Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1890-01-18
A BALEFUL BLAST.

Finds Victims Here and There Througl,
various states Which 1t Visited.
CAIRO, ILL.,. Jan. 14.-A terrible death
dealing cyclone swept the town of
Clinton, Ky, thirty miles south of here,
on the Illinois Central railway, at Z
o'clock Sunday night demolishing
seventy-five buildings, instantly killing
eleven people and injuring fiftyfve
others more or less severely. Follow
ing is a list of the killed:
j. A. Rhodes, wife and two children, John w.
Gaddc, Walter Nance, aged 10; Mrs. W. @.
Bones, Burnet Bones, aged ii; j. II. Graham
and two children
Following is partial list of the
houses demolished or damaged:
j. r. Graham, j. w. Nance and G. II. Gwinn's
residences; O. s. Voorhees, residence and store
c. s. Justice, j. w. Gaddie Mrs. NJ. a. Taylor,
| w. 1. Rudd D. Stubbleheld, Robert johnson,
Mrs. II. S. Foster, r. L. Anthony, L. Subette
and w. c. Bones residences.
The storm came swooping down upon
the town with a horrible roar from the
southwest, leveling every thing in its
path and filling the air with missiles of
every description. 1t picked up build
ings as though they were toy houses
and utterly wrecked all telegraphic CON-
munication in every direction.
The first house struck in Clinton was
the section-house of the Illinois Cen
tral railroad, occupied by Mr.. j. A.
Rhodes and family. The house was
torn to splinters and Mr.. Rhodes and
two children were killed outright.
His wife and one child escaped
death, but both are dangerously hurt.
Among the many other incidents the
house of Mr.. John Gaddie was blown
down, and afterwards Gaddie was found
under the debris with an infant in
his arms. Gaddie was dead but the
child was not hurt. The house
of Robert Johnson, which stood
on the brow of the hill, seemed to di-
vide in half, cutting in two just below
the second floor and letting the upper
portion fall in its place. Mr. 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 rescued. His son Robert
was upstairs and dangerously hurt by
falling timbers. Although suffering
intense agony he begged his rescuers
to let him alone and help some one who
could live. His brother David was also
badly hurt.
The entire east side of the town is
wrecked. Most of the buildings were
of substantial character, of brick and
stone, costing $4,000 to $4,000 each.
| These went down like chaff. The in
tensity of the wind actually killed
poultry and birds, many being picked
up dead in the street. An eye witness
thus describes the cloud as it whirled
toward the doomed city:
The force of the wind was sufficient
to lift buggies, carriages and wagons in
the air hundreds of feet, dashing them
to the earth into splinters. Organs,
pianos, sewing machines, every thing
that was portable was wrecked.
A young man named Bones, aged IA,
was picked up by the wind from the
flying timbers and dropped upon the
| ground dead considerable distance
away.
When the storm struck the house OF
j. A. Rhodes, section foreman of the
| Illinois Central, an infant was blown
| from the bed on which it was sleeping
and thrown on the railroad track in
front of an approaching freight-train.
The engineer saw it through the driv-
ing rain, and, knowing that it was
impossible to stop the train, ran out
over the foot-board, climbed down on
the cow-catcber, and, reaching forward
caught the infant in his strong hand
and bore it safely to the cab, where he
| pulled off his own shirt and wrapped il
around the child for protection.
1t is thought the city will be able tc
supply all demands for help for the
homeless, and committee is at worl.
seeking aid. The city stood partly OF
the side of hill and partly in valley
1t was the portion on the hillside which
suffered Medical assistance was sent
from Cairo Sunday night.
Clinton presents dreary aspect, but
under the circumstances the citizens
bear their burdens nobly. The work OF
helping the destitute and homeless goes
forward. Many farmers whose lands
adjoin the city have come forward and
| have lost their all.
The damage to property at Clinton
will not fall much short of $175,OOO.
The storm passed north of New Mad
rid, Mo-, crossing the river near poin
opposite Moscow, KY, thence northwes
to Clinton and Wickliffe. The path o
the storm was about quarter of a mile
wide.
Within five miles of Cairo at Wick
life, KY, the storm also did havoc
Seven buildings were destroyed ant
six persons were injured. Five freigh
cars were overturned on the track.
Meager reports from Moscow say some
considerable damage was inflicted IL
that locality, but no lives lost
ST. LOUIS AFTER THE STORM
ST. LOUIS, Jan. 14.-Immense crowds
gathered Monday to view the ruiz
wrought by the great storm. The two
story brick house at 22 Mound street
where three people were killed, was sur
rounded by an immense throng. Thi
house was totally demolished. MATTHEW
| McCollum who occupied the first floor