The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1882-04-08
zEPHYRS OF SPRING.
\ VERY DEsTROcrivE CYCLONE
TI'ia the West and SOrtA~sl-rA rsasl 81 ne
Tornado StrWa VITA pslrl,-whols WI,
lasss Wiped out la NE TWlhlllssOt
A Eys-Gsat Fatality.

. Arkansas river, near Raymond, Rice coun.
ty, last night, aud headed in q northerly
direction. 1t prostated telegraph POLES
when 1t crossed the Santa Fee tracks.
John Wilson's house was blown down and
Mrs, Wilson Killed, and q Mrs, Parker "a.
tally injured Several other large hontes
were demolished. Proceeding north. the
storm struck Newtown, Chase county. and
demolished twenty-five Of the twenty.six
houses In the place, threw the cars from
the tracks and did other damage. Nj.
Reed, the hotel keeper, was killed and hia
wife fatally hurt, and another wotnnl1 and
q child were killed about the same time
A small cyclone with vertical water
spout passed through the eastern pafl AZ
the county later In the day, but did liitie
damage except by drowning Cut stockhtE.
b. Lawrences farm. The water was sucked
out Of wells. : -
The cloud as Il approached Chase was
funnel shaped, whirling aud twisting with
fearful velocity. Ali the inhabEtHnts az
Chase were more or less hnr. Among
the losers are Eckler Bros, storeroom AZ.
stroyed with 5000 worth of Goods I'd
Stations sioreFoom and residence, loss
5000; Sutton, Swisher & DupreF store.
room and lumber, loss several thousand
dollars GeorgeF F. Miller, new store and
dwelling house $500; Congregational
Church, $500; Reeds hotel, blown down;
Methodist Church, dedicated Sunday,
twisted quarter around and badly wrecked:
several houses overturned; Muscott Bros
store damaged and stock ruined; Spires
drug store blown oil the foundation, the
depot was unrOofed and several parties
Killed, their names are not given. The
people are living in box cars and many
are destitute. e,
A special from Clyde station, Mich, re-
ports terrible hurricane near Highland
Station, on the Flint aud Pierre Marquette
Railroad, south OF Hally, early last night.
The extent Of the damage is unknown, as
the Telegraph line is down, The railroad
agent walked to Clyde and sent what he
Knew: The dwelling Of man named
Crandall was blown down. Crandall and
one child were killed and daughter Sc
yereiy injured. A guest, Mts. Taylor, Of
Pontiac, was also killed and several other
persons injured. The hurricane covered
an area ot less than half mile wide, but
leveled everything in It's path, There are
reports also of high winds and heavy fains
IN the vicinity OF keokuk and along the
Wabash and Rock Island Roads in Coma,
keosau9ua and Hanaeston, Iowa, and Ka-
kako and Ashton, Mo. At four Of these
places the damage wRs very severe, but
full particulars are wanting because OF tel
egraphic communication being shut of.
KALAMAZOO, MicH., April There was
a severe hail and wind storm in this re-
gion yesterday afternoon. At Kendall, on
the South Haven road, there was n regular
cyclone. MIR. Wilde's house was blown
down, be was killed and hisw and friend
injured. Other buildings were unrooied.
The cyclone moved east across the north-
ern part OF this county, unroofng barns
and doing other damage. 1t Is rumored
that man was killed IN Cooper township.
DETROIT, April 7.-Iatef particulars
from the cyclone near Highland last night
state that It is probable there was no fur
ther loss OF life than that already reported,
The same storm evidently struck the town
ship ot kalamo, Eaton comfy. Mrs. Hor-
ace Sherman had her jaw broken; her SIS
ter had leg broken, and au idiot sister OF
MIR. Sherman's is reported killed. The
whole family were carried some distance,
dumped into swamp and badly bruised.
The track OF the storm was about four
rods wide. Peter Harris's barn house was
demolished, and general devastation Is re-
ported among fences and orchards.
hE9RUE, Iowa, April THE Keokpk
Constitutions special from Keosauqua, says
the storm OF yesterday morning wrecked q
great deal OF property and played much
havoc throughout the lower DesMoines
valley. AT keosaudua large new house,
In which locomotive was kept, was de-
moIished A fireman was badly injured.
Two or three brick houses were partly de-
molished. Sections OF the side walk wefo
torn up and born away by the wind. The
glass in the front windows Of new store.
house was ruined. The wind storm tore
up trees and blew down fences in all difec-
tions. ~
EAST SAGINAW, MIcn., April About
9 o'clock last evening tornado swept over
the territory northwest OF Midland village,
twenty miles west OF here, doing considera-s
bic damage The residence Of farmer
named L. L. Walton was picked up bodily
and capsized. tearing 1t into pieces. The
wreck took fire from stove and burned
up. The family were all injured. Mts.
Walton was severely hurt, hired man had
u shoulder broken and child an arm bro
ken. The barn was torn into shreds, and
other property in the neighborheod dam
aged, The house Of man named Wood.
who lived on Sturgeon creek, was blown
down and Wood severely hurt. Z.
CHIc4Go, April7.-The Ersaiag .0svnaTs
special says: A terrific tornado passed 4
through the township OF Kaimo, Easton
county, last night and did immense dam
age to houses and barns, killing a large
amount Of live stock. Several lives are
reported lost and many injured in places
remote from, travel and the telegraph.
Later particulars from the Oakland county
storm says Lafayette Crandall, his sister
ana little boy aud Mrs. Henry Tyler
were killed and his little girls arm so
badly crushed rs to require amputation..
Miss U: Ward was also injured. The debris
looks like an explosion and everything Is
ground to atoms, One horse was blown
out oil barn and was found in q distant
field covered with mud. An idiot, sister Of
Horace Sherman, oil Kalamo, was killed
and ano'aer sisters leg broken. His wiie,s
jaw We disIOcated and the whole family
carried fifty rods. thrown into swamp
and badly bruised.
KALAMAZOO, MicH., April7.-Additfonal
particulars OF the cyclone show that the
devastation was greater than at tirst sup
posed. Houses were unrooied and in
number OF cases torn 10 pieces. One man
had the ttnIbers of bis harm driven
through his h0uie. In another case the
front part OF the house was torn to rieces
and man fatally injured by the falling
timbers. g
"A swath i2to 40 rods w'd. was moved
across the north Of the county, timber and
everything being destroyed. The storm
seems to have originated near the west end!
Of this county. 1tmoVed northeast across (
this into Barry and FatOn counties. n
Cressey's corners and Hickory corners i,
the former, and from Charlotte and Kalas
mo township III the latter Devastation
and death are reported.
l.aborTronbtss In spain.