The daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1889-1890, 1890-01-14
ELEVEN LIVES LOST.
A DIsAsTEROUS TARNADO AT
CLINTON, KENTUCKY.

Fifty.three wounded and seventy
Houses Demolished - Reports
From Different stations Of the
storm and it's Enects.
CAIRO. ILL.,. january ia tornado
last night struck the east side Of Clinton
KY, demolishing titty-fve houses and
killing eleven people and wounding fifty
three. The killed so far as ascertained
are: ]. A. Rhodes and two children
Mrs. William Bane. Burnett Bane, Wal.
ter Nance, John W. Gnddie and an infant,
and an infant of JudgeE. {. Hodges. and
another not vet known. The wounded are:
Judge Z. c. Hodges. wife and two chill
tren, G. K. Gwynn, wife, child and father,
{. w. voorhet $, child and two relatives
names unknown, Rev. n. W. Little, wife
and two children, ID. Stubelfeld and
several members of his family, Mrs. Ches-
ter and two children. Mrs. ]. A. Rhodes
and one child. latter will die, A. l.. Emer-
son and two children, A. F. Justis and
one child a Mr.. Jackson, Robert John
son, sr., Robert Johnson, jr., both dan
gerously, latter will die, w. K. Nance,
wife and child and Others whose names
cannot Ike ascertained.
Assistance was sent from here last
night. The storm also visited Wicklifir
doing considerable damage to property,
but causing no loss OF life.
WAsliINGTON, January l3.-Thc signal
Office reports as follows The storm
which was central in the southwest yes.
terday morning moved northeastward
rapidly and with great energy. passing
over the central valleys and lake regions,
attended by severe gales and destructive
local storms. Unusually warm southerlv
winds prevailed to the east ward of the
storm centre, while the cold wave ex-
tended southwark over the Mississippi
Valley to the Gulf. The change in the
temperature in twelve hours, ranges
from 400 to so" from Missouri and
Illinois, southwark to the west gull coast
The temperature is now below freezing
in northern Louisiana and Texas, and il
is above 500 from Florida, northward to
New York.
The cold wave which extends over the
central valleys as far south as the gulf
coast will be felt on the Atlantic coast
tonight, and on Tuesday the tempcra.
ture will probably fall as low rs freezing
from New York southwark to northern
Georgia. The temperature will fall so
degrees on the Middle Atlantic States by
Tuesday night. The fall of temperature
when it comes will be unusually rapid
and the cold weather will continue sew
eral days.
CHICAGO, January l3.-The rain storm
of yesterday afternoon gave place to a
gale which ragged with great force and
velocity all last night, and which has
only diminished with the advent Of
colder weather. The rain and wind
storm reached its height in this city at
6 o'clock last evening. Occasionally the
tempest approached the fury of tor
nado. Nearly an inch of rain fell during
the hours from 4.3O to 7.3O pm. Reports
from Wisconsin, Iowa. Nebraska and
Kansas indicate about the same weather
in these States.
DETROIT, Mich, january 13.-A Ter
rifle windstorm has ragged since last
evening. In the earlier part of the night
it was accompanied by heavy rain,
but later it turned colder and the rain
ceased while the wind remained violent.
Several trees were blown down in the
heart of the city, and signs innumerable
were found in the streets this morning.
Several large and valuable windows
were blown in by the force of the gale.
This morning is the coolest weather ex.
perienced so far this winter, and there is
a slight fall OF snow. The steamer Ossi-
icrog which was in winter quarters, was
torn from her moorings and was blown
up the river to Belle Isle, where she
stranded. She will probably be gotten