Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1892-06-10
DAMAGE BY Big STORMS.
Gales and Floods Devastate the
West and South.
Dwellings Overturned, Crops
Ruined and Life Destroyed.

Reports received from points throughout
the States of Illinois, Missouri, Arkansas,
Kansas and South Carolina, state that a
heavy storm of wind, rain and hail pre-
vailed. In some places the storm took on
the dimensions of tornado. Lightning
struck several buildings at Newport, Ark,
and at Carthage, Mo. At Mexico, No,
eleven persons were injured by a building
blown down by the wind. No loss of life
was reported.
The northern section OF Audrian County,
according to dispatches, was devastated.
Buildings were blown down and hundreds OF
trees uprooted and orchards destroyed. A
cloudburst followed the cyclone flooding the
section. At Joplin, Mo-, the rains flooded all
the mines, and in low places the shafts were
filled to the top with water. There was a
washout on the Fort Scott and Memphis
Road near Galena, and hundreds of wards OF
track were carried away. The downpour of
rain at Kansas City was in the nature OF a
waterspout, and the streets of the city were
flooded. Similar reports were received from
other parts of the State.
Dick Van Osdell and Charles Scantling
were struck by lightning in Lake Township,
Mo, and instantly killed.
There was steady and at times terrific
downpour Of rain, accompanied by fierce
electrical displays at Indianapolis, Ind.
Fully two inches of rainfall have been pre-
cipitated and Poguen Run, an open sewer
that meanders across the city from north
east to southwest has broken bounds food
ing thickly populated territory nearly a
mile long and varying in width from one to
five squares. All the transfer wagons in the
city were kept busy moving families out of
their homes on Pine, Davidson and Noble
streets in the night, and these and many other
streets were submerged.
A train on the Lake Erie & Western Rail-
road was derailed near Fishers Station, Ind
ant 0U Oh ba
result of the clOudburst. The passengers
were badly shaken up, and considerable
damage was done to the rolling stock.
At Anderson, Ind, the cloudburst caused
great damage. The dynamo in the street
car stables was burned and the Big Four
depot was struck by lightning and partially
destroyed. Carl Weaver, a boy seven years
old, was drowned in Fall Greek.
Dispatches from various parts of Illinois
report extensive damage by the wind and
houses, barns and other buildings were
blown down. The cyclone was moving in
a northwesterly direction A drove of cat
tie were lifted bodily in the air and landed
a considerable distance away, and strange
to say, only few of them were injured.
The two-story stone house Of James Sulli-
van, four miles east of Independence, Kan,
was destroyed by cyclone. There were
eight persons in the house at the time. Mrs.
Lucy NJ LucI and a four-year-old child
were taken from the ruins dead, having
been crushed by the wreckage The twister
seems to have spent its entire fury at that
point, as all other damage was nominal
Immense damage was done in Orangeburg
County, South Carolina, by a tornado.
Trees were uprooted and barns and fences
blown down. In the city of Orangeburg
many houses lost their roofs and
were otherwise damaged. The steepIe
of the Methodist Church was blown down
and other churches were damaged. The
steeple struck a gin and burned the Clubhouse
and many bales of cotton. Elsie Palmer, an
aged colored woman, died from fright.