The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-03-24
WHIRL OF CYCLONE.
1t Sweeps Villages From the
Ohio to the Gulf.
LOSS OF LIVES AND PROPERTY.


LOUISVILLE, March A.-At 2:30 q. m. .
report reached here that cyclone has
swept through Bowling Green tonight, do
Ing great damage. There is but one wire to
Bowling Green, . railroad wire. and the
company refused to allow any dispatches
TO be sent over it. It is not known
whether or not any lives were lost. and no
further articulars are obtainable tonight.
MEMPHIS. Tenn, March PA severe
storm swept across the Mississippi delta
yesterday morning, doing considerable
damage, and there were early reports
hour. a m, news from various points
indicates that while the storm was cy-
cionic. the early rumors of damages done
were exaggerated. One man 10 said to
have been killed ct Keily's, and another
injured BY falling building. The dam
age elsewhere was to property only. A
report that Water Valley had been wiped
out and the inhabitants killed can't be
authenticated and is considered q canard.
Special trains have gone out from Mem
phis.
NASHVILLE, Tenn, March IA severe
rain and wind storm swept over Nashville
about o'clock tonight. doing much dam
age in the northern part of the city to
roofs, trees and insecure buildings. In
the central part of the city the only mate
rial damage was the unroofing of the resi-
dence Of JudgeWood. In South Nashville
store filled with people was blown down
and . number injured. but not badly with
the exception of two. one of whom, . boy
named Eugene Drumright, was killed. and
another, Will Drumright, will not live.
ALI the wires north of the city are down
and no news can be obtained as to tho
extent of the storm.
lNDIANAPoLIs. March 23-At 8 80 O'Clock
tonight terrific storm struck the north
western part Of the city, and in its wake
lett many wrecked dwelling houses and
badly demolished manufa ctories. The
roof was blown of one building at the
new Cerealine works and it was other
wise badly damaged. The roof was
also blown of the Capital. City Cloth
Casket Company's three-story factory.
Hunreds of small dwellings were leveled
to the ground or badly wrecked. and sew
eral casualties were reported. The extent
Of the damage can not be Appropriated,
but it will reach many thousand dollars.
In the northeast part of town the front Of
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ney falling partly buried the wife of the
proprietor, who was in bed.
CHICAGO, March 9.-Tonight the wires
are almost worthless In every direction on
account of storms from Louisville. KY. to
New Orleans, and all through the South
the wires have not been in workable
condition since 8 O'Clock, and there il but
little prospect of securing news from that
direction tonight.
A severe sleet storm closed all wire COM
munication north from Chicago last night,
and it was not restored till late today.
Advices from various points show . severe
blizzard in Minnesota, Wisconsin and
Eastern Dakota, extending south into
Iowa and Nebraska Today's trains
throughout this territory were delayed BY
snow and storm.
MEMPHIS, March 23.-The Appeal-
Avalanche special from Tunica, Miss,
says: This afternoon . cyclone from tho
southwest struck this town and left
wreck and ruin in its wake. The Masonic
and knights Of Pythias handsome two
story frame building 10 total
wreck, while the Presbyterian church
and colored Methodist Episcopal
church were blown down. The
courthouse roof was blown off, and the
colored school building. . two-story frame,
was blown down on 150 children, and sew.
eral of them were badly hurt. but none
dangerously. Many other buildings were
badly damaged, and the losses are heavy.
A special from Cleveland, Miss, states
that q cloudburst and wlndstorm de-
stroyed considerable property in that
vicinity today, but no lives were lost.