Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1893-04-01
MANY WERE SLAIN.
Awful Work Of the Recent Cyclone
Down South.
ywenty-Three Pcrsons Killed In the Mis-
-~,sissipi vailcy-Property Worth S2,-
100000 Ruined-In Indiana
and Elsewhere.
RUIN AND DEATH.


MEMPHIS, Tenn, March 25.-The |
damage done by Thursdays cyclone in |
the Mississippi valley is enormous.
While the loss of life is not as great as |
at first reported the damage to prop |
erty will reach S2,000,0o0. The tel
egraph wires are still demoral-
lied and reports are coming in
slowly from the storm districts and it
will be several days before the full ex-
tent of the disaster will be known.
The death list at midnight foots up
twenty-three, while the list of injured
will run up into the hundreds.
The majority of those killed and in
jured are negroes.
In the Wake of the storm.
The first heard of the cyclone was in
north Louisiana and southern Arkan-
sas. 1t crossed the Mississippi few
miles above Greenville, devastating
plantations, wrecking farmhouses and
uprooting giant forest trees. The path
of the storm was about half mile
wide, and nothing was left standing in
its track.
A Whole Family Killed.
The first fatality occurred near
Shaw's Station, Miss, where the house
of Drury Sumrall, a prosperous
and industrious colored farmer,
was ieveled to the ground, kill
ing the entire family of nine per-
sons. The cylone passed through
the suburbs of Shaw's and demolished
several residences and small stores,
but no one was killed. The hurricane
then changed its course slightly and
travelled the right of way of the
Yazoo & Mississippi Valley rail
road until it entered Cleveland,
. Miss, where the public school
building and several stores and
residences were razed to the ground.
No fatalities occurred at Cleveland, but
several people were struck by flying
timbers and more or less injured.
Ruin at Tunica.
Leaving Cleveland the cyclone passed
within Il mile of Clarksdale, town of
1000 inhabitants, and next struck
Tunica, the county seat of Tunica
county. Nearly every building
in the place was wrecked. The
newly completed courthouse went
down before the winds fury.
The colored school building was
wrecked and over thirty children
manned and crippled, some of them be-
ing fatally injured. AS the cyclone
left Tunica it divided, one portion
travelling in northeasterly direction,
while the other took northwesterly
course and again crossed the Missis-
sippi river into Arkansas, where it
spread ruin through three counties.
Three Towns Quickly Leveied.
The towns of Charlottesville and
Vincent were nearly wiped off the face
of the earth and the storm then took a
northeastly course, reaching Kelly,
Miss, about 4 o'clock in the after
noon. Here the greatest damage was
done. Six people were killed out
right and scores injured. Not build
ing was left standing, the fragments
being strewn over the country for
miles Physicians from the surround
ing towns hurried to the scene and rem
dered all possible aid to the sufferers
Temporary hospitals were fitted
up in farmhouses that es
capped the path of the storm,
and those who were fortunate
enough to escape uninjured contributed
all in their power to aid the sufferers
The damage to property in the vicinity
of Kelly will reach $3.50, 900. After leav
ing Kelly the cyclone passed int'
Tennessee, the next place t.
fall in its path being Spring
Creek, small town in Madi
son county, where several people
were injured, but no one was killed
No reports of damage have been re
ceived beyond Spring Creek except
suburb of Nashville. The path of tn
storm after it left Madison county wa
through a country remote from tele
graph lines, and it will be several day
before the complete details reach tn
outside world
Ruin In Indiana.
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, March 25.--Th
tornado of Thursday night struc
the village of Alexandria about 9:s
.. M, damaging residences and bus
ness houses and destroying the Lippir
colt glass factory. The wind struc
the south end, crushing 1T down upo
the machinery and employees. Th
damage will reach $4,000 to the fa'
tory alone. John Andle, Jr., wa
instantly killed. Frank McShaferty
Peter Shaklin, Ernest Frey, jaime
Bernham ana some otnerS, whose name
have not yet been learned, were ser
ously injured. Three hundred an
fifty men are thrown out of emplo,
ment until the factory can be rebuilt
Some of the injured men remained
the de ebris from the time of the storl
till s o'clock Friday morning.
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, March 3d.
storm which assumed the proportion
of a cyclone before it departed visite
Indiana at o'clock Thursday night ar
left devastation and suffering in i
track. In Indianapolis fifty hous,
were wrecked in one neighborhood,
the northwest portion. Many famili
were rendered temporarily homeless
The magnitude of the storm was n
!. known until day dawned.
At Tuxedo, suburb, many hous