The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1893-04-18
WORK OF THE CYCLONE.
THE TERRIBLE STORMLNTHE VEST
ERN STATES TUESDAY.
Nhe Loss OF Life is Very Heavy-The storm
in Iowa. Indiana and Nebraska-Great
Damage to Property is Reported.

Kansas Clty, ApTil
tion gradually becomes opened up WIN 'iie
small towns and hamets through Kansas
and Missouri which were cyclone swept
yesterday and the news always making adj
ditions to the lists of lives and property Is
received the real extent of the storm be
comes known. 1t is impossible to get the
names of the victims, however, ana III most
Instances the accounts OF destruction
wrought are incomplete. Even III soiiic
ploces where communication has been re-
stored news is not available. The stricken
citizens are engaged with the important
duty of caring Iur the injured. the care
of the dead and putting tUES'hct "li''s "t''
once their happy homes. Fifteen people are
known to have been killed; thirty or forty
were injured while nUnlbeTiess houses as
well us smaller property. were de:.'o!eu us
HIuch stock also killed. trui' .le re
were broken and twisted and hay sGichs
xvere scattered in ali directions. ana some
anxiety is felt lest there be shortage III
fodder.
Path of the Storm.
In Kansas the area OF the storm was
Nbounded by three tiers of counties from tne
aastern border, nearly every county SUI
gearing more or less, Montgomery county, III
file extreme southeastern portion, suffering
the most Parker, hamlet ten nnieS Sou'h
of Independence, was almost tOtaiiy ue
sstroyed Many houses Were demolished ana
many others were badly wrecked. Walnut,
p village in Crawford. also IN the south
taastern norton of the state. suffered severe
1y in wrecked houses, but there was no
aoss of life. y meager dispatch FROM 1iioI
nioce states that it is feared that the loss
OF life in the outlying county ulStfictS mas
been great I'll,
Thr0ughout Brown county, in the north,
psst norton of the state. the storm created
great havoc. Several towns We're more or
less damaged and many lives are reported
a0St.
Most of the people saw the storm com
ing in time to get into their cyclone caves
and escaped injury. The loss here VIII
amount to thousands OF dollars. Inc dam
age to crops over both states Will be great
Fortunately in most places IN Kansas, the
corn had not been planted; had 1t been, Ii
would surely have been washed out.
At Coudray, II small mining town. great
havoc wa, wrought The latest report from
shcre shows six killed outright three have
died since Of their injuries. and of the fifty
icr more injured it is thought at least
twelve will die.
: Ssi-sissippi Town Ruined.
New Orleans. April 1.-THE Times-Dcm-
.ncrat's Ncksburg, Miss, special says: Con
s6uctor Thomas, of the YaZoo and Mlssls-
sippi Valley railroad wires here tonight:
4l"ihe entire town of Robnsonville. Coaho-
ma county. was swept away by cyclone
..hout $50 O'Clock this evening. All the
Fperhaps some white men are buried in the
ruins. The depot was completely destroy
ed and the night operators wife killed.
IA colored child was also killed. Only two
houses are left standing.
Nc down train at i o'clock this evening
hriugs the news that RobinSonyile. ten
suiles north of here. was completely de-
stroyed by a cyclone at 4:3O O'Clock this
evening Not house Is left III the town
of 300 inhabitants and rs finishing touch
horror lnmnS
were burning in the stores owing TO the in
Tense darkness when the storm came, set
che houses on fire and all is in ashes. Even
Che depot building was not spared. The
might operators wife was killed and the
s19y operator wife was badly injured
lkll the wires are down and no communica-
1ioD can be had save by way of Nicksburg
end Jackson. The cyclone swept the coun-
.9ry west and east of the fated village and
KILLED many people, mostly col0red One
,colored schoohouse at Indian Creek. one
.1nile west of Robinsonville, was swept off
and about twenty-five children are killed
and missing The teacher, a woman, who
itlarrowly escaped with her pupils about
three weeks ago in the cyclone at Iunica
was killed. The people of 1unica are try
sag to get assistance to their suffering
neighbors but 50 far have been unable to
get Il train. Some are preparing to leave
on hand cars. The night is intensely dark
and it is raining. No damage at Tunica.
the face of the earth today by cyclone
The reports of the calamity are that the
cyclone struck the town shortly after t
O'Clock this afternoon and every house III
She place. with two exceptions, was blown
down. The report also gives the number
dead as seven. The town was located on Il
Branch of the Iazoo and Mississippi Valley
TUad.
Cyclone In Tennessee.
jackson Tenn. April This city
ht- al y n clock
this afternoon and dozen OF buildings
were wrecked. There was 10 loss of life,
Enough number of persons were slight!
injured. Everything III the path of tie
rural districts cannot be learned. =.
Tn Ohio, }nt, :an;:, Iowa and Nebraska.
Chicago, April 12.-LaSt nights storm
wrought such havoc with the telegraph
wires that it Is almost impossible To obtain
particulars of the damage done in the west,
where the destruction seems to have been
general and widespread in the states of
iowa, Illinois, Nebraska. Kansas and Mis-
souri,
Meagcr reports from localities in the in
terror show that the devastation is wide
spread, although its full extent will not be
4,lOWn for several days, owing to lack of
JeieGraphlc facilities; and the washing out
Of the country roads, rendering communi-
cation difficult and in many eases impoSsi-
.3lle. Continuing along the railroad in Ne
braska, the storm swept up farm buildings.
fences and bridges and finally Swooped
doen upon the town of Page, which it
wrecked
At this point the first loss of life was re-
ported, ALEsA Clara Aiagee being the victim.
Tier two children were dangerously injured.
Several other persons Were hurt The
storm Travelled with great velocity, covering
two hundred miles between Akron and
Gage III an hour and Il half
Heavy Ions Indiana
Indianapolis, .<pril 12-Advices from
over the stnte tell of heavy damages and
loss Of life By the storm of last night and
slIis morning
Ard Out in Michigan.
Gpsiianti, Mich, April PA T:30
and wiped out the business section. The
damage Is heavy.
i;uj::s at Ypsilanti.
Ypsilanti, Mich. April 1f-This city to-
Gay is i'll lamentah!e condition and bus
mess is suspended owing TO the havoc caus-
Ell by the raiustorm. Almost alI
of the principal block-stores, the opera
house, poStoiiice, hotel and several dwell
iugs- were either demolished or badly dam
aged. Houses were lifted from their founda-
lions, buildings were unroofcd and walls
tumbled into the streets IL mass of ruins
In some places The debris is piled fifteen
feet high Al tie electric light and other
wires are blown down and tonight the city
is in darkness. The heavy rain that fol
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