Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1890-04-03

reached this city Of more damage done
by the cyclone Of Thursday night than
WAS at first anticipated. The storm
brought destruction and ruin TO this
vicinity
CAIRO. H.. March s9-The gale here
Thursday night sunk several shanty
and fish boats on the Ohio river and
rendered navigation almost impossible.
The gale blew at the rate of sixty miles
an hour al Mill Creek. and five houses
and several barns were leveled and
Mrs. Hartline and her child severely
hurt.
Is INDIANA
WAsHINaToN, Ind, March 29.-Addi-
tional particulars of the great storm in
the southern part Of this county show
that five houses and seven barns were
destroyed, many horses and cattle
killed. and over two hundred miles of
fence ruined. The track of the storm
was about one mile in width. SO far as
can be learned no lives were lost.
PRINCETON, Ind, March 29.-Shortly
before 6 o'clock Thursday night lorna
do swept over the country Just north
and west of this city, doing an immense
amount of damage to the farm houses,
farms and valuable timber. At least
| fifty buildings In this county have been
wrecked, together with large number
of valuable stock killed The total loss
will be great
JEFFEEsoNvnLE, Ind, March ST.
The work of dismantling wrecked
buildings and making repairs on those
that were slightly damaged by Thurs
| day nights tornado commenced this
morning and it is likely that many of
these residences will be in shape for oe-
cupancy within one week. 1t is fairly
estimated that the loss to property in
! this city will not fall short of $3.50, 900.
/ Five hundred houses is the number that
got the benefit of the disastrous gale in
Jacksonville alone, not including the
| damage to property in the country with
in radius of ten miles.
IN IOWA.
BURLINGTON, Ia. March ga storm
of wind, rain. snow and hail ragged here
Thursday night, completely destroying
/ telegraphic and telephone communica-
tion but doing no other damage. The
city was left in total darkness by the
extinguishing Of the electric lights.
IN TENNESSEE.
MEMPHIS. Tenn, March %. A severe
wind-storm set in at 10 o'clock Thursday
morning and prevailed with more or
/ less fury until a late hour at night
Some slight damage was done to proper
ty all over the city, consisting mainly of
damaged roofs and broken windows. At
Gallatin, several houses were demol-
ished. John Hibbitt, his two chill
dren and young girl were killed by
falling walls. The town Of Raigin is
said to be complete wreck, every house
except one being demolished. A child
of Postmaster Woods was killed and a
number Of others seriously injured. The
town of Fayetteville, Lincoln County,
Jared badly. A negro woman was killed
by falling walls. The principal stores
in the town were wrecked, and the
stocks of goods either blown away or
ruined by the rain that followed. Many
residences we're also demolished. The
damage is estimated at 100000. At
Irrelevant the little S-year-old child Of
f. +. Martin was killed. several persons
were injured and many houses wrecked.
A Murphysboro (Tenn.) dispatch says
the cyclone passed through jackson
County Thursday evening. spreading
death and destruction in its path
! About twenty-five persons are reported
Killed, Sixteen are reported killed in
and about Shiloh and north of Campbell
Hill, in the northern part of the cOun-
ty Several were killed about Poplar
Ridge, in the southern part of the coun-
ty. AT Grand Tower four were killed,
three children were missing and great
amount of property was destroyed.
IN GEORGIA.
CHATTANooGA, Tenn. March 90 Re
ports have reached here that tornado
struck Graysville, town eighteen miles
south of this place, Thursday night. The
roof was blown off the large Touring
mills, and two houses belonging to John
Woods and T. T. Wilson were blown
down. Every house and outbuilding at
/ Allsbrook was destroyed.
IN VIRGINIA.
SrAUNroN, Va. March GA heavy
wind-storm has prevailed here since noon
Friday, unroofng houses uprooting
trees and blowing down fences.
MORE STORMS TO COME.
ST. LOUIS, March S1.-Ret. Ira r.
Hicks, Of this city who has achieved
much more than local reputation as a
weather prophet and who predicted the
late storm with wonderful accuracy,
now gives forecast for April, which
includes numerous marked changes
in temperature and three storm
periods. lie says the month win open
with summer temperature and vernal
storms will occur on the LIST and I'd, es-
pecially on the I'd. The 9th, nth, Sth
and 9th are designated as danger days.
when there will be heavy storms of
lightning, wind and hail, with snow in
/ Northern sections About the 18th it
will be cold with much frost Ac-
tive and violent storms will occur
on the 10Th, 10Th and 2lst, moving
from the west to the east. From this on
there will be the usual April showers,
and the month will go out with high