The Penn's Grove record., 1886-05-22
NEWS OF II E

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"A tornado at OdelI, Illinois, on
the evening Of the 18th, unroofed seven
stores and a hotel, nearly destroying
another building and buried two chill.
dren under the debris. Terrible wind
and hail storms are reported at Peru,
Indiana, and Streator and Rockford,
Illinois. The storm cloud which burst
upon Odell was seen gathering at Pom
tiac by a railroad train which left that
point, ard the cloud following the train
struck Odell just as the train entered
the place. A later despatch says the
tram resumed its journey, but before it
left several persons were reported
killed and injured. A violent storm,
lasting fifteen minutes, passed over
Winchester, Virginia, on the evening
of the 18th. 1.-Two clouds of greenish
cast, hanging low, n from the north
east, the other from the southwest, met
and burst immediately over the city.
The wind attained a great velocity,
and hailstones the size of walnuts fell
to the depth of from two inches to three
feet. Trees were stripped of their
foliage, and the rain fell in torrents,
filling the streets and cellars. Every
house with a western exposure had all
the window glass destroyed. Carriages
were overturned on the roads leading
to the city, the occupants narrowly
escaping with their lives"
"A very severe STORM OF wind, rain
and lightning, visited Evansville, In
diana On the evening of the 18th. The
African baptist cnurcn, a large DrlcK
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unroofed and fences, trees and Chin
neys levelled. The losses on property
are believed to aggregate $780, DOC.
Two men were drowned In a skif and
a man was killed by a falling tree. The
greater portion of Vichey Springs,
twelve miles north of Rollo, Missouri,
was destroyed by the storm of the 18th.
Most of the dwellings and many of the
stores were demolished or unroofed.
No lives were lost, but four persons
were injured. Usage City and Sedalia,
Missouri, were flooded by the storm,
and at Sedalla one house was demolished
and several others were unroofed. Two
railroad bridges were demolished in
the vicinity. At Mortonville, Kan
Sas, the Breck block and a
bank were demolished by the storm of
the 18th. HailstOnes, some Of which
were eleven inches in circumference,
fell at Mineral Point, Missouri, IN the
18th. A colt was killed by one of the
h~ailstones. HaIlstones 'tas large as
goose eggs'' fell at Bonnie Terre, Mis-
souri,, ON the 18th, doing great damage
to the crops and smashing glass. 1.-THE
iron roof of the boiler house of the st.
Joseph Works was riddled as if by
grape shot,"
Charles Murray and Thomas Shaw
were killed by Indians % miles south
west of Tucson, Arizona, on Monday.
Geronimo's band is supposed TO be IN
that vicinity. Two hundred troops are
in close pursuit.
Two breaks have occurred in the
levee at Bayville. Louisiana, doing
great damage in and around the town.
The Police Department of Chicago
has made an official report of the bomb
throwing affair in that CITY. 1t shows
that during the riot 66 police
men were wounded. 8 of whom
have died and 10 returned to duty,
leaving 81 still laid up with their
wounds. Two of the latter Men ulty
and Henson, were in a dying condition
on the 18th.
An attempt was made by some
unknown villain to burn the Madison
Street Theatre in Chicago on the 18th.
Fires were started in two places on the
stage, but the dampness of TIE sur
roundings prevented their rapid spread,
and the iremen extinguished the flames
after about $500 damage had been
done.
"A series of fearful storms of rain
and wind swept over Ohio, Indiana and
Illinois, and portions of Iowa, Wiscon-
sin and Missouri, on the 18th. There
was a great destruction of property,
and a number Of people in various To-
calities suffered death or injury. but
the worst visitation was at Xenia, Ohio.
Here a ''cloud-burst'' caused appalling
ruin, sweeping away a number of dwell
lings and their occupants. Up to the
evening Of the 18th % bodies of the
drowned had been recovered, and II
persons were missing.
The storm on the 18th did much
damage to the beaches at Long Branch,
Ocean Grove, Asbury Park and other
places along the New Jersey coast.
AT Plttsburg, on the 14th, W. T.
HoblItzell, agent of a dynamite COM
pany, began to break up a lot of old
iron by using dynamite on a ten-ton
anvil. ga terrific explosion followed,
and huge pieces of the anvil were
scattered about in every direction.
One piece weighing 300 pounds
wrecked a house occupied by Mrs.
Mcnamara, one block distant. An
other piece of over 200 pounds crashed
through the dwelling of En.il Erst-
man, also a block away. 1t struck a
bed in which three children were
sleeping. They were covered with de-
bris, but escaped serious injury. An
other house, occupied by Mrs. Luny,
800 feet away, was also wrecked. Only
one person was injured-a woman walk
ing along the sidewalk a square distant,
who was injured so badly in the leg
that it may have TO be amputated.
HoblitZel was arrested for violating a
city ordinance.
AT Madison, Wisconsin. on the
18th, a man entered the jewelry and
music store of A. Il. Vancott while
Mr.. Vancott was alone, saying that a
well-known lady had sent him to buy
an organ lie enSdBeu MT. taBcOtL 5
attention for some time in examining
various instruments in the rear part of
the store. He finally left the store
without making a purchase, saying that
he would return in an hour with the
lady whom he had named and buy enc
of the organs. Before the hour had
passed Mr.. Vancott discovered that a
tray containing a set of diamond ear
rings and fifteen diamond rings, valued
al $1,000, had been stolen, and that his
till had been robbed of $40. The theft
had evidently been committed by a
'pal'' of the mar who examined The
organs.
The latest reports Of tue Western
storm add little to those published,
by a tornado in Melggs county, Ohio,
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