The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1882-04-14
WILD WESTERN WINDS.
FEARFUL ToRNADoEs IN WHICH MANY LIVES
WERE LOST AND A LARGE AMOUNT
OF PROPERTY DESTROYED.

A terrible tornado swept through the
township of Kalamo, Eaton county, Mich,
Thursday night, doing an immense amount
! of damage, and killing a large quantity of
live stock. Several lives are reported lost,
and many persons are said to have been in
jured. The place Is remote from travel
and the telegraph.
Later advices say that in Oakland county,
Lafayette Randell, his sister and little boy
and Mrs. Henry Tyler were killed. little
daughter of Tyler had her arm so badly
crushed that amputation was necessary
Miss Cora Ward was also injured.
The debris of the house had tie appear
ance of having been torn up by an explosion,
everything being ground to atoms. A horse
was blown out of q barn and found after
wards in distant field covered with mud
An idiot sister of Horace Sherman, of Kala-
mo, was killed, his mothers sisters leg was
broken his wife's jaw was dislocated, and
the whole family were carried a distance of
fifty rods by the storm and thrown into a
swamp badly bruised.
At six O'Clock Thursday evening a tornado
swept over the territory northeast of Mid
land village, twenty miles west Of Saginaw
Mich, doing considerable damage. The
residence of farmer named f. E. Walton
was lifted up and capsized tearing il into
pieces. The wreck took FIRE from the stove
and was burned up. The family are all in
jured, Mrs. Walton seriously. The hired
man had his shoulder broken and child had
its arm broken. The barn was torn into
atoms. Other property in the neighborhood
was damaged. The house of man named
Wood, living on Sturgeon creek, was blown
down and Wood was seriously hurt
DAMAGE IN IOWA
heavy rain and wind storm did consId-
erable damage to fruit trees and the barns
and fences along the line Of the Iowa division
of the Wabash railroad and the Keokuk &
Des Moines division Of the Chicago, Rock
Island q Pacific railroad. At Keassauqua
and HumestOn, Ia, and Sahoka and Ashton.
No, the damage was equally severe
special dispatch from Keassauqua the
comfy seat of Van Buren county, states
that the hurricane wrecked q great deal of
property and played much havoc through
the lower Des MOiBes valley. At Keassau-
qua large new house, in which a locomo.
tive was kept, was demolished. 4 fireman
was pretty badly injured. Two or three
brick houses were partly demolished. Heavy
sections of sidewalk were torn up and borne
away by the wind. The wind tore up trees
and blew down fences in all directions
JUNCTION CITY, Kan, pril S.-A tornado
at midnight last night demolished most of
Fort Riley. The loss is estimated at from
but none are reported killed. The storm
was from the southwest. A heavy south.
west wind storm last night did great dam.
age. At Chapman church was demolished
At WU5dbne the Baptist church and three
dwellings were demolished. Barns and
houses in the country were'aso demolished.
Many people were hurt, but none killed.
DETROIT, April s.-Further accounts show
that the cyclone of Thursday night visited
the township of Assyria, Barry county, and
with the same general results of devastation.
Its track was about forty rods in width Mr..
Mead's two small children are reported killed
and three badly injured. SilaS Reynolds was
also killed and his wife and two children
were severely injured. Levi Kenyon was
injured, probably fatally, and his buildings
were demolished This is the third visitation
OF the sort in two years in this township
Additional particulars from Kalamo, Eaton
county, state that BENJAMIN Conkling was
killed and his house and barn wrecked -
Some ten or twelve other houses and barns
were demolished and the ground was swept
clean of orchards, fences and everything
else in the path of the tornado.