Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-05-14

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hHil es big as hens eggs strack pavto,
snd vicinity az o'clock last eyenino
lhc small streams became rnshirv tn,,
rents, aud the Miami mighty n6od
' rlslng nine feet IN three hours. innn
nsNnR hly aercs OF houses In The Foagtl
ware ~ Dayton, drowning horses and
COWS and terrifying the cllixenS whpr,
WY suerts turued intp the river beds
Inc lnefchandisc IN the cellats MA.
Iulhed. The hriiges IN an directions
We're swept away Farm hn,idlnps aul
dwelling were demolished Al Kinds al
crops were totally ruined. The deslrnc.
ton oy the cyclone Is In tracts oasl
nom the Big Mar to the Little MAN
and GAINESVILLE. zionville brick Reform,
church, four miles south of DAYTON. IL
total wreck. The church az Beayerto,vn
where prayer meeting was In prornss
was demolished, but none OF The panic,
stricken worShipors was seriously hutt
me dwellings here were twisted from
their foundations and great titstrnetfnn
was wrought. Shaker Village, three
mics cast, was terribly shaken.
many buildings being unroofed'
oarns blown down aud cattle Injured
special train with Superintendent
Aucker was wrecked near Osborne, and
fucker and six others were Injured. A
north.oound freight ON the Cincinnati.
Hamilton 8 Dayton dashed into a wash.
out az Postum run, FIVE miles south Of
Dayton, aud thirty ton locomotive was
carried loo feet down the mighty torrent
before sinking, and then rolled over and
over, Az daylight farmer mile across
the waters noticed y signal OF distresa
ana rescued the freighps crew from tho
tree tops. Engineer John McCuicheon
anu the fireman were seriously Injured
lhe rainfall was four and half inches
~ three hours. There was much de-
stIuetlon In the Big and Little Miami
valleys from the sources 10 the Ohio
river, aud additional disasters reported
oy me country people are constantly
coming la.
ABOUND DAYTON.
DAYTON, ONO, May ID Tho storm Of
last night resulted In considerable dam.
age. The rainfall illled both the Miami
rivers bankafull. The drainage OF the
city led the water to Main street, whore
business blocks occupy all the ground.
The thoroughiare became river and
hooded all the store cellars, DESTROYING
goods. Arnold Son claim a loss OF
$4,000, VOL creek leVoe broke,
flooding tho West side, under.
mining structures aud turning families
out OF small tenemonts. The patrol
system carried women aud children out
OF danger. The Big Miami rose nine
feet between o'clock and midnight
which indicates great loss 10 farmers aud
gardeners Of the valleys. Railway bridges
and culVeris are washe out and telegraph
communications are shut OF IRON Pay
ton Trains are all behind aud several
hundred people ere detained in the city
The washout on the Bee Lane fonr niles
sonlh. OF Dayton took away 200 feet oi
embankment. Like washouts are re-.
ported on every road out OF DAYTON,
Az kinds Of oxtrayagant rVmors are
aG0at
Senator Kemp left for Dayton on re.
celpt OF the news that his home had been
washed away and bis family could not be-
found. This IL nncunilrmed.
Reports from Springfield announce u
similar destruction by lightning aud
Hood Portions OF two trains were de-
rallied, but no loss Of life occurred The
foundations Of several buildings were
washed out, allowing them TO tumble
down. Several houses In tho city and
surrounding country were burned down
from being struck by lightning.
PASSENGER TRAIN DERAiIED,
INDIANAPOLIS, lNp., May l3.--Thc Wa.
bash, ST. Louis & Pacific enst-bound pas.
senger struck washout six miles below
La Fayette at 2 100 this morning, throw.
ing the whole train OF seven coaches from
the track. The cars were piled upon
each other promiscuously, but no one
was hurt except the baggageman, whose
Injuries were not serious
THE RAILWAYS CRIPPLED.
INDASAroLIs, IND, May l3.--The
railways leading east from Indianapolis
are severely crippled. On the Panhandle
II Is said the amount of track washed out
between here and Bradford will lggre-
gate Ave miles The damage OH the Bee
line is also very heavy The Eastern
division Of the Indiana, Bloomington &
Western IN so crippled that the company
Will not attempt 10 move trains before
Monday.
TIE STORM IN ILIINois.
OpgLI, Ill MAY ~ Yesterday aft. |
ernoon a terrible cyclone struck this
village II demolished one brick block, |
wrecked three warehouses, unrooied the
hotel, Masonic hall, four shoe buildings, |
and also the upper story OF the Angell /
block. Scarcely store IN town es-
capped injury, The loss viii amount 10
$4,000. Houses, barns and sheds were
twisted Of their foundations and com
pletely destroyed Trees ono foot IN
diameter were twisted up The storm
did not last over i've minutes. The
fatally injured are;
LoTTiR AWHILE, tenyear-old girl,
carried oyer 200 feet ID the air aud fell
on the railroad track, smashing her skull
GEORGE and CHARLES HoBR, Livery |
men.
; S CoLR, hardware merchant, and
Two children Of Charles Miller are
seriously hurt. The children had taken
refuge ~ brick building and were
buried ia the ruins. The damage IN the
surrounding country Is comparatively
slight,
KILLED ASD WOUNDED.
ATTIcA, I'D, May i3-The following
Is list Of the dead and injuIed from yes
.oTday's storms
Killed Mrs. JoT DAyIs
Totally wounded MRS. MOREHKAp.
MRS. ABE NATHAN.
Will YANDEYnHTER,
JANIS IDLR.
SERIOUSLY injured MEs. LmBY REED
md sou
Bon HARRIS.
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