The Ely miner., 1900-11-30

| MISSISSIPPI tuesday niSht from Soutn-
west to northeast left in its wake in
Vulnerable tornadoes. These as we'll
as the original cyclone were terribly
destructive to property, and with the
main storm caused at least so deaths
and the injury of over 100 persons. The
following estimate is made from latest
reports.
| Killed in Tennessee ............. 81
| Killed in Mississippi. ................ 70
| Missing in Mississippi ............." oO
| Killed in Arkansas ..................- z
11n5nred 1n5nred IN in MississI5eI TsnnsTsee ,.. a5
Damage by cyclone .........-......$l0OO,o ,oOO
At Columbia, the county seat of
Maury county, Tenn, on the Louisville
& Nashville road, 40 miles south OF
Nashville, the worst loss was suffered.
There 40 persons were killed and about
so injured. The names of all the
dead and injured have not been OBJ
tanned.
The number of houses destroyed in
the Nolensville neighborhood is 16.
There were two fatalities.
La VerGne Suffers.
At La Vergne, 16 miles south of
here, on the Nashville, Chattanooga
& ST. Louis road, the velocity of the
wind was marvellous and from best
reports lasted only about 20 seconds.
In this short time about 35 dwellings
were turned into kindling wood. The
loss of life is small compared with the
miraculous escapes made. The wind
made a swath about 200 yards wide
through the middle of the town. The
La Vergne high school and the depot,
the two largest buildings, were laid
fiat on the ground. The loss of these
two buildings is placed at something
like $1,000. The railroad lost four
section houses also, each valued at
5000. The victims of the tornado are
George Robertson and his six months
old child.
In Mississippi.
In Mississippi the greatest loss of
life and damage to property occurred
near Tunica, Lula and fernando. A
report by courier from point 13
miles from Tunica says that the tor
nado's devastation was so great that
it will take weeks to calculate and
repair it. Five negroes lost their
lives on the Hamlin place. In Tunica
the schoolhouse. church and a num-
ber of buildings were totally demol-
ished More than so negroes are
missing, and it is feared that several
of them have perished. Cotton is re-
ported badly damaged. At fernando
white man was killed and a negro
fatally injured by flying debris.
In Arkansas.
The storm visited Arkansas and
wrought much havoc in Monroe and
Lee counties. Information was that
the storm came from the southwest,
crossed the tracks of the Arkansas
Midland railroad 40 miles west of
Helena, at Whitley's, where fences.
timber and cabins were blown away,
but no lives were lost in that neigh
borhood. At Blackton. on the Pine
City branch of the Arkansas Midland
railroad, Miss Robinson was killed
while trying to escape from wrecked
building, and at MORO. Lee county.
the infant child of Prof Richard
Blount was killed by flying timbers,
the home of Prof Blount being blown
| down.
In Ohio.
Columbus, O., Nov. ga severe
| windstorm swept over western and
northern Ohio Wednesday Much
damage to property is reported. but
no loss of life. At Tippecanoe City.
six miles south of Troy, S. Shearer's
/ tobacco sheds were wrecked and the
Masonic hall and other buildings dam
| aged. At Bucyrus the German Lu-
| theran church was badly damaged
and the Ohio Central roundhouse
| partly unroofed. At Conneaut res
idence belonging to Frank Kennedy
was completely wrecked and others
damaged. Sandusky reports that
| damage to the amount of $50, 600 was
caused by the storm in that city and
vicinity. Much damage is reported to
have been done by the blowing down
| of derricks in the oil fields in the
| northwestern part of the state. At
| Findlay the steel roof was blown off
the three-story building of Byron
Caples. At Mohicanville, near Ash
land, the new German Reformed
church was blown down. the struc-
ture being total wreck.
Losses in Colorado Springs.
Colorado Springs, Col, Nov. 23.-
The losses to property from Thurs
days storm amount to 100000, di-
vided as follows: Business section of
the town, $4,000; Colorado Telephone
company, $4,000; Electric Power COM
pany, $4,000; Western Union, $4,000;
Postal Telegraph company. $4,000;
Colorado and Philadelphia reduction
| works. 10000; balance scattering. No
| loss of life has been reported.
OhiO's Omclal Vote.