The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-10-29
A CYCLONE
Which Killed Hundreds OF People In Sar-
diDia nnd Destroyed Hundreds of Thou
sands Of Dollars Worth of Property.

| which Killed Hundreds of People In Sar-
diDia and Destroyed Hundreds of Thou
sands Of Dollars Worth of Property.
LONDON, Oct. "a. 4.-The latest advices
from Cagliari give an appalling account
| of the terrible storm and flood in Snr-
dinia on Thursday and Friday last, a
calamity in which hundreds of lives
were lost and hundreds of thousands of
dollars worth of property was de-
stroyed.
The plain of Campidauo for fifteen
miles north of Cagliari was affected.
The plain stretches from Cagliari to
Grestano, distance of ffty-nine miles,
and is an important vine and olive
growing center.
The first indications of the approach
ing hurricane were noticed Thursday
afternoon. The heat of the atmosphere
became oppressive, and cattle and other
animals grew restless and hurriedly
sought shelter. Soon heavy clouds
tinged with red appeared. The peasants
working in the fields became terrified
and took refuge in their homes. As
the darkness of night came on the
cyclone burst upon the plain with full
force. 1ncessant flashes of lightning
and heavy peals of thunder accompanied
the shrieking of the wind, while loud
subterranean rumblings added their
terrors to the storm.
Rain fell in torrents and all the low
lands were flooded in very short time.
The river Manu- and other streams in
tersecting the district soon overfowed
their banks, inundating an area OF
fifteen kilometres.
Among the villages invaded by the
waters were Decimomannu, Assemini,
Elmas, Samatzal, San Sperate and Braz-
| zali with n total population of G,0OO
| souls.
Scores of dwellings and barns were
demolished by the raging flood. and
hundreds of people who had sought ref
uge on the roofs of buildings were
drowned. In most of the villages named
there were huts built of mud, which
collapsed in few moments Other
huts, made of reeds and straw, floated
with the current, forming RATS to which
many peasants clung during the night
until they were rescued.
On Friday morning the work of res-
cue was begun in earnest. Dozens of
persons were found huddled together on
elevations of land and in the upper
parts of the houses that are still stand
ing. Many of these people are half
dead from terror and exposure The
buildings still standing were found TO
be seriously damaged, the walls being
extensively cracked and the founda-
tions undermined. Most of the furni-
ture they contained was, of course,
ruined.
Survivors say that the experience Of
that night was terrible in the extreme.
The whole night long the air was filed
with the heartrending shrieLs of
drowning human beings and the terri
| fed cries of sheep and cattle, mingled
with the ceaseless din of alarm bells
that were kept ringing in neighboring
villages.
The Prefect of Cagliari, on learning
of the disaster, Immediately dispatched
rescue parties to save survivors. These
parties worked with the greatest diff
Guilty. Dozens of lives were saved by
soldiers. One hundred bodies have been
recovered at San Sperate alone
The total death roll must reach sew
eral hundreds.
An immense number of cattle and 9TH
er live stock perished.
The Carliari-Iglesias railway has been
greatly damaged by the food.
LONDON, Oct 24.-Five villages near
Kutais, in Trans-Caucasia, have been
destroyed by an earthquake. Many
lives are reported TO have been lost. So
far the bod es of twenty-seven persons
have been recovered from the ruins of
dwellings and other buildings. 1t is be-
lieved that many more bodies will be
found.