The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1893-04-20
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ATOWN WRECKED.

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ATowN WRECKED.
TUNICA, MISS, April 13.--The down
train at 6 o'clock yesterday evening
brought news that the town Of Robin.
sonvllle, ten miles north of Tonice was
completely destroyed by a cyclone at
4.30 O'Clock yesterday afternoon. Not n
house was lett in town OF about three
hundred inhabitants, and as the finish
ing touch to the destructive horror the
lamps burning in the stores set the
houses on fire and all are In ashes. Even
the depot building was not spared. The
night OPERATORS wife was killed aud the
day operators wife badly injured. All
the wires are down and no communica-
ton can be had save by way Of Vicksburg
and Jackson. The cyclone swept the
country west and east Of the fatcd vii.
lage aud killed many people, mostly
colored. 1t is reported that a
cOlored school house on India
Creek, one mile west of Robinson
VILE, was swept of and about twen-
ty.iive children were killed or are miss.
ing. The teacher, woman, who mar.
rowly escaped with her pupils about
three weeks ago in cyclone at Tunlca,
was killed.
DAMAGE AT ST. LOUIS.
ST. LOUIS, April 12.-Last nights
storm of wind, hail and rain was the
worst this city has experienced in
many years. The rainfall began shortly
after 8 o'clock, and with slight IN
tervals Of heavy hail. accompanied by
of
ity OF over fifty miles an hour, continued
half inches, Street car traffic was
almostly completely stopped. The tele-
phone service was completely demor-
allied and telegraphwres iu all direc ions
were prostrated, The work house was
unroofcd. The poor house, the female
hospital and the insane asylum suffered
severely. No one was killed at any OF
the institutions, but there were several
property along the river front was very
heavy.
THE TORNADO IN INDIANA,
1NDIAPoLIs, April 12.-Advices re-
ceived from over the State tell of heavy
damage and loss of life by the storm of
last night and this morning. a tornado
swept over portion of HoIomo at
O'Clock this morning, demolishing the
machinery and boiler rooms of the
American straw board mills. Robert
Douglass, an employe Of the mills, was
instantly killed by the falling walls.
Other workmen in the machinery room
narrowly escaped. A large portion of
the building is complete wreck, and
the loss will exceed $30, 900. The storm
moved to the northwest, uprooting trees
i'll its way and doing more or less dam
age TO buildings,
SAW THE CYCLONE COMING.
ST. JOSEPH, Mo-, April ia disas.
| trous cyclone visited the country north
west of Stanberry, Mo-, last evening. 1t
moved from west to cast and covered a
strip OF country two miles wide and five
miles long. Almost every building in its
PAIN was torn to pieces. Several people
were killed, among them Mrs. Ward.
ller husband was fatally injured, as was
John Shelton. Az unknown woman
was also killed. Most of the people
saw the the cyclone coming in time to
get into their cyclone caves AMI escape
injury.
ONLY TWO HOUSES LEFT STANDING.
NEW ORLEANS, April l2.-Thc
Times Democrats Vicksburg, Miss,
Cpec al says: Conductor Thomas Of the
Gazno and Mississippi Valley Railway
wires here: 1.-The town of Robinson.
vile, Coaboma cOun ". was swept away
by cyclone about O'Clock this after
noon. AL the stores are in flames.
Several negroes in the ruins. The depot
was completely destroyed and the night
operators wife killed. A colored child
Was also killed. Only two houses are
lett standnL.'
TORNADO AND EARTHQUAKES.
CINCINNATI, April l2.-At + O'Clock
this morning the wind blew at velocity
CT seventy-eight miles an hour. Earth
quake shocks are reported from dozen
different sources. A great deal of dam
age was done to property. Near Lon
don, Indiana, on the Big Four road, sew
eral freight cars were blown from the
mdetrack to the main track. a fast
trei hit train ran into them and was
wrecked. The engineer was killed iu-
stanLly and trainmcn were iniuret.
WESTERN TEXAS DEVASTATED.
ALBANY, Texas, April ia terrific
wind and hail storm swept over Wes-
TEN Texas last evening, travelling di-
rectly down the valley and laying waste
everything IN It's path. Whole farm
orchards and small gain crops were
completely ruined, and not window
pane in the storms track is left. Grau-
aries, barns, windmils and fences were
destroyed. Albany escaped with but
slight damage. Many cattle were killed,
but no human fatalities are reported.
NORTHERN TEXAS ALSO VISITED
ST. LOUIS, April IA heavy
storm Of wind and ram swept over
Northern Texas last night. In Dallas
several buildings were blown down, but
no one was killed. In Paris, Hillboro,
Brookston and other places houses
were blown down. The only casualty
in the path OF the storm, as far as re-
ported, was near Mu kcogec, Indian
Territory, where man named Robin
son and his child we're killed by house
blowin% down on them.