Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1886-05-19


was a. the Miami street bridge, when
a man was seen at the window by
the terrorstricken crowd waving a
lighted lamp. The next instant the
house collapsed and they we've gone.
Thirty six people lost their lives.
The loss of property is great
whole lumber yards and all bridges
gone completely. The scenes in the
devastated district are indescribable.
All kinds of crops are totally ruined.
The greatest destruction is in track
east from the Big Miami to the Lit
tie Miami.
Zionville Reform Church, four
miles south of Dayton, was razed.
The church at Beavertown, where
prayer meeting was in progress, was
demolished, but none of the panic
stricken worshipers were seriously
hurt. Dwellings there were twisted
from their foundations. At Shaker
vile, three miles east, many build
ings were unroofed, barns blown
down and cattle injured. A special
train, with Superintendent Tucker,
was wrecked near Osborn. Tucker
and six others were injured. A north
bound freight train on the Cincinna-
Il, Hamilton and Dayton dashed in
to washout at Possum Run, five
miles south of Dayton, and the thir-
ty-ton locomotive was carried $50
feet down the mighty torrent before
sinking, and then rolled over and
over. At daylight farmer a mile
across the waters noticed signals of
distress, and rescued the freight crew
from tree tops. Engineer John Nc
Cutcheonand his fireman were seri-
ously injured. The rainfall was four
and half inches in three hours.
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, May 13.-A
storm passed thirty nine miles east
of Lafayette, about 80 o'clock last
evening, unroofing houses, tearing
down trees and fences and carrying
everything before it. One man was
killed, and a number are reported
seriously wounded.
WEST PoIST, Ind, May I3.-A tor
nado struck Attica at 10 last even.
ing. In five minutes several houses
were destroyed. Many business hous-
es and residences are in ruins. A
woman was killed and nine people
fatally injured. The midnight ex
press train on the Wabash Road ran
into washout and was ditched. The
mail clerk was slightly injured.
WILKINSON, Ind, May 13.-This
town was visited by cyclone at 6 o.
clock last evening. Thirteen houses
were blown down, and Samuel White
was killed and his wife and child ia
tally injured. A small child named
Shaffer was also killed. Many per
sons were injured, some fatally. Ev-
erything in the track of the storm
was totally demolished.
LANARK, Ill, May 13.-A rain, hail
and wind storm here last evening at
6 o'clock did great damage to prop
erty. Fences, sheds and barns were
blown down. William Hixon, butch
e., drove under a shed to escape the
fury of the storm. The shed was
blown down, and one of the founda-
ton stones struck Hixon on the head
killing him.
DANvHLE, Ill, May 1.-THE cy-
clone which passed over the country
on Wednesday night destroyed a
score of farm houses and demolished
the United Brothers church and
school house. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph
Miller and the infant son of John A.
Shaw were killed. Mr.. Shaw him
self was fatally injured. The path
of the cyclone was 6 miles in length
and $50 yards wide.
ALBANY, O., May 1.-THE tornado
which passed through Columbia twp,
Meiggs county, about five miles from
this place on Wednesday night car
ried death and destruction with it.
Two persons were killed and six Sc
riously injured
Upton, Ind, May 1.-THE build
ings on the Fair grounds were de-
stroyed and many private residences
in and near the city badly wrecked by
Wednesday nights storm. A child
was killed and ten persons were in
jured. In White county the tornado
was terrible in its effects. Many farms
were swept clear of residences, barns,
out houses and orchards, and much
stock was killed. The damage is es-
timated at 100000 to 100000.
During a period of four days last
week tornadoes, bounded up and down
through the western country DESTROY
ing millions of dollars of property
and cattle. The bouncing storms
closed their work on Friday and Fri
day night as far as heard from as fol
lows:
On Friday, at Topeka, Kansas,
about ten o'clock in the morning a
very black cloud came up suddenly
from the southeast, and, sweeping
through the eastern portion of the
town, did its fearful work in almost a
moment. A large number of build
ings were destroyed. The residence
occupied by j. l.. Hartzell and fami-
ly of five was lifted from the ground
and carried a distance of eight feet.
One child was seriously injured and
will die. Eighteen or twenty people
were more or less badly injured. B.
f. McKidden was picked up from the
sidewalk and carried into the air
about fifty feet and thrown against
wire fence. His injuries, while Sc
we're, are not fatal. Trees were torn
up by the roots and nothing remained
in the path of the terrific monster.
On Friday funnel shaped storm
formed at Lansing, Michigan. It cut
clean swath quarter of mile wide
through all the woods and orchards
that came in its way A barn of Mr..
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