Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1886-05-15

Four persons killed and Many Injured
fn an Ohio Towa-Narrow Escape or .
Passenger Train-SccGioas Of Mtcht-
gan and Kansas Also Visited by Tor
uadoes.
CHICAGO. May ia dispatch from Fort
Wayne says: About midnight a cyclone crossed
the track OF the PittSburg, Fort Wayne and
Chicago railway two miles west Of Forest, Ohio.
IL blew down q tree, which scraped the side of
the fast express east bound. injurtng ten ur
twelve passengers, one of them seriously, his
leg hcing broken aud one eye put unL The
storm also did great damage along the Blanch-
ard river.
Dispatches from Bloomington. Jacksonville
ana MorrisonNllle H.. and several points in
western Indiana report a terribly severe rain
and wind storm last evening. Rain fell In tor
hail Much damage WAS done, but no lives
were lost
KANSAS TOWN WRECKED.
TOPEKA, KAN. MAY I5.-A destructive cy-
clone struck the northern part of this county
yesterday and swept away a norton of the
town OF Meriden. About 10 o'clock IA tire
morning very black cloud came up suddenly
from the southeast and sweeping through tht,
eastern portion of the town did its fearful work
In almost "A moment. \ large number Of build
ings were destroyed. The residence occupied
hy j. l.. llartzcll and family OF five was lined
from the ground ana carried n distance W eight
ieei. one child was seriously injured and viii
die, With this exception the family escaped
Eighteen or twenty people were more or less
badly injured. n. +. Mckidden was picked up
about nty feet and thrown against a vine
fence. His injuries, while severe are NOT fatal
IL Trees were Torn up by the roots. The DAMAGE
In the country cannot he exactly learned al
though III is known 10 he very great.
IMMENSE LOSSES BY THE STORM IN OHIO.
DAYTON, OHIO, May l5.-Edward MorehouSe
q railroad man. walked from here TO NenIa and
back yesterday, being anxious about ms r.la-
tiyes who live at Aenia- At Trcbcin station
while being fcrried across Little Miami river hs
and the oarsman discovered a living Toy clfld
in n dfifted tree top. They rescued the child,
who had an arm and leg broken. He had
drited tour miles down shawnee creek from
Nenia into the Little Miami. The child died
before they reached Nenia. Ii is estimated
that the losses To nine counties ,ieyasfated hv
the food aud wind-Grcenc. clark Madison
Miami, Darke, PreSle Montgomery, Butler
Marren-wili loot ur s:.ooo,ooo.
TlIE CYCLONE Az FORREST
CHICAGO. May 15.-The DaSlY SetrS' Forest
Ohio special says: About midnight a terrible
miles west OF this place. leaving death and do
struetion In its track. loung forests wer.
blown down and huge trees whirled I'm the air;
farm houses and outbuildiBgs were demolished
and scattered like straws. \ train ON the Pitts
burg and Fort Wayne road. which len CHICAGO
at 3:f5 pm. yesterday had "A narrow escape
from being blown away. As IL was "A large tree
was thrown against a coach. which injured AT
least a dozen passengers. The storm seemed 30
take Its course along tho blanchard river and
the track Is strewn with cattle and debris Of
ruined buildings.
FOUR PERSONS KILLED AT DUNKrRK ouro
shortly after IL O'Clock. the storm struck the
town OF Dunkirk, Hardin county. Dunkirk
has population nj about I.5ud. The first
thing known there OF the danger WAS the terri
i'm bed AT the time, but few having been awnI-
ened. The cyclone lifted many buildings from
their foundations and wrecked Them COM
pletely. Others were unroofed, and suon tho
screams OF human beings could he heard above
the roar OF the clements. IL is not known vet
how many were fatally injured, hut four wers
picked up dead. They are Vim. McIaree Mrs,
Rufus Lease. and the two Mcflree children.
Eighteen wounded persons have already been
fA lainV rcd fpf.a -
friends.
QUEER TRICKS OF A wurRIwrSn
DETRoIf, MICH. May ia special TO the
EUcHing youynal from Lansing. Mich saws: A
cyclone formed "A mile north of Lansing AZ fhe
edge of Jones lake, last night. ana swept I'm .
northeast direction, leveling fences and woods
and tearing buildings into fragments. So TAR
as heard from no one WAS killed ar seriously in-
jured. Afier forming, the whiriwnd seemed to
stand still for moment in the road aud then
moved about as fast a. one would walk, gradu-
ally increasing In size and velocity as IL
moved. IL was hiue-black in color and tunnel.
shaped. Ii Rugged tie ground all the way
and did not touch the clouds above. 1t cut a
clean swath a quarter Of mile wide through
all the woods and orchards that came i'm its
way. The largest building destroyed was a
barn of Mr.. Shutter, on the Downer road, which
was torn 10 minute fragments. His horses were
IN the basement of the barn aud one was sucked
up and left on the hay NOW, while the other
was buried under the ruins. The house and
buildings OF a family named Fairbanks were All
blown 10 pieces. The whrlwind passed across
the Big Chandler marsh, four miles from here,
trai freight train, unroOfng ears aud hurting
Conductor Kane into the ditch.
BUILDINGS UNRooFED AT ALBION.
special from Albion, Mich, says: A heavy
wind aud rain storm struck This city at $50
yesterday Afternoon flooding the streets i'm ten
! minutes from the time IL began. Five of tie
| seven stores of w. H. Brock way brick block
were unroofed. All stocks are badly damaged.
The n. o. u. w. hall over the stores is COM
plete wreck, aud the furniture H. in a bad con-
ditioD. The roof was torn up bodily and hurled
into the river. several rods away. IL was not
exposed. but on the contrary, well protected.
Circus bill boards and small wooden buildings
near by were undisiurbed. The merchants
are moving out their goods as rapidly rs possi-
BILE. The damage Is estimated at $4,000 TO
| $4,000.