The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1893-03-29
DEVASTATION AND DEATH.
Further Details of the Great Cy-
clone in the South
Enormous Amount OF Property De-
stroyed-A Town In Tennessee
Swept Away-Peniteatiary
at Nashville Wrecked

NASHVILLE, Tenn, March 25. "A cy-
clone of death and destruction swept
Tennessee Thursday night and only
yesterday could anything defninte
be learned. Half of the big state PEN
itentiary. which covers eight acres OF
ground, was torn to pieces, entailing
au enormous loss The. convicts, five
hundred in number, had just moved out
of the mess hall when the building col
lapsed, and had they remained longer
would have been killed.
A two-story brick in North Nashville
was blown down, killing Alex and Eu.
gene Drumright outright and fatally
mashing W. T. Bradford. W. R. Wright,
his wife and two children, who were in
the building, were submerged in the
debris and were more or less wounded.
Derdem, a suburban town, was oblit-
Grated by the storm and fire. The dam
age to Nashville property alone is over
500, 900.
MEMPHIS Tenn, March 25.-A mes.
senger has returned from Kelly and re.
ports that the town is swept away.
Kelly is small town on the line OF the
Kansas City road, fifteen miles south of
Memphis. The cyclone struck it Thurs
day at p. m w. W. Bennan, school
teacher saw signs of storm and dis
missed his pupils In FIVE minutes the
school house was torn to pices Ben
mans store was blown down, part Of
the depot was torn away and the tee-
graph poles were blown across the
tracks OF thirty houses fifteen were
swept away and the rest were demol-
ished.
A negro named Harris was killed,
George Payne's skull was crushed, his
wife's arm was broken and his five chill
dren were more or less injured.
Meagre reports have been received
from the country west of Kelly. All
the negro plantation houses have been
blown away and many of these peo-
pie were killed At Tunica, Miss,
the Masonic and Knights of Pythias
hall was blown down and several dwell
lings wrecked. East of Kelly the storm
struck the Memphis &c Charleston rail-
road and wrecked freight train near
Germantown Around Kelly 500 people
are homeless and in need. The track
Of the cyclone was half mile wide and
its duration in Kelly was not greater
than four minutes
BOWLING GREEN, KY. March 25.-A
terrible cyclone passed over this city
Thursday night Great damage was
done. The Louisville &c Nashville
roundhouse was totally wrecked About
fifteen engines OF the Louisville &
Nashville company were badly dam
aged. No lives were lost Many build
ings were unroofed
INDIANAPoLIs March 25.-The high
wind storm was general in this vicini-
ty and reports from different places in
the state show that considerable dam
age was done. In the northwestern
part Of the city and county many build
ings were wrecked and several persons
were injured. The entire roof Of the
Cerealine mill was blown down. The
residence Of James McCord, at McCords-
vile, was blown down and Mr.. McCord
was fatally injured. At Alexandria the
Lippincott lamp Aue factory was par
TALLY unroofed and William Angel and
his son were killed by falling timbers.
EVANSVILLE, Ind, March 25-A vio-
lent wind and rain storm passed over
this section Thursday night, doing a
large amount Of damage. Property In
the city escaped damage from the wind,
but cellars in some portions OF the city
were flooded, causing many just COM
pleted to cave in. An immense amount
Of damage was done in the country to
buildings and trees The southeast
wing Of the southern asylum for the
insane, six miles east Of the city, was
blown down. The new station house
Of the Evansville, Suburban & New
burg railroad near the asylum was COM
pletely demolished.