The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1886-05-20
The Storm i'm this LO-
cality.

OttlIVy
There is probably very little
doubt but that the storm of Wed
nesday evening of last week was
the mos. Obstructive that ever
visited the State. From the Ohio
river to the lakes, reports have
been received of appalling disas-
tiers. So great has been the loss
of life, of houses and barns and
stock, that the obstruction of tim
ber, orchards and fences have not
been taken INTO consideration al
all, and it would take a careful
canvass CT the townships in the
storm swept counties to ascertain
the actual loss of the people.
Fortunately Logan escaped
with very little damage. The
Storm struck the town at about a
quarter of II o'clock and ragged
until nearly one the next morn
ing. The rain fall was unusually
heavy, but while the wind shook
the strongest buildings to their
foundations, there was not one,
so far as we have been able to
ascertain, unroofed.
At Lancaster, o., a dozen or
more houses were badly wrecked,
while about a quarter of a mile
of the G. II. V. & T. Railroad, ar
Hookers' station, was washed
out.
At Johnston's siding on the O.
& W. Va. division, a bridge was
carried away and nearly half
mile of track torn up.
Mr.. Reamy Bard, of Baird's
Furnace, was in this city on Fri
day, and says that the storm there
was very heavy, and that the
timber is strewed III every direc-
ton. Reports from other gentle
men are TO the effect that the
high ground between Maxville
and Baird's Furnace furnish evil
dence of mighty winds; in many
instances trees three feet through
having been torn up by the roots
and carried a distance of fifty
yards.
Thad Allen, of this Office, who
spent Sunday near New Ply
mouth, says the damage to tim
Der and orchards in that neigh
borhood has been very great.
In the beach woods, a well
known point between Winona
and Gore, the wind cut cut a
roadway THO the timber, sweep
ing everything before it.
Thos. Sunderland, of this place,
and in chg of an ore station at
Radcliffs, on the .. & w. Va.
Div, reports three houses de-
stroyed near that place. Many
shanties used by the men work
ing in the ore banks were demol-
ished, and the men compelled to
seek refuge in the ore drifts.
Ben Allen, residing near Ceder
Grove. says there was not much
wind. but that the rainfall was
the heaviest ever known in the
locality, Cedar Falls creek being
two feet higher than ever known
in the history of the country.
Henry Hansel says the storm
at his place was not unusually
heavy, and remarkable alone for
the terrible tightening. 1t was a
good summer rain and nothing
more.
Mr.. Noah Hamblin. living two
miles north of this place, says the
wind storm was the most terrific
he ever experienced, but that the
rain fall was not excessive.
j. II. jackson, of Monday, OBJ
served nothing unusual in the
storm. 1t was simply an ordinary
summer rain.
John S. Engle, of near Enter
prise, says the wind wes not un-
usually high. but that the fall OF
water was tremendous.
The storm seems to have trav-
eled in streaks through the coun
try, and has destroyed SO much
property and in SO many places,
that at this writing il is simply
folly to think of detailing all the
losses. Our readers will find our
storm reports from other points
of thrilling interest.