The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1885-09-10
BIG BLOW.
Death and Devastation by the
Wind in Ohio.
BRITISH RADICAL PLATFORM.
Houses, Trees and People Carried
Long Distances; Many Killed
and wounded.
The Cyclone.

TOLEDO, Ohio September "a heavy
wind storm visited the vicinity OF Ma
poleon, Ohio, last night, doing much
damage to farm houses, barns, or
chards and crops. But little damage is
reported in town, the storm passing
two miles north of the place, moving In
a northeasterly direction, and covering
space OF half a mile in width. 1t
crossed the southern division of the
Lake Shore railway, near Elmore, Ohio,
and the northern division near Oak
Harbor, prostrating nearly all lines OF
telegraph in its course and doing
much injury to farm property OF all
descriptions. Corn was blown fiat to
the ground. No loss of life has so far
been reported and the particulars are
wanting upon which to base an estimate
of the loss of property which will how
ever be quite heavy.
CINcINNArI, September 9.-Reports
from various parts of Ohio and Indiana
show that Yesterdays storm, which de-
vastated Washington C. H., was wide
spread. In Miami County, Ohio, It's
course was due east. At Calesville. in
that county, two barns and several
dwellings were blown down. Three
members of family were severely
hurt. On the other side of Miami
River grain house was blown away,
and the Berry frame house was blown
from its foundation and wrecked. The
path of the storm was from forty rods
to half a mile wide. At Cambridge
City. Indiana, and Dublin, several
houses were wrecked.
Advices from Cleveland, Ohio, are
that tornado passed through the
country few miles south OF that place,
unroofing houses and blowing down
fences and trees. Very heavy rain fell.
News from Washington Court House
is difficult to obtain. The telegraph
wires were blown in all directions. Not
word had been received from there at
1870 pm. :.
9.-The cyclone which came upon this
town last evening at O'Clock, almost
completely demolished it. Not single
store facing Central Square, outof forty
was left intact, and a majority of them
were leveled. About 200 residences
we're destroyed, and the streets are SO
filed with debris that it is almost i'm
possible to pass. Sheriff Rankin or
dered out the militia, which took charge
and helped to get order out
of chaos. All the gas went out
when the storm came, and as
the works were destroyed bonfres had
to be built in the streets to givelight for
the searchers. The total known to be
dead is five, and about fifty were in
iured. One of the latter of these was
the manager of the telephone exchange,
who was hurled across the street and
had, one arm and enc leg and collar
bone broken. Some houses were lifted
bodily and carried several hundred feet,
and then dashed to the ground with
terrific force. The shattered fragments
were then hurled in some instances a
quarter of mile. The relief committee
is at work, and all houses not destroyed
are thrown open to the homeless.
Farmers are coming in by dozens,
bringing food and bedding. Every hotel,
bank, church and business house in town
was ruined. The utmost desolation
prevails. People coming in report the
finding of debris ten miles from town.
Mollie Jones, Edith Floyd, Ella For
Syea, Jennie Forsyca and Flora Carr
we're killed. Herbert Toggart, James
Jackson and Iohn C.. Van Pelt, sup
posed to be fatally wounded. Fully
sixty persons we're hurt, too many to |
make it practicable to give the names.
The loss will exceed million dollars.
The council has appointed relief COM
nittees and the militia is guarding the
stores whose contents are still exposed.