Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1897-03-27

bert Butler, aged 6; Alice Putin;
Willie McMurrie, aged 10; Ker
ton, aged Z; Mary Wellons, as
Johnson, aged 10.
All the dead are terribly
being crushed and bruised by the fall
ing timbers and debris. The injured
are:
Prof. w. A Covington, principal of the
school, badly bruised, but no fractures.
will recover Prof. Walker, assistant teach
er, internal injuries and one leg broken,
will probably die; Lou Parramore, aged 10,
one leg broken and badly bruised, may re-
cover; Bette Parramore, aged l3, badly
bruised, will recover: Alton Carter. aged
s, one leg and arm broken and face badly
bruised, may recover; Ethel Carter. aged
10, slightly wounded from scratches and
bruises, will get well; Annie Coley, badly
mangled and internal injuries, will prob
ably die; Willie Collins, aged -, face badly
bruised, will recover; George Riley, Jr.,
aged ~, slightly injured, will recover; Dud-
ley Killebrew, aged Is, both legs broken
and face badly torn, may die; Edith Butler,
aged g. badly bruised, will recover; ST.
mons Sanders, aged 10, bruised and one leg
crushed, will recover; Ernest Wellons, aged
II, badly bruised; Clara Thigpen, aged II,
badly bruised.
Not single person in the big build
ing escaped injury. And in the present
confused condition of affairs it is next
to impossible to secure the simple facts
of the disaster. About 1880 o'clock there
was lull in the high winds which had
prevailed, giving some promise of
clear day. The children came in on the
various roads, and many had already
reached the school yard and were play.
ing, preliminary to the opening OF
school. Prof. Covington, going out to
look around, saw dark cloud, well
fringed with electricity, moving rap
| idly in the direction of the school. He
perceived at once that there was danger,
and called the children into the building
for safety. The tornado was upon them
before they had time to think, and
fences and timbers were flying around
in the air.
The storm increased its strength and
velocity, and the school building began
to shake and careen. The timbers could
be heard wrenching from their fasten-
ings, and the roof was parted from its
moorings to the building A cracking
noise was heard, and the shutters and
swinging doors were wrenched from
their hinges. Then came a twisting
and careening, and the central parti-
tion gave way, falling with deadly effect
upon a group of children who were
clinging to the professors. The doors
and windows gone, the storm had full
sway within, fragments of timbers fly.
ing in the air and children being caught
up and dashed against the wrecked
walls. The cries of the wounded and
the groans of the dying were heart
rending.
The place of ruin was soon surround
ed by the parents of the children, who
came from all directions, distracted
with grief over the disaster. A rescue
party was made up and work begun in
the debris to recover the wounded and
the bodies of the dead.
Eufala, Ala, March 23.-This city was
swept by cyclone Monday morning, in
which death and disaster played part
Hourly the record becomes more terri
BILE. Men We're almost caught up from
the streets before they could find shell.
ter. Roofs gave away, and for two hours
there were terror and desolation. Then
the cyclone passed off to the northwest
coursing along the Chattahoochee val.
ley.
From Henry county, Ala, around
Abbeville, there come stories of death
and wreck, but no names have been re
ceived. A family of five are reported
killed near Geneva. A second disaster
that of floods, is now upon the county
News comes in of the drowning of d
family of eight persons on the Alabama
side of the river in Henry county
Fire Rt Huron, s. ID.
Huron, S. D., March 23.-Property
valued at $4,000 was destroyed by fir,
here Monday morning, including tn,
Alliance building, valued at $25, 900 anc
insured for $4,000. The building wa.
occupied by the government land office
which saved most of its records Th,
United States weather bureau lost al
its instruments and most of the record,