Asheville daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1890-1900, 1893-04-13
WIND BLEW GREAT GUNS
DA AGE DONE IN SEVERAL
wESTEcRN STATES.
The wires Are Down and Fartic-
uIars Are RMard To Obta1n-Sev
eraI Towns BADLY Damaged
school Children Killed.

CHICAGO, April 13.-Tuesday nights
wind storm wrought such havoc with
telegraph wires that it is almost imPos-
sible to obtain particulars of the damage
done in the West. The destruction seems
to he widespread in the State OF Iowa.
Illinois, Nebraska, Kansas and Missouri.
Probably the greatest damage was done
in Iowa, although reports from Ne
braska Indicate that that State may lead
in loss of property and human life.
Along the line of the Chicago, Milwau-
kee & st. Paul railroad, in Iowa and
Nebraska tine storm cut wide swath.
The town of Akron, in the former State,
was wrecked, and Westfeld, few miles
distant, was badly demoralized.
Meagre reports from localities In the
interior show that the devastation was
general, although it's full extent will not
| be known for several days, owing to lack
of telegraphic facilities and the washing
out of country roads.
Continuing along the railroad in Ne
braska the storm swept up farm build
| ings, fences and bridges and finally
| swopped down on the town of Page
which it wrecked. At this point the
| first loss of life was reported, Mrs. Clara
|
rem were dangerously injured. and several
other persons were hurt.
| The storm travelled with great veloc-
ity. covering the 200 miles between
Akron and Page in an hour and halt.
Other damage was done father west,
but, owing to the complete prostration
of the telegraph wires, absolutely no
particulars are obtainable.
| INDIANAPOLIS, April 13.-Advices from
all over the State tell of heavy damage
Il T. 49,
night and Wednesday morning.
HIGGINsvILLE, Mo-, April 13.-1n the
path of the storm between Mayview
and Lexington, eight persons were killec
outright, and twenty five were wounded
Il JACKSON, Tenn. April 13.-This city
was struck by a cyclone at O'Clock
yesterday afternoon. Dozens of build
ings were wrecked; no lives were lost
Everything in the path of the storm wa:
levelied.
Ypsilanti, Michigan
YPsILANTI, Mich, April 13-This cit,
is in ruins. A cyclone struck here las
night coming from the southeast ant
sweeping everything in it's path. Th
storm took strip out of the busines
portion of the town, moving house
E. from their foundations, raz'ng the bus
{. ness college and Curtis carriage factory
e The Hawkins house and Occidental hott
{ | were badly damaged. The roofs of ha
e the stores were blown off Twenty stor
t fronts were smashed in. On Huro
: street the rubbish is piled ten feet higf
The post stoffice building was demolished
II and the mail was scattered in the stree
All telegraph, telephone and electric ligh
s wires went down. leaving the city /
t complete darkness. 1t is thought som
V persons were killed. The loss of proI
erty, it is now estimated, will reac
100000.
The report has reached here that IL
1. town of Saline in Washtenaw count.
nine miles west of here, was wiped OF
by cvclone last night Saline has
y population of 1900 or 400.
It A mississippi Town Destroyed.
t. TUNIcA, Miss, April 13.-Robiuso
y vile, ten miles north OF here was cor
r. pletely destroyed by a cyclone at A.
IL O'Clock yesterday afternoon. Not
Id house is left standing in the town
ce about 300 inhabitants. Lamps burnir
1e in the stores were upset and set
III houses on fire and all is ashes. Even
I'd depot building was not spared. 7
r. night telegraph operators wife w
r. killed and the day operators wife bad
d. injured.
ne The cyclone swept the country we
Mt and east of the fatal village and kill
VS. many people, mostly colored. 1t is
be ported that the colored school house
rn Indian creek one mile west of Rnb1nSC
r. vile was swept off and about IS CT
Y. dren were killed or are missing.