Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-03-24
TOWNS WIPED OUT BIZ THE WIND.
A Storm Of Unusual Violence In the South
and West.

and West.
A cyclone swept over northern Mississippi
and western Tennessee late yesterday after
noon. leaving ruin in its wake. Tunca, Miss,
was blown away and several people are reported
killed and injured The Masonic and Knights
of Pythias building is total wreck. The white
Presbyterian Church and the colored Methodist
Episcopal Church were blown down. The
court house roof was blown cff the school for
negro children. in which were $50 children, was
wrecked and several Of them were badly hurt
A number OF other buildings we're badly dam
aged. The damage will reach into the thou
sands.
Well-authenticated reports say the town Of
Tupelo. Miss. the home Of Congressman John
Allen, was destroyed by the storm. The little
town of Kelly. fifteen miles from Memphis,
on the Memphis and Birmingham railroad. WAS
wiped out during the same storm. No lives
lost.
IN KENTUCKY.
1t is also reported that the cyclone de-
wasted Bowling Green. Ky. All wires are down
to that point and nothing definite can be
learned concerning the disaster.
The telegraph wires in every direction were
twisted into tangles and communication with
the storm-swept localities was exceedingly diff
cult and unsatisfactory. Trains from the east
reaching the city late in the afternoon and
evening brought reports of widespread de-
struction.
The Birmingham train, due in Memphis at
$50 o'clock. could not get to Memphis until
after o'clock men being compelled to chop
and remove trees of the track between there and
Kelly, which is about fifteen miles from
Memphis.
The swath OF the storm as it crossed the
Kansas City, Memphis and Birmingham road
seemed TO embrace a territory between Cooper
vile and Olive Branch. Dozens of houses.
huge trees and barns were RACED to the ground
by the violence of the storm.
The full extent of the damage is not known.
but the loss OF property will go into the hun
dreds Of thousands. Trainmen on the Kansas
City. Memphis and Birmingham railroad report
that Kelly, Miss. was wiped off the face of the
earth. not a soul being left to tell the tale. A
special train left Memphis for Kelly at $50
p. m.
A severe wind blew down several houses at
Charlottesville, Ark.
STORM AT INDIANAPOLIS.
A wind storm Of remarkable violence visited
indianapolis last evening, doing, so far as can
be learned, about S100, 900 damage and injur-
ing two persons. The damage confined to
the suburban district northwest. One of the
big mills Of the Cerealine Company was I'M
rooted and the roof In falling struck Charles
Myers, a workman, breaking his leg The
tulfu story OF tue Indianapolis CONN factory
was blown of. Next to the factory is a board
ing house, owned by Charles Benhke, which
was unroofed, and Mrs. Benhke had her foot
crushed.
DAMAGE IN MISSOURI.
just as day was breaking yesterday morning
the farmers near Salisbury, No., were suddenly
aroused by terrible roar and q tornado of
tremendous power had swooped down on them
from the northwest. In twinkling houses,
barns and outhouses were unroofed and some
of them totally destroyed and orchards we're
leveled to the ground and scores Of gardens and
fields OF spring crops were laid waste.
In one place a tract Of forest embracing
nearly four acres of magnificent timber was
laid fiat on the ground. Trees were bent like
straws and huge trunks we're carried for many
hundred yards by the wind and strewn across
roads and fields. In the city the shock was not
felt 30 severely, though the thunder Of the
passing storm was something frightful.
Many scattered fragments Of wreck, flying
branches of trees and other debris struck
houses and shattered windows. The residence of
Mrs. Gum. in the southwest part of the city,
was just within the edge of the tornado and
was completely wrecked, and gust Of wind
carried off the roof and the next demolished
the structure. The family escaped by taking
refuge in the cellar. Near by was stable con-
tanning eight horses and other stock, and all
were killed and the stable scattered in all di-
rections
The storm was followed by heavy rains. Tho
town Of Nevada also felt the tornado, several
houses being unroofed, and one corner of the
State Insane Asylum No. 3 was torn of.
creating q panic among the inmates. Dozens
Of farm buildings were also destroyed and
hundreds of head of stock killed.