Telegram-herald., 1890-03-30

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4 LnCIHl RECORD OF DISASTERS
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II kzrs6sy sfssraOol szs oas q ths most
sis2sssoss IN shs history Of this ssctioa
81 tas STATE. May people we're Killed
o. MORALLY w0Gntsa ~ sslllng hoases.
sress an1 chimnsys and the
sGoant of property destroyed vii
reach blndFeds of thousands o.
1oliars The wiad seems 70 have con
thesd It's tTighti4l progress clear acT0ss
tie state a. tas rae ot sixty - Rinsty
aliles an hour. every here leaSiag
death and destruction In It's wake A.
some places where - assumed ths form
of a cyclone Us speed was not 50 great
has the results were mOst appalling.
Metropolis. olRey aud Little Prairie
we're swept by genuine cyclones
At Metropolis $50 buildings were de-
stroyed. ana the property loss Is esti-
mated ~ $3.50. 600, but the loss ot iifs Is
no. 50 serious Is it was At nrst reported,
not over tNo or three persons being
killed, and perhaps a dozen wounded.
At Little Prairie. Washington County.
fifteen houses were demolished, one
woman WAS killed And sixteen persons
injured.
Three houses were blown away In tbs
Poianesr settlement. few miles east
o, Little Prairie, and between there
and Ashley, east, five houses and barns
were blown down. Trees foot and
more In diameter wero twisted OF and
carried away.
The damage az 0lney. H.. aud
vicinity will reach nearly $50 600.
Several persons were badly hurt.
Dozens OF houses were demolished in
the neighborhood OF Grand Tower.
-Four lives were lost, and twenty-five
persons were injured.
A. Coulterville a number OF buildings
were wrecked. and one woman was
killed al Sparta, six miles northwest OF
COultsrville.
The loss 20 property at Mount Yer
non. Ill. Is great Several houses were
foated away and many corn cribs were
blown down. The steamer Ohio tried
70 land, but the wind wGs too strong
and she WAS hurled with terrific force
into the large warehouse OF the Hudnut
Milling Company. completely demolish
Ing II
Abou; sIOo, 600 sorth o, property was
DESTROYED in Union County, III.
From many other points, notably
Cairo, Murphys5oro, Carbondale, Nil.
Creek and Nandsiia. come reports o
loss OF life. wrecked homes and injured
residents.
STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.
DECATUR, H.. March s9.-DurIng the
storm Of Thursday evening Charles and
Emma Black, children Of Charles Black
a wealthy farmer, were riding home
from school on horseback, near Mechan
icsburg. when lightning struck the boy
killing both him and the horse. Th'
little girl walked home through th'
driving rain to tell OF ths awful deatl
OF her brother.
N INDIANA.
EVANSVILLE. Ind. March 99.-Evans
vile escaped lightly as compared with
the Louisville horror, but there were
many rumored casualties that ordinaril-
would have been considered seriou
enough. The south wing OF III
mer's brewery collapsed, and two men
Claude Tilly and Joseph Winnegar-
we're crushed to death. The loss will
be s25, 900.
Freight train No. 81, south-bound OF
the Louisville & Nashville, on Thurs
day night encountered a cyclone on
mile north OF Sebree. twenty-sx mile
south OF Evansville, and was complete
" wrecked. the engine toppling Owe
the embankment- The engineer
Peter Burns, Is buried ande
tho engine and his body ha
not been recovered. His home i
IN Nashville. Tenn. where ne ha
a wife and threo children. The hea'
brakeman. named Powell. was also in
stantly killed.
EvASsvrLLE, Ind. March 29-Re
ports received from Point Township
Posey County. on the Rising river. stat
that nearly 100 people we're kIlle'
and injured, and that number O
physicians have been called 70 atten,
tho injured There is no chance o
Obtaining any thing reliable from tha
section.
road arriving here a. II o'clock Frida,
night reports that at Blackford an,
vicinity in Union County Ky. on Trade
water river, not less than ffty house
we're carried OF their foundations an,
demolishs al and thirty lives we're lost
A woman aud her two children who's
names could not be learned, living op
N-~E~ ~-,4far
tBis city. were lost, being carried ava.
In their house By the destructive waters
wAsHrNeToS. Ind. March oo-Addi
nonsl particulars Of the great storm II
the southern part Of this county shor
that five houses and seven barns were de
ssroyed. many horses and cattle killed
and over 200 miles Of fence ruined. Ia
track OF the storm was about on
mile In width SO far as can be learne
no lives were lost
PRTScxrox. Ind. March - Short
befors 8 o'ciock Thursday night Tor
uado swep- over the country inst nortl
.nd vest Of tbs city. doing A immens
amount 81 dsnsTs 70 the fam houses
fSrr's ani valuable tirr ber In sh0rt. a
lsss, ffs7 Buildings In this county hav
been wrecked. together With = larg
number - valuable stock killed To
total lcss vii be great
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MENrzTs. Ts-n-. March % A sever
wiud-s.orru 80 n a. la clesk Thurstia
morning ard prevailed With rore o. les
fury untit = la>e hour A. nigbt T.
veia~itv reached was fo~tv-sf7ht n III