The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1886-05-20

Circlevil!e were thrown into a
paroxysm of terror by telegram
made public to the effect that an
awful tornado would strike the
town in a few minutes. The
visitation jim other localitie of
those blizzard in the last few days
he'ped to spread the excitement,
and in ten minutes after the re-
c,:ipt fthe telegram not person
wasRisible on the street except
perhaps a few property owners
who were securing the city for
the cyclone insurance agent.
A little after 10 the huge storm
cloud was seen approaching and
the al:"ost incessant sheet light
ming added the surroundings
all the more alarming. Forum
ately, however, just before the
storm reached this distance the
cloud broke and scattered and
the housed-up populaca breath
ed easier. An awful rain came
instead of the wind and this
morning all the streams are full
and running over and reports are
comm, in to the effect that many
county bridges are displaced. ;,
At Kingston a portion of the
windstorm struck and demolish-
ed several houses among which
was the tile factory of May &
Raub, which entails loss Of up
ward $500. At Amanda, Fair
field county, the wind damaged
six houses badly ard other dam
age, injuring one persen.
Mt. STERLING, May ia storm
passed through here lsst night
unequaled in the amount of rain
that fell The water came down
in torrents. The storm began at
o'clock and continued till l
O'Clock this morning. The new
iron bridge across Deer creek at
this place is standing. but con-
siderbly damaged. Many sheep.
cattle and hogs were drowned.
What oats, corn and pasture
there were in the lowlands are
mostly destroyed. There has
been a rainsiorm here every
night this week, and on Thurs
day night much damage was
done by the wind. The amount
of loss can not be estimated.
WELLsroN,O., Mar 13.-A house
on East Hughes street was struck
by lightning last night and the
west end badly wrecked. Five
children sleeping in the room
struck were not injured, while
a sewing machine in the same
room was destroyed and beding
set ON fire.
THE CYCLONE OF FRIDAY NIGHT.
| While the storm of Wednesday
night of last week was considered
one of thesmost destructive that ev
er visited the State and the dam
wrought incalculab'e, that of which
touched but the northern part Of
Stale. is reported even mole ter
riaic. A special correspondent of
the Cincinnati; Enquirer, writing,
f:om Celina, May, 18th. says:
The cyclone which whirled with
such terrific fore through Mercer
county on Friday night, mention
of which was made in dispatches
to the Enquirer of this morning,
proves upon investigation to have
been one of the most frightful dis
turbances of the elements ever
known in the United States. The
cyclone started, according to re
ports, in the fair grounds at Port
land. Ind, and paid its respects
first IN Mercer county to the prem,
ises of Nathanial Taught, in Wash
lngton township. passing through
the northwestern quarter Of Jeffer-
son, the southeast quarter of Hope
we'll and the center OF Center. 1t
was about
AN HOUR PASSING THROUGH
The county and entailed \ loss of
probably 100000.
Sixty dwelling houses together
with the barns and other outDuild
ings surrounding them were de-
lstroyed, among these being the res
licences of Geo. and Ben Ginger.
former citizens of Hooking county
and we'll known to the people in the
West end.
W. j. Bryan says that he felt op
pressed on Friday evening an6 shad
A PREMoNITIoN
Of the approach of calamity of
some sort, and he remained up Ia
ter than usual. When the cyclone
| aeraled its approach he called tc
his family to get into the cellar. A
hired man named Potter, who slept
up stairs, started to go below, and
he was plunged down stairs at The
same time the top of the house was
blown of. He went upstairs again
and lay dowL. He was picked up
by the wind and thrown, it is said.
three hundred yards in the direc=
ton opposite to that in which the
storm was travelling.
There was nothing left on Mr..
Bryan's premises, not even collar.
The family escaped alive from the
cellar. There were six horses in
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