Democratic Sentinel, Volume 20, Number 28, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 July 1896 — A TORNADO RECORD. [ARTICLE]

A TORNADO RECORD.

The Most Important Storms in This Count try Since 1874, Since 1874 the figures regarding tornadoes are tolerably accurate, having been compiled by the Weather Review. Here are the most Important storms, exclusive of the recent terrible visitations in the West: Nov. 22, 1874: The town of Tuscurnbia, Ala., was destroyed. Ten people were killed and 100 buildings destroyed; loss SIOO,OOO. May fi, 1870: A tornado in Chicago killed several people and destroyed $250,000 worth of property. June 4, 1877: Mount Carmel, 111., destroyed; 10 killed, 30 wounded; loss $400,000. July 7, 1877: Tensaukee, Wls., destroyed; 8 killed, many wouuded; loss $400,000. June 1,187 S: A path 750 feet wide and a mile long mowed through Richmond, Mo. There were 13 killed, 70 wouuded; loss SIOO,OOO. Aug. 9, 1878: A disastrous tornado in Wallingford, Conn. The loss of life amounted to 34 and twice as many wounded; loss $200,000. April 14, 1879: One man was killed and sixty buildings destroyed in Collinsville, 111. This tornado struck a cemetery and levelled every tombstone, April 10, 1879: Sixteen people were killed in Walterboro, S. C. During tbs storm many clamed to have seen balls of fire rolling along the ground. April 18, 1880: Ton killed and 30 injured in Fayetteville, Ark. April 18,1880: Every house In Marshfield, Mo., a town of 2,000 people, was destroyed or badly damaged; 05 were killed and 20 wounded. April 18, 1889: Several people killed In Beloit, Wls. On the same day a similar storm struck Licking, Mo., and killed 3, wounding 15, and leaving 200 homeless. April 24, 1880; Six people killed in Tnylorsvllle, 111. May 28, 1880: Fifteen people killed and four times as many wounded in Savoy, Tex. April 12, 1881: A tornado, accompanied by hailstones of enormous size killed 10 people In Hernando, Miss June 12, 1881: Tornado In l)e Kalb County, Mo.,killed 5 uml razed 80 buildings. July 15, 1881: New Him, Minn., suffered; 11 killed; loss $400,000. Sept. 24, 1881: Nine killed in Quincy, 111. April 18, 1882: Brownsville, Mo., partially destroyed; 8 killed. June 17, 1882: Disastrous storm In Grluuell, la.; (10 killed, 150 injured; 140 houses destroyed In three minutes; loss $600,000. April 22, 1883: Every house in Beauregard, Miss., torn down, and 20 people killed. Thirteen people were killed in the neighboring town of Wesson the same duy. May 18, 1883: Sixteen peopel killed in Racine, Wls. Aug. 21, 1883: Town of Rochester, Minn., destroyed and 20 people killed. Feb. 19, 1884: Eleven people killed in Leeds, Ala. Aug. 3,1885: Six |>eople killed in Camden, N. J., by a storm wheli destroyed property worth $500,000. April 14, 1880: Seventy-four people killed in St. Cloud and Sauk Rapids, Minn.; loss $400,000. April 21, 1887: Twenty killed and 300 injured In Prescott, Kan. April 22, 1887: Twenty killed and over 100 wounded in Johnson County, Ark. Feb. 19, 1888: Mount Vernon, 111., 18 killed, 54 wounded; loss, $400,000. Jan. 9, 1889: East Reading, Pa., 40 people killed by a storm which destroyed $200,000 worth of property. Jan. 12, 1890: One hundred house* razed and 3 people killed In St. Louis, Mo. March 27, 1890: Awful storm in Louisville, Ky. There were 70 killed, 200 Injured, $2,250,000 worth of property was destroyed. July 7,1890: Nine people killed in Fargo, N. D. April 1, 1892: Thirty-four people killed in several smnll towns in Kansas," Towanda and Augusta suffering most. May 28, 1892: Twenty-eight people killed in Wellington, Kan. Loss, $500,000. June 15, 1892: Blxty people killed in Southern Minnesota. April 12,1893: Seventeen people killed in Robinsonvlle, Miss. April 20, 1893: More than 100 people killed by a series of tornadoes in Oklahoma. April 30, 1893: Thirty people killed in Cisco, Tex. June 21, 1893: Storm near Topeka, Kan., lesulted in the loss of 14 lives. July 0, 1893: Storm visited Pomeroy, la., and neighboring villages, killing more than 100 people. Sept. 21, 1894: Over seventy-five people killed in a general storm in Minnesota and lowa.