Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1893-03-25

| CHICAGO,
hour was the record OF the wind in Chicago
today. A more serious matter 10 the rail-
roads was the distu bance in traffic result
| ing from snow and excessive rains. Mails
on nearly every road were from two to nye
| hours late.
KELLY, MISS, March 24.-Thls morning
a more thorough Investigation was maoe
regarding the damages made by the cyclone
Yesterday, which showed that matters
were worse than expected.
AS far as can be learned there was not
house left standing within the scope OF
the cyclone, which ranged from quarter
to half mile in width southeast OF Kelly.
The injured are:
Reports are numerous Every country
man who came in added horrors TO the stu
alton. Kelly, itself, is only small place
of about thirty houses of which twelve or
fifteen were swept away, and those re-
mains nothins TO show there was ever a
residence there except by the mass OF de-
bris, which is scattered in all directions.
Payne -, anegro, wife and five chill
dren; Payne badly bruised, being crushed
under MS cabin. His wife crippled and in
ternally injured. A small baby, foot mash
ed. An S-year-old girl, head crushed in, Will
die. The other two escaped. Harriet Smith
|
west of Kelly. Chris Buford, colored,
head mashed and both shoulders broken,
will probably die. Eph. Mclaughlin, col
ored, shoulder dislocated. jim Payne,
skull crushed and arm dslocated. The child
Of Mr.. Cox, probably fatally injured. Sew
era! others are reported injured. Some OF
| the losses are:
Harrison Smith, barn blown down and
several head Of mules killed. On the Lemon
and Gale farms, five miles from here, not a
| house Of any description was left standing
The store OF II. w. Mann was badly
wrecked. The house Of Harry Dean was
blown down. r. c. Goodrich's and Robert
Clevens' dwellings were badly damaged.
Mr.. Shannon is the village school
teacher, and is also the proprietor
of a small store. He was teaching
when he noticed signs Of an approaching
cyclone. He dismissed the pupils and told
! them to go home as quickly as possible. In
half dozen moments the school house was
torn TO pieces by the wind. Mr.. Shan
mons grocery Jared no better The end was
blown away Mrs. Shannon was in the
store at the time, and she was raised from
the floor by the wind and hurled through
the door panel. Beyond few bruises, she
was not badly Injured.
LOUISVILLE, KY, March 24.-The heavy
storm which passed over large section Of
| the South did great damage az Bowling
Green and the surrounding country.
| The storm was in the nature OF cyclone
| at Bowling Green and twenty houses were
blown over The most serious damage was
that to the Louisville and Nashville round
house. The roof was torn of and the walls
were levelled.
| Isaac Hamilton lost several tenement
houses besides having his residence badly
wrecked. His loss viii be $2,S60. The
| Shelton House was unroofed, as wes a
number of other buildings nearby.
Every house in Stanford was more or
less damaged. AT Murray, KY, twenty
| residences and fifty stables and barns were
demolished. Only one person was seri-
ously injured. 4 dozen were slightly
/ hrrt The loss will reach S25, 900.
The loss to the Louisville and Nashville
railroad on the building sRd locomotives is
t75, 900 TO sl00, 900.
Among the roofs blown of at Bowling
Green was that Of the Warren county court
house, which is considered the finest public
building outside Of Louisville. The loss on
his will be considerable.
Passengers on the delayed fast express,
on the Louisville and Nashville, from the
| South stated that all along the road evi-
dences of the storm could De seen. Many
farm houses were noticed TO be roofess.
and scores Of stables and outhouses were
totally demolished.
V1ScEyyEs. IND, March PA terrible
tornado passed through this cou-try last
evening al Z o'clock. Houses, barns, trees,
fences, etc, were laid low Tor distance OF
Twelve miles. The path OF the storm was
| frup mil fea
| wide. Several thousand dollars worth OF
property was destroyed
D,xvuLE. KY, March PA cyclone
swent through the town Of Rowland, Lin.
coin county. last night about II O'Clock.
dsmaging property 10 the amount Of 49,
co.,
MoRuE. Ala, March 24-Early this
morning a cyclone passed one mile north OF
Shubuta. Miss, going southwest. At Ar
/ ista n tenement hOute, containing negroes.
was leyelled and two negroes killed and
three injured. A mile east OF this two
fhouses were blown down. Ten miles furth
re east three tenement houses were de-
stroved. No one was hurt in these
houses, much timber was felied-
NASHVILLE, IENN., o4dECA -f---Ouc VI
the most terrible wind and rain storms IN
me history OF Nashville swept over the
city last night between AID 10 o'clock,
uprooting trees and telephone poles in
various parts Of the city.
The great force Of the storm was felt in
the northern part Of the city, wht re sew
eral houses were unroofed. One or ned by
7 J. Rucker and occupied By W. +. Brao-
ford was completely rszed 10 the ground.
Bradford was taken from his nome IN a
badly bruised condition.
He is not fatally hurt McNei1 Drum
right. aged 81, who boarded wifbsBrsdford
WAS taken from the debris i1& nangled
condition and can nye2l ~ fliiE6