The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-03-29
THE INDIANA TORNADO.

hAhth 10 NhiuaDlt property ana sew
eral Lives Lost.
ANDERSON. March 24-LSpecial. The
hurrican which swept over the northern
part of this county last night did much
damage at Alexandria. The south end of
the Lippencott lamp fue was crushed in by
the gale and one, Mr.. William Angel, was
killed outright and a dozen more glass
blowers were badly injured. The build
ing collapsed at fortunate time, for had
1t occurred ten minutes sooner or that
much later the casualties would have
been much greater, as the night shift
umbering some 100 men or more was Just
coming on and the factory would have
been full of Workmen. The loss to
the Lippencotts will exceed $4,000.
ANDERSON. March 4-LSpecial Con
ductor Finfrock reports q strange ex-
perience during the storm while his train
was plugging along between Middletown
and this city. The lightning flashed in a
threatening way. Immediately following
a terrific peal of thunder the straneest
feeling WAS experienced by all who were
in the rear coach. The lightning seemed
to play hide and seek all over the car, and
zigzagged about the windows In a way
tAAab 0NCfN Uubs AlAtI luS
electrical phenomena had subsidized il was
noticed that the glass on the north side OF
the ear had been cracked IN a thousand
different places. Conductor Finfrock de-
scribes the sensation as that of lot OF
brush rubbing against the side of the car.
BROOKLYN, March 24-ISpecial. "A
very destructive cyclone passed through
this place last night about o'clock and
was of about ten minutes duration. A
great deal of damage was done to houses.
barns, chimneys, trees, fences and out
buildings. No loss of live is reported
The following is a partial list of damage:
Franklin Landers large grain and stock
barn is roofless. and be has not 500 feet
of fence standing on his farm; trees fell
all around his large brick house. j. M.
Monical is short barn roof and the cor.
ner of his dwelling was crushed by fall
ing tree. At Bethany park grounds things
are torn ND generally. The Tabernacle is
blown out of line and almost off its foun-
dation. The Butler university building is
wrecked, but Is still standing. The pa
valion on tine hill is fiat on the ground
At Centerton, two miles west of here the
new dwelling of j. Maxwell is off It's
foundation, and be is also short a wood
house. At Campbells, six box cars were
blown from the switch and turned over.
MARTINsvHLE, March 24.-TSpecial. +
There was a veritable tornado here Thurs
dav night. = IL was the severest wind
storm that has ever struck Martinsville.
and the damage found this morning can
not fall short of SS5 900. The weather and
wind had been calm all day. and to the OBJ
server not assisted by the facilities for pre-
dieting accurately the weather 10 come,
there was no indication that anything I'M
usual would trsnspire But the unusual.
1t might be said the extraordinary, did
occur. The weather report Thursday was
correct. The storm it predicted, however,
far exceeded what they supposed. Occa-
sionally Thursday there were local rains.
About 8 O'clock in the evening il began
raining very hard, accom- panied by very
strong and irregular winds. Until s 80 the
winds increased and it was at that time
the damage began.
GREENFIELD, March "a. - Especial. I
Scattering reports from all parts OF the
county recsivsd today of last evenings
wind and rain storm indicate a vast de-
struction of property. The new farm resi-
dence of James McCord. near McCords-
vile, this county was badly demoralized
and Mrs. McCerd was probably fatally in
jured by flying fragments A frame
dwelling on the farm Of the Hon. David ).
Gooding, adjoining the city, was split in
to two parts and partly separated from its
foundation. The Gibbs s. Thomas hard
ware store. filed with farming implements.
barn belonging 20 John Wilson and =
gas well derrick were totally wrecked and |
a storage building at the bottle glass W orks |
twisted from its foundation. Many farm |
fences were leveled, barns unrooiOd and |
otherwise delapidated.
ViNCENNEs. March 24.-[Special. lone |
of the worst storms ever known here
swept over Washington and Palmyra |
townships last night. Some of the finest |