
black and ominous storm clouds which
were nrst noticed about nfe miles from
J Udell, one south and one west. Nhs
wind was from the east. At this time the
Messenger trains cf the Chicago Alton
met and passed at Odell, which - about
forty miles from here. The engineers oi
| Doth trains saw the storm approaching
and stopped their trains one on each side
! of the town, and the storm swept De-
tween them. The windows OF both trains
were smashed aud the passengers greatly
terrorized.
A passenger described the storm-clond
as an inverted mountain peak of inky
| blackness, streaked with lightning nasfes
and accompanied by great heat and LOUD
and dreadful fearing. In few minutes
| the storm-cloud had disappeared and ap-
parently dssipated. Every telegraph
| line was wrecked and communication has
not been fully established yet.
yESIA, o., May ia terrible storm
ragged here from nine until twelve O'Clock
last night. 1t is supposed TO have been Z
vater.spout. II struck the southeastern
part Of town, and followed the course ol
the Shawnee river, which was swollen In
a few moments so rs - inundate all the
neighboring streets, sweeping away ol
totally running more than one hundred
houses. Many were swept down the cur
rent with the families In them. One al
these, that Of Aaron Ferguson, contained
nine persons Of his own family and three
of John Burck's, who had ned there fol
safety.
A man named Earbor rsked his lif'
BY throwing himself into the curreiN ano
floating against the house, and with
rope In his hands succeeded In saving
the inmate. OF the house by means OF Z
boat.
Twenty dead bodies have been taken
out Of the stream, and are now lying IN
the Mayors Office, and many more art
supposed to he lost.
The Panhandle railroad, including iti
embankmcnts, is a total wreck in this Ell
tire vicinity.
The greatest excitement prevails
The building which contained those who
perlshcd Is surrounded by crowds anxl
Gus TO view the remains of the dead
Many narrowing stories are narrated.
A family named Morris was foatct
away In their house and drowned, will
the exception of child about sever
years old, who was found this morning
clinglng to tree.
1880 r. Mp TO this hour twenty
three dead bodies have been recovered
from sbe ruins Of once happy homes
which are now naught buta tangled mass
of iImbers and slime. Relief parties are
hard at work; the doctors are all over
worked, and nearly every uninjurcd house
is a hospital.
The condition OF the town is sickenlng
The groans OF the wounded I'LL the air
aud whole families have been killed. Ovei
q mile OF the Little Miami Railroad II
completely gone, and no trains can bt
run. The nearest approach Is Dresden
Junction.
LEBANON, o., May l3.-A cyclone
struck this town at ten O'Clock last night
1t came from the northwest and was ac.
companied by ram and hail. The Leba-
non House was unroofed, also the Meth.
odst Episcopal church and the Union
Sunday school.
Washington Hall was unroofed, de.
stroying all the scencT of the G.. A. r.
No serious casualties are reported. Every
shade tree in town Is damaged and not
less than forty private residences show
the effects Of the greatho
There are twenty persons known to be
killed and the number Of injured Is said
to be seventy-flve.
During the rain the wind blew fearful.
ly, blowing down telegraph poles and
wires, trees and every thing that came In
Its way. Communication Of any kind Is
not to be had with the town, six hundred
feet of the Little Miami track Just east OF
Xenla being carried away.
The train over the Little Miami road,
leaving at seven O'Clock every morning,
left for the East at nine O'Clock this morn.
ing, and went via the Muskingkum Valley.
The regular Columbus train, due here at
Ia. m, has not yet left Columbus. All
eastern, western and southern telegraphic
communication is cut on from Xenia.
DAYTON, o., May ia fearful thun
der storm visited this city last evening
commencing at half-past eight o'clocl
and continuing several hours. The elec
trical display was decidedly brilliant, ant
the rainfall very heavy. flooding man,