Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-03-30
DEATH BY WINDS,
twenty-five Persons Killed by yor,o
in the south

bLAA l. IL IL w LIN IN,
| twenty-five Persons Killed by Tor,a
i'll the south.
MEMPHIS, Tenn, March 24,-Tho
| destructive cyclone in the history OIL
section swept over Northern MissiSs;a
and Western Tennessee late W.
terday afternoon, leaving death ~
desolation in it's wake. Kelley NT;sa
a town of about 800 inhabitants w
wiped off the face of the earth ave.
building in the place being totally 4
molished. So far as is known two,,,
five people were killed outright All
about sixty injured.
The cylone reached Kelley about Q. 4
o'clock in the afternoon, suread;nN
havocin every direction. Long betorx
the wind struck the town strancn ID
mospheric condition was noticed Tbl
air grew very dark and then moen,n1
sound was heard and finally ereenisI
colored cloud was seen rapidly approach
ing from the southwest. The natb II
the storm was about half a mile wide
and everything within its course vs
picked up like straw and dashed III
pieces. Large houses were crushed
like egg shells, while giant forest trea1
were uprooted and the trunks picked
up by the whirling wind and carried foI;
miles.
The public school building was tho.
first to go down before the storm. Tha3
pupils had been dismissed but g few'
minutes before and most Of them had
left the building, which fact pre-
vented an appalling loss OF life. Il
Several of the children werel
caught in the ruins, however, and
crushed to death. A row of framed
buildings was next to fall prey to thel
cyclones fury, and with loud and
deafening roar they we're literally tornl
to kindling wood and the fragments
scattered over wide area.
VICKsBURG, Miss, March 24.-CycloneI
news received from passengers on the
midnight train from Memphis say that!
the storm spent its force between
Tunica and Shaw's station, which are
about seventy miles apart and on the
railroad. At Shaw some stores
were blown down and q few citizens,
wounded. At Tunica the courthouse
was seriously damaged, church and
other buildings destroyed and a school
house full Of negro children was blown
to pieces. Many of the children were
h,,% Ii will hn lo,
or two before the full extent Of
the delta's disaster is known.
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, March "a "A
storm of the proportions of cyclone
visited Indiana about O'clock this
morning and left devastation and SUI
fering in it's track. In Indian"
apolis fifty houses were wrecked
in one neiehborhood, in the
northwest portion. Many families
were rendered temporarily homeless.
The magnitude of the storm was not
known until day dawned. At Tuxedo,
suburb, many houses were wrecked
and several of the smaller ones were
carried away. Many Of the residents
pdbS6u Vic ulEuG III tH6lI Co4lalo'
The storm was accompanied by heavy
fall of rain and fantastic play OF light
ming. The ceraline mills on the north
western edge Of the city, three-story
brick, suffered much damage, its walls
being Wrenched and the roof torn oil.
One employee received broken leg.
The Ca pitol City Coffin Mill lost its
first story, and $50 men are made
idle. Along Fall Creek dozens Of giant
trees were uprooted. Advices from ak
parts of the state indicate much prop
erty damaged and some persons
manned. The loss, while not accurate
ly known in this city, will amount to
many thousands of dollars. No lives
were lost in this city end Only a few IN
iured and those not seriously.
At Loogootee the three-story Touring
mill was wrecked and part of the debris
was thrown against the Central Hotel
The Catholic Church and the City hotel
were also badly damaged. The loss on
the Touring mill will reach several
thousand dollars.
AT Evansville the south wing Of the
Southern Indiana Insane Asylum was
damaged and the suburban railway
depot was blown down.
At McCordsville the farm house on
James McCord was blown to pieces ana
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