The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1890-04-17

O'Clock last night, and did heavy dam
age to property. One person was seri
ously injured, and many narrowly
escaped with their lives. The Catholic
church, large structure, was com
pletely wrecked. Other buildings were
unroofed or blown down. The damage
cannot he accurately estimated yet, bu
good authorities say it will not he much
less than s5H,G0J.
DEsTRUCTIO% IN OHIO.
PITTsBCRG. Pa, April "a specia
from Akron, Ohio, says: Two cloud:
came togethcr Tuesday evening about
two miles northwest Sharon, Medir;
County, and then began to revolt il
tornedo fashion and bear down upOl
the village
The tornado's progress was marked
by roaring and grinding sounds. Ir
ten minutes it had levelled everything
in its track over six miles of farm lanG
for width of thirty rods, demolishine
dozens of buildings, killed one man
fatally injured man and woman, anG
seriously injured several others. For
ests in which were trees two feet in
diameter were cut down as they had
been corn stalks.
The storm trailed along into Stark
County, leaving debris scattered over 9
stretch of ten miles. The loss amounts
to tens of thousands.
NoRWALK, o., April 9.-The cyclone
last night swept track about half q
mile wide in the eastern part of the
city. Two people were killed by fall
ing houses, and six were injured. Dam
age to property will foot up over $50, 900
SEVERAL PEOPLE KILLED.
AKRON, o., April GA destructive
tornado swept over the district about
Akron last night. At Sharon, Medina
County, twenty houses were destroyed
and several people are reported killed
Hubert Franks, a farmer, was killed
and his wife seriously injured at Kun
roy.
Scott SweitZer's farmhouse was
blown to bits, Gnd he and his family
escaped by taking refuge in the cellar
Other buildings at kumroy were com.
pletely wrecked.
SIX-INCH HAIL STONES.
BLOOMINGTON, ILL, April 9.-The
town hall at Anchor, near this city
was unroofed by the storm last even
ing. Hail stones fully six inches il
circumference fell.
TIDAL WAVES.
CHICAGO, April 9.-The recent heavy
wind storms in this part of the country
heve caused an unusually deep. distur
bance of the waters of Lake Michigan
Yesterday series of tidal waves
swept in upon this shore. From the
crest to the trough of the waves wa:
only about five feet as shown by the
rising and falling of the water in the
river, but they swept in with grea
speed and made everything dance.
Vessels were carried in to shore anc
run aground i'll the mud. Those at
tached to piers were jerked from thei
fastenings, and there were a number 0
escapes from wrecking against abut
ments. This lasted for some hours tn
waves succeeding each other at shor
intervals. Itseems that the same in
fluences were felt al other points on tn
lake. At Racine, Wisconsin, the water
seemed to he drawn away from th
shore lowering the surface very notice
able.
THE TORNADO STRIKES ROANOKE, Va
ROANOKE, VA, April 9.-The great
est tornado for many years passed owe
this city this evening. The cast hous
of the Hoosier Iron furnace was blow
down and three laborers were kille,
ane one was mortally wounded. Th
loss to the furnace company is $1,000.
Nearly 100 dwellings in the course {
erection were demolished. Salem fu!
mace was blown down, heavy loss bt
ing reported, and buildings in tina
vicinity were reduced to ruins. Los
$4,000.
HAVOC IN GEORGIA..
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