The record-union., 1893-03-25
speciaI to the REcoRp-ux1oN.

KELLY (Nliss.), March 24-This morn
ing a thorough investigation was made
regarding the damage by the cyclone
yesterday, which showed matters worse
than expected. Kelly itself is only a
small place of about thirty houses, of
which twelve or fifteen were entirely
swept away. AS far as can be learned,
not house was left standing within the
scope of the cyclone. which ranged from
quarter to half a mile in width. Trees
were moved down as though a scythe
had clipped them. The injured are
Payne, a negro, badly bruised, being
crushed under his cabin. His wife was
crippled and internally injured. His
small baby had a foot smashed and his
eighteen-year-old girl had her head
crushed in and will die The other two
children escaped. Harriet Smith, COL
ored, was killed; Chris Burford, colored,
had his head smashed and will probably
die; Eph Mclaughlin, colored, had his
skull crushed. An eight-year-o boy
was injured internally and a child cut
and probably fatally injured. Several
others are reported injured. but full par
ticulars could not be learned.
Some of the losses are Harrison Smith,
barn blown down. The schoolhouse was
totally destroyed. On the Lemon IL
Gale farm there was not a house of any
description left standing. The store of
H. W. Mann was badly wrecked. The
house of Harry Dean was entirely blown
away and r. C. Goodrich's and Robert
Stevens dwellings were damaged.
SWEPT OVER KENTUCKY.
LOUISVILLE (<y.l, March PA heavy
! storm which passed over large section
OF the South last night did great damage
at Bowling Green and surrounding
country. The storm was in the nature of
a cyclone at Bowling Green. The roofs
of fifteen or twenty houses were blown
off. The most serious damage was to the
Louisville and Nashville roundhouse
! The storm struck the building, tearing off
the roof and leveling the brick walls with
the ground. The falling material did
serious damage to the engines inside.
An unfortunate colored man was unable
to make his escape, and was caught in the
debris and badly though not seriously in
jured. The loss on building and loco
motives is from $4,000 to 100000.
Among the roofs blown off at Bowling
! Green was that of the Warren County
| Courthouse.
| Passengers on the delayed fast express
on the Louisville and Nashville from the
South state that all along the road evil
dence OF the storm could be seen. Many
farm houses were noticed to be roofess,
and scores of stables and outhouses totally
! I,1n TEI,a II
the track at many points, but the section
men managed by hard work to keep the
track clear for the regular trains.
| The town of Rawlins was almost de-
| stroyed. The Postotfice building was
swept entirely away. The loss is Sf1 900.
y storehouse occupied by Stephens tS
Knox was demolished, and stock valued
at So, 900 ruined by rain. Isaac Hamilton
lost several tenement houses and store
rooms, besides having his residence
badly damaged. The Shelton House was
unroofed, as were other buildings near by.
Every house in Stanford was damaged.
]. w. Flowers residence, one mile from
town, was unroofed. j. Ii. Hyatrs house
was blown down, and Dudderar's Mill,
two miles away, was damaged.
At Murray, KY, twenty residences and
| fifty stables and barns were demolished.
/ Only one person, Miss AIine StabblefeId,
was seriously injured. A dozen were
| slightly hurt. The loss will reach S25, ,OO0
Much timber, fencing, etc., was also de-
stroyed.
THE STORM AT NASHVILLE.
! NASHVILLE, March 24.-One of the
most terrific wind and transforms in the
| history of Nashville swept over this citv
/ last night, uprooting trees and telegram
! poles in various parts. The greatest force
of the storm was felt in the northern part
of the city, where several houses were
unroofed. One occupied by w. f. Brad
ford was completely razed to the ground.
Bradford was taken from the ruins in a
badly bruised condition. Mcneil Drum
right, aged l3, who boarded with Brad
ford, was taken from the ruins in a
mangled condition and cannot live.
! Eugene Drumright, aged IS, and his
! brother Tom, were horribly mangled.
and were dead when found. 1t is feared
| that other people were injured or killed
| in the building. The roof of the grocerv
store of Mum IL Slightenthaler was
blown off, and the stock of goods totally
destroyed. The greenhouses of Marit-
schler were also totally destrooed. The
roof of the residence of Judge W, J..
! Wood was blown away, and the contents
of the house ruined In all, fifteen
! houses were damaged badly and de-
| stroyed. The loss will foot up in .he
! thousands.
CYCLONE IN INDIANA.
! INDIANAPOLIS, March PA cyclonic
storm visited Indiana last night. In this
/ city fifty houses were wrecked in one
/ neighborhood in the northwest portion
and many families are temporarily home
/ less.
| At Tuxedo, a suburb, many houses
were wrecked and several small ones
were carried away. Many residents
passed the night in cellars. The storm
was accompanied by heavy rain and
severe lightning.
The Cerealine mills in the northwestern
| part of town had the roof torn off and
two walls wrenched. The Capital City
coffin works were badly damaged and
many great trees were uprooted.
Advices from all parts of the State in
| dicate that much property was damaged
and some persons manned.
| No lives were lost here, and only few