The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1893-06-02
STORMS IN KENTUCKEY.
Wind and Lightning Play Sad
Havoc.
Buildings Badly Damaged and IN
rooted Al paducah, KY
steamet~ and Nharrboat~ Drixra before
thr wind and sanE ~ IstuetlAn, lti..-
LIVES issst by LlrhtAjna Esllfsgts
srrleuniy nauaEca ~ wesheats.

PADucAi. KY. June i--onc 81 the
stiffcst winds that ever blew struck
pHaacah "Wednesday morning AZ about
II o'clock, aud for one hour tho city
trcmbicd in lis tcsrihlo cmbtacc. and
people Ia the business houses nlcng thc
principal streets stood with hlanchsl
faces In apprehension buildings
rocked and crealed as II abont
ID fill and engulf the ter
roriscd occupants Trees erashs,l
on every hand, and every thoromgh,aIs
was strcwn with them. A nnsn,sof II
bnildings were vacated, and tho neaa.
nants sought refuge IN tho government
building, which was thought the safest,
The buildings unroofcd were the operl.
house, ". Hcleh 4 Sons dry goods
house. vauEhn's tobacco factory. Sam
Williams saloon. George O. Hart 4
SON, wholesale hardware. several
warehouses, two planning mills, besides
about fifty business houses and dwell.
ings that were partially unroofrd Tho
two wharfhoats were torn from their
mornings and carried into the river
The steamers h, :. Rhca and John X.
speed tried 70 bring them TO shore bnt
the winds proved the strongest and all
were carried down tile river The two
sSharfboats went ashore On thu Illinois
side, ~ brooklyn. three miles down the
river.
Az brooklyn the damage to boats
was disastrous The Dick Clyde WINS
torn 70 pieces, part Of II sinking and
part iiooting down stream The tows
boat Lalnasco was driven nshoresnnd
sunk, and viii be total loss The
towboat Fannie mot with The same
fate ns others, but probably shecan be
raised The value IL the boats Is 81 900.
About twenty barges.~ mostly loaded
with lumber and ties were torn to
pieces aud sunk The total loss Of
floating craft nj brooklyn viii be
something near $4,000.
At Smithland, twelve miles up tho
river, the court house and several
churches were unroofed, and The house
.of Reube Clofton was demolished
MEMpHis. Tenn, june lat 8.ap
O'clock. Friday afternoon. tornado
struck Rosedale, Miss, carrying away
half the town. Two Negroes and onc
white man were killed, wolnans Ieg
WAS broken, and several people were
wounded The Western Union Wlrss
ARE I'M down. and the Ynzoo una
Mississippi valley wire went down after
the above was received M further
particulars are obtainabla. Pope sia.
tipn waa struck twice within an hour,
bnt beyond blowing down wires, trees
and fences. no damage WAS reporttd
Nincty-thfcc miles south of Memphis,
a milelof telegraph line WAS destroyed
on the Nazoo and Mississippi valley
railroad
LIrTLk Rock, Ark. june ls~Tprna-
does hail-storms, water-spnuts. rain
storms and high water are playing
havoc In Arkansas Tho whole amount
of damage done by tho storm which
struck the southern portionef the state
Tuesday afternoon h not yet known,
but IL IL feared that inealculable darns
aEc Inns been dene,
William Mnrtin living twelve miles
southwest Of here. had his farm washed
away Fences are all gone, and the
entire country 10 wrecked from tive VI
seven miles southwest. Hail fell To the
depth of eight inches. and was on tho
ground Wednesday morning
Judge GibseH's faFm-house. three
miles south OF Hope, was ruined. At
Guernsey, houses were blown down,
with the inmates Of good mnny hurt,
two fatally Gamers mill, near Hope,
was completely blown away.
Near New Lcwisville, hailstoncs the
size Of hen eggs did grcnt damage Ia
,crops and residences. The hail killed
Il large amount Of stock, several part
les who were caught in the storm near
here escaped with their lives only ~
taking refuge behind the trunks 81
trees and even then they were seriously
injured.