The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1894-08-30
A DESTRUCTIVE TORNADO.
MANY LIVES LOST.
Shores of the Sea of Azov strewn with
Dead Bodies.

A wind OF death. No other name can de-
scribe the cyclone that swept across the sea
Of Azov saturds~. II will be impossible for
lays yet to compute the damage done. but II
is almost certain that at least l,OOJ persons
have perished. some by drowning, others by
being crushed under falling houses and trees.
The excitement Is great among the A eri-
can colony in II. Petersburg, for IL IL red
that at least two parties of American e lists
we're on the sea OF Azov nj the time the ind
did its deadly work. All Saturday after Loon
there was n stream OF callers at the ofllce OF
the American minister asking, almost beg
ging. for news from Odessa. whence the tour
lists were TO have started on the regulation
sightseeing trip across the Crimea, visiting
Sebastopol, Balakava, and the other famous
battle scenes. The parties were separate. but
IL Is probable that they started within ~
hours OF each other. and. according to the
schedule of these excursions, they would
have reached the strait OF kertch Saturday
morning, thence 10 go by steamboat north TO
Berdiansk, where they would tuke the train
to Odessa
II is said that the leader Of one OF these
parties had proposed a trip "a short distance
north from Temrink. into the land OF the
Plack Cossacks. IL his party branched on in
that way they have unquestionably berished,
for the hurricane ravished almost the entire
east shore OF the sea OF Azov. Everybody is
praying that some lucky chance delayed the
excursionists, 50 they could not reach their
embarking port.
North OF Mnrinopol the storm seems 10 have
made n sudden turn 10 the eastward over
Doga Points. IFS left edge injecting slight
damage to the town of Berdimsk Houses
there were unrooled and n dozen persons
were killed by falling timbers. once at sea.
the storm made its fury felt
OF the steamers that touch ut the port OF
Berdiansk. not one had cone In at the hour
OF the latest report Grave fears are eX-
pressed that every craft has gone 10 the bottom
OF the sea and every passenger Is drowned.
When the wind swept over the northern end
OF Azov. II took new course, going SOUTH
erly along the coast oi the Back CossIcks
In turn. Fisk aud Achuev were ravdycd, each
town being almost totally destroyed Iele-
graphic communication with this district is
suspended and it is impossible to learn tho
extent Of the destruction. but at least 900
persons must have died on the two shores.
The wind wa' first felt at Nogaisk. No.
gaisk Is peoplpd mostly by fishermen, who
were ont on the water. When the hurricane
had swept out to the north. Il terrible scene
was presented. The village was razed-
overturned-as II an immense plow had been
pushed through II. Lying everywhere were
women and children. dead or IN the last
agon!es. The shallow water OF the sea OF
Azov was lashed 10 such height that 1t was
plain that every fishing boat must have been
sunk.
The cyclone swept to the northeast after
wreckng Nogaisk. Its path scenes to have
been unusually wide for at MarEopol 1t de-
vastated the country to point l. miles inland,
ani had its outer edge far upon the sea.
Marlnopol was praticaly blotted out OF exist
ance. Not three houses in u hundred are
left standing IL is estimated that over 200
persons perished in this town alone.