Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1893-05-06
WIND, FIRE AND FLOOD.

Through n similar Cause in Indian Ter
ritory-SiN Persons Burned to Death In
Burlington, Ia. - Damaging Floods In
Ohio, Illinois and Missouri.
Fort WORTH, Tex, May "A cy-
clone struck the town of Cisco at 9
o'clock Friday night, totally demolish-
ing everything in it's path The
Texas (& Pacific depot was lifted
from its foundation, blown across
the track and fell mass of shat
tered and splintered timbers 400 feet
from the railroad in patch of timber.
Churches, residences and, in fact, every
house in town but two were leveled
with the ground. The reports so far
received are that thirty persons have
been killed and at least 100 injured.
Out of forty-five business houses forty
were blown to fragments and four of
the others are so damaged as to be use
less. Twenty-Five dwellings We're wiped
out of existence. Several persons who
have not been accounted for are un-
doubtedly buried in the debris. The
most conservative estimates place the
total property loss at over $4,000, 900.
BURLINGTON, Ia, May 2.-Burlington
was visited Saturday morning by ter
rife and sickening holocaust the like of
which has never been known in this To-
cality. Shortly after o'clock Sunday
morning fire was discovered bursting
from the windows and doors of an
old brick tenement house at
s5 Jefferson street. The house was
full of dodgers of the poorer
class of workmen and mechanics, and
many of them saved themselves only by
jumping from the windows, a number
with no clothing on their persons, but
all did not escape. The house was
veritable fire-trap, with numerous
devious halls and dark landings. A
number of the sleeping-rooms had no
windows.
So quickly did the fire spread that six
of the dodgers were caught like rats in
trap and perished miserably. They
We're: F. G. Schuman, carpet weaver;
Mike Hines, a transient lodger; Mike
Lee, a stove molder, of Chicago; Joe
Swindler, plasterer, of Burlington;
John Morgan, a stove molder, residence
not known; boiler maker, known as
'Charlie," supposed to be from Chicago.
GUTHRIE, o. I. May l. - Another
cyclone visited the Ponca Indian reser-
walton, 40 miles north of here, Friday
night and did a great amount of dam
age on the Blevin cattle ranch.
The buildings were destroyed,
and j. J. Keithlcy, wife and
two children were killed and many 9TH
ers injured. On the adjoining ranch
Mr.. jackson and two children were
crushed to death. Many Indians are
reported killed and large number
of cattle perished Much more dam
age was done farther east, but no
particulars are obtainable. At Edmond
great damage was done by the wind
and hail and several persons We're in
jured east of here. At Waterloo a
waterspout washed out the Santa Fe
tracks badly and did much other damage.
SPRINGFIELD, o., May 2.-One hun
dred acres in the northeast part of this
city, containing 200 houses, We're flooded
Monday evening Scores of families
are threatened with destruction.
AT noon Monday an immense water
spout burst over fremont City, vii
lage near here. AT about the same
time the river broke its banks, and
within eighteen minutes the water had
flooded the town, carrying away out
buildings and stables and flooding the
first story of residences. No person is
reported killed or drowned, but there is
a heavy loss of stock.
ST. Louis, May Am additional rise
in the river Sunday night brought dis
aster and the situation now is critical.
The East st. Louis dock Immediately
south Of the Eads bridge gave way be-
fore the rush of water at 1l:30
Monday morning, and fully one
fourth of the vast building,
with the heavy contents, fell in a
heap, the roof sinking and settling
lpon the wreck. Thousands of barrels
of flour, sacks of grain and boxes of
canned goods We're precipitated into the
water One of the laborers, Cicero
Pate, colored man, is missing, and
William Harris had his arm broken.
The building is said to belong to Chica-
go people and was used as warehouse.
1t now appears that repetition of last
years flood between East st. Louis and
Cahokia is inevitable. The water
about Cahollia has already reached an
alarming stage and several families
have left their homes in advance of the
flood. The river is beginning to enter
the lower part of North st. Louis.
Brooklyn, ILL.,, town of 1000 inhab-
itants just north of East st. Louis, is in
imminent danger. The town lies on a
low piece of ground, triangle shaped,
protected on two sides by railroad EN-
banlments and on the third side by the
Madison county levee. This levee is
very insecure and is protected only by
a railroad embanl1ment of little stabil-
ity. The force of the stream strikes
This embankment full at bend in the
yer and it is but question of time
when it will go and the town of Brook
lyn will be swept away.
VINcENNEs, Ind, May 2.-The low
lands in Indiana and Illinois are inun-
dated by the Wabash river and thou
sands of bushels of wheat in the vicin-
ity are at the mercy of floods, which
shows no signs of abatement
VANDALIA, H., Nav 2.-The OwBlk