Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-04-13
WILD WINDS HAVOC.
Further Details Of tho Mississippi
Valley Cyclone.
DESTRUCTION IN ITS PATH,
And Death Upon lis Dorders-lt RACES
from Michigan Almost TO
the Gulf.


souri,, which were cyclone swept
Yesterday, the real extent OF the
dIsnst.r becomes known. IL Is impos'
pibls to get the names OF the victiins'
however, AMI In most INSTANCES .he
accounts OF destruction nfc inconh'
plete. Twenty-Five people are Know II
10 have been killed and thirty or iotly
Injured, while numbefltse houses as
WILL ~ smaller property were ueslIoy.
ed. Much stock was also killed. Fruit
trees were broken and twisted and hay
stacks scattered.
Kansns Parker, hamlet ten
miles south OF Independence, was al
most totally destroyed. Many houses
were demolished and many others oau-
ly wrecked. Walnut In Crawford
county. this state, suffered severely In
wrecked houses, but there WIS no loss
OF life. Dispatches from Hinwstha
state that the storm wrought great
havoc In the northwestern part or tue
state. Several tswls were more or
lees damaged and many lives reported
lost, The towns OF Wills, Gnrnott,
Everest and Powhatian were patty
demolished and several people in-
jured.
Near Robinson, Il. T.. Potion was
struck by lightning and killed. AZ
Mascotah several houses were unroof;i
aud Mrs. Burns and baby badly In
JuTed.
The cyclone entering Missouri
struck successively the small towns OF
MAYHEM, Page City and Higgins
Vile where tfter doing considerable
damage II spent Its force. NJ e.
Joseph the cyclone caused considerable
damage. Several people were killed,
but most OF the people saw the storm
coming Ia time to get In cyclone caves
anu escaped injury.
Salem, Stanbruy, Steelvillc, ROMA,
Page City and other places report NOT
only the destruction Of property but
Ices o. life. Nevada, Mexico, and
various other Places report trees, out
houses, fences and roofs blown away.
The same IL true of southern and CEN
trai Illinois, Springfield, Quincy,
Jacksonville, CenIraiia, Oiney, Van
ualia, Cairo anu various other places
reporting barns anu other small build
iugs destroyed and much live stock
killed. No loss Of human life is re-
ported. Northern Arkansas also
suffered, though not TO 80 great an OK
tent. The property loss In 81. Louis
will he great, sggregating over 100000.
Tfains fiom nll sections were from one
To three hours late today. The death
list for tho state reaches over twenty
1.-Two anu IL cannot be foretold how
much II may he increased as COM
municatlon 10 re-established.
YPsILANTI IN RUINS.
DETROIT, April IA tornado struck
YpsilAuIl ABOUT O'Clock this evening
aud caused heavy damage in the busi-
ness Hett,un by demolishing nj the
buildings anu several residencer. 80
far as can be nscertained ut present
nobody was killed but quit, number
received injuries. 1t Is impossible 70
obtain any news from the town us I'll
the telegraph snd telephone wires are
down.
Royal Oak, small town ten or
twelve miles from Detroit on the DE-
ttoit, Grand Haven q Milwaukee rail-
road, had n small touch OF the Storm
Railroad men on incoming trains re-
mort that they were delayed near there
by cars being blown from the track.
Later.-'rhe following dispatch has
been received from Ypsilant: .a
The city "a In Iuins. A tornado
struck here tonight, sweeping every
thing In its path. Thousands Of dcllsrs
Of damage was done. The storm took a
strip through the business portion OF
town, moving houses from foundations
and railing others. Toe Cleary Busl-
mesa college and Curtis's carriage factory
ARE In ruins. Tho Hawkins House and
Occidental hotel were badly damaged.
and The roofs OF nall the stores blown
of. Twenty store frents were also
smashed. On Huron street the rubbish
Is piled ten feet high. Tho postofilce
building was demolished and mall Ia
scattered Ia the street. All Telegraph,
telephone and electric light wires are
down, leaving the city In complete
darkness. Everybody is up watching
his property that has been exposed Il
the storm. No owe wns hurt severely,
Many more dwellings In the residences
portion OF the city are down than a.
first supposed and the Tors OF property
is estimated now to reach $2OO,OOO OIL
more. The streets are torn up anC
blocked by fallen trees.
A SOUTHERN TOWN WRECKED AMI
BuRNEr.
TuEICA, Miles,, April l2.-A down
train this evening brings nows tina
the town Of Robintonville was com
pletely destroyed by cyclone thii
afternoon. Not v house was loft n tn,
town OF about 800 inhabitants, and nj
finishing touch to the destructive
horror, fire started and burned dow
all the buildings which were blown
down. The night operators wife wa
killed and the day operators v lie badly
injured. Tho cyclone swept the coun
try west anu east OF the fated villag'
md killed many pcOIlp. mostly col