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Howling Winds

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Day
16
Month
January
Year
1890
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Public Domain
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A TKMI'KST'S FIÜV. St. Loris, Jan. 13. - At 4:30 Sunday afternoon a cyclone struck the southwestern section of tho city and swopt through to the northern limits, marking a pathway nearly a quarter of a mile wide and leaving death and desolation in lts track. In additions to dozens of dwellings and stores in tho southern, central and northern sections of the city more or less wrecked, the following buildings wero damaged: The Anchor milis, üoodwin candle factory, Pullman shops, Van Brock's furniture factory, Kingsland & Ferguson's farm-implement works, Missouri Pacific Hospital, Hodgen School, Germán Evangelical Church, Seeond Presbyterian Churoh, and others yet to be heard from. It was also reported that another section of the Acadomy of Music, which collapéfed a few days sinco, had been leveled by tho storm, but tlris is now donied. The list of killed reported up to 9:30 p. ni. comprise the following persons: Mrs. Maggie Connors, aged 40; Bernard McConnell, aged 40; Joo Weaver, aged 9; Willie Marks, aged C. Tho latter resided with his parents in tho northern part of the city. He was in bed sick with a fever. The storm blew the roof off tho Marks homo and bricks carne crashing into the room, resulting in tho death of the bov from sheer friarht. A messenger just arrived from tho east side of tho river says that the storm in St. Clair County, 111., was unusually severo and that the ery of "Good Lord save usl" was heard frequently outside of the church. walls. ürooklyn, a village of about 500 people, seems to have Buffered most. The damage at East St. Louis and Yenice was largely confined to railroad property and Bmall dwellings and telegraph and telephone poles. lirooklyn is about three miles north of East St. Louis, lts population is largely composed of colored people. At 8 p. m. it was reported in East Louis that the little village had been swept off the face of the earth. It proves not Cjuite so badas that, though bad enough, and though several were injured no lives were lost. A number of dwellings are in ruins. The Baptist church is entirely demolished, and the Methodist Episcopal church, a frame building, unroofed and turned clear around on lts foundations. Memphis, Tenn., Jan. 13. - A heavy wind-storm, accompanied by rain, struck Memphis about 5 o"clock Sunday afternoon, but beyond a general prostration of wires no damage was done in this lmmediate vicinity. A special from Sardis, Miss., sixty miles south of here, reports a heavy storm of wind, rain and hall. The Episcopal and Presbyterian churches and Hallentine's livery stable were blown down. Benderson Bros.' store and the Reporter office were unroofed, and several stores and residences damaged. No fatalities are reported. Caiiïo, 111.. Jan. 14.- A terrible deathdealing cyclone swept the town of Clinton, Ky., thirty miles south of here, on the Illinois Central ruilway, at 7 o'clock Sunday night, demolishing seventy-five buildings, instantly killing eleven people and injuving fifty-flvo others more or less Beverely. Following is a list of the killed: J. A. Rhodes, wife and two children, John W. Gaddic, Walter Nance, aged 18; Mrs. w. C. Bones, Burnet ISones, asfed 11; J. R. (raham and two ehlldren. Following is a pai-tial list of the houses demolished or damaged: J. K. Graham, J. W. Naneo and G. E. Gwinn's residences; c. s. V oorhees' residence and store; C. S. Justice, J. W. Qaddie, .Mrs. M. A. Taylor, W. I. Rudd. D. Stubblelleld, Robert Johnson, Mrs. R. S. Foster, R. L,. Anthony, E. Sublette andW. C. Bone's residences. The storm came swoopuig down upon the town with a horrible roar from the Bouthwest, leveling every thing in it3 path and fllling tho air with missiles of every description. It picked up buildings as though they wero toy houses and utterly wrecked all telegraphic communication in every direction. The entire east side of tho town is wrecked. Most of the buildings were of a substantial character, of brick and Btone, costing $3,000 to 84,000 each. These went down like chaff. The Intensity of the wind actually killed poultry and birds, many being picked up dead in the Street. An eye witness thus describes the cloud as it whirled toward the doomed city: The force of the wind was sufficient to lift buggies, carriages and wagons in the air hundreds of feet, dashing them to the earth into splinters. Organs, pianos, sewing machines, every thing that was portable was wrecked. A young man named Bones, aged 14, was picked up by the wind from the flying timbers and dropped upon the ground dcad a considerable distance away. Within 8ve miles of Cairo at Wickliffe, Ky., the storm also did havoc. Seven buildings were destroyed and six persons were injured. Five freight cars were overturned on tho track. SvKAcrsK, N. Y„ Jan. 14. - A cyclone truck this city Monday afternoon, leaving death and destruction in lts track. A building in eourse of construction was blown down. One of th workmen was killed and ten others more or less injured. The one death was that of William Willis, a carpenter, instantly killcii, who leaves a wife and three chililivu. ROCHKOTKK, X. V., Jan. 14. - A hurriricane prevailed here Monday. The wind is raid to have reached a velocity of Beventy-flve miles an boor. Many buildings liavi' been partially demolished aml several persons have been injured by talling debris. Gcorgo Welter was struck on the head by a fallhig chimnev -.nol killed. The south wall of the Jo . I -.i blpck on State streel was blown dow, falling on and crushing a frame building next door. No one was injured.

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