The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-01-14
THE STORM KINGS PREY.
PERSONS KILLED AT
CLINTON, KY.

violent Gale at Cincinnati-Wide-
snread Disaster.
CAIRO. ILL, Jan. 13.-The tornado last
,i5bt ruck the east side of Clinton, KY,
damolishing fifty-five houses. and killing
eeyen people, and wounding fifty-three.
The killed so far as ascsrtained are:
I A. RHODES and TWO CHILDREN.
Mrs. WILLIAM BONE.
BURNETT BONE.
WALTER NANCE.
.TOHy w. GADDIE.
An INFANT of J. c. Hodges, and one
other not yet identified.
THE WOUNDED.
JUDGE E. c. HODGES, WIFE and TWO
w ", G. R, GwYNN, WIFE, CHILD and
FATHER.
", c. VooHEEs, CHILD and TWO RELA-
TINES. names unknown.
REV. N. W. LITTLE, WIFE and TWO
CHILDREN.
4. STUBELFIELD and several members of
his family, though not seriously.
MRS. CHESTER and TWO CHILDREN.
MRs. J. A. RHODES and ONE CHILD. The
latter will die,
A. L. EMERSON and TWO CHILDREN.
AT. JUsTIs and ONE CHILD.
NJ r. JACKSON.
ROBERT JOHNSON, SR., and ROBERT
JOHNSON, JR., both dangerously. The la5-
> ter will die
W. X. NANCE, WIFE and CHILD, and
4 others, whose names could not be ascer-
4 tanned.
Assistance was sent from here last night.
The storm also visited Winkliffe, doing
considerable damage TO property, but caus-
ing no loss of life.
CONSIDERABLE DESTRUCTION.
The tornado which visited Clinton last
evening did considerable destruction to
property at Wickliffe, KY, and also at
Moscow, KY. The storm at Wickliffe was
especially disastrous. The following is a
partial list of damage there: John w.
Atwood's dry goods store Samuel w. At
woods furniture, John II. Browns
dry goods store, Atwood hotel,
Odd Fellows and Masonic halls. and
Mansfeld's restaurant James Rollins livery
stable, and James Edwards residence were
all blown down. Among those IN jured are:
Judge Powell and wife, Mrs. Richardson,
Wick Ferguson, Mrs. Brockman. and Miss
Powell. None were killed. A number Of
freight cars and two cars used as boarding
cars were blown from the tracks
and badly broken. Meager re-
ports came from Moscow, where
are seen. There the Methodist church and
school-house are in ruins, and in the country
between there and Clinton there are said to
be numerous evidences of the storms fury,
though no lives were lost.
PATH OF THE STORM.
The storm passed through New Madrid,
Mo-, crossing the river near point oppo-
site Moscow, thence north west to Clint on
and Wickliffe. The path of the storm
was about quarter of mile wide, and it
left a track of fallen timber through the
section of forest it passed before reaching
Clinton.
The first house struck in Clinton was
section house of the Illinois Central rail
road, occupied by John Rhodes and family.
The house was torn to splinters, and Rhodes
and two children were killed outright.
His wife and one child escaped death, but
are both dangerously hurt.
DIED WITH HIS CHILD IN HIS ARMS.
The house of John Gaddies was blown
down, and afterward Gaddies was found
under the debris with an infant in his arms.
Gaddies was dead, but the child was not
hurt The house of Robert johnson, which
stood on the brow of the hill, seemed to
divide in half, cutting in two just below
the second floor, and letting the
upper portion fall in its place.
Johnson was in the lower room, and the
upper part fell on him, pinning him to the
earth with a joist across his back. His
means attracted attention and he was res
cued, badly injured His son, Robert, was
upstairs and was dangerously hurt by fall
ing timbers. Although suffering intense
agony, he begged his rescuers to let him
alone and help some who could live. His
brother David was also badly hurt.
COME WITHOUT WARNING.
The storm struck the town without warn
ing. Many knew nothing of it until their
roofs We're falling about their heads. Be-
fore the storm the evening was warm, and
a heavy rain had fallen all day, but after
the storm it suddenly turned cold, and a
great deal of suffering was caused thereby.
It Is thought the city will be
able to supply all the demands
Tor help for the homeless, and
committee is at work seeking
aid. Already s., 900 have been subscribed
toward the charity fund. The city stood
partly on the side of hill and partly in the
valley. 1t was the portion on the hillside
winch suffered. Medical assistance was
sent from here last night.
PARTIAL LIST OF DAMAGES.
Following is partial list of houses de-
mmolshed or damaged: Residences.
p = ,Graham,'s, j. W: Nance's, G.
Gaddies'. Mrs. NJ. A. Taylor's. w. l.
4Kudd's, D. Stubblefield's, Mrs. r. S.
FoStyr's, Robert Johnson's, R. L. Antho-
AyS, +. Tubletter's, w. G. Boris.
Inc city to-day presents dreary aspect,
put under the circumstances the citizens
pear their burdens nobly. The work of
AeIping the destitute and homeless goes for
ward: Many farmers whose lands adjoin
Sue city, have come forward and offered
sIeiter and homes to those who have lost
tuelr all. The storm was the most disas-
ious which has ever visited this section of
country.
DESTRUCTION AT NIAGARA.
NIAGARA FALLS, ONT, Jan. 13.-A cy-
o4t o4Ae struck this place today, and the wind
a'lalned velocity of ninety miles an hour,
IIarrying everything before it, Buildings,
EARNS, trees, telegraph poles, railway sema-
before it.
BIG FACT DRY DEMOLISHED.
me greatest sufferers are the Canadian
+,gIaLuIacturing 40 Company. The wind struck
tr tIo northwest gable of their so oy 80 feet,
49, ~ story factory, tearing the roof from
NC le oflck walls and tumbling the north and
e,,,n, "o,E walls in upon fifteen girls who were
tbalployed in winding bobbins for looms in
coe. cne upper story. All of them esca ped ex-
prno.-e 5De Ailee Dickout, aged 10, who was buried
oe oing bricks and debris. The manager
bnii4.e ,ne company, rushed up stairs in the
bi,r ing which was tumbling down around
-'i ana rescued girl from the building