The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1894-08-27
Fearful Loss OF Life Duo to the cy.
clone Upon the Sea Of
kzoG
Land ana Sea Both Made TO Feel tho Fury
OF the storm KIng-Thousands
Perish,

ST. LourA Aug. "a special eAbleRfAm
TO the lobe-Demoei at from ST. Petersburg
sSysi "A wind OF dsathw No other words
can describe the Cyclone that swept hcrosa
tue ssa Of AKof yesteriAv. /, will bs i'm
possible for days YET 10 computs tho dam
ace do1e. bnt II Il almost certain that I, 900
psnsbsd, some by drowning. o,he's 9 by be-
ing crushed nnder falling houses aud trees.
The sxcitement Is great among tho Amsri-
can colony 10 this city. for 10 10 feared tina,
at leAs. two parties OF American tourists
we're on the sea of Azof at She time the
wind did its dsadly wo k. All afternoon
thors has been a string Of sailors az the
American ministry asking. almost beeRi ngl
for news from 0dossu. whence the tourists
we're 50 have started on the regulation
sight seeing trip across tho Csimea. visit
ing SsbAs,opoL Bslsklaya. and other
famous battle scenes. The parties were
separate. but |, is probable they started
within tweivs hours OF each other"
aud according 10 the schedule Of these ex-
oursions thsy would have reached ths
strait Of Keftoh yesterday morning. going
thence by steamboat north TO Bsrdinask.
where they would take a train back 10
Odessa. II 10 said the leader OF those
parties had proposed O "trip short distan 90
north OF Temsrink. into the lake of Black
Cossacks. II his party branehed oil into
that way they have all unqusstionnbly
perished, for the storm ragged almost ovsr
the entire coast. II IL hoped eome lucky
chance delayed the excursion yesterday 80
they could not reach their embs'ding port
to-day.
AZ a late hour there was only general
report Of the disaster 10 base sutmises OF
tho Americana safely. Ths report re-
counts wide havoc. The wind was firat
felt AZ Nogaisk. The population OF No
who wsfe out on tue water. When the
hurricane had swept ont to the norlh q
terrible scene Was presented. The village
was Taz.d-overturnsd, as II an i'm mepse
plow had been pushed through ID. Lying
everywhere were women and children IN
their last agonies. Tho shallow waters OF
the sea we're lsshed TO such height that II
10 plain every fishing boat must have been
sunk. The Cyclone swept on 10 the north
west. after wreokina Nogaisk.
Its path ssems 10 have been unusually
wide, for at Mafonopol il devastated coun-
try 90 point eleven miles inland. and had
its water edge far upon the soa. Maron
waa practically blottcd out OF existenos
Not three houses In q hundred we're left
standing. IL is estimated that 800 persons
pefished in this place alone. North OF here
the Cyclone made sudden turn east ovsi
Volgs roints. Its left edge inflicted slight
damage 20 the town OF Bsrdimisk. Honsea
were unroofed and dozen persons killed
| by falling timbers.
Once at sea the storm made its full fury
felt. OF the steamers that touch the port
| OF Befdimisk not one had come In at the
hour Of the latest report. Grave fears are
expressed that every craft on the sea has
gone to the bottom, and that every passen.
ger was drowned. When the wind svepi
over the northe end of Azof IL took new
course, going southerly along the coast ol
the land OF the Black Cossaclts. Turneisk
aud Acbuey were ravaged. each town being
slmost totally dest oyej. Telegraph com.
muuication with this district 10 susy ended
aud 1t ia imr ossible to learn the extsnt oi
the destruction. but nt least 1000 persons
must have died on the two shores. The
storm. As nearly as can now be learned
seemed to suddenly lose Its force near
| Temsrink. and passed of with comparative
quiet southefly over tho Black Sea.