Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1886-05-16
THE CYCLONE Carnival


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! psass raassd iaEnnzh , tetmado q For
- 0hia. last niEet. and arrived hesl
awo honTa lac. AlmuEt every WindoE
n ~ train W4a broken and auHmhe|
% pasaenaerg Nere alightiy 1nst lfozz
flying R1aa. 0ne aaan had hia FfehteYl
dGzlgo9ed b pieca q niasA lbs
/ tK1inmsn sad paEzsaReFe gap1Et the
atnsm aa ne woEst shey epaE expe'
Eianasd.
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Prrxsnusa. NEay l5.-I -Ihs Chfcaeo ex-
! pFesN al ne Fort Wayne Railway taa
8 rouRA expeEieaea passing 1hfeaah lhs
/ tornado. which s,ruck eastern unio Iaai
uiRhl. The liahtninR nashsd coatin.
aousIg 1BaM tha tine ne train l1f1 Eo1a
Wa1ne. as 8 >. n, and the rain Dc.
aoandsd almost nolidly unfn chs tinne
Ohio Wng paa1ed. sash 3 Storm kAa
pansauRsEs had newer neen hafare. and
the ladies. Of whom there were quite 3
nnmbeE, WeFs gseatly fFiaAlanad, aud
he eaAtIemen seEe 1oo scared fheEn-
aslEes 10 b. 0f muoh aaTEioo IN allayinR
fhniF feaFs. Ehs wind efeadilf increased
u fury. The breaking of tiles and ne
Ennkine aibillalien Of telegraph wires
made eoneaEd ~ u.ld apnnda.
Tbs train peaaad Eorest, - miles
wasf o. Fi1ts8ufR, abous 1876. Hh8en,
ainoeF vas fhen sending he l0comolive
atang e about thirty miles "a hoaf.
1he enainesr puf on more s8easn. and
uhan they wsF4 abaul thEse miles from
kfFby TIE storm Wa9 af it8 heieh1 Sud
deniy there vas dnll roar Ia she dis
kanca, and then 9 efcIone tore aeroe1 q
iegel pain On the south side Of Tie
tEHok and, catching q hig tree
tore Is up b. the roots and dang il
aeross the ea1s. Ons limb struok the
locomotive and eut the e0wnateheF Ia
t@o. Another limb tel on the platform
and steps of the first ear and demol-
ishea Il. Other branoAea smashed IN
TIE aindous along thFee ordinary ears
and two Pallman aleepers. TelegFaph
psies came dancing down a. ths same
time. Rocks and hrnnohes blew
through the aiF b fary. The car win
dows WeFe smashed 20 pieoea, cracked
and splintefed, and the glass dew IN
every direction. The train kept On The
rails and tbs engineer, By applying she
air brakes, bFo1Rht Il % stand still
within two hundred yards. Every pas
sunRsF was In . paFoxyen Of fear. The
a|eoperg were transformed into q crowd
Of wildly excited men and women. TIE
FaiiFoad men kept fairly cool. and as
soon aa they coald, assisted Ia the res
toration of oonfdanee.
Tbs storm continued. The cir vas
stta dlled with hyinG bFanahea and
stones, uhile the glare 81 tha eiectFiaity
liberated from The clouds intensified
The horror Of the scene. Every window
IL the aleepera Baden and Halamis wae
fFaetared, ana almost every pane IN the
0sheF coaches was smashed. It Is Fe-
maFkahle that very few paaseBgefa we're
hurt. Mr.. @. O. Bomerichan was IN hig
berth IN the sleeper Saiamis When &
tree ehivered the glass above him and
drove 0ne pEsee under bis right eye with
unah foFae that she ere vas literally
driven out. A lady Ia the car who re-
fused 80 give her name vas also ent,
thuuRh not seriausly, aboaf tue face,
Two others had their hands cut.
The storm did not abate mueh except
that the tornado passed away. An idea
Of its force May be conceived from the
fact that rDoks were blown into the oars
on the south side and had sufficient
impetus left 70 pierce the western win
d0Ws a. olsan aa II they were bnlIots
from . QatlinQ gun. None OF TIE reefs
OF the cars were much damaged, bat the
l0oomotive boiler vas danted IL several
psases and The suiokasiaok vas Knocked
0ut OF straight line. After about an
hours delay. ths train started again and
IN dua time reached Cregtline without
further delay. There q locomotive was
procured and the battered cars came on
20 PittsbnrR, reaching the Uuion Depot
ana boar and q half late. A good deal
Of time was made up on the Fun. When
the train arrived here if looked as II Il
had been riddiad by shArpNhootsrs and
battery ef heavy artillery.
EozKsT.
FoREsr (Ohia1 Nav l5.-This plass
and vicinity wa visited 81 q tornado
lass night aboat II o'clook. The cir
vas filzd with balls Of Are which ex-
ploded With q load, Swapping sound.
Particulars, exceps those bEoneht By
farmers living near the track Of the
storm, eannot be obtained. There are
known 10 be ave persons killed and a
number injured. The residences ofMm.
McElree wAs totally destroyed, killing
MukiFee and his father in-lAw. A
houso near By Was destroyed killing q
man. The houaa Of Thomas Moena
was Fazad 10 she aronnd, iniuFing three
psrsons seEioualF. 4 school house and
ohnrch two miles noFtheast we're de-
slruyed. 6amoel Packard Waa fatally
haFt. snd his wife vas Injured By ths
bio9inQ down Of bis residence. Tho
Center oohooi house. enc mile west, vas
Fazsd % ths ground. IN the Blanahazd
river valley, fences. telegraph poles.
trees. and many hoaasa we're laid low.
ID Forest the Methodist Protestant
Chnruh building VS. demolished.
Thres deaths have last boan reported
from soath of Dankifk.
PARTICULARS o. xHn Fonnsr sToHM.
Fonnsr, Ohio. May i6-Ths storm
haes last DiRha was ona % the most
/ fearful that ever visited tAla seetion
% tha country. Il came Up sndaeufy
abont 10 o'eloek, the inky black eiouds
hsfag tiVfd with brilliant lightning
which made the atmosphere ~ bright
e. day. AramblinR Bnise Accompanied
he Storm ID shis Vietnity. Il swept q
clean tF1ck bali mtie wide aad nine
aailea IN lsnafh. not striking the town
% any extsnt
y M M4A8WNI4 VIA - Wv AU0 ~
childFen and hts moaheF-iR lac, Mrs.
HaRRip. we're buried Ia he Fains 81 hin
larRs bEick honse. The erst weEe killed
Mnd The laat Raassd fatally woandsd
NFe. McEluee daa oat ths others fEom
tha ruins. Mrs Lea was killed h her
housa. Isaac LAmheEt. 80 years Of aRe,
uaa buFiod undsF bis house and fatally
injured. a. 81 PnakeFs wea fatally hurl
by falling timbeTn. IhomaA Moore wa1
hnried under the ruins of laEta frAml
housa an1 badly hart Chas. Paekeri
and J. v. IhomRsua, whe we're aleeptnE
q the saane BID 10 shia house, uats ear.
red q long distances and landed aafaly
10 bed T. H HMge and vita we're blown
from I bod u he sscand alsxy and ~
latter uaa psrhsps fasallY haFt, A ler
year ed aon 81 5naeph Rammeli had
his collar bsne bFoksn and Was osher
wias hare
Twe churehaa. tha Union Bethel anl
tha MethndiNl PFoteataut. usFs dasarog
ed. I've bsiek echool honses weFs d
slrsye6, The bell az ona being carried /
qaaFtaF ef q uile. Large Elonea al
ba&ms wssa aaFFied 9 qnAriGr e 4 miie
And lFona weEs upEooied hy the aaF'
and huDdrsda q urehaFis are eun
plsteay Qoaa. Sama farma are sgapi
eleAn af eVeEyfhina. A iAsne nnEleal