Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-03-24
ID EDITION.
AT TER THE STORM.
Path of the Cyclone Marked by De-
struction.
THE BLIZZARD In The WEST.
Sinking of a Volcanic Mountain
Causes a Panic.
OTHER TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.
OTHER TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.
PATH OF THE CYCLONE.
Death and Destruction Left by the Furiou
Storm.

Death and Destruction Left by the Furious
Storm.
MEMPHIS, TENN, March 24-The path Of
the cyclone which entered Tennessee yesterday
afternoon in a southwesteriy direction from
Mississippi appears to have been about twenty
miles in width, although serious damage was
confined to q much smaller area
The wires are down in all directions There
is no telegraphic communication with Nash
vile and interve ming points and little news is
obtainable from places visited by the cyclone.
This city barely escaped. heavy rain fell
and high wind blew at the time the cyclone
ragged aud it became dark as night for thirty
minutes. Heavy damage was done to trees and
small outbuildings.
train from Birmingham, Ala, arrived late
last night and reports much damage between
here and Byhalla, twenty miles east
NOT A HOUSE ESCAPED.
At 2:so O'Clock this morning the wire at Kelly,
Miss, was tapped, and details telegraphed show
that the early reports were not exaggerated.
Not house escaped the storms fury and only
a few are left standing, and they are badly
damaged. The house of Roland Cox was lifted
bodily and blown away, not piece Of
timber being left. The house Of Robert
Stevens was leveled and is heap Of ruins.
The residence OF ID. n. Harris. a wealthy
planter, was wrecked and the houses Of four Of
belonging to S. Hudnell were blown down.
The wind INDUCED in queer freak with the
dwelling house OF W. c. Boggs. 1t formerly
faced north 1t still stand in damaged condi-
ton, but now faces south.
The report that Water Valley had been wiped
out and the inhabitants killed cannot be
authenticated and is considered canard. No
special trains have gone out from Memphis
HOUSES UNRooFED IN NASHVILLE
NASHVILLE. TENN, March PA severe
wind and rain storm swept over Nashville about
O'Clock last night, doing much damage in the
northern part of the city to roofs of outhouses
trees and insecure structures. In the central
part OF the city the only material damage done
was the unroohng of the residence on Spruce
street of Judge Wood, late third vice president
of the Louisville and Nashville railroad.
In South Nashville q store filled with people
was blown down and number were injured
but not badly, with the exception of one or
two, one of whom, a boy. Eugene Drumige
was killed, and the other. Will Drumige, will
not live. Wires north of the city are not work
ing and no news can be obtained as to the
extent of the storm.
WHERE THE STORM SPENT ITS FORCE.
vIcksBURG, Miss, March 2l-Additional
cyclone news received from passengers on the
midnight train from Memphis says 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 a
few citizens wounded.
At Tunica the court house was seriously
damaged, a church and other buildings
destroyed and a school house full Of negro chill
dren Was blown to pieces. Many of the chill
dren were hurt, but none killed. 1t will be a
day or two before the full extent Of the deltas
disaster is known.
DAMAGE AT BOWLING GREEN.
BowLISG GREEN, KY, March ga terrible
cyclone passed over this city last night at 7:45
O'Clock. Great damage was done. The Louis
vile and Nashville round house WAS totally
wrec ked. About fifteen engines of the Louis
willie and Nashville company we're badly dam
aged. No lives are thought to have been lost.
William Fords new building. one of the hand
soonest buildings in the city. was unroofed, as
were many others. There is much excitement
and it is an impossibility to get any details
PART OF AN INSANE HOSPITAL BLOWN DOWN.
EVANSVILLE, IND, March 24-This city
was visited by a terrible wind and rain storm
last evening, accompanied by some hail A
number of small buildings were blown down. A
part OF the southeast wing OF the Southern In
diana hospital for the Insane, located two
miles east OF this city, was blown down and one
patient injured. The depot building at the
hospital was also demolished and the wreck
blown across the track OF the Evansville Sub
urban and Newburg railroad.
LOSS OF LIFE AT ALEXANDRIA, IND.
ELwooD, ND, March 24.-Lsst night severe
wind storm passed just north Of this city, but
did no damage until it reached Alexandria, ten
miles east of here. on the Lake Erie and West
ern railroad. where it partially wrecked the
mammoth lamp-fiue factory of the Lippincott
Company. killing William Angel and his son.
aged ten years. who were crushed to death by
the falling timbers.
Reports up to this time are meager, but
Alexandria advices state that the loss will reach
several thousand dollars, which is fully covered
by insurance. ]
SINKING OF A MOUNTAIN.