The record-union., 1893-03-24
Special to the REcoRD-UNrox.

! MEMPHIS (Tenn.), March 23.-An Ap-
peGl-A Uatdnche special from Tunica.
Mississippi, says that this afternoon
! cyclone from the southwest struck that
town and left wreck and ruin in its wake.
Inc Masonic and knights of Pythias
lodges, handsome two-story frame
building, is a total wreck. A white Pres
byterian church and colored Methodist
Episcopal Church were blown down.
The courthouse roof was blown off, and
colored school building and two-story
frame blown off down on one hundred
and fifty school children, and several of
them were badly hurt, but none seriously.
Many other buildings were badly dam
aged. The losses are heavy.
a special from Cleveland. Miss, states
that cloudburst and wind-storm de-
stroyed considerable property in that
vicinity to-day. No lives were lost.
Well authenticated reports say that the
town of Tupelo, Miss, the home of Con-
gressman John Allen, was destroyed by
a severe storm to-day.
The little town of Kelly, fifteen miles
from Memphis. on the Memphis and Bir-
mlngham Railway, was wiped out during
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tlcuIars not obtainable at present.
SEVERE WIND AT NASHVILLE.
NASHVILLE (Tenn.), March pa Sc
we're wind and rainstorm swept over
Nashville about o'clock tonight, doing
much damage in the northern part of the
| city to roofs. trees and insecure buildings,
In the central part of the city the only
material damage was the unroofng OF the
| residence of Judge Wood. In South
! Nashville store filled with people was
blown down and a number injured, none
badly with the exception of two, one of
whom, boy, Eugene Drumright, was
killed, and the other, Will Drumright,
will not live. All the wires north of the
city are down, and no news can be OBJ
talned as to the extent of the storm.
| STORM IN THE NORTHWEST.
| CHICAGO, March ga severe sleet-
storm closed all wire communication
north from Chicago last night, and it was
not restored till late to-day. Advices
! from various points show a severe biz
zard in Minnesota, Wisconsin and East
ern Dakota. extending south into Iowa
and Nebraska to-day. Trains through
out this territory are delayed by snow.
TRANSFORMS.
| KANSAS CITY, March 23.-Dispatches
| from Kansas and Missouri state that
| severe transforms ragged over those States
last night. The crops were greatly bene-
! fitted. At Oklahoma City a number of
buildings were blown down and several
burned by lightning.
! NOT so BAD AS AT FIRST REPORTED.
!
ing reports coming to Memphis from
points in West Tennessee and Northern
Mississippi, indicate that the cyclone
whirled up the Mississippi Valley from
the southwest, crushing and sweeping
away everything III its mad path. Tho
! telegraph wires in every direction were
twisted and tangled, and communication
with the storm-swept localities is exceed
ingly difficult and unsatisfactory. Trains
from the East reaching the city late in
the afternoon and evening brought re-
ports OF widespread destruction. Pas
sengers on the Yazoo and Mississippi
Valley train told of the destruction of
Tunica, Miss.
The Birmingham train, due in Mem
phis at $50 o'clock, could not get to
! Memphis until after o'clock, the men
being compelled to chop and remove
trees off the track between here and
Kelly.
The swath of the storm as it crossed
the Kansas City, Memphis and Birming-
ham Road, seemed to embrace the terri
tory between Caperville and Olive
Branch. Dozens of houses, huge trees
and barns were raZed to the ground by
the violence of the storm. Trainmen of
the Kansas City, Memphis and Birming-
ham Road report that Kelly, Miss, was
wiped off the face of the earth.
News from various points indicate that
while the storm was cyclonic, early
rumors of damages done were exagger-
ated. One man is said to have been
killed at Kelly's, and another injured by
falling building. The damage else
where was to property only. The report
that Water Valley was wiped cut ana the
inhabitants killed cannot be authenti-
Gated, and is considered canard.
STORM AT INDIANAPOLIS.
INDIANAPOLIS, March 23.-At $50 to-
night terrific storm struck the north
western part of this city, and in its wake
left wrecked dwelliug-houses and badly
demolished manufactures. The roof was
blown off one of the buildings of the
new cerealine works and it was other
wise damaged badly. The roof was also
blown off the Capital City Cloth Casket
Company's three-story factory. Hun
dreds of small dwellings were either
leveled to the ground or badly wrecked,
and several casualties are reported. Tho
extent of the damage cannot be approxi-
mated, but it will reach many thousands
of dol rs. In the northeast part of town
the front of saloon was blown down,
and, the chimney falling. partly buried
the wife of the proprietor, who was in
bed.
GREAT DAMAGE IN KENTUCKY.
LOUISVILLE, March 24.-2:30 A. MA
report has just reached here that cyclone
swept through Bowling Green tonight,
doing great damage. There is only one
wire to Bowling Green, the railroad wire,
and the company refuse any dispatches
to be sent over ii. 1t is not known
whether or not any lives were lost, and
no further particulars are obtainable to-
night.
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Another Bomb Exploded.
ROME, March 23.-A bomb exploded
in the street back of the Universita Della