Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-01-14
1T SWEPT THE CONTINENT.
A Series OF Cyclones Cause Great Los
Of Life and Property.

n SERIES Oh cyclones cause 1fe0G LOSS
Of Life and Property.
All along the path of Sundays terrible storm
in st. Louis large crowds congregate to view
the ruins. The house No. 922 Mound street, a
two-story brick house, where three people were
killed, was surrounded all day yesterday by an
immense throng, who gazed on the scene Of
desolation with feelings akin to awe. This
house was totally demolished
Matthew McCollum, who occupied the first
floor. was buried beneath the debris and was
taken out dead q few minutes after the storm
had passed Mrs. Connors, with two daughters
and a neighbours boy and girl, named respect
lively Joe and Ida Weaver, were on the second
floor. Mrs. Connors and the Weaver boy were
instantly killed and their bodies were dug out
OF the wreck by the fremen. A large force of
workmen are clearing up the debris.
THE TORNADO IN CLINTON.
The tornado which struck the east side of
Clinton, KY, Sunday night demolished ffty-five
houses and killed sixteen people and wounded
ffty-three. The population Of the town is about
1000, and at fret it was feared that hundreds
had been killed. Small houses were lifted
bodily from the ground and whirled around in
the air, dropping to the ground with terrify-
ing crash and being literally smashed into
kindling wood Flying timbers filled the air
and the crash Of falling buildings mingled with
the shrieks of the people fleeing from their
ruined homes. The path Of the tornado was
about 300 yards wide, shown by the debris.
The loss to property is estimated at SO 000 al
though no correct figures Can be given. Two
messengers from the scene of the disaster re-
port that eight of the ffty-three wounded are
so seriously injured that they are not likely to
live.
IN NEW YORK STATE.
The cyclone struck western New York be-
tween and 10 o'clock yesterday morning,
sweeping across the country and leaving ruin
and havoc in its wake. Barns and farm houses
were unroofed-in many cases demolished en-
tirely. The loss to stock and horses is large.
Church steeples and roofs were demolished
Fortunately no lives were lost. The stages
from the country districts we're blown over and
the occupants narrowly escaped death At
Niagara Falls the water came down the river in
volumes, engulfng everything and playing
havoc with everything along the banks. The
falls were grand sight. The greatest sufferers
are the Canadian web company. The wind
struck the northwest gable of their so by 80
foot two-stOry factory, tearing the roof from
the brick walls and tumbling the north and
west walls IN upon fifteen girls, who were en-
plOyed in winding bobbins for looms in the
upper story. All of them escaped.
CARS BLOWN FROM THE TRACKS.
During the gale freight was blown
from siding at Custer, station thirty-four
miles south Of Toledo, Ohio. upon the MAN
track of the Cincinnati, Hamilton and Dayton
railroad, and then driven three miles north.
where it coliided with the uth-bound passen-
ger tram leaving here at midnight The en-
CINE, baggage and mail car Of the tram were
wrecked and both engineer and fireman in
1ured, but not fatally.
woRKMEN KILLED IN SYRACUSE.
A severe wind storm ragged at Syracuse, NY,
ord AFT md h,,;l
unroofed. The new freight house of the r. W.
and U. railroad in course of erection was blown
down. Sixty-tive men were at work on the
building and William Willis, a carpenter was
killed. About dozen carpenters were
severely injured.
AN OVERTURNED TRAIN.
The most terrific wind storm ever known in
east Canada began about noon yesterday
around Montreal and at midnight was still
raging with undiminshed fury 1t came upon
Montreal at o clock in the shape of what re-
sembled cyclone, except that it struck the
whole city at once and kept blowing all the at
ternoon. People were lifted bodily OFF their
feet and dashed to the streets, trees were lev
eled, telegraph wires tangled, plate glass win
dows blown in, cabs overturned, houses un-
rooted and churches damaged. One of the
steepies of the new st. James Street Methodist
church was blown into the street and the St.
John Batiste church, in st. Jean Batiste, was
demolished.
The worst accident was that which occurred
to the accommodation train on the Grand
Trunk road. 1t was rounding curve near St.
Hiare when the cyclone descended upon it,
The passengers say they saw the wind coming
IN a black cloud. The train was going twenty
five miles an hour. The wind lifted it from
the track and down the embankment on the
river side of the curve, overturning two pas
senger coaches, the baggage car and smoker,
and the engine and tender. Telegraph COM
munication with some parts of Canada is enc
tlrely cut of Over two hundred people have
been injured and at Lachine a roof killed
woman, it being lifted off the house and de-
posted upon her in the road
A hurricane prevailed at Rochester, MY.
yesterday. The wind is said to have reached a
velocity of rs miles an hour. Many buildings
have been partially demolished and several
persons injured by the falling debris One
fatality occurred.
A fierce northwest gale, blowing 60 miles an
hour, shook up Oswego, NY, yesterday. The
tall steeple of the Church of the Evangelists
was blown over and smashed.