St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-03-28
RAZED THE WHOLE TOWN.
Every House in Little Prairie
Demolished by Cyclone.

Every house III lIGttc TdIIiC
Demolished by Cyclone.
NASHVILLE, ILL.,, March %.-Messen-
gers from Little Prairie, settlement
five miles south of this place. reached
town about o'clock this evening with
the intelligence that the village had
been visited by cyclone and every
house in the place demolished.
\ number of people had been
badly injured, and some, it was
thought. could not recover. The
messengers had left Little Prairie to
obtain aid for the sufferers before the
full extent of the disaster was known.
and particulars have not yet been re-
ceived. In reponse to the summons
every physician in Nashville left at
once for Little Prairie. A cloud burst
and terrific hail storm at 4:10 this
evening did about $4,000 damage i'll
this city. The tabernacle, the largest
public building in the city, and the two
story brick cooper shop owned by Saw
yer IL McCracken were demolished. No
one was hurt. Hail stones
sThe Size of Hens Eggs
fell by the bushel, and caused teams on
the streets to run away. Countless
fences were blown down. and all the
window glass on the west and north
sides of the buildings was broken.
A tornado struck Metropolis, ILL.,, at
) o'clock this evening, doing great
damage to property. Many houses
were blown down. but no loss Of life is
reported Mill Creek mills, on the Mo-
bile & Ohio railroad, was also visited
ha ufn nd
is reported. Wires are down for miles,
and no fuller account can be OBJ
tained tonight. Advices from
Olney, ILL.,, give details of the
damage done by the storm. Losses
on buildings, fences,etc. will foot up
fully $4,000. Among the buildings
damaged were the public school, the
Methodist church, 3. Hopkinson's resi-
dence and Barney Phillips livery
stable, residences of Hon, William
Bower, S. j. Eckenrode and DR.. Samuel
Mcclure. The smokestack of the cleo
trio light station was blown down and
the building unroofed. Schmidt's res
taurant was unroofed and the cOrnice
of Ewing's grain store blown off. Here
boy was
Blown Out OF a Window,
but escaped unhurt. The wind then
tore down the two frame buildings
belonging to the Clark estate, un-
roofing the stores of Messrs. McLane
completely wrecked Herin'S brick shoe
store. The two-story frame building
occupied by Mrs. Nj. Sponser as mil
linery shop was crushed like an egg
she'll, and Mrs. Sp0nsler buried in
the ruins. She was quickly eXtricated
and found to be seriously injured. She
may not recover. Robert Bver's build
ing was unroofed and John Goldy's res
idcnce wrecked. The storm seemed to
gather renewed strength when it struck
the house of Dell Harrell which was
completely demolished. The family
sought safety i'll the cellar and
escaped unhurt. The adjoining resi-
dences of DR.. Marshall and II. q. Noise
were badly damaged. The residence OF
Mr.. Mathes, nearby, was lifted from its
foundations and crushed, burying the
family in the ruin. All escaped seri-
Gus injury, save Mrs. Mathes, who now
lies in critical condition. Many other
houses were considerably damaged. A
COW and calf were taken up by the
wind and carried over quarter of a
mile, being
dropped in a Field
| uniniured. The dwelling of John
Bourell was blown completely away,
not vestige of it remaining. The
streets present desolate appearance,
being filled with debris. Advices from
| Jefferson City, Cape Glrardeau and
| Charleston, Mo-, states that the storm
was very severe, and at the latter place
; one life was lost. woman, name not
! Nashville, Ill.,, and especially at the
! latter place, the storm did considerable
damage.