The Red Cloud chief., 1890-04-04
STORM STRICKEN.

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worst storm that yer visited this sec.
ton passed over this city Thursday
night Two miles from Gallatin houses
were blown down. Tho brick residence
Of John Hibbet WAS completely blown
away. The walls fell in ana killed an
eighteen-months-old baby. also . boy
twelve years old, son Of Palo Langford.
Hibbct In dying and his wife Is horribly
mangleds
Across tho pike from Hibbet's Will.
liam Patterson's residence was blown
down. injuring i've persons
In this town residences were COM
plctely wrecked and large trees were
uprootcd and carried some distance.
The town IL nearly wild. Jim Pat,er-
sons house was unroo!td and Mr.. Pat
tcrson and three ladies were In one room
when the roof fell in. Patterson re-
! ccived painful injuries and his wife was
also hurt. Tka storm was only Of short
duration and rasscd over about ten
o'clock. All the dead and wounded arc
being moved 20 the residence u Mrs.
Van Allen. about one mile from town.
Af.er sweeping up Rogsns, The storm
king began Its dreadful march. II took
q northeast course and for twenty-five
miles carried every thing In front Of It.
All houses beyond Blcdsoe. Mp 70 Emilia,
Macon County. have been blown into
atoms. Fully o hundred people arc
crippled in that section and are under
the care Of doctors. Men. women and
children are In o horrible condition In
that section.
j. w. White, OF Bledsoc, arrived hero
last night and says every thing Is .
barren waste. Several people wero
killed, but no could not learn their
names. Tho march OF the cyclone was
about five miles northeast Of Bledsoc.
Many people were horribly msnglcd
At Rogana, and the town IL entirely
swept away, only one house remaining.
Postmaster Wood had his little dauvh-
ter killed at Rogara and Is also danger
ously hurt.
Nat Turner's residence IL q complete
wreck. Miss Alice Turner and Erskino
Turner are both seriously crushed and
II is reported here that neither will sur
vivc.
IL will bc impossible to give q COM
plcte list Of the injured. Those that
were killed were:
JouU ItlDOet anu his Ilftls Duby.
Irene Langiord, daughter Of Palo
Langiord.
The daughter OF Postmaster Wood at
Rogana.
Mira Tatum. living nj T.. A. Green's.
Those that are 81 badly injured that
fears are entertained that they can not
recover are: Miss Alice Turner. Erskino
Turner. young son If John Hibbctt, de-
ceased, and . young son of william c.
Patterson.
u METROPOLIS DISASTER
METIorpILs, ILL.,. March 30. A cyclcsQ
Thursday night cut q clean Swath about
. quarter OF q mile wide clear across tho
town. wrccking property Of all deYrip-
lions and burying men, women i(Qd
children In tho debris Of falling bull
ings. Several hundred people vet
killed or wounded and between IT,
hundred and three hundred houses
were swept from their foundations
above the heads OF their unfortu-
nate occupants. Tho storm was past in
= moment and then came a binding
rain. which greatly retarded tho work
Of rescue. People outside the path OF
the storm were quickly on the streets
and IA fast ~ poss bic the victims were
takcn from h PuiaS
The rain soon ceased and the full hor-
ror Of the situation became apparent.
I'm every side could bc heard the groans
Of tho dying, and all around lay tho
mangled bodies Of the dead. Scores Of
bodies were removed from the ruins.
In tho business district stoses that
had been considered substantial wcre
demolished in an instant The cyclone
entered the town on the south and west
sweeping every thing before L. small
harms end outbuildings were caught up
by the whirlwind and carried with
crushing fcrue against larger
structures Trees were twisted
Oh short and hurled long dis
tancca Fences were !eveled In tho
country for miles before the cyclone
reached Metropolis and for miles b.
yond. r..
Every church and every other prom!-
nent building IN the place Ia either de-
stroycd or badly damaged. including
two school houses. thc court house and
Jail and many smaller structures.
riiE STORM At EVANSVILLE.
EVANSVILLE. Ind. Marrh ea.-Tbe leo
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tho Fulton Avenue brewery cavcd In AZ
$3.50 yesterday afternoon buryina two
men in the ruins. Tho storm Of Thurs
day night II Is supposed, unsettled tho
building 10 such an extent that 1t ~ss
unable TO bear the weight OF the malt
and Ice storcd IN H. The OF the
men killed Are; Claude Trlley and Jo
scph VincgSI A man named Kelly 10
also supposed % have been In the debris
but this has O been verified Tho
damage will probably reach esa. oo0
BOWLING GREEN GoNE.
CINCINNATI March sA--iAte dis
pAtches state that the tornado struck
the town Of Bowling Green. Warr"n
County, Ky. aud completely wtpra ~
out A. the vtres sr~ down N detailed
report can BE- obtained. bowling Green
he's . population Of about 1900 inhsbit-
sntS and the lcsA Of life u cos jsctur~d
10 b. correspoadiagly lsres