The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-04-13
/ SWEEP OF THE CYCLONE.
SIX STATES IN THE PATH OF TIE
BIG BLOW.

Nebraska Probably tho Scene OF the
Greatest Destruction and Heaviest
Loss Life,
CHICAGO, April 12,--Last nights storm
wrought such havoc with the telegraph
wires that it was almost impossibls 60 OBJ
tain particulars of the damage done in the
west, whore the destruction seems TO have
been general and widespread in the states
Of Iowa, Illinois, Nebraska, Kansas and
Missouri. Probably the greatest damage
was done in Iowa, although reports from
Nebraska Indicate that when full particu,
lars have besn received shat state will lead
in she loss of property aud human life
Along the line Of the Chicago, Milwaukee
and ST. Paul railroad in Iowa aud Ne
braska, the storm cut wide swath The
town Of Akron, in the former state was
wrecked, and Westiisd, few miles dis
tAnt, was badly demoralized,
Meager reports from localities in the in
terror show that the devastation is wide-
spread although its full extent will not be
known for several days. owing TO the lack OF
telegraphio facilities and the washing out
of the country roads, rendering communi-
cation difficult aud in come cases impossi-
bic.
Continuing along the railroad in Nebraska
| the storm swept up farm buildings, fences
and bridges and finally swooped down on
| the town Of Page, which ig wrecked. At
this point the first loss OF life was reported,
Mrs. Clara MaRee heing tho victim. Her
| two children were dangerously juTad and
| several other persons were hurt. The storm
Travelled with great velocity, covering the
200 miles between Akron aud Page in on
hour and half Damage was done farther
] l,t4,
OF the tolegraphic wires absolutely no par
| ticulars are ohtainnble.
LOSS OF LIFE IN MISSOURI.
HIGGINsvuLE. Mo-, April l2. 49, This
county was visited last night about O'clock
| by terrific wind storm, witch swept
everything before il from the southwestern
part of the county to the northeastern line,
and leaving the county by crossing tho
Missouri river at WAverlF.
Near Page City six deaths have 30 far
boen reported. VIII Walker, prosperous
young farmer, was at the supper table
with his wife and three children
| when his brick house was blown
over. completely buTying him and all
the children. His wife eEtricuted herself
and with great difficulty released him.
| They were unable TO rescue two of the chill
dren, who were smothered in tho debris.
| The third is feaFfully mhngled.
| j. W. HutchisOn, an aged farmer in the
same neighborhood, suffered the loss of his
| wife and the complete demolition OF his
house, and was badly crippled.
Mrs. Ii. Y. Luke and brother were killed
outright and their barns terribly wrecked.
| Further on Capt. TOdhunter's barns We're
demolished and small negro girl was
killed on his farm.
There are numerous reports and rumors
about deaths at Dover and Wayerly, but
nothing authentic can be secured.
THE BLOW AT ST. LOUIS.
| ST. LOUIS. MO, April l2-Last night'a
| storm of wind, hail and rain was the worst
| this city has experienced in many years.
| The rRinfails began shortly after O'clock
| and with slight intervals OF heavy hail ao-
companiei by blasts Of wind. at times
reaching a velocity of over fifty miles an
! hour, continued until q. IN. The rainfall
| was pa inches. Street car traffic was
almost completely stopped. The telephone
| service was entirely demoTalized and ;e!e-
| graph wires In all directions were
prosrated. The work house was
| unrOofed. The poor house, che
| female hospital and the insane asylum suf-
fered severely. No one was killed at any
Of toe institutions but there were several
narrow escapes. The damage demo to
property aloag the river front was very
| heavy.
A heavy storm of wind and rain swept
| over NOTElGfu leAhB lAAt ulhhb. IN lJHiluB
| several buildings we're blown down, bat no
one was killed, In Paris, Hillboro, Brooks
| ton and other places, houses were blown
| down. The only casualty In the path OF
| the storm us Tar as reported was near Mus
cogee, |. T., where a man named Robinson
and his child were killed by a house blow
| lug down on them.
SEVERAL KILLED NEAR sTANBERRY.
ST. JOSEPH, Mo, April IA disastrous
4 Il. ~ q
| StGnberry, Mo, last night. IL moved from
west TO east and covered a strip Of country
two miles wide and five miles long.
| Almost every building In its path wGs
| torn to pieces. Several people were
| killed, among them Mrs. Ward. Her hus-
band was fatlly Injured, as was John
| Shelton. An unknown woman was also
killed Most Of the people saw the cyclone
coming in time to got into their caves. and
escaped injury.
HEAVY DAMAGE AT KOKoldo.
INDIANAPOLIS, IND, April I2.-Advices
reoeived from over the state tell Of heavy
damage and loss Of life by the storm Of last
| night this morning..
4 tornado swept over the southern por-
tion Of KokomO at o'clock this morning
demolishlng sthe machinery and boiler
rooms Of tho American straw board mills.
| Robert Douglass. en empiOye Of the mils,
was Instantly killed by the falling walls.
Other workmep in the machinery room
| narrowly escaped. A large portion of the
| building is a complete wreck, and the loss
| will exceed 900. The storm moved to
| the northwest, uprooting trees in its way
doing more or less damage to buildings.
IS MILES AN HOUR AT CINCIEEATI
CINCINNATI, April 12--At O'Clock this
morning the wind blew at the velocity OF
| seventy-eight miles an hour. An earth
quake is reported from a dozen different
sources. A great deal Of damage was done
| 10 property.
Near London, Ind, on the Big -Four
road, several freight cars we're blown from
a side track on the main track. A fast
freight train ran into them and was
wrecked. The engineer was killed and sew
eral tTainmen were injured.
WESTERN TEXAS IL THE BLOW.
ALBANY, TEX, April IA terrific wind
| and hail storm swept over Western Texas
| last evening, travelling directly down the
valley and laying waste everything in its
| path. Whole farm orchards and small
grain croEs we're completely ruined. Not o
window pane In the stoTp'5 track is left
| Gransries barns, wind-mills and fences
were destroyed Albany escaped with but
| slight damage. Many cattle we're killed,
but no human fatalities are reported.
A MISSISSIPPI TOWN WIPED OUT.
New ORLEANS, April l2-The Times.
| Democrats Vicksburg Mss special says;
Conductor Thomas of the Yazoo and