Evening journal., 1894-08-27
.L0STON NTHESEAOFA FAZ0V
Two Parties Of American Ex-
cursionists Are Missing.
PROBABLY CAUGHT By A oYoboTE


A wind Of Death swept Across the Shallow
I.ussian Sen, ana the waters Swallowed
Up Thazsand Persons - Destruction
Along the shores.
Sr PErEEsBrRG, Aug. 27-A wind
Of DEATH No other name can describe the
cyclone that swept across thQ sea Of Azov
1t VIII he Impossible for days yet to COME
pnto the damage done but il ia almost
certain thnt al least /, ,0oO people have por-
ishea some by drowning, others hy boing
crushed under falling houses and trees.
Yhe excitement is Rreat among the
American eolalky in this city, for it is
feared chat ut least two parties of Amcri-
can tourists ware On the sea Of Azov at
the timo the wind did its deadly work.
An the forenoon there has been a stream
Of callers at the o0lce of tho American
minister nsking almost Begging for, news
from Odessa, whonce Che tourists were TO
have started On the regular sightseeing
trip across TIC Caimea visiting Sebastopol,
BalAdslaya and the other famous battle
scones.
Ezeursionlsts Divided.
The parties were separate but Il Is prob.
able thnt they started within IL hours
af caeA other and according to che schod
ule 81 these excursions they would have
reached the strait OF lSertch Saturday
morning thence 90 BY steamboat north
70 Berdiansk where they were TO take tho
train back to.Odessa. II is said that the
loader % one Of ths4e parties had proposed
4 trip short distance north from Tenn
rink into the land OF the black Cossaoss
lf his party hranehed on ia shat way
they have unquestionahly persisted, for
the hurricane rarasod almost tho entire
east shore 81 she sea pf AHav. Everybody
IS praying has some lucty chance delayed
the eacuaioliats So that .hey could not
roach their omharkins port today
40 q iatu hour sheru was stiN only gon-
oral reput Of the aisarter an which to
baso surmse9 o. thc Americans safety.
This report rae8uata lvidn havoc. The
wind Was first felt a Nagaiae. Nogaisk
is neopled mostly By fishermen who were
out pn the water
Whom tho hurricane had swept out to
the north, a terrible scene was presented.
The Village was rfzed--oyerturned as il
an immense pillow had been puahed through
ib Lying everywhere were women and
children dead or ia Che last agonies Of
death Tho shallow waters Of the sea of
/ Azov were lashed ints such height that
10 was plain that every fishing boat must
havo been sunk
The cyclone swept on 80 the northeast
after wroeking Nogaisk. It's path seelns
/ to have bnan unusually wide Tor at Ma
1 rlnGnal it devastated the country to a
point II miles inland and had its outer
/ edge far upon she sea MRFinopal was
| practically blottoa out Of existence. Not
three houses ia 100 are lets standing.
Ne Missing steamers zsara Frona.
II Is estimated Shat over 200 perlshed
IN this town alone North vi ALarinopal
the storm seems 10 have made q sudden
| turn 70 the eastward ever DolRapeint, its
left edge innieting slight damago 70 thG
/ town ct Beraiansk Houses there wer,
! unraofad, and dozen persons were killed
/ hy falling timhoFs. Once at sea, tn,
storm made its fun farg felt.
OF tho steamers thss touch at the por
| Of BetdiansE Not one had come in as thi
hour OF the latest report. Grave fears az
expressed thst every craft in the sea ha
gone To tho bottom and That every passon
ger il drowned
when the wind swept over tbs north
orn end ef Azov, It took new course
going southerly along the coast Of th
land of tho black Cossack. In turn Eisl
and Achuev were ravased, each town be
ing alIrost Totally destroyed
Tolegraphc communication with thi
district IS suspended, and il is inpossihl
70 learn tho extent OF the destruction, bu
at least l,O01 persons must have died q
the two shores Tho storm as nearly a
cam now bo olearnsd, seems to have sudden
ly lost it's force near Temrlnk and passe
or with comparative quiet to the sout
oYor the Black sea.