The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-04-13
WORK OF THE WINDS.
Towns Destroyed and People Kill
ed.

CHICAGO, April IA Topeka, Kan
sas, special says: A cyclone started
south of the Arkansas river near Ray
mond, Rice county, last night, and
moved in a northerly direction. 1t
Frustrated the telegraph poles when it
crossed the Santa Fe tracks. John
Wilson's house was blown down, Mrs.
Wilson was killed and Mrs. Parker
fatally injured. Several other large
houses were demolished. Proceeding
north the storm struck the new town
of Chase and demolished twenty-five
of the tweBty-six buildings in the
place, and threw the cars from the
tracks, and did other damage. Mr..
Reed, the hotel keeper, was killed, his
wife fatally hurt, and another woman
and child killed. About the same time
small cyclone with veritable water
spout, pissed through the eastern part
of the county, but did little damage
except by drowning out the stock. AT
r., b. Lawrence's farm the water was
sucked out of the wells. The cloud as
il approached Chase, was funnel shap-
ed. whirIing and twisting with fearful
velocity. All the Inhabitants of Chase
were more or less hurt. Among the
losers are: EckleS Brothers st0rcroom
was destroyed with $1,000 worth Of
goods Ed. ShaltOn's stareroOm and
residence, loss So 600; Sutton, Swisher
81 Dufree, storerOOm and lumber, sew
eral thousand dollars George f.. Mil
Ter, new two story business house,
81 800; Congregational Church, 81 500;
Reeds Hotel, blown down. The Meth
odist Church, which was dedicated on
Sunday, was twisted quarter round
and badly wrecked. Several houses
were overturned. Muscott Bros store
is damaged and stock ruined. Pierre's
drug store was blown off its founda-
tions, and the depot mroofed. Sever
al parties were killed, names are not
given. The people are living i'll box
cars, and many are destitute.
a special from Clyde Station, Mich,
reports il terrible hurricane near High
land Station on the Flint Il Pere Mar
quette Road, south of Holly, early last
night. The extent of the damage is
unknown, as the telegraph liae was
blown down and the railroad agent
walked to Clyde to send what he knew,
The dwelling of a man named Gram
dali was blown down. Crandall and
one child were killed and daughter
severely injured. A guest, Mrs: Tay
Ior, of Pontiac, was also killed, and
hurricane covered an area of less than
half mile wide, but levelled every
thing in it's path. There are reports
also of high and destructive winds and
heavy rains in the vicinity of Keokuk
and along the Wabash and Rock Is
land Roads in Iowa, and Kanala and
Ashton, Missouri. AT these four pla-
ces the damage was very severe, but
full particulars are wanting because
telegraphic communication is shut off.
KALAMAZOO, MICH, April 7th.-
There was severe hail and wind storm
in this region yesterday afternoon. AT
Kendall, on the South Haven road
there was a regular cyclone. Mr.
Wilde's house was blown down, he
was killed and his wife and friend
injured, and several other buildings
were unroofed. The cyclone moved
east across the northern part of this
county, unrooting barns and doing
other damage. 1t is rumored that 8
man was killed in Cooper township.
Later particulars from the cyclone
near Highland last night state thai
there is probably no further loss of life
than that already reported. The same
storm evidently struck the township
of Lalamo, Eaton county. Mrs. Hor
ace Sherman had her jaw broken, hel
sister had leg broken, and an lido
sister of Mr.. Sherman is reported kill
ed. A whole family was carried some
distance and dumped into swamp
badly bruised. The track of the storm
was about four rods wide.