The morning call., 1893-03-24
STORY OF A GALE.
Houses Everywhere Blown
Down.
IN THE BELT OF CYCLONES.
A Great Wind Came Down the Missis-
sippi Valley and Destroyed Vast
Amounts of Property.
IN THE BELT OF CYCLONES.
Special to THE MoRN1Se CALL.

Special to THE MORNING CALL.
LOUISVILLE, KY, March q, 2:30 A. NJ
A report has just reached here that
cyclone swept through Bowling Green to-
night doing great damage. There is only
one wire to Bowling Green. 1t is a railroad
wire and the company refuses TO allow any
dispatches to be sent over it. 1t is not
known whether or not any lives were lost
and no further particulars are obtainable
tonight.
MEMPHIS, Tenn, March 23.-Scattering
reports coming to Memphis from points in
West Tennessee and Northern Mississippi
Indicate that a cyclone whirled up the
Mississippi Valley from the southwest
crushing and sweeping away everything in
its mad path Telegraph wires in every
direction are twisted into tangles, and COM
muntcation with the storm swept localities
Is exceedingly difficult and unsatisfactory.
Trains from the East reaching this city late
In the afternoon and evening brought reports
of widespread destruction. The passengers
on the YazOo and Mississippi Valley train
told of the destruction of Tunica, Missls-
sippi.
The Birming ham train, due in Memphis
at $50 o'clock, could not get here until after
o'clock, 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 Birmingham
road seemed Z to embrace the territory
between Caperville and Olive Branch.
Dozens of houses. huge trees and barns.
were RACED to the ground by the violence
of the storm. The trainmen of the Kansas
City, Memphis and birmingham road report
that Kelly, Miss, was wiped off the face of
the earth, not soul being left to tell the
tale. A special train left Memphis for Kelly
at $3.50 p. NJ
Reports say that the town of Tupelo,
Miss, the home of Congressman John
Allen, was destroyed by a severe storm to-
day. The little town OF Kelly, fifteen miles
from Memphis on the Memphis and Brm-
ingham railway was wiped out during the
same storm. No lives were lost. but partic-
lars are not obtainable at present
An AppealAvalanche special from Tuni-
ca, Miss, says tO-day's cyclone from the
south struck that town and left wreck and
ruin in its wake. The Masonic and Knights
of Pythias lodges handsome two-story
frame building is a total wreck. The
white Presbyterian Church and the cOlOred
Methodist Episcopal Church were blown
down. The courthouse roof was blown off
and the colored school building. two-Story
frame, was blown down on 1jO children,
and several of them were badly hurt but
none seriously. Many other buildings we're
badly damaged The losses are heavy.
A special from Cleveland. Miss, states
that cloudburst aud windstOrm destroyed
considerable property in that vicinity to-
day. No lives were lost.
reports OF the cyclone seem to have been
much exaggerated. AT this hour A. NJ,
news from various points Indicate that
while the storm was cycionic, the early
rumOrs of damages done were not correct.
One man is said 20 have been killed a Kelly
and another injured by falling building.
The damage elsewhere was to property
only. The report that Kelly was wiped out
and the inhabitants killed cannot be au-
thenticated, and is considered a canard, and
no special trains have gone cut from Mem
phis.
NASHVILLE. Tenn, March ga severe
wind and rain storm swept over Nashville
at about o'clock tonight doing much dam
age 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 n store filled
with people was blown down and a number
were injured, but not badly, with the exceD-
ton of two, one of whom, boy, Eugene
Drumright, was killed, and the other, VIII
Drumright. will not live.
All wires north Of the city are down and
no news can be obtained as 10 the extent OF
the storm.
VIcKsBURG. Miss. March ga destruc-
tive cyclone passed through the Yazoo-
Mississippi delta, wrecking the towns of
Cleveland and Tunica. The wires are down
and no particulars are obtainable.
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, March 23.-At 80
o'clock Tonight terrific storm struck the
northwestern part of the city and in its
wake left wrecked dweiling-houses and
badly demolished manufactures. The roof
was blown off one Of the buildings of the
new cerealine works and 1t was otherwise
badly damaged. The roof was also blown
off the Capital City Cloth Caskel Company's
thrPe-story factory. Hundreds Of small
dwellings were either leveled to the ground
or badly wrecked and several casualties are
reported. The extent of the damage can
not be appToximated, but it will reach
many thousands of dollars. In the north.
eastern part Of town the front OF saloon
vas biONl OONA, huu kut Culmuey IaLiluE
partly buried the wife of the proprietor
who was in bed.
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 Sc
we're blizzard in Minnesota, Wisconsin and
Eastern Dakota, extending south into Iowa
and Nebraska to-day.
Trains throughout this territory are de-
layed by snow.
Tonight the wires are almost worthless
in every direction on account OF storms.
From Louisville, KY, 10 New Orleans and
throughout the South the wires have not
been in workable condition since o'clock
and there is little prospect of securing news
from that direction tonight.
KANSAS CITY. March %. - Dispatches
from Kansas and Missouri state that severe
ralnstorms ragged over those States last
night. The crops were greatly benefited.
At Oklahoma City number of buildings
were blown down and several burned by
lightning.