The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-10-30

wrecked and many smaller outbuildiEgs
were destroyed. Trees were uprooted
and crops ruined.
AT Weweka, |. T., the same cyclone de-
stroyed Gov. Browns storc.a new church
and four other buildings. Several per-
sons were hurt, but none seriously. At
! mine No. 10, near krebs, it is reported
five people were killed. In Lincoln
county Mr.. and Mrs. John Mclaughlin
have been found dead i'll the ruins of
their home, and Harrison Jones will die
Of his injuries.
Rumors are current here that the same
storm did frightful damage further in
Payne county and that several persons
We're killed, but up to late hour to-
night no particulars are obtainable.
There was il tremendous fall of rain
here, and considerable damage was done
by washouts and the carrying Off of
crops.
DISASTROUS INLOUISIANA.
Ncwellton, La. Oct. 29.-Tensas parish
has again heen visited by most destruc-
tive cyclone. The atmosphere had been
heavy and su.try all day, and the clouds
growing blacker and blacker, and nj -
o'clock IL terrific wind and rain storm
reached Lake St.Joseph. Telegraph wires
were torn down and most rlnsatisfac-
part of the parish where the tornado
originated. Information that the i'm
mcnse brick gin OH the mound plantation
belonging to Joe Curryn was practically
destroyed. The course of the storm was
from southwest to northeast, striking
Bruen Lake ut Locust Land, tearing
down and destroying the public bridge
over Choctaw Bayou. Twelve cabins on
Locust Land We're completely demolished
and two colored men, two colored women
and IL baby were killed by lightning or
blown into the lake. The next place
reached was Johnsons Bend, on Lake St.
Joseph. The scene is one of desolation.
.Johnson's Bend is leased by \. Bland.
The gin house contained great quantity
of hay and was totally wrecked. Three
barns containing corn were also destroyed
and a great deal of the corn was blown
away. Six cabins We're blown to pieces
entirely and many timbers were blown
into Lake st. Joseph. Several persons
were badly cut and bruised, but no lives
We're lost The tenants living in the
houses had their clothing and household
effects blown away. Telegraph and tcle.
phone wires are down and the public road
on Lake st. Joseph front is covered with
fragments of houses, furniture, clothing,
| cotton, corn and household effects
MANY HOUSES DESTROYED.
Oxford, Miss. Oct ga terrific
cyclone passed through the eastern part
of Lafayette county this afternoon mt (
O'Clock, demolishing farm houses, and
uprooting trees of all sizes The news
has inst reached here, reported by Hon.
w. v Sullivan, Democratic candidate
for Congress, and Il. j. IIarkins. Mr..
Sullivan had been speaking ut lula and
speak ut Abbcyville tonight He and
Hnrkins We're caught i'm the storms path,
the wind sweeping down upon them
without warning. They were driving Il
double team buggy. The wind lifted the
vehicle, horses and all, and carried them
zoo yards. The buggy was completely
demolished by falling timber, but neither
incn nor horses were seriously hurt.
Harkins sustained a slight injury by IL
dying fence rail.
The storm passed through the out
skirts of the town of Delay and dcmol-
ished several houses. The house of Mil
ton Eskridge was blown away, but his
wife and seven children who were in the
house miraculously escaped with slight
bruises. The extent of the damage can.
not be given, but no casualties have rs
yet been reported. Not tree was left
details cannot be had tonight.
AT NEW ORLEANS.
New Orleans, Oct. 20 About 1870
O'Clock this -aftcrnoon cyclone struck
this city on the river front, just above
Pension street and swept over Il distance
of about a nile and half or thirty
blocks from Pension street to Robin
| street, the track of the storm being 800
feet V-na from, Z In. -;
| street The first building damaged was
the Independence Oil Mill, situated Mt
the head of Pension street 1t was I'M
| rooted, and building and contents dam
| aged to the amount of $4,000. The cor.
| vcyors OF the new elevator of the Illinois
! Central railroad were slightly damaged
and John Whitmcycr and John j. Buck,
| employed at the elevator. were lifted
! from the ground and dashed against the
elevator and the latter was severely hurt
| Hundreds of buildings in the track of the
storm were damaged, many being par
| tally uuroofed and chimncys Frustrated,
! trees uprooted and fences blown down.
| The storm swept section of the city is in
darkness tonight, owing to the prostra.
ton of the electric light wires. and de.
| tails of damage were lard to obtain. At
first Il number of lives were reported lost.
but so far these reports have not been
verified.
The property toss is estimated at $500.
900. Skylot cotton sheds, situated on
Robin street, near the river front used
by the Texas and Pacific railroad for cot
ton storage, was damaged to the extent
of $4,000. y number of other sheds
were completely destroyed George
Bealer, a switch tender, was seriously in
jured an arm and hip being broken and
Joseph ienncsey, laborer, was also in
jured at the sheds, ali the other laborers.
about forty in number, having lust