The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1893-04-20
DEVASTATING STORMS.
WRECK AND RUIN
WROUGHT IN NINE STATES.

WROUGHT IN NINE STATES.
Cyclones, Rain, Hall and Earthquake
Shocks, All in One. .Day-Prope erty of All
Kinds Laid Waste and Many People
I<ili,d.
CHICAGO, April 12.-Last nights
storm wrought such havoc tn the
telegraph wires that 1T is almost impossl.
bile to obtain particulars of the damage
done in the West, where the destruction
seems to have been general and wides.
pread IN the States Of Iowa, Illinois,
Nebraska. Kansas and Missouri.
Probably the greatest damage was
donc,in Iowa, although the reports from
Nehr tska Indicate that when the full
particulars have been received that State
will lead in the loss OF porperty and hui
man lite.
Along the line Oft the Chicago. Milwau.
kee and st. Paul Railroad, in Iowa and
Nebraska, the storm cut wide swarth.
The town Of Akron, IN the former
State, was demolished, and Wcstiield
few miles distant, was badly demoral-
lied.
Meagre reports from localities IN the
interior show that the devas tation was
widespread, although its full extent will
not be known for several days, owing to
lack Of tele9raphic facilities and the
washing out OF country roads, rendering
communication difficult, and in many
cases impossible.
Continuing along the railroad in Ne.
braska, the storm swept up farm build
lngs, fences aud bridges, and iinally
sWooped down on the town of Page,
which IS wrecked. At this point the
llrst loss OF life was reported, Mrs Clara
Masee being the vicLlm. Her Two chill
dren were dangerouly injured. and scv.
eral other persons were hurt.
The storm travelled with g:eat velo..
ity, covering 200 miles between Akron
and Page in 40 hour and half. Dam
age was done farther west, but owing
TO the complete prostration of the tele-
graph wires absolutely no particulars
are obtainable.
SEVENTEEN PEOPLE KILLED.
MEMPHIS, TENN, April l3.-Sevcn.
teen people were killed at Robinson.
vile, Miss, by yesterdays cyclone. and
hall hundred wounded. a few min
utes after the tornado struck The town
lire broke out in the debris of a Chinese
laundry and the mass Of wrcckage
burned all night and to-day. Several
bodies OF Those killed bv falling house:
were burned TO a crisp.
Two clouds, one from the east au(
one from the west, met over the town
ana Then began rotary motion, which
tore up houses and snapped huge tree:
ike stems. The cyclone then moved
| from the west from the Misslssipp
River, distance of seven miles. and
swept all before it. Mrs. Emma Lusk.
wife OF the night operator, was in her
house with her husband and three chill
dren. The husband got out, the wo.
man was killed, and three children were
blown one hundred yards through the
air. They were naked when found, but
uninjured.
Isaac Chapman was crushed under the
ruins of his house and burned along with
three other negroes. whose names are
unknown. The body uf an oil neyress
was found to day in an open field. 1t is
probable that she was dropped there by
The wind. The property loss in town
will reach 100000. Thirteen stores,
sixty residences. three churches and
hundred negro cabins We're DESTROYED.
The residence, gins aud uc .ro cabins
on tho plantations Of &. l. Robinson
and q. w. Foster are all swept away,
Five hundred people are homeless. A
number OF wounded were brought to
Memphis to-day.
THE DESTRUCTION OF YPsILAINT.
DETROIT, April 13.--l2:45 A. NJ
The following dispatch has been re-
ceived from Ypslanti: This CITY is IN
ruins. A cyclone struck il tonight.
coming from the southwest and sweep
ing everything in its path. Thousands
OF dollars OF damage has resulted. The
storm took strip through the business
portion OF the town, moving houses
from their tOuD datlons and razing Others.
The Clary Business College and Curtis
Carriage Factory are in ruins. The
Hawkins House and the Occidental II0.
tel are badly damaged. The roofs of
half the stores have been blown off.
Twenty store fronts we're smashed in.
In Huron street the rubbish is piled ten
feot high. The p9stoilice building was
demolished and the mail scattered ia the
street. All telegraph, telephone and
electric light wires arc down, leaving
The city in complete darkness. Every,
body is up watching property that has
been exposed to the storm. No one
was hurt severely. The work of clear
ing up is going Oh as rapidly as possible
at Tins time OF night. No dead bodies
have been found, althou ,h tt is thought
that some persons were killed. A few
were probably fatally injured. The
loss OF property, il is now estimated,
Will rea IN $500, 900 or more.
LOSS OF LIFE IN MISSOURI.
llIGdINEvILLE, Mo-, April l2.-.This
county vas visited last night about 7
O'Clock by terrific wind storm, which
swept everything before it from the
southwest par OF tie county to the
northeast ln1, and leaving The county
| by crossing the Missouri river at
Wavcrly.
Near Page CiLy SIX deaths have so far
been reported. Will Walker, d prosper
ouS young farmer, was al tho supper
table with his wife and three children,
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