The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-04-14
WILD WORK OF THE WIND
HEAVY LOSS OF LIFE INTHE PATH
OF The STORM

Reported Wiped Out of Existence.
Ypsilanti Also a sCene of Great
Destruction.
TUN1CA, MISS, April 13-The down
train at 6 o'clock yesterday evening brought
news that the town of Robinsonville, ten
miles north of here, was completely de-
stroyed by a cyclohe at 4:30 o'clock yester~
5sv afternoon. Not house is left in the
town of about 800 Inhabitants, and as a
finishing touch to the destructive horror
Iarnps burning in stores set the houses a-hre
and all are in Gshes. Even the depot build
ing was not spared. The night operators
wife was killed, and the day operators
wife was badly injured.
All the wires are down, and no cOmmuni-
cation can be had save by way of Vicks-
burg and jackson. The cyclone swept the
country west and east of the fated village
aud killed many people. mostly colored.
Iti reported that "a colored school house
on Indian Greek, one mile wesu of Robin
sonville was swept Off and that about
twenty-five children were killed or are
missing. The teacher, a woman who mar
rowly escaped with her pupils about three
weeks ego in cyclone at Tunica, was
killed.
HEAVY DAMAGE AT JACKSON.
JACKSON, TENN, April 13.-This city
was struck by a Cyclone at o'clock Yester-
were wrecked. There was no loss of life,
though a number of persons we're slightly
injured. Everything in the path of the
storm was levelsd, but the extent of the
damage in the rural districts cannot be
learned. y
YPsILANTI IN RUINS.
DETROIT, April 13.-The following dis
patch was received from Ypsilanti at 12:45
O'Clock this morning: This city ia IN ruins.
A cyclone struck here tonight, coming
from the southwest, and sweeping every
thing in its path. Thousands OF dollars of
damage was caused by it. The storm took a
strip through the business portion Of the
town, moving houses from their foundR-
tions and raZing Others. ClaTa's Business
College and Curtis carriage factory are in
ruins. The Hawkins house and Occidental
hotel are badly damaged. The roofs Of
half the stores are blown off. Twenty store
fronts were smashed in. On Huron street
rubbish is piled 10 feet high. The postoftice
building was demolished and the mail scat
tered in the street. All the telegraph, tele-
phone and electr,G light wires are down,
leaving the city in complete darkness.
Everybody is up watching property that
has been exposed to the storm. No one wes
hurt severely The loss Of property will
reach 5000, 900 or mors.n
The indications are that the reports Of
the destruction OF the town OF Saline, nine
mies north of Ypsilant, are true. Moth
ing has been heard from there since last
night Just before the cyclone.
TENsAs PARISH DEVASTATED.
NEW ORLEANS. April 13. = A cyclone
struck Tensss parish, in North Louisiana,
last evening and did great damage, de.
Btroying many houses. barns, gins
and quarters. One negro was
killed in the neighborhood of st. Joseph
aud several women were severely injured.
Reports are slowly reaching points Of COM
70 ba hot bas haa-
much loss Of property.
A NEGRO GIRL KILLED.
BROWNSVILLE, TENN, April 19.-A se-
we're storm struck Shepsrds, q small station
about seven miles southwest of here, yester-
day afternoon, and totally demolished all
the houses there. Everything was de-
strOyed except the railroad tank A negro
girl was killed and several persons are res
ported injured
No damage was done in this city, but
houses and barns in other portions Of the
county were destroyed.
HEAVY LOSS OF LIFE.
HIGGINsvILLE, Mo, April 13.-En tho
path Of the storm between Mayview and
Lexington eight persons were killed out
right, three more will probably die from
their wounds and twenty-five were
wounded.
SALINE WIPED OUT.
YPsTLANTI, MICH. April ia report
has reached here that the town OF Saline, in
Nsshtenow county, ten miles south of here
was wiped out by cyclone last night
Saline is on the Lake Shore and Michigan
Southern railroad and has population Of
200 or l 400.
MANY KILLED IN MISSOURI.
ST. LOUIS, April 19.-The latest reports
from the cyclone in Missouri show persons
KILLED at Hawkins Bank and 81 seriously
injured, of whom will die; at Lexington
dead and fatally injured; at Stanberry
dead and fatally injured at Steelton z
dead; at Page City one dead and fatally
injured.
SEVEN KILLED AT COUDsAY.
SALE, Mo-, April 13.-Seven persons
we're killed and Z seriously injured at
Coudsay in Wednesdays cyclone.
HOUSES DEMOLISHED IN ARKANSAS.
VAN BUREN, ARK, April 13.-A full
nedged hurricane passed east and west of
mere last night; tearing down houses. barns,
Iences and trees. AT Wan in Indian ter
rltory, forty miles west OF here, stores and
telegraph poles were Ieveled. All trains
are delayed from two to ten hours.
TWENTY-FIVE HOUSES IN RUINS.
WASHINGTON, April 13.-In the cyclone
IN tho vicinity OF Dundee, Mich, twenty
aVo houses and thirty barns we're destroyed.
one woman was killed aud a number of
people badly hurt.
BURNED TO DEATH.
, ROYAL OAK, MICH. April 13.-Among
Tue Tue houses wrecked was one belonging to
christian Brick. Brick and his wife we're
oaught III the wreck, which took fire, and
'ley were burned to death.
a WOMAN KILLED.
CLARKsvILLE. MIcB., April 13-One
woman was killed by the cyclone here.
SEVENTEEN KILLED AT ROBINsONvILLE.
MEMPHIS. TENN, April 13.-Seventeen
people we're killed au RobinsOnville, Miss,
W Yesterdays cyclone and nalf hundred
Wounded A few minutes after the tornado
e,ruck the town fire broke out in the debris
VI Chinese laundry and mass of wreck
eye caught fire and burned all
inI!ight and to-day. Several bodies OK those
SI!Iel by falling houses were burned to a
olSP. Two clouds, one from the east and
Vue from he west. met ever the town aud
ttuen began rotary motion which tore up
s.uses mouses and snapped huge trees ike pipe
SsSeHS. The cyclone moved west from the
-nls'lsslppt river distance OF seven miles
~uu swept all before it,
Nrs Emma Lusk, wife of the night
Spe'ator, was IN her house with her hus-
aaad and three children. The husband