St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-01-14
KILLED BY TORNADO,
Appalling Loss of Life AND
Property Caused by a
Whirling Tempest.
Three Towns in Kentucky Are
Struck and Laid in
Waste.
Eleven Persons Killed and
Fifty-Six Seriously In
jured at Clinton.
The Death-Dealing Gale
Spends It's Fury in the
Empire State.


Clinton, KY. demolishing fifty-fve
houses and killing eleven people. and
wounding fifty-siX. For several miles
around Clinton nearly everything is
RACED to the ground. The first building
struck was section house about half a
mile from town, and which was occu-
pied by John Rhodes and his family,
consisting of his wife and their children.
all of whom were killed. The pOpula-
ton of the town is about 1,O0o, and at
first it was feared that hundreds had
been killed. but the list was found to be
comparatively small. Only eleven bodies
so far have been found. Small houses
were lifted bodily from the
ground and whirled around in the
air, dropping to the ground with a
terrifying crash and being literally
smashed into kindIing wood. Flying
timbers filled the air, ana the crash of
falling buildings mingled with the
shrieks of the people fleeing from their
ruined homes. The path of the tornado
was about 500 yards wide as shown
by the debris. The loss to prop
erty is estimated at about
$4,000, although no correct figures can
yet be given. Two messengers from
the scene of the disaster report that
eight of the fifty-three wounded are so
seriously injured that they are not
likely TO live. Following is revised
list of the killed and injured at Clinton,
SO far as known:
JOHN A. RHODES AND TWO CHILDREN,
MRS WILLIAM BONE,
BURNETT BONE,
WALTER NANCE.
JOHN W. GADDIE.
INFANT CHILD OF JUDGE z. C. HODGES. ONE
OTHER PRISON NOT YET IDENTIFIED.
WOUNDED.
Judge E. c. Hodges, wife and two chill
dren; q: r. Gwynn, wife, child and father:
G. W. Voorhees,. child and two relatives;
Rev. n. W. Little. wife and two chi.
dren; d. Stubblefield and several MEM
bers Of his family; Mrs. Fostyr and
two children; Mrs. j. A. Rhodes and one
child 0he child will die) A. l.. Emerson and
two children; A. F. Justice ard one child;
William Bone. and two children; w. F.
Boone, Mrs John W. Gaddie and one child:
Mr.. Jackson, Robert johnson ST., Robert
Nance, wife and child.
After dem0liShing the houses occu-
pied by the unfortunate Rhodes family
the storm struck Ed Sublett's house,
moved it from its foundation and
twisted it out of shape. His stables
were so badly damaged that they had to
cut his horses out. 1t next attacked
A. l.. EmeiSon's house, scattering
it, injuring the old man and
two children, but not seriously.
of which not a vestige is LEFT. The
widow badly injured, two children not
so bad. Then across a corn field, to w.
l. Rudd's house, tearing away all out
houses, trees and shrubbery, iniuring
the house but little. Then throwing
5. W. Phillips house from its foun-
dalton, blowing out all windows
hdt hurting no one. Then down
branch bottom where was a row of
tenement houses. destroying every one.
Then il struck John w. Gaddie's large
twO-st0ry frame dwelling, crushing it's
walls like an egg-shell. The walls fell
with crash, some of the timbers catch
ing Gaddie across the breast,
CRUSHING HIM TO DEATH
but not injuring the child. Mrs. Cad
die was knocked senseless. The house
of Mr.. Gwynne was picked up. carried
about 100 feet and deposited in the yard
of Judge w. F. Boone, a complete
wreck. Four in the family were slightly
injured. On the opposite side of
the street was the residence
of W. f. Boone, j. NJ. Jones.
j. W. Nance, A. F. Justis, c. S. Voor-
hees, E. c. Dodge. They were all com
pletely demolished. and the inmates all
more or less injured. The infant child
of E. c. Hodge was blown out of the
little neck being broken. William
Boone's house was next destroyed.
killing Mrs. Boone and one
son. The boy was found 200
yards from his house. the back part Of
his head torn away. Next }. r. Ora
hams two-stOry house was struck. The
lower story gave way and the upper
story settled down on it, catching Ora
ham and his son Ray among its timbers,
injuring them severely. All the rest of
the family, nine in all, escaped
with slight bruises. Robert Johns0n's
large house was swept out of existence,
lefieid'S house was the last that was
blown down. only one small side room
being left standing. Mrs. Taylor's resi-
dence, on the edge of the path, was
blown from its foundations, but did not
fall. How so many escaped with SO
few casualties is something re-
markable. 1t was all over in FIVE
minutes. Then such flood
of rain fell as was never witnessed here
before. Alarm was given and citizens
turned in Ell masse, and the work of
rescue began. Every door was thrown
open for the wounded, and in two hours
every wounded person was cared for.
The pecuniary loss by the storm will
| exceed 100000 The tornado which
visited the city Of Clinton, KY, at Z
O'Clock last evening did considerable
destruction to property at Wickliffe,
KY. and also Moscow, KY. The storm
at Wickliife was especially disastrous.
The following is partial list of the
damage done there: John w. Atw0od's
dry goods store, Samuel w. Atwood's
furniture store, John II. Browns dry
| goods store. the Atwood hotel. Odd Eel
lows and Masonic halls, Mansfiela's res
taurant, James Rollins livery stable and
James EdWardst residence were all
blown down. Among those injured are:
Judge Powell and wife, Mrs. Richard
son. Wick Ferguson. Mrs. RTuckman
and Mrs. Powell, None ware killed. A
number OF freight cars and two cars
used as boarding ears were blown from
| the tracks and badly broken. Meager
| reports come from Moscow, where the
| first traces of the
PATH OF THE TORNADO
! are seen. There the Methodist church
! and school house are in ruins, and in
the country between there and Clinton
| there are said TO be numerous evidences
| of the storms fury. though no lives
were lost. The storm passed north Of
| New Madrid, Missouri, crossing the river
| near point opposite Moscow. thence
northwest to Clinton and Wickliffe.
The path Of the storm was about q