Savannah morning news., 1886-06-19
WINDS ON A WILD WHIRL.
HAVOC PLAYED WITH HOUSES
AND HUMAN LIVES.

Denton County. Texas, Catches the Firs0
Blast of the Gale-Cooke COuntyINext
shaken Up by the INV eloome Visitor
Eufanla's Suburbs Catch a Tartar a
Day Later.
DENTON, TEX, June 1S.-This and adj
jacent counties were visited Wednesday
afternoon and night by a cyclone, which
did greatdamage in this Denton county,
The storm demolished the house of Mrs.
PrigmOre, who, with her daughter, was
buried In the ruins. The mother was
fatally injured. The daughter will re-
cover.
The residence of DIR. j. w. Rutherford
was blown bodily from it's foundation and
turned over on It's side. The family es4
capped, having fed 10 their storm cave.
Many barns, sheds and outhouses were
blown down, and the school house at
Stony was completely wrecked. The
school had been dismissed, however, and
no fatalities resulted. At Pilot Point
signs and awnings were carried away
aud houses unTooied. Williams IE New.
bury's warehouse was moved by the force
OF the wind forty feet from its foundation.
hendalPs grain warehouse was unroofed.
ON TO COOKE COUNTY.
FORT WORTH, Tex, June 1S.-The
storm which did so much damage at Dem
ton Wednesday evening passed on TO
Cooke county. Reports from there are to
the effect that 1t was the heaviest ever
known. At Valley View a drug store
was moved from its foundation and
turned around. Other buildings were
badly damaged, while fences, orchards
and grain stacks were carried away and
scattered in every direction. Large treea
lot. Ir.fro or.1.
eral lives are reported lost farther west,
where the storm is known to have
assumed the form OF fulLfedged
cyclone. AT ltaska two churches were
blown down, several farm houses torn to
pieces. and Joseph Fairctdld killed
At Bloomfield similar damage was done,
and DIR. Rlley's dwelling was blown I'd
pieces.
At Mckinney the bridge over Wilson
creek was completely wrecked. Gulleps
grocery store was badly damaged, the
roof being carried of aud the front Of tha
building blown in. Corn was laid low and
cotton severely damaged.
At Pleasant Valley the wind was mora
violent and blew down the Presbyterian
and Methodist churches, completely
Wrecking both.
AT Waco j. G. shaefer was struck by
lightning and severely injured. lie viii
probably die.
The storm is regarded ae the most seri-
GUS ever known In this region, and the
damage 20 crops, IL is fenred, was very
great. Further reports Of loss of life are
expected.
BLOW NEAR EUFAULA.
EUFAULA, ALA, June 49, Reporta
from the outlying sections received to-day
state that a terrible and damaging wind
storm visited them yesterday, lasting all
the afternoon and into the evening. Ii
was remarkably cool and like a septem-
ber gale. The wind storm was preceded
by heavy rain from II go O'Clock in the
morning 20 1 O'Clock in the afternoon.
The rain did damage 10 washing out grass
and plOwed up crops. The wind did great
damage TO corn and cotton. Corn was
generally punching for tassel, eonse-
quently IL was heavy topped and sappy
and easily snapped, aud so acres Of it
were blown down. causing loss Of
fodder aud corn. Fences were blown
down and rails scattered hitler and
thither. New ground and swamp lands
are crossed and piled with
brushwoOd and tree tops, which will cause
delay in working crops. and great
damage was done in this direction. So
far no loss Of life Is reported.