The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-03-26
CYCLONES AND ToRNADOES.
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New York Times: ToTnadoos and
Hsatr,,ctiya high winds have been Of
Srroucrs occurrence In tho United
s,stoS during the past twelve munths.
M tbese. the most terrible IN rs con.
sequence 20 life and property was the
a Louis tornado. which took place
Iay q, 1885, Just before the time sOt
an the National Republican convon-
,,o1 The damage to residenee proper
X, nIonO amounted 60 over $4,000, 900,
"a that 10 churches, schools, and rail-
,,Sd lines 10 over s.. 00O,0 900 The loss Of
he was estimated Ut 400. and the In
inred numbered Thousands.
Tho two weeks preceding the disaster
At 81. Louis had been q period OF cy-
Clones, .torn6does and hurricanes In
,1RnY partS OF the country, a genuine
SS,eIone passed through Texas May 10.
SsSSsfatinH. one hundred miles OF terri
nm. killing two hundred persons, and
SbliteFatinE 1900 900 worth OF property.
Fyyo days after a cyclone swept many
owns In Kentucky and Kansas, with
SreSt property loss, although the de.
Structlon OF life was small. comparA-
lively. May % q tornado destroyed life
Snd property in Ellis, Iowa. and the
Eame day nearly every house In La
PontRInB, Kansas, sustained some dam.
0Ee from storm, and there was q de-
StFuctlVe cloudhurst at MarShalltown.
Iowa. Nay 20 eleven persons were killed
rs the result Of q tornado at Cairo, Ill,
ard the came week the towns IN the
- ~ Nd
southern Michigan lost over one hum
tlFed lives by the visitation OF cyclones.
Although these destructive winds are
commonly called "cyClonG8." scientists
distinguish between the cyclone and the
tornado. The cyclone Is . widespread
'ioW-area storm" moving In an clip
tIeal path. The tornado drops with
SlnEle burst Of violence. Great death.
SsaiinR tOTnadoes have been Of almost
WEAKLY occurrence IN the United States,
PARTICULARLY In the last quarter OF q
century, although the two most rata!
took place In Adams, Miss, IN 1870 ana
ISt.. The hrst was NAY. ., ana the
nnnbeF OF killed three hundred and
forty.seven. June 16, 1912. reyiSitation
Killed 1--WE hundred persons.
The lower Missouri towns az Barry.
Stone, Webster and Christian suffered
April is. 1880. One hundred persons
we're Killed, six hundred injured, and
81 OOO. 900 worth OF property destroyed.
Twenty.two persons were killed and
saveuty-tWo injured April %, 1850, In
Soyubec county, Miss; forty killed and
Slghty.three Injured In Fannin county,
Texns. May IS. and twenty Killed in
Pottayatonle county, Iowa, June, 10,
the same year.
Al New Ulm. Mimi, two hundred ana
forty.scven buildings were wrecked and
Clx PERSONS killed July 10, ISL, August
q, four hundred were killed by cy-
clone that swept from Savannah TO
MAY 10. iSSs. one hundred and twenty
were killed at McAllister, Indian Terri
tory, At Grlnneli, Iowa, June Il, 1852.
one hundred persons were killed. three
hundred injured. and q property loss OF
81 900 900 sustained. June "a. that year,
al EmmetSburg. one hundred more were
killed.
tRo hundred were injured IN the state
OF Mississippi April ~ 1883 May
Is. sixteen perished at Racine, WIS. IN
Dodge aud OimStead counties, Minn.'
tRenty.siX were killed ana eigntS IN.
jured. August q. 1881
February 9, 1884, an unparalleled SER
"a OF cyclones struck eight states sim
ultaneously. Illinois, Kentucky, Miss
issIppi, GeorKla, Tennessee, Virginia.
North Carolina and South Carolina
we're visited by more than sixty lorna
6oes, Blight hundred persons lost their
IlVe5. 900 were Injured, and 10000
buildings destroyed. Ten days later
eighteen persons were killed In Rich
mond and HRrnett counties. North Car
DINA. July g that year fifteen persons
were killed and eighteen injured in
Miner Lake, and Mlnnehaha counties
Dakota. Seyenty-fve persons were IN
jured and SIX killed, and $4,000, 900 worth
81 rroperty destroyed September of
that year In Eastern Minnesota anu
Western Wisconsin.
In Camden county, New Jersey, Au-
gust 3, 1885, q cyclone destroyed tive
hundred buildings. injured one hundred
persons and killed six. Five days later.
Ia Fayette county, Ohio, precisely the
came number were killed and injured,
and the same property lOss-$5O0OOO-
sustained. In Dallas. Perry, and Bibbs
Counties, Alabama, November 6,thlrteeh
were killed and fifty injured.
In Sank Rapids and ST. Cloud, Mimi.
April II. 1886, seventy.tour we're Killed
and one hundred and thirty-siH lnlHrea'
April 10, twenty persisted at INDIAN
ola. Texas. In. Green and Huron coun-
ties. seventy -seVen were Killed Nay !:
" that year.
In Prescott county, Kansas. twenty
we're killed. two hundred and thirty
seven injured, April q. 1887.
Mount Vernon, Illinois, was nearly
DESTROYED February l9, 1883. Thlrty-
nine were killed and one hundred nnd
twenty-five injured.
January Q, 1883, thIrty-three persons
were Killed in Reading and Pittsburgh
Pa. March q, that year. In Louisville,
Ky, seventy-slx were killed, two hun.
drti injured. and $2,l5O,0OO worth OF
property destroyed.
In lawrence Mass, July g. 1880. nine
were killed and forty injured.
Twenty-Five were killed and one hum
dred injured at Wilmington. Kansas,
Nav q, 1892 June is, in Minnesota,
Nifty persons lost their lives.
BIZ a series of cyclones along the
coast Of Georgia and South CarOlinn.
August IS, 1893, there was an Immense
destruction Of property. and about
1000 lives were lost October . OF the
same year 1000 lives were lost along
the Gulf. in Louisiana.
In Minnesota and Iowa, September
g, 1884, seVenty-hVe were killed and
there was much damage to property.