The Indiana State sentinel., 1894-08-29

ST. LOUIS, Aug. ga special cable
gram to the Globe-DemOcrat from St
Petersburg says:
"A wind Of deaSh. No other name can
describe the cyclone that swept across
the sea Of Azov yesterday. It viii be
impossible for days yet 10 compute the
damage done. but il is almost certain
that at least 1000 persons have perished,
some by drowning. others by being
crushed under falling houses and trees.
The excitement is great among the
American colony in this city. for it is
feared that at least two parties of Amer
lean tourists We're on the sea of Azov at
the time the wind did its deadly work
All the afternoon there has been a
stream OF callers at the Office of the
American minister. asking almost beg
ging for news from Odessa. whence the
tourists were TO have started on the reg
ulation sightseeing trip across the
Crimea. visiting Sebastopol. Balalzlava
and the other famous battle scenes. The
parties were separate. but it is probable
they started within twelve hours of each
other, and, according to the schedule Of
these excursions. they would have
reached the strait of Ker5sch yesterday
north TO Berdiansk, where they would
take the train back 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 Black Cossacks. II his party
branched off in that way they have un-
questionably per1shed. for the hurricane
Tavaged almost the entire east shore of
the sea Of AzOv.
Everybody is praying that some lucky
chance delayed the excursionists. so that
they could not reach their embarking
port today. At a late hour there was
still only a general report Of the disaster
IN which TO base sUrmises Of the Amer
leans safety. This report recounts wide
havoc.
The wind was first felt at Nogaisk.
Nogaisk is peopled mostly by fishermen.
who were out on the water. When the
hurricane had swept out to the north a
terrible scene was presented. The vii
lage was razed-Overturned-as If an i'm
mense plow had been pushed through it.
Lying everywhere were women and chill
dren, dead or in the last agonies. The
shallow waters Of the sea Of Azov were
dashed TO such a hight that it was plain
that every fishing boat must have been
sunk
The cyclone swept on to the northeast
after wrecking Nogaisk. Its path seems
TO have been unusually wide. for at Mar
1nopol II devastated the country TO a
point eleven miles inland and had its
outer edge far upon the sea MarinopoI
was practically blotted out OF exist
ence. Not three houses in a hun
dred are left standing. 1t is es-
timated that over two hundred persons
perished in this town alone North OF
MarinopOl the storm seems TO have made
a turn 20 the east over DOlga points
its left side inficting slight damage to
The town Of Berdiansk Houses there
were unrOOfed and a dozen persons were
killed by falling timbers. Once at sea.
the storm made its full fury felt.
OF the steamers that touch at the port
or Berdiansk, 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
passenger is drowned. When the wind
swept over the northern end of Azov il
took new course, going southerly along
the coast OF the land Of the Black Cos
sacks. In turn, Fisk and Achuev were
ravaged. each town being almost total
ly destroyed Telegraph communication
with this district is suspended and il is
impossible 10 learn the extent Of the de-
struction.
At least 1000 persons must have died
on the two shores. The storm. as nearly
as can now be learned seemed to sud
denly lose its force near Temrink and
passed off with comparative quiet south
erly over the Black sea.