New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-03-25
ITS PATH MARKED BY RUIN.
GREAT DAMAGE DONE By THE TORNADO
IN THE SOUTH
TIE WEIRLING wIND-SEvERAL PERSONS
KILLED AND LARGE NUMBER IN
JURED-FIvE HUNDRED PERSONS

HOMELESS AT KELLY. MISS.
Nashville, March PA destructive tornado
swept Tennessee last night, and not until this
morning could anything definite be learned.
One OF the buildings Of the biz State pnitentiary
was unroofel A two.story brick house IN North
Nashville was blown down, killing Alexander
and Eugene Drumright outright, AMI horribly dis
figuring \. I Bradford who was fatally hurt.
w. X. Wright, his wife and two children, who
were in the building were buried in the ruins and
were injured
In the central part Of the city the only material
damage done was the unroofing of the house, in
Spruccst-, Of Judge Wool. late third vice-prcsi-
dent Of the Louisville and Nashville road. A
heavy plate glass window In the Nicholson House
was broken by the wind The Episcopal Church
in N"wtown was smashed to kindng wool, and
the New Bethel BAPTIST Church, a brick bailding
in the Nineteenth District, was blown down.
Dcr1cn, 4 suburban town. Obtcrated by
the storm and fire. The damage to Nashville
property alone is over 81 1000 The tornado
poughcd its way down the Cumberland Valley
and destroyed property and life, but wires arc
down and little definite news can be learned
Memphis. March 24.--Thc path of the tornado
which entered Tennessee yesterday afternoon III
southwcstcriy direction from Mississippi appears
10 have been about twenty miles in width, al
though serious damage was confined to a much
smaller The wires arc down in all direc-
tions. There il tcegraphc communication
with Nashville and intervening points, and lttl"
news is obtainabc from places visited by the
storm. This city barely escaped 4 heavy rain
fell and a high wind blew at the time the tornado
ragged. and it bccam" az dark As night for thirty
minutes. Heavy damage was done to trees and
small ou,budings
4 ,naS rxybn fur hora fran Ea1, lisa
to-day reports that the town is swept away
The tornado struck IL yesterday afternoon at
3 o'clock Part of the station was torn away and
the telegraph poles wcic blown the tracks.
OF thirty houses fifteen swept away and
the rest were demolished. The hous.. Of Roland
Cox was lifted bodily and blown away, not
piece Of timber being left. The house Of Rob
ert Stevens was lcvcllcd and is in heap
Of ruins The home Of d. " Harris wealthy
PLANTER, was wrecked, and the houses Of four
Of his tenants were blown away. Three houses
lclonQinQ to 5. Hudncll were blown down. The
wind played a queer trick with the dwelling oi
W. C. Bogcs. II formerly faced north; it still
stands. in damaged condition. but now faces
south negro named Harris was killed. Georg"
Pavnc's skull was crushed his wifes arm was
broken and his five children were more or less
injured.
MIR shannon is the village school-teachcr and
ais, keeps small store He teaching when
he noticed signs OF an approaching storm. lie
dismissed the pupils and told them TO go home
as quickly as possible. Within five minutes the
schoolhouse had been torn 10 pieces by the VIM
Mr. Shannons grocery fared no better the enh
being blown away. Mrs. shannon, who was Ia
the store At the time, was raised from inc hoor
bv the wind and hurled through the door panel
Is.yond "A few bruises, she was not bahiy IN
inrrd 4 bale of cotton on the PLATFORM WIS
hlown 200 yards.
Meagrc reports have been secured from tho
country Yves, of Kelly. All the negro plantation
houses have been blown away and 1t Is said tha'
MANY Of the~, people have been killed lhre"
scboolbouses were blown down. hut no one was
killed East of Kelly the storm struck the
Ncmnhis and Charleston Railroad, and wrecked
n fright train near Germantown. Aronni Nelly
100 p.ope are homeless and are IN ned III"
track Of the tornado was half mile wide, ana
lis duration in Kelly was not greater thah io"i
minutes Tho report that Water NaI'S ia"
been wiped ont and the inhabitants Killed ca'
not bc authenticated, and Is considered cahar"'
, train which arrived here from Birmingham, Ala,
late last night reported much damage between
this city and Byhalia. twenty miles east
Louisyille. March 24.-A tornado swoop'd down
ON the town OF Rowland last night at IL 40
o'clock and almost entirely Destroyed ". INC
nos,otiice building was swept entirely away, To-
cether with all the mail some OF when was
found two miles of. The storehols" occuPi''
bv stephens d Knox was also demolished. lsa'c
Hamilton lost several tencmcnt-holis's ana s,orc'
rooms. besides having Lis home badly wrecked.
The Shclon House and the buildings attached To
il were unrooied
vicksburr March 24.-Passengers on the mid
i,bt train from Memphis said that the storm
.rcnt i,s force between Tunica and Shaw's sta
,ion. which are about seventy miles apart ana on
the raroad At Shaw's some stores were Dlowh
down and a few citizens were hurt. Az Ihhlca
,be courthouse was seriously damaged church
and otbrr buildings were destroyed and II school
housc full of negro children WAS blown 10 pieces,
MANY of the children being hurt, but no lives
being lost. min. . .,od,
nossod one mile north of Shubuta, Miss, going
southwest At Aristl Johnsons place tenement,
hou~. containing ten negroes was lc'eHcu anu
mile cast Of this two houses were blown down
Ten miles further east three tenement houses were
DESTROYED No one hurt III these houses
"IS B"wling Green, Ky. March PA tornado
passed over this city last night at Z :i5 O'Clock,
doing great damage The Louisville and Nash
willie round rouse was totally wrecked ann aoom'
nany's loss is estimated AT $4,000 to SlOO.oOo.
Ii is believed that no lives have been lost ABOUT
twenty buildings were unrooied, among them
thc courthouse and William Ford's house, which
is one Of the handsomcst in the city. D
81 Louis. March ga dispatch from Stan
ford Ky, SAYS that town was struck ny torn'uo
AZ il o'clock last night. Twelve houses were
wrecked and several persons slightly injured. The
loss lis about $4,000.
DEVASTATION WROUGHT IN INDIANA.
NAyy HOUSES BLOWN DOWN IN INDIANAPOLIS