Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1886-05-20
AFTER rHE CYCLONE
5000, 900 Damages i'm Attica-Seventy
Buildings Struck


INDIANAPOLIS, IND, May 14.-The
heaviest losses by the cyclone at Attica
are Fisher, Abrogast Il Co., carriage
makers, 1926, 900 to 100000. This firm
had some 60 finished carriages in its de-
pository ready to be sold. Other losses
are T: Hess & Harvey, wagons, $15, 900;
David Smith, wagons, $4,000; Opera
House, 81 500; City Milling Co., So 900;
Revere House, $4,000; Lamont M.
Green, 50 900; Thomas Hemphill, So 900;
Attica Bridge Co. 800, 900; James Martin,
$1,000; Chicago IL Indiana Coal Railway
Co., $4,000. There are scores whose in
dividual losses range from 81, 900 to
$4,000. The aggregate losses will be in
the neigbborhood of $200,0 900.
Seventy buildings were hit hard, rang.
ing from half demolished to entirely an
INITIATED, and as many more were injured
in various degrees, sustaining damages of
from few to several hundred dollars.
One of the many heavy losses will be of
valuable shade trees, the district swept
over being almost entirely devastated in
this respect.
The funeral of the first victim, Mrs.
Davis, took place to-day. Every carpenter
in the city was set to work at once and
many of the unroofed houses are being
repaired, while hundreds of citizens are
busy clearing away the rubbish of their
ruined homes.
A TORNADO IN MEIGs ooUNTY-Two PERSONS
INSTANTLY KILLED.
ALBANY, o., May IA tornado passed
through Columbia township, Meigs
county, about five miles from this place
Wednesday night between 10 and 1880
o'clock, carrying death and destruction
with it. Mrs. Margaretta McComas, aged
60, was instantly killed, also her nephew,
HathAn McComas, aged 81. Lizzie
McComas was seriously injured, but will
probably recover.
The house in which the McComas
family were killed was entirely demol-
ished and reduced to kindlingwc cd. Mark
McKnight's house wns entirely demOl-
ished and himself and wife badly hurt
Noah Stout's storehouse, a large building,
was moved distance of six feet aud the
roof torn off.
The Kentucky & Ohio railroad depot ut
Carpenter had the warehouse entirely
destroyed, Stephen Wilcox's house was
completely demolished, and Wilcox was
severely hurt. Tom Jackson's house and
barn were destroyed. Ed. Fosters house
was unroofed. Many other buildings
were destroyed, and some persons
slightly injured. The storm was in tor
nado style, and by far the most severe
ever known in this part of Ohio. 1t was
from one-fourth to one-half mile wide.
MADISON COUNTY, Ky, LOSES 100000.
CINCINNATI, o., May 14.-News of
damage by the storm of Wednesday night
continues to come. Madison county, KY,
suffered to the extent of more than
100000. The streams in the county ore
generally low banked and the unpre-
cedented food caused nearly all the
bridges to be carried off.
WATER SPOUT.
In Fayette county the water-spout was
SO pronounced that flood of eight feet
came tearing down Paint creek yesterday
afternoon into Washington Court House,
and increased until in four hours it had
risen Is feet, the highest ever known
The lower part of the city was inundated
and many people were driven from theil
homes. Dozens of bridges were washed
away.