Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1896-06-05


of dead being between four and five
hundred.
Since 1874 the figures regarding lorna
does are tolerably accurate, having been
compiled by the Weather Review. Here
are the most important storms:
Nov. %, 1874: The town of Tuscum-
bia, Ala, was destroyed. Ten people
were killed and 100 buildings destroyed
loss 100000.
May 6, 1876: A tornado in Chicago
killed several people and destroyed
S250,000 worth of property.
June 1, 1877 Mount Carmel, ILL.,, de-
stroyed; 10 killed, 30 wounded; loss
100000.
July I, 1877: Pensaukee, Wis, de-
stroyed; s killed, many wounded; loss
100000.
June l, 1873: A path $50 feet wide
and a mile long moved through Rich
mond, Mo. There were - killed, 10
wounded loss 100000.
Aug. 8, 1872 disastrous tornado
In Wallingford, Conn. The loss of life
amounted to 81 and twice as many
wounded loss $200,000.
April II. 1879: One man was killed
and sixty buildings destroyed in Collins
WIG, llls us wi oblu Ch n SChiN-
terry and levelled every tombstone.
April l6, 1879: Sixteen people were
killed in WATERFORD, S. c. During the
storm many claimed to have seen balls
of fire rolling along the ground.
April Is, 1880: Two killed and 30 in
iured in Fayetteville, Ark.
April Is. 1880: Every house in Marsh
field, Mo-, a town of 1000 people, was
destroyed or badly damaged 60 were
killed and 200 wounded.
April IS, 1880: Several people were
killed in Beloit, Wis. On the same day
similar storm struck Licking, Mo-,
and killed 3, wounding Is, and leaving
300 homeless.
April 81, 1880: Six people killed in
Taylorville, Ill.
May IS, $780, Fifteen people killed
and four times as many wounded in
Savoy, Tex.
April II, 1881: A tornado accom-
panied by hailstones of enormous size
killed ten people in fernando, Miss.
June II, 1881: Tornado in De Kalb
county, Mo-, killed and raZed so build
ings.
July 10, 1881: New Ulm, Mimi, suf-
tered; | | killed loss 100000.
Sept. "a, 1851 Nine killed in Quincy,
Ill.
April IS, 1882: Brownsville, Mo-,
partially destroyed; s killed.
June II, 1882: Disastrous storm in
Grinnell, la. 60 killed, $50 injured; 14C
houses destroyed in three minutes; loss.
100000.
April %, 1888 Every house in Beau
regard, Miss, torn down, and 20 people
killed. Thirteen people were killed in
, the neighboring town of Wesson the
same day.
May Is, 1888 Sixteen people killed in
Racine, Wis.
J Aug. 81, 1888: Town of Rochester
Mimi, destroyed and 26 people killed.
Feb. 10, 1884: Eleven people killed
, in Leeds, Ala.
Aug. 3. 1885: Six people killed In
Camden, n. j., by storm which de
stroyed property worth S500,000.
April IA. 1856: Seventy-four people
killed in st. Cloud and Sank Rapids
Mimi; loss. 100000.
April 81, 1887: Twenty killed and BOZ
: injured in Prescott, Kan.
April %, 1887: Twenty killed and
over 100 wounded in johnson county
Ark.
Feb. 10, 1888: Mount Vernon, H., Is
= killed, "a wounded; loss, 100000.
Jan. 8, 1889: East Reading, Pa, 4(
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$780, 900 worth of property.
Jan. u, 1890: One hundred house;
RACED and three people killed in st. Louis
, Mo.
March 81, 1890: Awful storm II
Louisville, Ky. There were seventy-siH
killed, 200 injured and S2.250,000 worth
of property was destroyed.
July I. 1890: Nine people killed ii
q Fargo. n. Oak.
April l, 1892: Thirty-four people
killed in several small towns in Kansas
e owanda and Augusta suffering most.
e May IS, 1892: Twenty-eight people
, killed in Wellington, Kan. Loss
$500, 900.
June 10, 1892: Sixty people killed il
e Southern Mime sofa.
J April II, 1893 Seventeen people killed
o in RobinsUnvile, Miss.
April 2G, 1893: More than 100 people
killed by Il series of tornadoes in Okla
homa
April 80. 1893: Thirty people killed
, in Cisco, Tex.
June 81, 1893 Storm near Topeka
e Kan, resulted in the loss of fourteen
l lives.
e July 6, 1898: Storm visited Pomeroy
o., Ia, and neighboring villages, killing
; more than 100 people.
}. Sept. 2l, 1891: Over seventy-fiv'
/ people killed in general storm in Min
nesOta and Iowa.
May 3, 1895; Twenty people killed il
and near Sioux City, la.
: The number of the dead and the prop
erty loss caused by the st. Louis tornado
are not yet known, but they grievously
increase the figures of this grim record.
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