Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1896-06-06
Famous TOrnadoes.

Last weeks tornado was probably the
most destructive that has ever swept
through the territory of the United States
since the settlement of the country Some
of the past storms of this character have,
however, been very destructive to both life
and property. In the long list on record
the following of recent occurrence deserve
recalling
1878, May 22-A tornado passed over
several towns in Iowa and Illinois, doing
great damage to property, but compare
lively few lives were lost. In this storm
school house weighing 10000 pounds
and occupied by the teachers and pupils,
was lifted from its foundation and carried
| 80 feet, but was not overturned.
1877, June Nearly score of lives were
lost and $100,000 damage done by tor
nado which struck Mount Carmel, ILL.,
1878, June-A tornado struck Rich
mond, Mo-, and 100 people were killed
and injured.
1873, August "a tornado which swept
away portion of the town Of Walling-
ford, Conn, was very destructive. Accord
ing to the reports of the United States
signal officers, 80 persons lost their lives
and 20 others were more or less injured.
Fifty-five houses and barns were completely
or partially demolished, and the money
loss was estimated at S250,000.
1880. April 1S-A destructive tornado
visited Missouri, Illinois and Wisconsin
doing great damage. At Marshfeld, Mo-,
about 100 lives were lost, property worth
100000 destroyed and $50 families left
homeless and penniless.
/ I'll,
swept by a tornado with terrible effect.
There were four great spouts pointing
towards the earth and moving along in a
swiftly revolving course in path mile
and half wide. The town, which con-
tanned 5000 inhabitants, was wrecked.
1885, August 3-A tornado swept up
the Delaware between 3 and 4 o'clock in
the afternoon, passing through the GO Neck
of Philadelphia, crossing the Delaware
and sweeping through Camden, and then
recrossing to the upper portion of the city
The destruction of property was consid-
cradle, especially in Camden, and seven
lives were lost.
1888, February ia tornado struck
Mount Vernon, III destroying 800 build
ing, burying many persons under falling
walls and involving loss of 81 lives,
while twice that number were severely
injured
1889, January "a tornado struck
Reading, Pa, demolishing and damaging
buildings. By the fall of silk mill p
persons were killed and 9S injured.
THIS YEARS CYCLONES.
The cyclones which began in Texas the
10th and ended in Michigan the Goth were
the most disastrous on record in this coun-
try, those of February 9, 1894, excepted
The number of persons killed by the recent
storms must be over 400. The greatest
mortality was in Texas, where $50 people
persisted. Nearly so people were killed il
Nebraska, 80 in Kansas, 20 in Iowa, 10 il
Oklahoma, eight in Illinois and five in Ken
lucky. Complete details of the loss of life
in Michigan are not at hand at this writing
but the number of deaths is at least 10 and
is likely to prove considerably larger.
In the territory including Mississippi
Tennessee, Kentucky and Illinois, and
extending eastward through the south tc
the Atlantic, no less than 60 tornadoe'
were reported February g.. These caused
a loss of 800 lives while over $500 more
people were wounded and more than 10000
buildings destroyed. This series of storms
was the worst ever known in the country
1t was also a peculiar visitation because o
the time of the year it occurred, as the
months in which tornadoes are most fire
quent are April, May, June and July.