The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1882-04-14
The CYCLONE.

The tornado which swept across our State
on Thursday of last week, included portion
of our own county in its devastating path.
The following is description of the ruin
wrought in north east corner of the county,
from the pen of our Pine Grove correspond
emit:
A destructive and fatal storm passed over
this township on Thursday of last week, be-
ginning at the farm of Erastus Brundage,
two miles and half north of Kendalls. His
woodshed attached to his house. was blown
down, and portion of the roof of his dwell
ling was torn of. Mr.. Brundage and his
family and two ladies, Mrs. Kelly and Mrs.
Cook, who were visiting at his house, started
for the cellar, which is reached by an outside
door under the woodshed, which was blown
down before they reached the cellar and they
were all badly shaken up and whirled around
were seriously injured. Mr.. Brundage's barn
was almost entirely demolished, but his cat
tie which were in it escaped without injury.
Portions OF the barn were scattered over the
adjoining fields, some parts being blown
distance of forty rods. A double wagon
standing by the roadside was whirled around,
tipped over and demolished, so that it looked
like a pile of kindling wood and old iron.
Mr.. Brundage also had about two hundred
rods of fence blown down. He says the
cyclone after leaving his house, looked like
huge balloon with long tail attached to it,
which came down to the earth and then was
lifted up, passing over a considerable dis
lance, then again striking the earth, dealing
out destruction in its path at each descent.
II first struck the ground in his garden,
which was swept as clean as il could have
been with broom. Mr.. Il. says that some
of his kind friends thinking the storm had
visited his smoke house and stole therefrom
seven large hams, all he had. The next place
visited by the tornado was Mrs. Henry
Wheelers where a windmill was torn down,
and patch of valuable oak timber belong
ing TO L. j. Irwin was blown 10 the ground
Mr.. Lawrence Harboth's windmill was de-
molished, and five acres of timber belonging
to Chas. May completely leveled. The storm
next visited the residence Of Mr.. Sylvanus
Wyles, of Pine Grove, not Alamo as has been
reported. The family, consisting of Mr.. and
Mrs. Wyles, Mrs. Samuel Becker, Sen, and
Mrs. Samuel Becker, Jun, were at tea when
they saw the storm approaching. Old Mrs.
Becker ran out of the house and wyles fol-
lowed her to get her back. Young Mrs.
Becker followed him, and while standing
near the outside door the cyclone struck the
house, completely demolishing it. Mr.. wyles
was struck by a timber and knocked against
Mrs. Becker, jun, both being thrown to the
earth. Mr.. Wyles' skull was crushed from
the effect of which he died that evening.
Young Mrs. Becker received a very bad
wound in the head, and the old lady was
badly wounded 10y silver which struck ono
of her legs just above the knee. Both ladies
are in fair way TO recover. The house and
out-buildincs were entirely destroyed. Some
of their bedding was found at distance of
two or three miles away. The path of the
storm was about forty rods in width and its
motion was in n north-easterly direction. In
the Veley burying ground many tombstones
were blown down and several of them were
broken. No such storm ever visited this
vicinity before within the memory Of the
Oldest inhabitsnt.