The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-09-23

Swept by n Severe Storm of Wind and
RAMA Perfect God to Some Lo-
caIities, But Bosom OF Destruction in
Others-The Storm Assumes Cyclonic
Character in Indiana.
In Indiana.
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, Sept. 1.-THE
! railroad wires centering in this city from
Decatur and Montezuma have been
blown down, and no accurate informa-
ton can be had. RumOrs are to the eff
feet that cyclone has swept over these
places, partially destroying Montezuma
and inficting severe loss upon the sur
rounding country. Efforts to communi-
cate with Montezuma were futile, as all
wires were down. The nearest approach
by wire to the town was Bloc mingsport,
five miles from MonteZuma. West of
that there is trouble of some kind, but
its nature could not be ascertained. The
telegraph reporter at Hillsdale, near
MonteZums, says no serious damage has
been done at MonteZuma- A cyclone
struck the ID. & s. passenger train on
the Wabash bridge, just south of Hills
dBle, and it backed down to the Monte
yuma depot. Quite panic occurred
among the passengers, but no one was
hurt. The wind was very strong for two
or three minutes. Several roofs were
blown off.
Terre Haute special SAYS: A cyclone
struck this city ct about IL As and did
considerable damage. The wind had a
rotary motion and the clouds every ap-
pearance of. a cyclone formation. The
storm came from the southwest. But
few persons noticed the rapidly approach
ing clouds. The wind struck the city
with a roar and soon the streets were
filed with flying dust and dirt and vari-
Gus light material. So far as reported
no one was seriously injured.
Kidder Bros Touring mill,
near the river, was unroofed;
also Commits Touring mill, Nichols
cOoper-shop, the county Jail and an old
ice-house, all of which are in the same
vicinity. The storm travelled in a north
east direction, but apparently changed its
course somewhat TO the south when
about in the center of the city. 1t I'M
rooted r. L. Balls stove store and J. A.
TOots seed store on Wabash avenue,
near Third street. At Fifth and Ohio
streets building owned by the DEM
ings was unroOfed, a brick addition
10 Johnson'S liquor hOnse was unroofed
and part of the wall blown down. The
interior was considerably damaged by
the heavy rain which followed the cyclone
of about two minutes duration. J. r.
Duncan'S paper house and the Washing
ton hotel were also unrOOfed. The Ma
sonic hall, in Mckee block, was unroofed
and the frescoing ruined besides other
injuries to the hall. A circus had all its
tents blown down. There is q long list
of minor casualties and number of
miraculous escapes from serious injury
are reported.
MICHIGAN CITY, Ind, Sept. IA rain
and'wind storm, which for severity has
never been here before swept over the
city yesterday morning. After steady
downpOur for several hours the wind be-
came stronger, and at ten O'Clock attained
the velocity of cyclone. Large trees,
sheds, outhOUSeS, lumber piles, etc.
were leveled. The wind capsiZed a
small fishing smack which was four miles
out OH the lake. and its occupants, Chris
TOPPER Kimball and Fred AdlitS, had
narrow escape from drowning. After
clingng TO the bottom of their boat for
three hours they were rescued nv a tug
which went out to search for them. The
sufferings of the men in the cold water,
with the heavy rain beating down upon
them, were terrible. The storm also
played havoc with the telegraph and tel
ephOne lines, cutting off nearly all COM
The damage to the sur
country was also great.