Crawfordsville Daily Journal, Crawfordsville, Montgomery County, 29 March 1890 — Page 8

DAILY JOURNAL.

SATURDAY, MAHCH 29. 1890.

WIDESPREAD RUIN.

Far-Roaching Bflfoota of tiie Groat Storm.

PARTS OF SEVERAL STATES VISITED.

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lW)WMXt» (HJKKN WU'KI) OIT CINCINNATI. March 20. Late dispatches statu that tho tornado struck the town of Howling Green, Warren count}-, Ivy., and completely wiped it out. As tho wiros arc down no detailed report can be obtained, and but the nieaper fact that tho calamity had occurred lias boon received. Howling Green has a population of about 5,000 inhabitants, and tho loss of lifo is conjectured to bo correspondingly large. 8:15 a. m.—All efforts to secure now* from Howling Oreon, Ky., up to this hour huvo proved fruitless. IJowling Green is out of tho world as far as dotting any information from there is concerned. 'l'ho worst is feared and tho best is hoped for.

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METnojt.ii.is, 111., March 29.—This town was Thursday visited by tho most fearful storui in its history, resulting in the wounding and death of a portion of Its citizens and sucti a wholesale destruction of property as was nover known hero before. Nothing peculiarly Strang" in tho appearance of tho skies occurred fo forowarn the most oautious persons save the greenish cast of the heavens. The first buildings to go wore tho largo three-story brick structures ownod by D. Davis and 15. Uteres & Co. The large three-story llouring-mills of H. Quante & lira were struck and bddly damaged and tho hotel property of John X. Allen followed in tho general wreck. Sholton Jlros.' ma-chine-shops were entirely destroyed. Tho stavo works of Glass & Minton wore tho noxt to go. and tho Metropolis woolen-mills shared the samo fat*. Kraper's cigar factory was badly damaged and tho now and elegant brick residence of A. Quante was unroofed. With it went the third story of tho First National Rank building. William Ebberlish's frame .residenco and the brick residences of

Captain John Jones and John Nordon wore completely wrecked. Tho twostory uriok residenco occupied by Postmaster Slack succumbed to the storm. The two-story brick wagon factory of C. C. Wittman is a partial wreck and the jail and city buildings are ruined. Cooloy's and Copeland's livery stables are also damaged. Tho two-story brick residenco of Solomon Lonhousor is damaged and tho grand now two-story brick Storehouse and rosidenoe of Jeff Shepard is blown down. In tho building wero Mr. Shepard, his wife and son Olie, John Korth, Joo and Mrs. Mary Keebler. Mrs. Shepard's thigh is broken, Mrs. Keebler's arm is brokon and tho men are badly bruised.

Tho residence of William Mathias was swept from over tho heads of himself and family, not a Boul being hurt.

The upper story of Rankin's brick residence was wrecked. The Empire flour-ing-mills are unroofed and a largo portion of the walls aro down. Near thom livod lCmily Marshal, a colored woman and owner of two comfortable residences. Both were destroyed and tho owner instantly killed. The handsome residence of B. Uaores, uncompleted, was wrecked, and tho brick residence of Daniel I'roctor is destroyed. Tho private residenco of John Allen. Xo. 2. was swept entirely away and the owner badly wonnded. Three box cars on tho railroad wore blown from the track and a •fourth is literally split in two. The depot is smashed in and unroofed.

The residonco of Green Choat, an old man sick in bod, was blown down. Mrs. Catherine James was badly hurt by falling walls. At the stove factory of Glass & Minton Mr. Glass was badly hurt and Thomas Robbing, a hand, had both arms broken. The rosidonco of Henry Rigjins (colored) was blown away and his wife seriously injured.

In tho country tho devastation iq oven more appalling. On William Bruner's farm the residenco and outbuildings aro entirely swept away. rs. Goo'rgo Matthews had her log broken. Gus Reik's ,barn was knocked down. The houses and barns of Harris Leech, Fred |Munger, Georgo Nuttondorf, Fred Baker, Fnink Jones, Jack Burley, Mrs. King, Barrett Litton, Tom Proffit and a 'host of others are all gone. Twentyifive thousand dollars is, perhaps, not an exaggerated estimate of tho loss.

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OkNKY, 111., March 29.—Nows has reached this city of more damago done by the cvcldiio of Thursday night than was at first anticipated. Tho storm brought destruction and ruin to this vicinity. Six miles southwest II. Clark, farmor, lost his dwelling. Tho residenco of Mr. W. O'Donnoll was destroyod and his daughter injured. Martin Totten's flno barn was blown down. Tho cyolone struck tho southwestern part of ~'V and. narrowly missed tho busi-

noss scotion. Dr. N. B. Allen's rosldenco was moved four or Ave feet A largo pieco of timbor was driven through a brick wall of Dr. MeCluro's rosidonoe, striking his wife. John Bourroll's residenco was so complotoly blown away that no traoo of it can bo found. The family, on seeing tho storm approach* took. rofugo in tho collar and esoapod without, injury. A millinor. Miss Spoonsler, received injuries that may prove fatal. Mrs. Mattio had two ribs broken aud her b:"oast crushed. Her condition is critical. Mrs. Ileom, a blind lady, was bruised and otherwise injured. Tho loss to property, not insured, ranges from £40,000 to $50,000.

AT OTHKlt ILLINOIS POINTS.

CAIKO, 111., March 20.—Tho gale hero Thursday night sunk sovoral shanty and fish boa is on tho Ohio rivor and rendered navigation almost impossible. In tho city it blew ono framo house from its foundation into the water. No ono was hurt. Tho gale blow ac the rate of sixty miles an hour at Mill Crook, and five houses and sovoral barns wore leveled and a Mrs. Ilartlino and hor child soverolv hurt.

DKCATVU. ill., March 29.—During the •torm of Thursday evunisg Charlos and Emma Black, children of Charlos Black, a wealthy farmer, wc*o riding homo from school on horseback, near McSchanicshurg, when lightning struck tho boy, killing both him and tho horse. Tho little girl walked homo through tho driving rain to toll of tho awful death of her brother.

AT .IKKFKIISONVILI.E, INI1.

JKFFI'HSHNVILI.K, Ind., March 29.— JefTersonvillo was struck by tho cyclono at 8 o'clock Thursday night. Fortunately not a person was killed, though some wero badly hurt. East of Front street the old Orphans'Homo was demolished, ten buildings, mostly private residences, wero totally wrecked, and many others wero badly damaged. West of Spring stroet tho damage was ovon worse. Among tho residences blown to pieces in this district wore thoso of Mrs. Cranweiss, loss, S20,W0 William B. llarriwoll, loss, Sl'3,000, and Rev. T. G. Bosley, loss. S5.00O.

Tho destruction is torriblo and the loss is estimated at not loss than S500,000. Tho force of tho wind was terrific and carried every thing boforo it A skiff was lifted bodily from tho rivor and blown into tho second-story window of tho residenco of \V. A. W. Dorney.

At tho Strauss House, corner of Spring and First streets, a largo number of guests wore gathored, somo for shelter. Tho storm struck it and overy body tried to escape. A hail of brick and tumbling walls mot thf flooing crowd, but, strange to say, though tho building was almost totally wrecked, no one was badly hurt.

At tho foot of Front street, near the car-works pump-house, are sovoral shanty-boats. Ono occupied by Honry Wilkins, his wife and threo children was lifted bodily and thrown into the rivor. Tho inmates wore thrown into the water and would have boen drowned but for Frank Williams and a number of car-works employes, who heroically risked their own lives to sa»e the imperiled people.

A£ tho residence of Rev. T. G. Bosley, Jacob Green and Georgo Jones wero on tho sccond floor when tho structure fell, but miraculously escape^. Miss Leila Jewett was slightly hurtabout the head. An old lady at the Old Poople's Ilom* was badly hurt At the "pumpkin patch" two coal-boats of Captain Duff, with 40,000 bushels of cval aboard, sunk yesterday morning.

IN" INDIANA

EVANSVILLK, Ind., March 29.— Evanuville escaped lightly as comparod with the Louisville horror, but thore were many rumored casualties that ordinarily would have been considered serious enough. A mammoth freight wharfboat, SOO foot long by 00 feet wide, was partially sunk loss, 82,000. A pleasure barge broke in two and is a total loss. A coal barge containing 11,000 bushels of coal was complotoly wrockod and sunk. The Inglosido, a tug, was first sunk and afterward broken up by the waves. Smith's supply factory and several houses wore unroofed, and the roof of tho Courier building was crushed in by a falling smokestack. The south wing of Ulmcr's brewery collapsed, and two men— Cla.i'io Tilly and Joseph Winnegar— woro crushed to death. The loss will bo 825,000.

Freight train Xo. 07, south-bound on tho Louisvillo & Nashville, on Thursday night encountored a cyclone one milo north of Sobroe, twenty-six milos south of Evansville, and was completely wrecked, the engine toppling over tho embankment Tho engineer, Potor Burns, is buried under the engino and his body has not been recovered. His homo is in Nashville, Tenn., where he has a wifo and threo children. Tho head brakeman, named Powell, was also instantly killed. The fireman was on the ooal tender and his lifo was saved by being thrown in an opposite direction from tho ongino. Fiftoen cars of freight wero wrecked.

WASHINGTON, Ind,, March 29.—Additional particulars of tho groat storm in the southern part of this county show that fivo houses and seven barns were destroyed, many horses and cattle killed, and over 200 miles of fcnco ruined. The track of tho storm was about one mile in width. So far as can be learnod no lives woro lost.

PHINCKTON, Ind., March 29.—Shortly before 0 o'clock Thursday night a tornado swept over tho country just north

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«,d wfcst of this city, doing an immensa amount of damago lo the farm houses, farms and valuable timbor. Tho Westorn Union wiros wero blown down, and on' tho farm of Richard Riggs tho only thing left standing was his residence. His littlo son was struck by a piece of timbor and hurt. Noxt to this was tho fai'm of Robert Rowe, and all tho buildings, including his residonco, woro almost totally wrecked. Mr. Rowo received somo bad bruisos and his wife and baby wuro sorvod in the same way. On the farms of John Sloan, Samuel Hargrove, Hiram Koilh and Josse Classeo tho damago is great. Tho last-namod farmer lost sovoral valuable horses by his barn being blown down upon them. Xo outbuildings wero left standing on any of tho farms. White Church, just west of this city, is ruined. At L.vlo's Station, iivo miles wost, Ralph Ash by was badly hurt, tho roof of his rosidonco falling in on him and holding him down uutil assistance camo to tako him out In short, at least fifty buildings in this county havo been wreckod, togothor with a largo numher of valuable stock killed. Tho total loss will bo groat.

IN IOWA.

BURLINGTON, la., March 29.—A storm of wind, rain, snow and hail raged hore Thursday night complotoly destroying telegraphic, and telephono communication but doing no other damago. Tho city was left in total darkness by tho extinguishing of tho olqctric lights.

DKS MOINI-.S. la., March 29.—A farmor named Smith, who lives several miles west of here, started hoiuo from this oity about 'J o'clock Thursday night. The storm was so severe that he became chilled, and, placing tho lines over the dashboard, wrapped himself in the robes. The hor.se became frightened imd ran away, throwing Mr. Smith violontly to the ground, breaking his leg and rendeiiug him helpless. Ho lay for nearly two hours before he was discovered by a passer-by. His condition is extremely critical.

I.IVKS LOST IN TENNUCSR.K. MEMPHIS, Tenn., March 20.—A sovere wind-storm set in at 10 o'clock Thursday morning and prevailed with more or loss fury until a late hour at night. The velocity roachod was forty-eight miles an hour. Somo slight damage was done to property all ovor tho oity, consisting mainly of damaged roofs and broken windows. At Gallatin, Tonn., several houses woro demolished. John Ilibbott, his two children and a young girl wero killed by falling walls. Mrs. Ilibbott was seriously hurt Jamos Patterson and Mrs. Tatum wore badly injured, and it is thought both will die. Several other pooplo wero severely injured. Tho iron bridge ovor Doshler'a oreok, on tho Chattanooga 4 Nashville road, was blown down and all trains havo been abandoned. The town of Raigin is said to bo a completo wrock, overy house oxcopt ono boing demolished. A child of Postma3ter Woods was killed and a number of others seriously injured. Tho town of Fayetteville, Lincoln County, farod badly. A negro woman was killed by falling walls and a number of persons wore injured. The principal stores in tho town wore wrecked, and tho stocks of goods either blown away or ruined by tho rain that followed. Many residonces woro also demolished. The damage is estimated at 8200,000 and many of tho poorer classes, especially tho negroes, are destitute. At Trezevant tho little 8-year-old child of E. E. Martin was killed, several persons were injured and many housos wreckod. At Belleviow, Ivy., John McKee and two negroes woro burped to death in a building which blow down. At Eminence, forty milos southeast of Louisvillo, sovoral persons wore killed. The wholo country around Louisville is one mass of mingled polos, timbers, trees and other debris. Port rlioyal, Henry County, forty miles from Louisville, is said to have boen entirely destroyed.

AT OIIAND ITLVER, KY.

PADUCAN, Ivy., March 20. James Norfolcet, a director of the Grand Rivor Company at Grand River, Ky., brings details of tho havoc playod there by tho storm. Tho city is located about eighteen miles south of Paducah and midway between tho Cumberland and Tennessee rivers. It is a small place, the headquarters of a company organized to develope tho iron industry. The principal office was completely destroyed, the hotel partially so, and eight other houses blown down and completely destroyed. Mr. Richard Bock, Abe Murray and a littlo boy wero lcillod and seventeen others seriously injured.

IN OBOHOIA.

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn., March 29.—Reports have reached hero that a tornado struck Graysville, Ga., a town-oighteen miles south of this placo, Thursday night. The roof was blown off the large flouring-mills, and two houses bolonging to John Woods and T. T. Wilson woro blown down. Every house and outbuilding at Allsbrook was destroyed. Several narrow escapes aro reported, but it is impossible to learn wliother or not any body has boon killed.

IN VIRGINIA.

STAUNTOK, Va., March 29.—A heavy wind-storm has prevailed horo since noon Friday, unroofing houses, uprooting trees and blowing down fences. 1110 FLOODS IN MISSISSIPPI.

ViCKsnuno, Miss., March 20.—The news received that crovasses have oocurred at Huntington and Euston, Miss., •Sas created consternation in this city,

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and settles tho fat.o of all but tho highost portions of tho Yuy.oo delta. The orovasso at Huntington, noarly opposite Arkansas City, and forty miles aliovo Groonvillo, was !!Ul) feet wide at last accounts, and the one at Euston, four milos abovo, is 100 feet wido.

Tho Offuts and Skipwith crevasses aro pouring Hoods of water upon the Yazoo delta. At Skipwith the break is now 000 feet wide and i"» to 20 feet deep and tho water is shooting through with a velocity resembling that of the whirlpool rapids. Tho town is now coverod with water to the depth of 10 foot or more. Nothing Is to be soon of some of the houses except the peaks of their roofs, whilo others havo turned ovor and aro being tossed about by tho surging water. Tho damago to stock will bo large, but it is bellovod thoro will bo but little loss of human life. Tho outlook Is gloomy, indeed, and tho people in Louisiana and Mississippi are removing their stock to places of safoty.

NATIONAL CALAMITY I.M.MINKNT.

NKW YORK, March 29.—Sergeant Dunn, of tho Signal Sorvico, in an interview yesterday afternoon said that ono of tho greatest calamities tho country Has ovor known is imminent, and that it is the duty of tho press to warn people of the Lowor- Mississippi to prepare for tho worst. Ho says: "It will bo tlie Krcatcst calamity that bas ever befallen that section of tlio country. Tho (lamagu will be greatest below Memphis. Tho storm Is just llko an enormous pitcher of wntur poured upon a country alrcaily flooded Although sovoral immense crevasses havo been round In the levees bolow Vlcksburg from SOO to 1.D00 feet wldo and twonty to twenty-live feet deep, carrying off millions of gallons of water every second, tho height of the river al Vicltsburg and Cairo has remained almost stationary at the top Hood limit. This shows that tho channel of tho river below Is all choked lip with alluvium and debris from tho first Hood, and that this is acting as a dam which will eventually work havoc with all the lovoos. When the wave crest from this new storm comes down the river, things are bound to bo carried awuy, and the entire surrounding country covered. This will probably arrive at Cairo in two or threo days but it may bo tlirco weeks before it reaches New Orleans. New Orleans will be reached without doubt by one of the most disastrous floods ever known, and I would not givo iivo cents for my life in that city when the wave crest strikes it. I do not say this to frighten people, but am simply stating facts thill will bo verified,"

James Ilubbartt living near Maple, Ind., was 105 years old on Thursday. He was in good health.

THE 0HUH0HES.

Wher# Religious Services Will Be Held To-Morrow. FmsT PRESHYTKUIAN CHUBCH.—Sunday school at 10 a. m.

ST. JOHN'S EPISOOPAII CHURCH.—Sunday school at 9 a. m. Services by Rev. Wm. Wilson morning and eveniug.

MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHUKCII.—Sunday school at 10 a. m. ltev. G. P. Fuson will preach at 11 a. m., and 7 p. m.

A. M. E. CHURCH.—Rev. Martin Coleman will preach to-morrow at 10:30 a. m. and 7 p. m. Sunday school at 2 p. m.

SECOND BAPTIST CHURCH.—Regular services to-morrow, conducted by the pastor, Rev. J. R. Miller. Sunday school at 2 p. m.

CENTER PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.—Services at 10:30 a. m., and 7:30 p. m., by Dr. R. J. Cunningham. Sunday sohool at 2 p. m.

Y. M. C. A.—Meeting for mon only at 4:30. The meeting will be oonduotud by R. Howard Taylor. Subject, "Danger Ahead."

CHRISTIAN CHURCH.—Elder E. T. Lane, the pastor, will preaoh to-morrow at 10:30 a. m. and 7 p. m. Sunday school at 2 p. m.

METHODIST Eriscoi'AL CHURCH.— Services at 11 a. m. by Rev. G. W. Switzer and at 7:30 p. m., annual •'Thanks Offering" service by the Woman's Foreign Missionary Booiety. Sunday school at 10 a. m.

SALVATION ARMY.—Meetings every night in the week commencing at 7:45 p. m., at the barraoks, 126 Washington street, led by Lieut. Hilty, also nil day Sunday. 7 ft. m.. knoe drill 11 a. m., holiness 3 p. m., free-and-easy 7:45 p. m., regular salvution.

ST. BERNARD'S, ROMAN CATHOLIC.— Low Mass at 8 o'clock a. m. High M-tss ond sermon at 10 o'clock a. m. Instruction of children, 2 o'clock p. in. Rosary, 2:45 p. m. Vespers and benediotion 3 p. m. On the second Sunday of eooh and every month the only servioe will be Low Mass at 8 o'clock. All services conducted by Rev. J. R. Dennen.

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