, 1875-06-29
THE DETROIT TORNADO.
Destruction OF n Largo Nhmbcr
of Buildings.
Several Persons Killed, md Nearly Fifty
Injured.
Storm Damage IN Iowa, Wisconsin, nn,l
Nebraska.
bftrofk frfe i'rtss, JHne ~.


Dftrofs frft frt's Jhns ~.
oao nf sho inodk htnrt1lig md terrible calafnt-
tos known IN thn history OF Detroit beloll tho
e'ss asi,l"ay aitarnoon' resulting III serious
1oes o. lio an1 tue TouhdipR or hehrlY fifty por-
sous, besides tremendous destruction OF pscpor-
~ Tue in'! ossoht OF Witch no man eau cEon ap-
pfo1'"a'e'g eas1mato ~ pfcsont-
~ TIE DESTROYER
eoetsoa 10 be "htrl"it'd which roae apparently
near INC southwestern limit OF tho city. 1t mas
l'et seen III that direction III tho shape of dsrk+
""aoH!-looHihe apssaa mass. shapcd like m tn
'et'oa tohnoi OF enormous dl1nonasons. and
""1tuhe Win lneohce'ssb'e fapta!ty. Ats for-
"a1u movement was alHo very rapid IN course
nofth OF east, but It did hot sttiko tho Garth un-
til It reached tho vicinity OF Willlans trepue
snd Asi strnet TIcrc t,,s f,-.+ or,3orro ~
,ro ,,rv,,, r,,rrr
nj. rao,, l., ,,,.,,s,ai sIs..stt., 1..,t.,
80 "e,"'"ou ~''u uo'1.o''saoo
oo'o"''o'"ss' o"t no a"oil.nss seem to haFo
oeen caught III that Immediate notElborhool.
It continued on ita course acroaa Msyhury, gulli-
van. md tlun,ho;dt .yer,.a T3e,,tonnth e.~n,.
tcon,n ei-tsan.,' ,,,.san.', a"..,. eor T'.
.s'"".. 49,, f"ten".u' 1o"ftcensl, 1n'f-
teen!u'aha-a.hht, ahd Ihirtoonth streots, tcrosa-
Ing Grand 1slyor, short distance north OF Which
1t again asoso and passol on oyor tic tons of
| bindings. t1isanneattno NJ Tho irtara,ottor of
1vo,1vs,a ..aa,,a w., r.. I,sta, 80 -
"'o4"H'e a'o''"o e''" toe 11o'"sh l'oau'
9nE GREATEST DESTRUCTION
vha south Of Grand River avenue, from aud in
gliding Fouttccutll street to Eie1,toonth. be-
trccn M.rnou, nnd Tin,to, a.root. fts ,,..,
.t ,.o 1'a o..uon s''eose' ~ Maeh
"aa perhaps !oo 'oet "'ao. anu "'thIh That limit
nothing could resist Its tremendous foreo.
into Fragments. nnt tn many in,tnurcs eeottrred
ovnr ,orr,,o,r -rt,a l., ,.tr,.t. 1ad,aa &c.,
.t.s. :. 1'o -. 's's' 1A'e,a A''u5
pece6 VI titnneI "efo seen "1lrllnR a'o1e anu
tho work Of demolition borsn, Where Al ono
| moo,ent atood , r,v ~ ,ubsto,,ti., houso. ~
.o.t .;..sss.. ~ n"""~."a.. N1eoe' ~
he@t "4'oehaeu scebo VI ueVastat1on 1mpossiblo
ings iu sight, 80 utterly wero they swept or tho
| face Of tho Garth.
| It III not difllout to conceive that such 70
morsoless monBtor carried
on its wings. Eyory wl,c,e wore hoard lilo cries
| Of tho wounded, whose bleeding aud tau,Ilnteu
bodies were pItlful to look npon, Richard Dates,
seca II yoafs, was caught I'm mud carried Into
| tito topu,out brauchoy ri tnEi aim Which niootl
| OH tbs couu1ul,s near his mothor's house nt Tho
corner OF Fifteenth mud Linden etrcota, Ills
violent coutact with tho limbs toto tue clothing
from his person aud Ao Toll dead TO lie gfound,
distance Of fully 50 feet.
! A lttle babe 7 1noutha Oil tha child M fnrt
| rcca who lyod gu FouIteeuth stroet. wna
found dead In tho sttoet md tnkcn to tio homso
Ut William Iaskelt, No. 7OI bixteonth strcot.
whore it sas lad out 10 await dianoyItiot, by An
| Coz oner. Its fstAor and mother were Loth iu-
I turcd mud removed to uarpof Hospital.
| Mira Yab Duzou wif]nw With twn chiI1rar,
on TiftoentL stteet, Ind gono % up town to visit
her father. and whoa sho returned her housa
| Was poyY|,oro to bo found. Il hnd beon carrie1
at icast 2oU feet, toru To- atoms, M aud DDS scsstorel
fAr aud wtdo. The only recognizable portion OF
lilo building fonnd rns tho front Ioor
Frederick Nadcmactler. who lives at 1I8 six.
teeutl street. wnu nitttnr At home with hin yIfo
and two children, whom be suddenly folt himeeIf
| hurled through tie air and Haw tim wallis and
ti,nbers of hts dwelling 1lyug IN eyery diroctou
lie escaped with q slight scalp would, but hIt
vito "as moro seriously, injured, Tho chlldrcu
arc not dangerous. Tito shock to Mis-, Nade.
.nact,er BROUGHT on premature labor. and shc
uas removed to the house Of Patrick Qulun, 72l
Fifteenth Htrcet, and tenlcry cared for by Mrs,
ty,,,Nu mud otlpr uetehbors wi.o had eecarcd do
1 st1lctiou Mr. Quinn did not altogether escapc
citi,ur. Although mono of Ills family wefs in.
iured, tho rear portion Of hie hcuso was ~ opI
away, and Ills barn aud icncca woro carried ava,
beyonl tho possibility or recovery.
alr. aud Mrs, patcs. tho parcuts of tho lad
whose frtghtful deatA las already boon recorded
and younger son woro bad!y Wounded. They
arc lying ut tho llouho OF hlr. Curtis, On l'if;
duno for thcir comfort, "O'e
The buuse OF Martin Sclnei1er. Mt tl,a cotno,
Of Sixteenth and Linden streets. vaa to.slIy
detroypd, nut both Mr, aud Mrs. Aclnei III
wore mI,ac,,IonslY saved bv cuuboar1. Which
projected theua from tho falling tinnbcrs Wher
tue. weto 1eacucd puth wero found to bo quite
i uuiurt.
i Joteph Bully, of 712 Sixteenth street. ya,
stauduE III q vacant lot ndioiutng hts Inns,
nIIe1l q rortlon Of tue roeE wnn wrenched or Anf
hurled to tho gtutl1,tl grazing him In itb descent
nnd 1nIlctiue bad wound m thn .dtIn of hi
head,
Two vacant houses on soyoutee enth strett
| near Linden. were t1r,uoJtpbcd. and iLirtj. nd
TIC owners cauid mi bo nacnrtajred. im,' ~ n,
person vno Injured tltero. Il in mt NJ imInrtnnt
August Seaman. who lives on Tronty-thir,
strcoI, and lis wife were yivitang a friend q,
fifteenth street, aud were enuriT in the tr.ck n
the DESTROYER. Sosmsn hui q shocking woun,
o1tcuunr from the foroheAd acrohn TIN crnT,
to tie bssk OF his head his rivbt arm fs nhnt
torad hud his coIlsr- bnno ia broken. Mrs S~a