The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1896-07-23
TORNADO RECORD.
The Most important Storms in This Coun'
try Since 1874.

! since ISli lIlt DGuItS ltSiihiiS 'pi
nadoes are tolerably accurate, having
| been compiled by the Weather Review.
/ Here are the most important storms,
exclusive of the recent terrible vista
| tons in the West:
/ Nov. %. 1874: The town of Tuscum
bfa. Ala. was destroyed. Ten people
were killed and 100 buildings de
stroyed: loss 100000.
May &. 1876: a tornado in Chicago
killed several people and destroyed
$3.50. 900 worth of property.
June 1. 1877: Mount Carmel ILL.,, de-
stroyed 10 killed, 80 wounded; loss
100000.
July Z. 1877: Pensaukee, Wis, de-
stroyed killed, many wounded; loss
! 100000
June /. 1878: A path $50 feet wide
and mile long moved through Ken
mond, Mo. There were Is Killed, ~
wounded loss 100000.
Aug. o. 1878: 4 disastrous tornado i'll
WalIingford, Conn. The loss of life
amounted to 81 and twice as many
wounded: loss 100000.
April IA, 1879: one man was killed
and sixty buildings destroyed in Col
linsville. Ill. This tornado struck Il
cemetery and levelled every tombstone.
April 16. 1879: Sixteen people were
killed in Walterboro. s. c. During the
storm many claimed to have seen balis
of fire rolling along the ground.
April Is, 1880: Ten killed and 80 IN
jured in Fayetteville. Ark.
April 1S. 1880: Every house in Marsh
field. Mo, town of 1000 people, was
destroyed or badly damaged; oo were
killed and 90 wounded.
April IS. 1882 Several people killed
in Beloit. Wis. On the same day a sim
liar storm struck Licking, Mo, ana
killed 3. wounding 10. and leaving 200
homeless.
April "A. 1880: Six people killed in
Taylorsville. Ill.
Nav %, 1850: Fifteen people killed
and four times as many wounded III
Savoy, Tex.
April -. 1881: A tornado. accompa-
MED by hailstones of enormous SIG
killed 10 people in fernando, MISS :
June -. 1881: Tornado in De haio
County. Mo killed and razed 81 puiiu-
ings ,,e
Julv II. 1881: New Ulm. Mimi, SUI
fered; II killed; loss Sss6o:s Sst6seo"e *.
+ Sept a. 1881: Nine killed in Quincy
H.
April Is. 1889: Brownsville, Mo-, par
TALLY destroyed; s killed.
June Il. 1882: Disastrous storm in
Grinnell. Ia: 60 killed. $50 injured; 140
in, min 1nSS
5000. 900.
April %. 1888: Every house in
Reauregard. Miss, torn down, and ~
people killed. Thirteen people were
killed in the neghboring town OF Wes-
son the same day.
Nav Is. 1888: Sixteen peopel killed in
Racine, Wis.
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 Cam
den. \. j., by Il storm when destroyeu
property worth 100000.
Anril a. 1886: Seventy-four people
y titled in st. Cloud and Sauk Rapids,
Mimi. loss 100000. 900
April u. 1881. Twenty killed and aoo
injured in Prescott, Kan. .
April %. 1897: Twenty killed ana
over 100 wounded in Johnson County,
Ark.
Feb. 10. 1883: Mount Vernon, ILL.,, ID
killed. 81 wounded; loss, S4Oo,0oo.
Jan. 8. 1889: East Reading, Pa 4o
neople killed by storm which de
stroved $1,000 worth of property.
Ian. 10. 1890: One hundred houses
, razed and people killed in st. Louis,
Mo.
March ~, 1890; Awful storm IN
|, Louisville. Ky. There were 10 killed,
900 injured S2,250,000 worth OF
property was destroyed.
July 1880: Nine people killed in Far
go, n. d.
April 1, 1892: Thrty-four people
killed in several small towns in Kan
sas Towanda and Augusta suffering
most.
Nav %. 1892: Twenty eight people
killed in Wellington, Kan. Loss, Sooo,-
900.
June -, 1892: Sixty people klileu III
Southern Minnesota.
April II, 1898: Seventeen people killed
in Robinsonvlle, Miss.
April 26 1893: More than 100 people
kfled by n series of tornadoes in Ok
lahoma.
June 81. 1893: Storm near Topeka,
Kan. resulted in the loss of IA lives.
July e. 1898: Storm visited Pomeroy,
Ia. and neighboring villages, killing
more than 100 people.
Sept. 81. 1894: over seventy y-five peo-
ple killed in general storm in Mime
sofa and Iowa.
Armies and Debts Compared.
According to figures recently shown