Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1886-05-14
ANGRY ELEM ENTs.

PARTICULARS OF DESTRUCTION BY TOR
EApo AND FLOOD IN H OUTLYING
DISTRICTS OF OHIO.
Cincinnati, May 14-News of the dam.
age by the storm of Wednesday night
continues to come in.
Madison county, Ohio suffered to the
extent OF more than two hundred thous-
and dollars. The streams in that county
are generally low banked and an unpre-
cedentsd food carried away nearly all
the road bridges.
In Fayette county a food eight feet
deep came tearing down Paint creek,
yesterday afternoon, into Washington
court house. In four hours it rose to
eighteen feet. All the lower part of the
city was Inundated and many people
driven from home. Dozens of bridges
were washed away.
YORK OF THE WIND.
The damage in Clinton county wa
chiefly by wind. Five barns are reported
destroyed and timber Frustrated over
large area.
In Buttes county fifty feet of thu
Woodsdale bridge over the Miami rive
was blown off and five iron and WOO
bridges on Elliott turnpike are demol
lished, Miles of fences are laid low an,
many small bridges torn out. A hous'
lin Lemon township was demolishe'
and a domestic injured. In the villag
of Seven Mile, the streets are impassabl
from fallen trees. The pnblic schoc
building was damaged and the roof {
the Methodist church hurled against th
parsonage, crushing in its walls. I'll
ministers family narrowly escape
death. Half a dozen barns were blow
down.
At Middleton trees were blow
down and thes:i7oi liz very high and TN
OF -vessass sas&essassssss
sastsss-lS Aau tsnces. Tho Emilis are o
stopped and nearly all access to ii
town is cut off. Heavy damage by win
= occurred south of Middleton and the,
was great damage to railroads aroun
Sidney by washouts and to several Gu
verts. Between Sidney ard Quinc
several ale out. The Dayton & Mich;
gan road has several breaks betwee
Sidney and Dayton and two culyert
out near Jamestown station. The Lax
Shore q Western trains are suspende,
near Lima by washouts. Nails i
, every direction are badly DELAYED.
FATAL TORNADO.
Albany, Ohio, May IA tornad,
passed through Columbia township
Melgs county, about five miles from thi
place, Wednesday night, between 10 an,
Il O'Clock. Mrs. Margaret A. McComas
aged sixty, and her rsShsr
aged twenty-one, were instantly killed
Lizzie McComas was seriously injured
but will probably recover. The hous,
was entirely demolished. Mark M,
knights hone-swas entirely demolishef
and himself and wife badly hurt. A
large stone house was moved a distance
OF Six feet and tho roof torn off. The
Kentucky & Ohio railroad at Carpsnte,
4 .
had o warehouse entirely destroyed.
Many more houses were destroyed and
the inmates injured. The tornado was
the most severe ever known in this part
el9hio. u wss from o~ne-fourth to one-
half o mile vide.
HEAVY FLOODS IN INDIANA.
indianapolis, May 1.-THE rains of
the. paat few days have swollen rivers to
within fourteen inches of the highest
point reached since 1865. Great loss to
growing crops is reported from the sur
rounding country. Many bridges are
washed away, railroad lines are dam.
aged and trains are delayed, as the work
OF repairing tracks is carried on under
much disadvantage.