The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-04-12
SWEPT BY A CYCLONE
Wind Storm Causes Loss
of Life in Western
Towns and Cities.
AN IOWA TOWN DEVASTATED
Panic-Stricken Paupers Rush Out
Into the Street-Many Boats
Reported Lost.

ST. LOUIS, April 70, 1S93.-With tho
dawn ofithe day came local reports Of dam !!
from last nights storm that are surpris-
ing even to those who feared the worst.
While no loss of life has been yet res
ported, there were several accidents and
it is almost miracle that there is no
death list to record. On exciting occur
renee was the unroofing of the VIZ
house. 1t was shattered as thoroughly
as though it had baen done
by an artillery attack. The crash
ing of the timbers and the shrieks
of the inmates made the scene one of the
greatest confusion. The officers and
guards were prompt in action, however.
A hurried examination revealed the fact
that no one had been injured A squad
of police was sent down po5t-hasre, and
the institution was kept under close
watch. No one succeeded in escaping.
Another scene of confusion WAS pre-
cipated when the roof of the Third dis
trict sub-statfon at jefferson avenue and
Dayton street was torn away by the fury
of the wind.
Thousands of dollars worth of lumber
piled along the river front was blown
into the stream late last night and car
ried away by the current. Much more is
surrounded, and as the river is rapidly
rising, will undoubtedly be lost
Several were killed and injured. but it is
impossible now to obtain definite de-
tails.
LINCOLN, Neb., April IL. 1893.-A tre-
mendous cyclone struck Nebraska and
Iowa about three O'Clock yesterday AFTER
noon. Telephone and telegraph wires
are all down. The property loss in
Arkon, Ia, will not be less than $4,000.
Near, Westfield a man aud bis wife,
names unknown, were killed At Page
Clara Magee was killed and her tive
children dangerously injured.
The poor house. female hospital and In
sane asylum suffered severely in the
storm. At the poor house, many of th0
inmates rushed frotn the building in q
state of terror The City Hospital was
severely shaken up. A steam yacht. be-
longing 20 Sidney Quirk, an English
tourist, was blown adrift; also half e
dozen small wharf boats. Il is not known
how many people were aboard these
boats.
About II O'Clock another storm came up.
this time from the northwest. The rain
was no5 SO violent as earlier in the even
ing and there was no hail. but the electric
disturbances and the wind were deciedly
livelier. The steamer y. II. Pike, lying
at its wharf at the foot of Locust street,
with no steam up and flve men
on board was blown adrift, and, as no
trace can be had of it, it is feared that
She is sunk with all on board. The har-
Dor boat. City of st. Louis, with 9 small
crew aboard, was also blown from the
same wharf and has net been beard from
at las A. NJ. Two wharf boats anchored
nearby met with similar fate, but IL Is
believed there were no persons on
board. The latter storm alHe
created great havoc throughouE the city,
although at no one place was the damage
great. Trees, roofs and outbuildlngs
were blown down. AT the mammoth
store called the "Grand Leader" being
erected on North Broadway, portion Of
the uncompleted structure was blown
down, causing loss of $4,000. A small
building at No. ia Pine street was
blown out into the street and smashed 70
pieces.
OMAHA, Neb., April 12, 1898. The town
of Akron, Iowa, on the line of the Chi.
cago: Milwaukee and st. Paul Il. R.s
thirty miles north of this city, which has
a population of about 10000 persons. WIS
devastated by a cyclone yesterday after
noon. Shortly after two O'CLOCK 70 COM
menced to grow dark andin half hour
il was necessary to have artificial light.
About three o'clock the storm struck the
place. 1t was regular whirlwfnd ana
came from the northeast. Houses were
thrown from their founcations and over
turned and many of them blown TO
pieces. A double span wagon bridge
across the Sioux River was wrenched
from the piers and dashed up against tho
river bank. Cars loaded with stone thas
were standing on the railroad tracks
were picked up by the wind and turned
completely over.
CBNTRAIIA, Ills, April IL. 1893 "A
cloudburst in this city yesterday, caussd
the entire city to be submerged, doing
thousands of dollari OF damage.
KANSAS CITY, April IL, 1S93.-Seyeral
persons were reported killed. and large
number seriously injured by the tornado.
The town of Walker, 1t Is said, has been
blown out OF existence.
a report has reached here from Hia-
watha, Kan, that Willis and POwhatan,
small towns south of there Of about flve
hundred Inhabitants each, were totally
DESTROYED by a cyclone. No particulars
are as yet obtaina5le.
INDIANAPOLIS. Ind, April IL, 1S93.-The
roof of the female dormitory at the
Depauw University was blown OF anu
number of dwellings, were In Ike man-
uer disfigured. So far as known no lives
were losr.
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, April -. 1S9S.-A
tornado swept over the southwestern
demolishing the machinery and boiler
roen1s of the American Strawboard Mills.
Robert Douglass, an employee of the
miIlsswas Instantly killed by the falling
walls.
EARTHQUAKES, TOO.
CINCINNATI. April 12. 1S93.-A terrific
gale swept over this city between three
and four O'Clock this morning. The sig
nal station reported the velocity Of the
wind at rs miles per hour. From
dozen different sources came reports
of an earthquake having been percepti-
bly, felt during the night. In the big
Spencer House building, at Broadway
and the Public Landing. especially on
the upper floors, the shock caused great
alarm Many persons were awakened
from sound sleep to hear distant rnmo-
ling noise, like that made by a
heavy train of railway cars in motion.
In Henrietta. building on West Fourta
street; the inmates were greatly alarmed
BY the rattling of the chandeliers and the
Pickering Of the gas. Two distinct
sho cks were felt about fifteen minutes