Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1890-05-17
swept BY CYCLONES.
Towns Devastated and a Number OF
Lives Lost.
Housss Carried From Their Foundation
Sad Havoc In Missouri Towns
Singular Escape.

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Sad Havoc In Missouri Towns
Singular Escape.
Darkness shut in so quickly after the lorna
dc that tore through the southern part of the
city Of Akron Ohio, thatnot haitian idea could
be gotten of the ferceness or extent of the ter
rible storm.
Professor Egbert, of Buchel College, who
was out in the storm, calculated that it was
travelling at the rate of four miles a minnie, so
that its track ofabout mile and a-hulfthrough
this city was traversed in little more than 20
seconds II moved in almost n straight line
through well-settle6! part of the city and
scarcely foot of the mile and a-half but is
strcwn with splirtered house timhers; broken
furniture uprootcd trees and leveled barns
and outhouseS.
During trip over the storm-path 10 dwell
incS were counted that are either ripped into
kin,lling wood or so badly wrecked that they
crnnot be occupied. Families numbering
about - persons in all, are out of house aud
home and being sheltered by friends. of the
Is persons who wcreinjured all will probably
recover.
Seventy-fve buildings, including residences
and barnsand outhouscS, were damaged blythe
wind, and not one escaped that was in direct
line of the tornado. Uprooted trees are counted
by the scores. Many that were blown down
or cut of arc from TO feet in diameter
Buildings that resisted the winds are in adan-
cerous condition, and many will have to be
torn down. Outhonses i'll some cases were
tranSplanted from 30 to 100 feet and set down
in ncighboring yards.
Thousands of people visited the scene of de.
stru9ton a,ii'a force of special police stood
guard over remnants of residences and house
furnishings. In several churches relief papers
were started and several thousand dollars will
he raised for theimmediate wants of the home
less people.
William Poole and his daughter, who had
Just driven into their barn, were caught up
with the huildingand rolled with it 10 the bot
tom of the hin on which it stood. The barn
Of Albert Funk: on Exchange street, was torn
to ricccs aud his horse blown intoa vacant lot
near by and killed. People whose houses were
destroyed had their all invested in them, and
the majority Of the houses were mortgaSed.
That no lives were lost is most wonderful
In most instances the families took refuge in
the cellars and thus escaped serious injury, a
tornado at Sharon. this county, just one month
ago having put everybody on the alert.
ST. LOUIS, Mo.-Several yioleat storms III
the form of tornadocS have passed over differ
emf parts of North Missouri withinthc past two
days. and large amount ofproperty has been
DESTROYED and several persons killed. In Har
rison county number of houses and barns
were dcmolished.and large amount of farm
property destroyed.
William Wilson and his two small children
were blown away with his house and killed
and several persons injured.
In Centre county more than 20 buildings
were destroyed and Mrs. Nathan Green was
killed. Cattle and hogs were killed and a good
deal of general farm property as well as crops
greatly injured. Five or six dwellings and
several outbuildings were blown away and
orchards swept down, but nobody killed.
Near Blythesdale, Mrs. Jane Moore and Mrs
Henry Young were fatally injured, and anum-
Der Of other persons more or less seriously hurt;
More than a dozen houses were wrecked and
ov'er the southern part of this county about 5
o'clock. Two people, Noah Jackson and wife,
were killed outright, and large number of
persons dangerously injured.
The storm was general throughout the
country, hut the deadly cyclone, only about
500 feet wide, extended about % miles. Every.
thing in its path was demolished, trees up
rooted and houses and barns completely de-
molishcd,
In one instance q house containing an in
valid was struck and the bed containing the
sick man lifted up bodily and carried out into
the yard, where it fetched up against tree.
The sick nun was badly injured. A large
number Of cattle were killed.