DISASTROUS HURRICANES. A Large Number of Persons Killed and Wounded.—Great Destruction of Property.

Te Aroha News, Volume I, Issue 49, 10 May 1884, Page 3

DISASTROUS HURRICANES. A Large Number of Persons Killed and Wounded.— Great Destruction of Property.

Pjttshuku, April 3. — By a cyclone in the Monongahela Valloy yesterday morning, property was destroyed valued ut several thousand dollars, and twenty-one persons were injured, four probably fatally. The sun was sinning brightly at 9.30 o'clock. A few minutos later the &ky became overcast, and hail commenced falling. There were vivid flashes of lightning and loud peals of thunder. A terrific gale blew, which levelled fences, wronched signs from their fastenings, and demolished houses. Oliver and Roberts' wire mill was completely wrecked. Tho building was 200 feet square and almost entirely of iron construction. It had not yet been placed under a roof. About 100 men were engaged inside putting in an engine when the storm rent the building in twain. The heavy iron fell with a crash and the men scattered pell-mell, seeking places of safety. All but six escaped, and only one of these (William Lacy) was fatally hurt. The storm continued its course along tho south sido of tho river, sweeping all out-

houses and fences from its path, until Homestead was reached, where it seemed to gather new force. A frame house, owned by Evan Jones, was blown down, and six men working in the building were more or less injured. A carpenter's shop adjoining was crushed by the falling timber, and two men were hurt. In another part of the town the frame house of John Randolph was lifted from its foundation and carried some distance, tho family being uninjured. The storm passed up the valley, but so far no other damage has been reported.

JNew Orlkan.s, April I. — Ihe "limesDemocrat's " Huntsville, Ala., special says : A destructive cyclone passed through this county last night, greatly damaging timber and fencing. The house of a family named White was completely blown away. Mrs White and her mother were killed, and the baby was carried several miles in the woods, where it was found alive this morning. A man named Glover had both shoulders broken. Others were more or less injured.

Columbia, S. C, April 2nd. — Information has just reached this city by train that a hurricane wrecked the large brick depot of the South Carolina-Railroad at Camden, and McDowell s store and several other buildings in that town. Forest lires are now raging on the outskirts of Camden, and nearly the entire populace are out fighting them. It is reported to-night that the town of Timmonsvillc, on the Wilmington, Columbia and Augusta Railway, has been completely Avreckcd by the gale and many of the inhabitants killed and injured.

t Cincinnati, April 2nd. — Reports from eastern Indiana and western Ohio say that the storm last night was very severe, and the wind blew a hurricane, prostrating fences and telegraph lines, and communication was badly interrupted. No lives are reported lost. Near Greenville the storm was very severe. Houses, barns, and trees were blown down. No lives are reported lost. Two miles and a half distant a minute latter it struck Oakville, carrying death and destruction in its track. Of thirty houses in Oakville all but three were torn to atoms. Five persons were killed outright, and a sixth died this morning. A large number were injured. Fifty arc reported wounded.

Fout Wavnk, Ind., April 2. — A destructive cyclone passed through Honey and Blackford counties, Ind., live miles south of Muncie, passing in a north-easterly direction, last night, causing great loss of life and property. Three women and two men were killed at Oakville. Two of the women were picked up by tho Mind and carried fully half-a-mileand deposited in the woods. It is believed the loss of life in the country remote, from telegraph facilities, has been considerable.