, 1890-01-29
A Terrible Tornado.
(OOntiwxed from Aris No 81

Cairo ILL.,. Jan. 13-Poor little Ctimton:
on enthusiastically aida 0eEhS riSeES nm sVh
from the ride sport of che whirliug and
destructive aerial frUlic. Tue town has
about q thousand inhabitants, and. IL badly
wrecked, while the death-iist will prn Ia.
bly, be increased before the day is entlel.
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The dead ara 6 in nunber; n
For ssEeEaa IntlAa around Crlston t,aarfv
everything fS Eased to the. grss9,mi..
The FIRST building strmeksMas o. ~es.tsAne
hoaAa, shout baKa mile. oIir. tf t0wn, 0ts.u-
pied by John RhMfes and tImIly, c0nt It.
iae1eE hi& write and three children. All
were killed. d" -. -
Small houses were liftad. from. the Rruund
and whirled around in the air. druupine
to the g~raHfrdwitha terrifying crAah and be-,
iHg literally Smashed into kiudiaiug wouaa.
Flying fimbeRa Oiled the air a1l theCrash Of
fBiiing buildings WAS mingled with the
shriekEof the people fas4ns frOa1 their ruin
eel homes. The pAth OF the tornado was
shout thrr0 hundred yaruR vide, aeshssHuc
hy the debris. The loxS IN. property ~
estimated by $4,000, although no correct
figures Can be given. = !" -
u r9reats QJ& asi-- =
1t ia now claimed that eight.of the Atty.
three ypp AIDED Are So SrriOnSl injured that
they aare hot likely 70 live. at WicklifGe,
KY, some OF the princi pal business houses
wUTv wV~GkUa lNEtt twenty Fw0rA~weHSmToru
or lesS injured. 4 special from Jackson
says the cyclone visited Moscow, Ky, and
that two persOns were killed and four or
Ave wounded at that place.
The Rrst- intimafiBu of the awful work Of
the xtsEnI that wRsfeceir herU wam u meaz
sAS4frua#Ss2&yaE H~mShaatSEof GiRsnavAwu
Mayor Halliday, of this city, received here
about 10 o'clock last night. A squad Of
physicians and surgeons were asked for at
once to care for the wounded. The message
had to be carried ten miles to the next sta.
ton, for the telegraph wiIes and poles north
and south Of the town were hlown down
nearly nine miles each way. Six physicians
aud several citizens went from here, return.
ing this morning. They found the state Of
affairs at Clinton and Wtcklitfe distressing
beyond description.
At Wicklife, a town Of about one thou.
sand people, situated on u hill, thirteen
houses were blown down, embracing all the
best buildings in the place. No one was
killed, but eight persons were injured. Five
loaded freight cars standing On the Illinois
Central track under the hilk were lifted
from the track and thrown against the
depot.
ia Many strange stories aIetoli of the freaks
of the cyclone. A little girl two Years cid
wac picked up from thetdel,ris of its home.
carried 100 fest and depositedF H. "a boof Of
water, where it narrowly escaped drowning.
The infant child of Mr.. GeddiN the mer.
chant, was found In its dead fathers arms
asleep aud uninjured. A brick house in
Clinton was deprived of its first story, and
the second story settled down upon the
foundation as though it had ben built
there, leaving the inmates uninjured.
An eyewitness in Clinton gives tpe
following description Of the storm "The
night was dark, and the wind blew only a
moderate gale. At 6 o'clock there was an
occasional rumble, OF thunder, followed by
flashes OF, lightning. Occasionally the
moon shone through the riffs of clouds
and by its light could be seen the gather.
ing ofinky clouds near the horizon. I was
standing OF the street corner near the
Courthouse When there came . sudden
lull in the gale and tho wind became almost
still Away of In the south Vest I saw the
dark mass Of clouds moving towards the
town. Aseew secodds passed and then I