Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-01-13
A FIERCE TORNADO.
Sixtecu Persons Killed and Fifty
Wounded i'm kentucky Town.

CAIRO, Ill, Jan. lS-Dispatches received
here today report that fierce and destructive
tornado passed through Clinton, Ky, last
night. Eleven persons are reported killed and
fifty wounded Seventy dwellings are reported
destroyed
ST. LOUIS, Jan. l3-Among the long list OF
damages entailed by the cyclone the following
have been reported the most disastrous.
The Hodgen school, on California near Lafay-
ette; Missouri Pacific hospital. California and
Eads avenues; German Lutheran church l4th
and Morgan streets; Second Presbyterian
church, 18th street and Lucas place; Goodwins
candle factory, 10Th and Polplar. Anchor mills.
2lst street and Randolph: Pullman car shops,
2lst street and Scott avenue: house No. 2oO9
Eugenla. At 23d and Gratiot streets the Gu
tire corner OF unoccupIed brick house VAS
cut away as II by an axe. man named John
Charles was hurled from a wagon, which was
overturned and thrown across the street and
against the front of a house. Charles received
severe injuries about the head. Mrs. Gahmann,
! a lady living at 26l4 Caroline street, had her
arm injured by being struck by a heavy piece
of fiying timber. The house was badly dam
! aged 10y the wind.
A residence on Papin street. Just east Of
jefferson avenue. had the entire roof blown
| away and the side wall smashed in. Mr..
Breen's residence on the northeast corner OF
Slst and Randolph streets lost it's roof and had
other damages.
| ELSEWHERE.
| CHICAGO, Jan. l3-Advices from ST. Paul and
Milwaukee are 10 the effect that the blizzard is
| general throughout the northwest. and that all
trains in the Dakotas Minnesota and Wiscon-
| sin are from one 10 four hours late. The storm
has been raging for fourteen hours in ~. Paul.
Street-car travel has been abandoned. The
storm was general throughout Wisconsin. and
/ reports from Green Bay. Marquette and other
| northern points last night that the snow
storm is still prevailing. The cautionary sig
nal for heavy northwest winds and q cold wave
| was hoisted.
| OMAHA. NEB.. Jan. ia terrific snow storm
has been raging here since early yesterday
| morning Drifts from two TO four feet high are
on the sides of the streets and in alleys. The
| electric motor and cable street railways were
obliged TO suspend yesterday afternoon.
| MEMPHIS, Tenn, Jan. l3.-A heavy wind
| storm, accompanied by rain. struck Memphis
| at about o'clock Yesterday afternoon, but be-
yond general prostration Of wires no damage
/ was done In the immediate vicinity. A special
| to the Appeal from Sardis, Miss, 60 miles south
of here. reports a heavy storm of wind, rain
and hail. The Episcopal and Presbyterian
| churches and Balentine's Livery stable were
blown down. Henderson Brothers store and
the Exporter Office were unroofed and several
stores aud residences damaged No fatalities
| are reported
EMPoRIA, KAN, Jan. 13.-A genuine Kansas
blizzard ragged here all day yesterday and still
continues. About ten inches of snow has fallen.
A fierce wind is blowing il into drifts.
EMMETTsBURG, Iowa, Jan. ia genuine
| blizzard the first in two years-is now raging
/ here. The wind is from the northwest. The
| storm is unusual in its severity.
l BURLINGTON, Iowa, Jan. l3.-A heavy north
| west wind is blowing, with every characteristic
of blizzard, the heavy rain having changed to
sleet and snow.
DEs MONIES, Iowa, Jan. ia heavy snow
storm prevailed in Iowa all day yesterday.
| The wind is blowing sharply from the north
4 and the snow is drifting badly.
PITrsBURG, Jan. l3.-A terrific wind storm
passed over the city about 6 o'clock this morn
ing, doing considerable damage and prostrat-
| ing the wires in every direction. Communion
| ton east and west for a time entirely cut
| off, but il has again been established, although
| the teiegraphic service is still badly crippled
KANSAS CITY, No., JAN ia heavy sleet
| storm yesterday caused a large number of
breakages in the electric lights and telegraphic
| wires. The streets were made dangerous ands
number of pedestrians received shocks from
wires with which they came in contact. A
heavy snow storm prevailed throughout Kan
| sas last night.