Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1892-05-21
CYCLONES.

One Visits Texas, Destroying Much Prop
erty-Great Loss of Life Feared-De-
vastation by n Cyclone In Now Zealand.
GAINESVILLE, Tex, May 17.-News
has reached here of terrible cyclone.
in the Turkey valley in Greer county.
1t swept from one end of that
fertile spot to the other, liter
ally demolishing everything in its
path. Even dug-outs were unroofed
and people lifted out of them
and hauled along the ground for in
credible distances. The extent of the
loss of life cannot yet be ascertained.
Five, however, are known to have been
killed and ten probably fatally hurt.
Hardly person in the valley escaped
without injury of some kind. Collins are
being hauled from the nearest towns.
CINCINNATI, o., May 17.-Specials
from the Scioto valley in this state re-
port damaging wind and rainstorm
Sunday. 1t unroofed the building of
the American strawboard works and
Heffner Bros. e. Co. S mills, blew in a
portion of the tile works, demolished the
smocSstack of Weldon's elevator, un-
rooted the Roth block and did much
other damage in the city of Circleville.
The wind seemed to hop from point to
point in the city, doing mischief wher-
ever it touched. AT Athens and at
Washington Court House the rainfall
was phenomenal.
WELLINGTON, May IA terrible
| hurricane has passed over central New
Zealand and the damage done is enor-
| nous. Long before the hurricane broke
| the barometer gave warning of
its coming, but very little could
be done to protect property from
it's fury. Gigantic trees swayed
almost to the ground beneath the
force of the wind and then, when
they could stand the strain no longer,
snapped like dried twigs in the hands
| of strong man. In some cases the
whole tops of trees We're whipped off,
caught up and carried off to wind
ward, floating on the gale as
easily and lightly as a bit OF
down in the summer breeze.
Naught could be heard above the din
of the elements. The rain fell in
sheets, thrashing remaining leaves
from the trees, causing the small
streams and brooks to become rushing
torrents. All along the coast the sea
waters were discolored by the quanti-
ties of earth carried into them from the
shore.
Long stretches of the railroad en-
bankment were washed away by the
rushing waters and traffic was COM
pletely suspended until section
hands could be hastily dispatched
to where the breaks in the line
had occurred to patch up the damage.
Owing to the fury with which the
storm ragged the work could not be well
done and traffic is still greatly inter
rupted. Heavily loaded trains cannot
pass over the line until the repairs are
effected in more thorough manner
Thousands of wild birds, helpless anc
frightened, were blown out to sea, there
to perish.
Hour after hour passed and there wa:
no abatement in the hurricanes terri
BILE energy. Muttering and roaring, anc
anon wailing and shrieLing, the winds
worked their destruction. 1t i.
late autumn in the antipode:
and in many places crops wer'
awaiting the hands of the harvesters
Hundreds of acres of wheat corn
:, oats and barley were ruined, the stand
ing crops being beaten down and badl,
, twisted and matted At sea the scen
defied description. The vessels in tn
otfing, which before the gale could b.
, seen lying under storm sails, were sool
, lost to view in the swirling cloud rack
, After the storm had passed it wa
found that many coasting vessels ha
been piled up on the shores, and it
believed that the loss of life when al
!, the details have been receives
will prove to have been very heavy
/ LYNCHED.