The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1886-05-20

Some Thirty Persons Known to be Dead.
While Many Others Remain Unaccount-
ed Eor-The Storm Elsewhere.


Dispatches from Xonia, Ohio. OF the 18th
say: About O'Clock terrible clouds were
seen gathering. with terrific lightning, fol
lowed by peals OF thunder. This lasted
till 8 O'Clock when an extraordinary clap
OF thunder seemed to open the gates,
and the rain fell in torrents.
1t appeared like Il cloud burst. Water
backed up at the east end OF the town toa
lake against the Panhandle railroad. The
bank gave way suddenly and the flood
came dasning through town along Shawnee
creek in waves fifteen twenty feet high,
swept twenty or thirty hou ses away and
did 500, 900 worth Of damage. The gas
works are flooded and the town is in dark
ness and terror. The cries of the people
in the flooded district were awful to hear.
THE VICTIMS.
The following are the killed and missing:
Mrs. Nellie Anderson and sister. Lydia
Casey (coloreCD. both wild ows past 60 years
OF age, lived in Bars bottom; Mrs. Sam
uel Corcoran and two sons, aged about II
and % years widow and sons OF the late
Samuel torcoran; Mat Evans (colored),
day laborer, wife and child, the child miss
ing; Orrin Morris (white), laborer. wife and
five children three girls and two boys, the
oldest Il girl oil 10 years OF age and the
youngest babe Of 10 months; stephen
Powell. cart driver, wife and six
or eight children, who were found
this morning, the rest being missing; Lewis
Anderson and wife (colored,) Anderson
missing; Mrs. Ed. Lindsay; Mr.. Powell
and tw o. children.
In addition to the above, two more bod
les were found this evening, being children
and they are not identified. The complete
number OF dead, whose bodies have been
- ty al ct
ing. The loss OF property is great.
The city engineer places the city loss at
So. 900. The Little Miami road has about
sixteen miles swept away.
Cincinnati May 1.-THE storm which
did such frightful work at Nenia, was far
reaching. 1t is heard ofin Illinois, through
Indiana and Ohio and at Winchester, Va
Here there has been an unusual electrical
disturbance for the past three nights. On
Mon day night there was almost uninter-
rupted lightning from l pm. until 8 am.
Tuesday night IL similar condition existed
accompanied by heavy rains and hail, the
latter OF very narrow range. Last night
there was another electrical storm, with
heavy rain and hail. The Nenia storm,
however, was much more furious: The
counties OF Montgomery, Clarke, Butler
Warren and Greene lie adjacent in Ohio
and form an elevated plateau, with but
shallow valleys and low hills. In these
counties are tn, towns OF Dayton, Spring
field Hamilton, Lebanon and Xenia. In
the eastern county OF Indiana, adjoining
this district, is Connersville. At all these
places the rain OF last night was OF the
heaviest volume ever known. At Dayton
it measured four and a hall inches in three
hours.
The following is the list OF dead and in
jured at Attiea Ind from the recent
storm:
killed-Mrs. Zoe Davis, Mrs. Morehead,
Mrs. Abe Nathan, William Van Deventer
James Idle.
Seriously Injured-Mrs. Kirby and son,
Reed Brady, Bob Paris, Mrs. Moore,
Courtney Morehead.
The last-named is son OF Mrs. More
head. The loss will exceed 100000.
The heaviest losses by the cyclone are: