Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1871-07-13
Tornado at Dayton, Ohio
Eight Persons Killed, and Thirty
Wounded.

Last Sunday, Dayton, Ohio, was visited
by one of the most terrible tornafoes ever
witnessed The Cincinnati Enquirsrs
special dispatch says:
This has been a Sunday of sorrow in
Dayton One of the most terrible storms
visited this community this afternoon, by
which eight persons were hurried into
eternity; and many others so badly injured
that they finger on the brink.
Soon after the storm commenced, the
Washington street bridge, upon which
some twenty persons had taken refuge
from the storm, fell with tremendous
crash, killing instantly two men named j.
Sayer, and son of Patrick Mahon. and
seriously injuring nearly all who sought
shelter on the bridge
As the tornado was at its height. about
a-quarter to three, the ST. Johns Luther
an Church, German, was holding Sunday
school services. The Superintendent of
this Sunday school had gone upon the
second floor Of the church to secure the
windows of the Sunday school held on the
lower floor at the beginning of the storm,
and had to come down into the apartment
where the frightened children were escap-
ing through the doors.
There is an attendance usually of 800
children, although not all were there to-
day. In the panic they had crowded
against the door, and were standing upon
each other, and pressing outward There,
in the middle aisle of the church, the As
sistant Superintendent, Mr. Christian
Thomas, was nobly at his post. endeavor-
ing to rescue all the little ones under his
care.
The storm now lifted up the roofing OF
the church, and in its fall through the Sc
cond floor, brought down this immense
weight, principally upon the part of the
church between the altar and the center
Of the edifce, and hurting their crushing
force upon this floor, the bricks and NOR
tar of the wall.
Under this fearful wreck were buried
Mr.. Christian Thomas, Mrs. Teresa Ran
dali, a young married lady, formerly Miss
Wendt, and lad named Wyrock. The
firemen and large party of volunteers
soon began their saddening task of extri-
eating the bodies of the dead
As the terrified city learned of the
crushing and Overwhelming calamity at the
church edifce, it was surrounded by thous-
ards. When the remains ofthe dead were
brought out of the main building the ago
ny of the relatives, friends and neighbors
was terrible to witness.
AT the Lunatic Asylum the storm was
also fearful in its effects. A large portion
of the building was unroofed and other
wise damaged. Three or four persons
were seriously injured, but, it is hoped,
none fatally.
The Cincinnati. Hamilton and Dayton
Railroad was unroofed by the force of the
tornado, as was also the United Brethren
Church in Miami City; Gebhart's build
ing, corner Third and ST. Clair streets
the Buckeye Foundry building, DR.. Wal
ter's residence, and Browns hub and
spoke factory. At Gipsies Camp,sa few
miles from the city, tree fell on a wagon
during the storm, containing woman
AMI eight children. The woman was KILL
ed outright, and the children sustained Sc
rious injuries.
The damage to trees and shTlbbery is
immense. The streets are literally strewn
with limbs wrenched off