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Show DEATH AND DESOLATION I III PATH OF WINDSTORM I Fierce Tornado In East and South, ,H ' Ten People Being Killed In the H State of'Mlssfss'lppl. H Memphis, Tenn. Ton persons aro H reported to hnvo been killed by tho K storm that Bwept over northern Mis- H slsslppl early Wednesday ulght. Tho tornado covered a wldo area and ' H , wrought much damage to crops. At Abcrdocn, Miss., W. C. McMll- , lan, cashier of tho bank,,and his Bon, T. T. McMillan, wero'lnstantly killed L, jln tho wreckogo of the. Illinois Cen-.tral Cen-.tral station. Two. negroes also met death. - L ' At Rich, Miss., a terrific rain, hail and wind storm prevnllcd. At Cotton Plant, 'Ark., a church was demolished. Reports from western Tennessee 1 say tho storm wrecked many small j buildings. I At Wcstpolnt, Miss., much damage t was dono on tho Terrell plantation, j cast or thoro, and two negroes wcro killed. At Stnrkvllle, Miss., Tour negroct; ; were killed. Lexington, Ky. Dispatches say great damago was dono In we.stom Kentucky by a tornado which swept ovor that section. In Calloway county, coun-ty, Isaac Ballancc's homo was struck by tho twlstor and demolished and Bnllanco killed. Ballanco was a con-redcrato con-redcrato sharpshooter during tho civil war, and wns reported to havo slain moro than 100 men. It Is reported that a man was killed at Murray. A wind storm In Christian county blow down stables and unrooted houses. Tho barn on Lon V. Adams' farm collapsed, col-lapsed, and flvo men wero burled. John SIvely wns fatally Injured. Toledo, O. Hundreds or men nro out or work, thousands of dollars' damago dono and many persona slightly Injured as the result of a hurricane that visited Toledo and vicinity. vi-cinity. Cleveland, O. The storm which prevailed In northern Ohio Wednos- ( day practically Isolated Cleveland from communication with the east. Tho slxty-flvo-mllo gnlo mado havoc In all directions. Telegraph and tele-phono tele-phono wires arc reported down throughout tho state. Peru, Ind. A tornado struck this town at 8 o'clock nt night nnd destroyed de-stroyed four nctorles and soverhi school buildings "and wrecked many smnll structures. Samuel Cornea Vns . caught under tho wreckage when hit. dwelling collapsed and sorlously Injured. In-jured. ' Wabash, Ind. A tornado passed ovor this city, Injuring a score of per- I sons and doing thousands of dollars' worth of damage. Tho storm Btruclc tho city- at 8 o'clock, passing through tho northeast part of tho town. Doz- l ens ot houses wcro demolished. Mrs. . 1 James Hayes and four children woro-plnloned woro-plnloned beneath tho wreckage ot their homo, which caught lire. The-mother The-mother was fatally burned and tho children wero seriously hurt. William Shepard. wlfo and two children woro hold beneath fallen ruins and tho neighbors oxtricnted them. New York. The high gale prevail-Iiik prevail-Iiik to tho west and north of New York Wednesday attained Its full rorce hero at 7:45 p. ip., when tho wind reached a velocity or sixty miles an hour. A woman nnd a child wcro badly hurt by being blown off tholr feet. Detroit. Mich. At lenst eight persons per-sons lost tholr llvos in tho storm that visited Detroit and Michigan Tuesday nleht and Wednesday. Thrco mon attempted to croRs tho Detroit river In n row boat and were drowned. At Jennings threo men woro killed by being cnught under a wall blown down by the wind- The wind velocity renched over slxty-llve miles nn hour. |