Los Angeles daily herald., 1886-05-16
NEWS OF THE WORLD.
What the Wild Winds Did
Yesterday in Ohio.
THE CALIFORNIA RACERS WIN.
Arizona Asylum Trustees Bounced
Want Payne's Scalp-St.
Louis Gas Strike,
Great Damage and Loss of Like
Near KentOn and Forest.

THE OHIO STORM.
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Great Damage ana Loss "i
Near kentOn and Forest.
CLEVELAND, Ohio, May ia Ken
ton fOhiol snaeial To the Leader says;
o.aot A. -, .o.;,,i. and damaging
-. ,..... :, .h;s saotion of the
- - - - w.. ~. nortbern mart
country Passeo over 'ne
OF this county last Night apou' -
o'clock. and its pathway is mark ed with
widespread dest uction and death. The
=. sa.,, known aa
sum eon''uen'eo va
the Whiteside farm, about eign' iniies
north OF the city OF Kenton. On II
stood a nav brink two.storv house,
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which no" iies Il" iu'ns'
point the storm moved eastward oe'
stroying life and property. The orchard
90 Michael ZiolN ,o,s totally DESTROYED.
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houses Deioneng w 'anies iiSns' ""
+. M. Surplus were totally destroyed
aud members OF their families badly
hurt; William McElree was struck by
lightning and instantly killed; church,
known as Higgins church, was blown
aat to the ground; David Higgins house
was shattered, aud the school house in
the center of jackson township was en-
tirely destroyed. The damage cannot
be estimated, but it will reach into the
hundreds OF thousands
now 4 TRAIN WAS CAUGHT.
rha pittsburph & Chicago express on
the Fort Wavne railroad had rough
az nsrianca nassing through the tornado
,yhich struck eastern Ohio last night.
The iiobtping flashed continuously from
the time the train left Fort Wayne, at |
n and the rain descended almost
solidlv until Lima, Ohio, was passed. |
Wbs3 about three mile, from Kirby the |
storm was in ia height. Suddenly
there was a dnll roar In the distance and |
,hsn tIa cvclone tore across the level
plain. on the south side of the track,
and catching big tree, tore it up by the
roots and Hung 1t across the cars Vne
limb struck the iocoho.,so Su Ell -
cow.catcher In t"oi a9o.nei en- m ~. ~
the platform steps u sn9 us" ssa s os ~
demohsneu 'heuii ssieslaPn po ai
daaclng GOWN a. .he sA" -. ' +, -.
and bushes Die" 1hrough .ns An III Iio
Gus coniussohi car "iuuo" ,,nt
smashed 70 pieces, ciaoAeu S,lp.ia u
cred, and glass ne" IN every ai ~, 1es'on.
Tue train KEEP. on the rals, anu ."e ~
gineer' applying tue sH'p ms "",
brought IL 10 ssanos''ii' Inv p's
gers "ere n.noxvsws az FEAR
IN PAkoAfsAs of fEAH'
but the railway men KEPT larry eoSi az, anu
n q
restoration Oh conn su; ,i.s a.;a
and the air was sun nlied Tn y'ns
+oranehes and stones, WINE e. sne s, s,1.e VI
electncity hberaeeo lron' 'ne e.ouus ~
fensited the horror oil inc scene -
Though there was scafely PsuS =.
glass IN coaenes Inat was NJ. sneu, -
as remarkable that very lev pssssSpSfe ,1
were hurt =. y Dow, oi oanton, onlJ,
had piece OF glass arlsen uhuei LIS
right eye with such ioroe tnAe 'he
EYE WAS LITERALLY CUT OCT.
Auumbsr OF other passengers were
cut about the face and hands, but none
seriouslv. An idea OF it's force may be
oonoeived from the fact that rocks were
blown into The cars on the sou tn side and
had suffi cient impetu, left to pierce the
vsstaru windows as clean as If they
were bollet. from a catling gun.
After about an hours delay the train
started again and in due time reached
Crestline without further accident. 1t
looked as II naa peen rlauleI oy snap
shooters and battery Oh heaVy ar'i''
lsry ,,,-,..,nv
AT FOREST AND VieiNi !,
The storm here last night was one OF
the most fearful that ever visited tine
section OF the country. IL came up
suddenly ABOUT zen Slooh, 'Ie ,nAy
, ud'A s n,eda ths atmosnhsrs brill.
~ VIZ" r,,n,hl;ng nai.a socom.
.aus az .torrn in this yicinitv and IL
na,Su niean tract half a mile IN width
swspa - ~ ian,,h ~ str;l,;ng
s suu t r.lo .nsnv srtsot Mrs. Lsss was
i IN III II ber b3rse. Issae Lambert. SO
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