The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-03-25
THE CYClONE's woRE.

Sot the Initial number.
THE CYCLONE's WORK.
A Sad state Of Affairs Exists in the
Storm Area.
LOUISVILLE, KY, March 2A-The heavy storm
which passed over . large section Of The South
last night did great damage at Bowling Green
and the surrounding country. The storm was
In the nature Of . cyclone at Bowling Green,
where the roots Of fifteen or twenty houses were
blown Oh. The most serious damage was to the
Louisville 4 Nashville roundhouse The storm
struck the building, tearing of the roof and
lsveling the brick wallis with the ground. The
falling material did serious damage to the en-
gfnes inside. The loss on the building and
locomotives was $4,000 to 100000. Among the
roofs blown of at Bowling Green was that OF
the Warren county courthouse.
Passengers on the delayed fast express on the
Louisville & Nashville from the south stated
that along the road evidence Of the storm could
be seen. Many farm houses were noticed to be
roohess. Trees were blown down across the
track ct many points, but the section men man.
aged BY hard work to keep the track clear for
the regular trainA The town Of Rollins was
almost destroyed. The postofnce building was
swept entirely away. The loss 10 &4l.O0O.
A storehouss occupied by stephens 4
Knox was demolished, aud the entire
stock, valued at 5000, ruined by
rain. Isaac Hamilton lost several tenement
houses and sto,er0oms, besides having his resi-
dence badly damaged. The Shelton house was
unroofed. - were other buildings near by.
Every house in Stanford was damaged. J. W.
Flowers residence, one mile from town, was
unroofed. ]. H. HATS house was blown down
and Duddsfsr's mill. two miles away, was dam
aged. At Murray, KY, twenty residenceo and
dfty stables and barnes were demolished. Only
one person, Miss Alice Stubbleheld. was seri-
ously injured, but dosen others were slightly
injured. The loss will reach $25o,0O0. Much
timber, fencing, etc.. were also destroyed.
NASHVILLE, Tenn, March 24.-The greatest
force OF the storm last night was felt In the
northern part of the city. where several houses
were unroofed, one occupied by w. F. Bradford
being completely levelsd to the ground. Brad
ford was taken from the ruins in q badly
bruised condition. Tho roof of the grocery
store Of Mum Slightenthaler was blown of and
the stock OF goods destroyed. The greenhouses
Of NJ Tritschler were also destroyed.
KELLY, Miss, March 2A-This morning .
thorough investigation was made regarding the
damage done by the cyclone yesterday, which
showed that matters were worse than had been
expected. Kelly itself is only Q small place Of
about thirty houses, Of which twelve or fifteen
were entirely swept away. A. far a. can be
learned, not house was left standing within
the scope of the cyclone, which ranged from .
quarter to . half mile in width. Trees were
moved and blown down - though . scythe had
clipped them. Following Il . list OF the killed
and fatally injured:
HARRIET SMITH. colored, killed.
MISS PAYNE. = colored girl. aged ID year,
fatally injured. her head having been crushed.
CHRIS BURYORD. coloreds fatally injured his
head having been crushed.
CHILD or jim PAYNE, fatally cut
The other injured were:
Pete Payne, . negro, badly bruised, being
crushed under his cabin: his wife crippled and
internally injured; small baby, foot smashed:
Eph Mclaughlin, colored: Jim Payne, skull
crushed; his S-yesr-old boy, injured internally.
Several others were reported to have been in
Some Of the losses are: Harrison Smith, barn
blown down; school house totally destroyed
On the Lemon & Gale farm not house Of any
description was left standing. The store of c.
W. Mann was BADLY wrecked. The house OF
Harry Dean was entirely blown away. r C.
Goodrich's and Robert Stevens dwellings were
damaged.
MOBILE, Ala, March 2A-Early this morning
q cyclone passed one mile north OF 6hubuta.
Miss, going southward At Ariosta, Johns
Place, tenement house containing several ne.
groes was leveled: two negroes were killed and
three injured. One mile east Of town houses
wers blown down, and ten miles farther east
three tenement houses were destroyed. but no
one was hurt In all fifteen houses were dam
aged badly or destroyed.
VINCENNRs, Ind. March 2A-A terrible tor
nado passed through this county last evening,
and houses, barns. trees, fences, etc. were laid
low for Q distance of twelve miles Several
thousand dollars worth of property was de-
stroyed.
ALEXANDRIA. Tenn, March A-A tornado
struck this city last night, damaging residences.
glass factory. The building was crushed down
on the machinery and employees. The damage
exceeds 5000. John Angle. 1r., was instantly
killed: Frank McShafery. Peter Halon, Arrest
Fry, James Branham and others were injured
seriously.
INDIANAPOLIS, March IA cyclonic storm
visited Indiana last night In this city ffty
houses were wrecked In one neighborhood in
the northwest portion and many families are
temporarily homeless. At Tuetto, q suburb.
many houses were wrecked and several
small ones were carried away. Many
residents passed the night In the cellar.
Tho storm was accompanied by . heavy
rain and severe lightning. The Cereal mills.
In the northwestern part of the city, had the
roof torn OF and the walls wrenched. The
Capital City Comm Works were badly damaged.
Many great trees were uprooted. Advices from
all pa.ts OF the state indicated that much prop
erty had been damaged and some persons
manned. No lives were lost here Only few
were injured. At Loogootee the Touring mills,
Catholic church and city hall were badly dam.
aged At Evansville the south wing OF the
insane asylum was damaged. At McCordsville
the house of James McCord was blown down
and Mrs. McCord was fatally hurt
At Brazil, outbuildings, fences and trees were
ieveied and coal mines flooded, causing loss
of many thousands of dollars
At Alexandria, much damage WAS done to
residences and business housea The Lppincott
Glass Works were destroyed. John Angel was
killed and several others injured.
yICKsBURG Miss, March 24-Additional cy-
clone news has been received from passengers
on the midnight train from MemphiA They
say the storm spent its force between Tunica
and Shaws station, which are about seventy
miles apart on the railroad At Shaws some
stores were blown down and . few citisens
wounded.
Bismarck's Warning.
NRw YORK, March A-Ths Posrs Berlin
special says: Bismarck, in the Hdmburcev
Noehrichtsn, utters Q warning against dissolu-
ton of the reichatag, which can only result In
smother government reverse. 1t would be far
better he says, to abandon the army bill now
introduced and modify the bill at mora fav.
orable period than resort TO arbitrary methoda
CONDENSED DISPATCHES.