Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1888-02-21
CRIMES and ACCIDENTS.
THIRTY-FIVE KILLED
And Fifteen Hundred Made Homeless.
Nh. VERNON, H., Feb. 20.

Nj. VERNON, H., Feb. 20.
The cyclone yesterday destroyed nearly
three hundred residences and business
places. and unhoused from 1,200 to l,500
people. In the fall of the walls, many per
SOM were buried under the debris, 81 being
killed and twice as many wounded. $ or 10
seriously
Preceding the destructive wind was heavy
rain for half an hour, which drove all the in
habtants to shelter. This was followed by
a slight hail storm accompanied by lightning !;
then furious blow which formed into the
funnel shaped cyclone. 1t struck the south
western portion of the city, unroofng every
thing in its path, taking diagonal course
through the business part of city, unrooting
and dismantling the Supreme Court build
ing
LATEST PARTICULARS.
Following is the list of losses compiled
so far Supreme court building unroofed,
county court house destroyed, Methodist
church torn to fragments, Commercial hotel
unroofed, Baptist church demolished, b. W.
Yost's store blown in, Porter & Bonds drug
store destroyed Major James Hitchcock 5
residence and photograph establishment des-
troyed, Jerry Taylor's residence ruined
Nieman's restaurant and bakery wiped out
Msxey, Wescott & Swift, general merchan-
disc store and machinery blown away, with
loss of $40 900 +. W. +. Jackson's harness
store unroofed Jordan Morgans (jeweler, J
building completely destroyed, some of the
stock saved, Jacob Oswald's building, occu-
pied by the Polisher's Furniture Co, entire
LOST of both building and stock, the Crews
block, owned by +. c. Murray and occupied
by Robert L. Ryan dry goods, entire stock
lost, A. ID. Cox, groceries and dry goods,
entire stock lost, 6. W. Evans bank des-
troyed, Stratton & Johnson's three story
building wrecked, occupied by Johnson's
drug store, also by Renchler, Waters 4 Co.,
groceries and dry goods. total loss; also g.
b. Goodridge, groceries, upper rooms occu-
pied by theatre and masonic hall, Central
hotel and saloon connecting, both ends
blown out, Cooks frame drug store total
loss, two story brick building occupied by
Gothen 4 Ellis, saloon. Silas Downing's two
story brick residence, ruined, Warren's two
story frame store. rooms wrecked.
Heisman & Co., baker and confectionery
total loss; Thomas Walsh. two story brick
residence, wrecked; G. +. VI. Ward, resi-
dence, damaged badly Mt. Vernon Milling
Co., three story brick mill, destroyed, loss,
$50 ,0o0 wooden factory, badly damaged ;
Lewis Deals house, torn to pieces; Stratton,
hardware store. demolished, loss, SIS, 600 /;
Howard Bros & Co, groceries, Wholesale
and retail, in Watson building, loss on stock,
s. 1000, building ruined; Hudspeth, dry
goods, three story building, total loss. 500
600; David Wise, clothier, loss, sl5, 900 /;
Yost &. Co, dry goods and groceries, stock,
loss SIS 900; Crowders, barber shop, demol-
ishcd; John Gray's saloon, stock and building
injured; VIM Robera. dealers in tobacco
and cigars, partial loss; Mrs. kerrim, mil
liner, stock and building DESTROYED; ]. II.
Ferguson, harness. stock and building, par
tial loss: Hill, Williams & Co, general dry
goods, loss, So 900. All Main St. buildings,
from Howard's corner, east to Morris Emer-
sons residence. on the east side of the street
were destroyed except Mr.. Steiner's and
Col. Casey's residence. The following were
totally demolished: Three brick buildings
belonging TO Col. Casey, and the residences
of T. E. Wescost, Chas. Hoyt, Prof. Barn
hart, Mrs. Miller, Mrs Albright, o. T.
Brooks, Y. A. Cover, Russell Dewery, Law
Ter Legg, David Yearwood, and Phillan
Maxey.