Morning journal and courier., 1888-02-20
News by Telegraph FROM ALL QUARTERS. A DEATH DEALING WIND StreWs a Western Town
 With Corpses. FIRE ADDS TO THE HORRORS. A Long List of Killed and
 Injured. SHERIDAN koT A CANDIDATE. Alarming Reports from
 San Reno.
SHERIDAN NeT A CANDIDATE
SWEPT. BY A CYCLONE.

SWEPT BY A CYCLONE.
 A Western TOw0 Almost Wiped Out
 Fire Breaks out In the Ruins and
 Helps Ihe Work of Destruction
 Many Persons Killed and a Long
 List of Iniured-Gver Five Hundred
 Buildings Swept Away and Much
 Suffering Among the Survivors.
 CHICAGO, Feb. 19.-A cyclone struck Mount Vernon, H., to-day and the town was virtually destroyed, number of lives lost and many persons injured. Mount Vernon is situated in the southern part of the State, 8 direct line.
 special to the Daily News from Eyans- vile, Ind, says: A cyclone struck Mount Vernon, H., at 4:45 to-day from the north west, sweeping around in a half circle and leveling half the town. The remainder of the place caught fire and as there was a strong wind blowing the flames soon got be- yond control of the fire department. Above the roar of the winds could be heard the shrieks and groans of the dying. Rodies half buried in debris could be seen onevery hand.
 A Centralia, Ill.,, special to the Daily News says two-thirds of Mount Vernon was wiped out. Besides the people killed out right many were injured. In response to the calls for aid twenty members of the Centralia fire department, four physicians and num- Der of leading citizens left to night for the scene of the accident.
 ST. LOUIS, Feb. 19-The following is list as far as now known of the killed and seriously wounded by the cyclone at Mt Vernon, H., this afternoon: Killed-Mrs. Russell Dewey, Ms, John A; Water and and wife, John c. Murray, Mr. Cummings, an engineer; Mary Westbrook. James Bear son, Mrs. Holcomb. Dr. John Yearwood and wife, Samuel Yearwood and wife, George Purcell, Mrs. William Jones and child, John Dodson, Miss Josie Totten, John Shew, blacksmith, name unknown;
 Fatally injured-Lawler E. Leg2, Mrs Henry Waters, Miss Laura E. Lissenby, Charles Ellis, MT. and Mrs. o. Galbraith, Charles Wier, MT. and Mrs. Westbrook, Amanda Bearden, w. II. Hinman, Lizzie Bennett, J. c. Hanbriek, c. Poole Miss Cor inne Hanbrick, Brownlow Hawkins; Ms. Albricht, Henry Ellis, Mrs, Milicrept, Joel Howard.
 CHICAGO, Feb. 19.-The Times Centralia, H., special says high southwesterly wind has been blowing at Centrslia all evening. It is feared that damage has been done at other points besides Mt. Vernon. The latter place is twenty miles southeast of Centralia. It has population of two thousand.
 CHICAGO, Feb. 19.-A special to the Chi- cago Times from Mount Vernon says: At about o'clock this evening cyclone struck this town and left it in ruins, killed fifteen to twenty people and it is feared many more than are now known to have been killed will be found among the ruins of the buildings. Fire immediately broke out all over the city amid the 1uins, spread ing rapidly owing to the damage done to storm passed from the southwest and had a rota1y motion. It swept down with fearful fury, striking first south of the City Hall, then carried away the third and fourth stories of the Mount Vernon mill. From there it swept on in path five hun dred yards wide. The Methodist church fell. Just few minutes before two huRdred and fifty people left the Sunday school room. The Commercial Hotel lost it's third story. Next the wind struck the county court and ren. dered it heap of ruins. The Crew block on with the earth and under it was found the body of John Crew, the owner of the block, formerly of Chicago. The roof and second story of R. L. Stratton 6 Go. s hard ware store was blown away. The large two story brick school house did not withstand the terrible shock any better than the small est house in the track of the cyclone The 
 was pulled up and carried about twenty feet and left unhurt, while two brick buildings within one hundred feet were wrecked. Not less than $500, ,000 worth of property has been destroyed by the cyclone and fire in that neighborhood.
 Reports are coming in from the country and the storm seems to have swept every thing for miles, Incaleulable loss of life and great suffering will follow unless outside help is given. A meeting of business men was held and committees appointed to care for the dead and wounded and protect the property as much as possible. Many people who escaped with their lives have nothing no home to go to. The wounded are being best possible manner. The dead and dying are scattered throughout the city. All the doors of the houses left standing have been thrown open to the less fortunate
 Three-fourths of the business portion of the city is ruined financially. The public house is in the center of the square, the school building is in the northeast corner of the city and all dwellings in that portion of the city are destroyed and the ruins of some are still burning. In all five hundred buildings are destroyed and many others in- jured. The dead and wounded are now be- ing gathered at the Supreme court house which has been converted into hospital. This building is also damaged, but not seri- ously. The latest reports show thirty one dead and about one hundred injured, some of whom will die before morning Mrs. Colonel Cooper and Eddy Maxey have just died. A number of men who were struck by falling timbers and whose names cannot be learned at present are reported badly injured and dying The storm was preceded by hail but not more than five minutes elapsed until the fearful destroyer had swept I over the doomed town. Buildings were ! wrsnched and twisted and then dashed te pieces, total wrecks.
 ! EVANSVILLE, Feb. 19.-The Louisville & | Nashville station is in ruins. Engineer Cummings was instantly killed in the early part of the storm. One report says forty | eight bodies have been taken from the ruins | It is estimated that two hundred and fifty | people are injured