The Iola register., 1890-04-04
STORM STRICKEN.
sallatin. Tenn, and other Places Damaged
-Destruction at Metropolis, nl.-Ruin at
Bowling GrOea and Marion. XIV.

Destruction at Metropolis, nl.-Ruin ut
Bowling Gresa and Marion, Ky.
GALLArIN. Tenn, March 29.-The
worst storm that ever visited this sec
ton passed over this city Thursday
night Two miles from GallRtin houses
were blown down. The brick residence
OF John Hibbet was completely blown
away. The walls fell in and killed an
eighteen-months-old baby, also boy
twelve years old, son of Palo Langford.
Hibbet is dying and his wife is horribly
mangled.
Across the pike from Hibbet's Will
liam Patterson's residence was blown
down, injuring five persons.
In this town residences were COM
pletely wrecked and large trees were
uprooted and carried some distance.
The town is nearly wild. Jim Patter-
sons house was unroofed and Mr.. Pat.
terson and three ladies were in one room
when the roof fell in. Patterson re-
ceived painful injuries and his wife was
also hurt. The storm was only of short
duration and passed over about ten
o'clock. All the dead and wounded are
being moved to the residence of Mrs.
Van Allen, about one mile from town.
After sweeping up Rogana, the storm
king began its dreadful march. 1t took
a northeast course and for twenty-five
miles carried every thing in front of it.
All houses beyond Bledsoe, up to Emilia,
Macon County, have been blown into
atoms. Fully a hundred people are
crippled in that section and are under
the care of doctors. Men, women and
children are in horrible condition in
that section.
j. w. White, of Bledsoe, arrived here
last night and says every thing is
barren waste. Several people were
killed, but he could not learn their
names The march of the cyclone was
about five miles northeast of Bledsoe.
Many people were horribly mangled
at Rogana, and the town is entirely
swept away, only one house remaining.
Postmaster Wood had his little daugh-
ter killed at Rogara and is also danger
ously hurt. Il
Nat Turner's residence is complete
wreck. Miss Alice Turner and Erslline
Turner are both seriously crushed and
it is reported here that neither will sur
vive.
1t will be impossible to give COM
plete list of the injured. Those that
were killed were:
John Hibbet and his little baby.
Irene Langford, daughter of Palo
Langford.
The daughter of Postmaster Wood at
Rogana.
Mrs. Tatum, living at L. A. Green's.
Those that are so badly injured that
fears are entertained that they can not
recover are: Miss Alice Turner, Erskine
Turner, young son of John Hibbett, de-
ceased, and young son of William c.
Patterson.
THE METROPOLIS DISASTER.
METROPOLIS, ILL.,, March ga cyclone
Thursday night cut a clean swath about
quarter of a mile wide clear across the
town, wrecking property of all descrip-
tions and burying men, women and
children in the debris of falling build
ings. Several hundred people were
killed or wounded and between two
hundred and three hundred houses
were swept from their foundations
above the heads of their unfortu-
nate occupants. The storm was pas. in
a moment, and then came binding |
rain, which greatly retarded the work |
of rescue. People outside the path of |
the storm were quickly on the streets |
and as fast as possible the victims were |
taken from the ruins.
The rain soon ceased and the full hor- |
g -1 -.+
On every side could be heard the groans |
of the dying, and all around lay the |
mangled bodies of the dead. Scores of |
bodies were removed from the ruins. |
In the business district stores that |
had been considered substantial were |
demolished in an instant The cyclone |
entered the town on the south and west, |
every thing before it Small |
barns and outbuildings were caught up |
force against larger
Trees were twisted |
off short and hurled long dis
tances. Fences were leveled in the
country for miles before the cyclone
reached Metropolis, and for miles be-
yond.
Every church and every other promi-
nent building in the place is either de-
stroyed or badly damaged, including |
two school houses, the court house and
Jail and many smaller structures.
THE STORM AT EVANSVILLE.
EVANSVILLE, Ind. March 29.-The ice
house and portion Of the store room of |
the Fulton Avenue Brewery caved in at |
$50 yesterday afternoon burying two
men in the ruins. The storm of Thurs
day night, it is supposed, unsettled the |
building to such an extent that it was |
unable to bear the weight of the malt |
and ice stored in it. The names of the |
men killed are: Claude Tilley and Jo-
seph Vinegar. A man named Kelly is
also supposed to have been in the debris, |
but this has not been verified. The |
will probably reach S25. 900.
BOWLING GREEN GONE.
CINCINNATI, March 2S-Late dis |
patches state that the tornado struck |
the town of Bowling Green, Warren |
County, Ky, and completely wiped it
out AS the wires are down no detailed
report can be obtained. Bowling Green |
has population of about 5000 inhabit- |
ants, and the loss of life is con icctured |
to be correspondingly large.
RUIN AND DEATH AT MARION. ...
MARION, KY, March 29.-This city |
was devastated by the same storm that |
brought such ruin to Louisville. There |
was great loss of life.
SCENES AT LOUISVILLE. |
LOUISVILLE, KY, March 29-The |
scenes at the ruins Of Virgil Wright's |
cigar, store yesterday afternoon when
the four mangled bodies of the Louis |
vi lilo Hotel laundry ri irlS ys,era found va : L