Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1890-04-05


the fire insurance companies would pay
the insurance upon an insured house,
no matter how the destruction occurred,
but an examination OF their policies
shows that there is nothing in them
which makes the companies liable for
losses by cyclones or tornadoes.
The swath OF the tornado which
wrought such terrible destruction in
this city is clearly marked through the
State. Reports from Paducah, near
which place the whirlwind must have
entered Kentucky, give details Of much
damage. The new town of Grand River,
on the Cumberland river, was destroyed
and several people were killed In
Laurel County many houses were razed
to the ground. From Crittenden County
the same story comes Heavy storms
are reported from nearly all the river
counties.
In Christian and Trigg counties, in the
southern part of the State, the loss of
life and property was very heavy. East
of Louisville but little serious damage
Is reported, although number of houses
were unroofed by the wind. On the farm
of Thomas l.. Barrett, president of the
Bank of Kentucky, about three miles
out, there was the most visible work of
the cyclone. The barns and dwellings
on the farm were scattered skywest and
crooked, while the fences and stacks of
hay and straw were strewn for miles
around.
One of the strange freaks of the storm
was the death of small male child,
aged about eight months, the infant
child of James Crowley. When the storm
came up it was being carefully cared for
in the arms of the nurse and while in
this position was blown from the nurses
protection and lifted up in the air and
landed some distance from where the
nurse was found. When the infant was
discovered it was dead, while the nurse
was uninjured. Mr.. Crowley, with his
wife and six other children, who were
all out of doors at the time of the storm,
were uninjured.
MoRG.ANFIELD, KY, March 31.-A ter
rible hail and wind storm visited Union
town, KY, and Union and Webster coun-
ties Thursday. At Sturgis hail one
inch in diameter fell and the wind un-
rooted several barns. At Sullivan the
wind was worse, destroying many build
ings and wounding ten or twelve men
and women. For several miles in
Webster County, between Clayville and
Dixon, it swept every thing away.
The wife of w. B. Taylor, a son of
Henry Hammock, an unknown German
and others were killed outright. Houses
and barns were totally destroyed.
Beds, furniture and clothing have been
found all along the road from Morgan
field to Dixon. The killed and wounded
at Webster will number not less than
fifty.
GoLcoNDA, ILL.,, March 31.-The cy-
clone of the 27th struck this place from
the southwest, being accompanied by
rain and hail in floods and volleys. The
two-story farmhouse of Jonathan Robi-
nette was roven to pieces and its in
mates were tossed about like playthings.
All were more or less seriously injured,
nette was struck by a flying timber and
killed outright. George Taylor's resi-
dence was torn to pieces. His wife was
killed and other members of the family
were seriously injured. All his out
buildings were wrecked. A German boy,
name unknown, was drowned. Rumors
are constantly coming in of residences
destroyed, orchards ruined, barns
wrecked, fencing washed away and men,
women and children killed or washed
away by the rushing waters.
EVANSVILLE, Ind, March '31.-Three
spans of the Newport News & Missls-
sippi Valley railroad bridge across the
Cumberland river, near Kuttawa, KY,
were blown into the river by Thursdays
cyclone. The loss of property in the
vicinity of Kuttawa is estimated at $780,
600. Twelve persons are reported to
have been killed, and about thirty seri-
ously injured. AT Eddyville, KY, nine
persons were killed