The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-04-03
STRICKEN CITIES.
AGnay Lives Have Been Lost and m En0s.
m0as AmOaat 0f Property Rulnsd
II lllSnOls. Indians, Tennesso
and Other states.

aad Other states.
DOwLINo GREEN, KY., WIPED OUT.
CrrcrNNArL March q. Late dia.
patches state that the tornado struck
the town of Bowlino Green. Warren
county. Kv.. and completely wiped
Il out Al the wire. are down
No detailed renort can ba obtained and
hut the meaoer fact that the calamity
had occurred has been received. Rowi.
inr Green has I nopulation of about
& 600 inha abitants. and the loss 81 life il
ou;ectured 10 be corresnondinOlv large.
s:15a m.-All efforts 10 secure news
from Bowling Green. Kv.. M 10 this
hour have proved fruitiesa Bowling
Green IA ont OF the world a. far a ret
tin0 anv information from there Il con-
cerned. The worst II feared and the
hest Il hoDed for.
Ar METROPOLIS. III.
METROPOLIS. Ill. March 2o.-This
town was Thursday visited by the most
fearful storm in it, history. resulting in
the woundino and death Of ! portion OF
ita citixens and such ! wholeaale de.
struction Of property = was never
known here before.
RurN At oI.yEY. MI.
Orxrv. I'll. March 2a.-News has
reached thia civ az more DAMAGE done
by the cyclone OF Thursday night than
waa at nrst anticipated. The storm
brought destruction and ruin 70 this
vicinity. Six miles southwest n. Clark.
. farmer. lost his dwelling. The
residence Of Mr.. w. ODonnell
was DESTROYED and his daueh-
tar injured. Martin Totten's fine
barn was blown down. A milliner.
Miss Spoonster, received injuries that
NAV prove fatal. Mrs, Matte had two
riha broken and her breast crushed.
Her condition il critical. Mira. Heem. :
Mind ladv. was bruised and otherwise
injured. The loss to property. not in
sured. ranges from $40 600 to $50, 600.
At orHrR ILLINOIS POINTS
CArro. Ill. March 29.-The rale here
Thursday night sunk several shanty
and fish boats on the Ohio river and
rendered navigation almost impossible.
In the CITY Il blew one frame house
from ito found tion into the water. No
one WAS hurt The rale blew At the
rate of sixtv miles m hour at Mill Creek.
and Ave houses aud several barns were
leveled and : Mrs. Hartline and her
child severely hurt
n-r.-u. III M.r,h "a -n,.;c. tho
.torr, ~ Thnrsd.v : EVENING ch.r,a. and
Emma Rlack. children 81 Charlas Rlack.
. Wealthy farmer. were riding home
fror, s..hool On hnr.ehack mar Mechan.
t...h,-~ .,har l,.htrirc etrncl ~. hcv
.Lillire nth MIN .rd tho hor.a Ths
nt,le r;rl vailed homa thronoh the
Ar,vinc rain 10 tall of the avfni death
- nor hrothar
A. Irrrrp.orvurr ,xn
J.rrtRsorvrIIr Ind. March %
JefYersonyille was struck bv the az.
clone At O'clock Thnrsiav nioht
Fortnnata,v not . ner.on was LilIad
thouch soma ware hadlv hurt Eaai
~ Front straat the old 0rnhana, Home
was demoliehal tan hnildinoa mostl :
nrivata residencea. we're totall,
vracLea aud m.rv othor. yera h.dl,
DAMAGED west of Snrino al.eet the
damaee was even worsa. Among the
.residences blown "a nieces n this dis.
trict were those az Mrs cr.nweis.
loas $40 ooo. william r. narrtweil'
loss si8' 600 and Rev. r. d. Roslev.
lo.s q, oou
IN INDIANA.
EyANsyrLLE. Ind. March :a.--Eyans.
Vile escaned lightly as compa,ed with
the Louisyille horror. bnt there wore
many rumored casualties that ordinarily
would have been considered serious
enough. The south wing 81 III.
mer's brewery collapsed. and two men
claude T;llv and Ioaarh w;rrar.r-
v,ara crn.hed - death Tho los. NIL,
he -. ooo
WAsu,varor. Ind. March aa-Addi
t;onal nart,culars of the great storm 4
~. .o,,he-r n.rt 20 th,s conrtv .ho-
that ,va houses ana seven harrs we're IA
..trovad manv hor.ee and cattla k;l,ad
and over 400 miles of fenco rnined. Tn,
track of the storm was ahont On,
nile in width So far .s can ha la.rroi
No lives were lost
ppYycrrnr Ind March 90 Shortl,
hafora o.clock Thnrsd.v rioht . -.
nado swent over the conntrv ;nst mort,
and west Of this cixv. doino An immens.
amount Of damage to the farm houses
farms and valuable timber
/, A. Lvle's Station. Ave mile,
vaet Ralnh Aahhv v.. h.dlv hurt n.
roof ~ his rasidenca falling In an him
and holding him down nuti, ..ei.tarc.
came to take him ont In abort At leas
fftv buildings in this county have hea,
wrecked. tocether with : laroe numbe,
Of valuable stock killed. The total los,
viii he oroat
I'M nro~nyA
r~ n.
SnAIiASoo0A' Aonn's Msrc0 so.-no
portS nave r0acneo mere tnat . tornado
struck Grsysville, Ga, town elghteeI
miles south Of this place. Thurada,
.;.ht Th. 49,, a.L. ,...
NC loo1 "se Oao"" ou sno .sis'
hourlnR.mllls, ana TWO houses oelong
iAx to John Woods and 7. T. Wilson
were blown down. Every house AND
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