Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1890-01-16

Two messengers from the aeene OF the
disaster report that eight of the 6S
wounded are go seriously injured that
they are not likely to live.
From Clinton the Cyclone yeered 10 the
east and plunged of into Graves and Gall
iowsy counties, Ky, and Weakly and
Henry counties, Tenn. Owing to lack OF
telegraph and other facilities the news
from that section is mssgre, and though
there are abundant reports OF disaster,
nothing authoritative has been received,
and probably will not be for several days.
DISASTERS ON THE MISSISSIPPI,
There are also reports of disasters
along the Mississippi, but ns there is no
telegraph there nothing positive is known,
though one report says steamboat was
capszsd. The storm appears to have
been heavy throughout southern Illinois
and Indiana. II is almost impossible to
get matter through. No special damage
ia reported, however, except near Wag.
nes, indiana, on the Lake Erie & Western
road where large tree was blown ACROSS
the track. A north bound passenger train
dashed Into it and four cars were do
rallied. Only two persons were seriously
hurt.
INV YoBK, Jan. ia hurricane swept
central New York state to-day. Houses
were unroofed, and buildings, fences and
TELEGRAPH wires were blown down, trees
were uprooted, church eteeples over
thrown, and the damRse cEnlot bs esti-
mated. The loss OF life has not aocu-
rstely been estimated. Three persons
were known to have been killed, but it is
believed that there are many Others. The
cities of Rochester, oswego, Buffalo,
Utica aud Syracuse suffered severely.
At Rochester the wind Ia said to hays
reached velocity of as miles an hour.
Many buildings were partially demol-
ished and several persons injured. George
Miller was struck by a falling chimney
end instantly killed. His head was
crushed to pulp. George Seward, an
express wagon driver, was kicked in tine
head by hi horse, which had been blown
down by the force of the wind. He fell
and tho horse rolled on him, causing in
t6rnal Injuries. He may die The south
wall vas blown out of the Joslyn Block,
on State street, falling on ard crushing
frame building next door. No one YVES
Injured. The root of the Gsnesee brewery
malt house, part of the roof OF Curtis
Bros Gaming factory and part OF the
slire of st. Johns Ohuroh were blown
of. There were many marrow escapes.
The wind died away at about O'Clock.
At Syracuse many buildings were I'M
rooted. The new freight house Of tine h.,
w. d o. railroad, now In course of erec-
ton on Fulton street, was blown down.
Sixty. i've men were at work on the build
iag, and William Willis, carpenter, was
Killed. About q dGz4n carpenters were
severely injured. The building was 800
feet by SC, one story nnd half high, and
was Of brick and stone. Only small
portion OF the roof Of the south end is
left standing.
Around Utica the sale was very violent.
In the village of South Trenton the BRp-
fist church was un,ooted and the steepis
Of the Union church wss blown down.
A number of houaes and barns were IN
rooted and trees were lifted in the air
and thrown on top of buildings. Fences
and small buildipgs were blown down
and many Orchards nearly ruined. The
path Of the storm was about one half
mile wide and several miles long So far
as heard from no one was injured.
The wind blew at the rate OF 90 miles
: an hour ct Oswego and created havoc
with the telegraph wires. About 100
this afternoon the tall spire of the Church
OF the Evangelist was blown do Wn striking
the roof of the church and damaging il
to the extent of $4,000.
During the forenoon the wind reached
q velocity OF 76 miles an hour at Buffalo.
Water rose considerably and flooded the
, Kew York Central tracks SO that trains
on the Falls branch had to run around
/ the city. A large amount Of damage was
i done about town.
, ST. Paul, MINI, Jan. IA genuine
blizzard, the hrEt Of the season, ragged
, over the northwest the whole O. Sunday
and part OF yesterday, knocking out
telegraph wires, delaying all trains and
retaEding the operations of ioggers in
the pineries. Dispatches from the pTin-
cipal poin in the Dakotas, Montana and
ss far west as Spokane Falls, aye to the
eject that on the average the snow fell
about 10 inches on the level and drifted
, badly owing to the strong winds, ap-
proaching hurricane which prevailed.
, HAVOC IN ILLINOIS.
OLNEY, ILL, Jan. 1i.--At the village
| Of Mechburg Sunday night, the cyclone
overturned dwelling houses, barns and
! outbuildipgs and wrought great DAMAGE.
/ This family Of Philip Nicholson Sers
seated around the fire when the storm
! came up. The house was completely
! destroyed and Mrs. Nicholson instantly
killed and the daughter, MICS Anna,
, seriously injured. Aaron MoWiIliauls
ard family OF seven were all esught
, under the rubbish of their house and Two
, children sustained serious injuries. The
, NJ. Z. Church and parsonage were de-
I sifoysd.
, COLUMBUS, o., Jan. 14.--Caivin 8.
j Rrics Was to-day at neon elected TO the
United States Senate, receiving majority
! Of votes in either branch of the ltg.sla-
, tuse.