The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1890-04-03
IN THE STORMS PATH.
Tho Recent Cyclone Proved Truly
to Be but tho Breath of Dea4h

to BE but the Breath g Desah
Nearly roo Lives Were Lost u Ksssuslly,
Tsnnessee, Southern Indians ana IN.
aola, Not Iaoludlng the viotl
ct Louisville.
DEATHS HARVEST.
LOUISVILLE, KY, March 81.-N 60
now estimated that $50 personse woro
killed in this State outside this atty
and from fifteen to twenty-five IN Ton
nessee. to say nothing Of the fatalities
in Illinois. Indiana and other States.
The destruction Of property loss and
of live stock can not be approximately
estimated At present. A brief synopsis
of the loss Of life and property, wher-
ever an estimate could be made, 81 9th.
or points than this city. is as follows:
In Louisville the latest estimate Of the loss
Of lifei 1908; the injured number, according TO
close figuring: about 100, and the loss 70 prop
ertyis about "a, 500 600. 49, 4 s. s5@ +.
At Eminence, Ky.-Seven fatalities; proper
ty loss about 10000.
At Marion, Ky.-Four killed and nfty.nye
wounded.
Eight miles from Marion family Of six per
sons were crushed to death by the fall OF their
dwelling.
At sulphur Springs Ky.-one death.
In the vicinity OF Grand River, KY, and
Paducah, Ky.-Eight fatalities.s
AT West Louisville, Ky.-One killed and thir-
teen injured. @&g 4sg
At Pooltown, Ky.-Four killed and many
hurt. gs g 3E 81
At Blaekford, Ky-Twenty-one lives lost,
and a. many more persons injured. In this dis
triO looo 10 Aofi toA ~ alaa
$4,000. s
h AT Hibbardsville, Ky. Loss TO property
about $4,000. u ~ syz#s
In the country just back Of Point Pleasant,
KY, twenty-five houses and large number Of
harms were blown away. Several personswer
fatally injured. -
At Bremen, KY, every dwelling in the plsce
was destroyed. Six people were reported killed
and nine badly injured
At Glasgow, Ky-Five lives lost; damage to
property, about $4,000.
In Laurel County, Ky.-One death.
In Crittenden County, Ky.-Two deaths.
At Plymouth, Ky.-One death. tsfz
At Eddyville, Ky.-Six deaths. The property
loss In the neighborhood will reach $4,000.
At Sullivan, Ky.-Ten or twelve persons in.
jured.
In Webster County, Ky.-Eight lives lost;
thirty persons hurt; loss of property about
$4,000. H..
Between Hornburg and Clay, ii Kentucky,
seventeen deaths are reported.
In Hardin County, KY, fsrmer named
Pauley and his daughter were killed. and there
are two or three other fatalities reported.
Reports come from Hopkinsvlle, Ky, that
for twenty miles around great damage was
done. Houses and barns, fences and forest
trees were blown down and scattered. At Gale
donia, village In Trigg County, every house
| was swept away.
A telegram from Bellevlcw, Ky.. states that
tho store Of McGhee Bros. in that place was
wrecked and burned and three men persisted in
the flames.
For the second time in its history tho town Of
Fayetteville. KY, was almost completely de.
stroyed The losses are estimated at $4,000.
The tow-boat Nail City was caught by the cy-
clone Thursday night at Gsyoso, Tenn, 1875
miles above Louisville. Six 1.-THE crew were
| drowned and two produce barges lost
At Rogana, Tenn, William Wood, postmss-
ter was instantly killed, and John Jones, the
oldest man in the county, was so injured that
| he died in few hours.
| At Gallatin, Tenn.-Twc deaths and many
persons hurt. 1t was known that every house
| and building between Bledsoe and Eulia in
the path Of the storm are blown away and
hundreds OF people are injured al
! without food or shelter. It is reported that the
whole town Of Dixon Springs In Smith County,
i Tenn, thirty.f1ve miles distant, was swept out
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stock and other property in this district is esti-
mated at Sl,0CO,0O0.
| In jackson County, Tenn.-Twenty-fi five per.
;. sons are reported killed Sixteen are report
| ed killed in and about Shiloh and north OF
Campbell Hill, in the northern part OF the
county. Several were killed about Poplar
Ridge, In the southern part Of the county. At
Grand Tower four were killed. three children
were missing and . great amount Of property
was destroyed
In Washington County, Ind.-The loss to prop
ported Over 100 houses III tn deaths are re.
between Evansville and Mount Vernon lan as
were swept away by the wind and water in
the recent Storm the farmers losing all
their household goods and stock and
barely escaping with their lives. One entire
family who were living in q small farm house
between Fairplay and We It Franklin, Ind, ore
reported to have been car ried of in their home
At Metropolis, I'LL, two or three persons were
killed, $50 buildings were destroyed, and the
loss OF property Is estimated at $3.50 OOO
At Little Prairie, ILL.,. fifteen houses were de-
molished and one woman was killed.
Several persons were hurt at Olney, I'LL, and
the loss will reach nearly $4,000
In the neighborhood Of Grand Tower Ill, doz.
ems OF houses were wrecked, four lives were
lost and TWENTY-FIVE persons were injured.
At Sparta, ILL.,, one woman was killed.
At Golconda, ILL.,, four fatalities are reported
i
cinity Of residences destroyed, barns wrecked
fencing blown away, orchards ruined and men
| women and children killed or washed away by
the rushing waters.
MORE STORMS TO COME.
ST. LOUIS, March 31.-Rev. Ira r.
Hicks, of this city, who has achieved
much more than local reputation as q
weather prophet and who predicted the
late storm with wonderful accuracy,
now gives forecast for April, which
includes numerous marked changes
in temperature and three storm
periods. He says the month will open
with summer temperature and vernal
storms will occur on the LIST and I'd, es-
pecially on the I'd. The 9th, 7th, 8th
and 9th are designated as danger days,
when there will be heavy storms of
lightning, wind and hail, with snow in
Northern sections. About the 18th it
will be cold with much frost. Ac-
tive and violent storms will occur
on the 10th, Goth and 21st, moving
from the west to the east From this on
there will be the usual April showers,
and the month will go out with high
thermometer. The dates of greatest
earthquake probabilities are given as
the 5th, 10Th. Goth and 21st. Prof.
George Root. Of Canton, No., another
successful weather prognosticator, pre-
diets q tornado period from the 2Oth to
the 25th of April, and says it will be
tho worst storm period of the year..
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