The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1886-09-24
A FIERCE GALE.

Portions of Illinois. Indiana and Mich
igan Visited by Disastrous Hurricane
Some Loss of Life and Great Damage to
Property Result
DETROIT, Mich Sept. ia great hurri-
cane swept over the southeast corner of
Michigan yesterday, doing great damage
by streaRs in Livingston, Washtenaw,
Wayne, / enawee and Monroe counties.
Wires are down west and south of here
SO that it is impossible to learn the full
particulars of the damage done. 1t
seems to be considerable, however, in
volving farm property barns windmills,
fences, standing timber and crops The
worst report comes from Howell where the
storm broke in the shape of great black
wheel-like cloud moving from east to west
about two O'Clock. 1t covered territory
six miles wide and did great havoc. Four
buildings N the town were completely
wrecked and most OF the other buildings
were more or less injured. Fred Smith,
aged about twenty. was crushed under the
falling walls of his fathers house and
killed
At Brighton the German Lutheran
Church was blown from its foundation,
and the State military buildings at Island
Lake were destroyed. Flat Rock escaped
ing in sections on each side of it. The
western part of the CITY OF Adrian was
| considerably damaged, though no fatali-
ties are reported.
INDIANAPOLIS Ind, Sept. ia terrific
storm ragged yesterday throughouta great
portion OF the State. Wires are down in
all directions, and it is impossible to tell
the extent of damage done. Several
houses were unroofed at MonteZuma, but
no lives were lost there.
A Terre Haute dispatch says: "At 11:30
a. m. yesterday cyclone struck this city,
coming from the southwest. For fifteen
minutes the wind blew q hurricane, fill
ing the air with missiles. The storm
was confined to the central portion of
the city. Numerous large buildings
were unrooied and the rain which
followed did great damage. A careful
estimate places the loss at $4,000. The
| roof of the Masonic Hall was blown off
and the water ruined the fine frescoing i'll
the lodge-rooms. The canvas of King,
| Burke d Co.'s circus was blown down
| and the large audience left in the storm.
| Several Thousand people were at the fair
grounds. An eating house was blown
| down and the wreck caught fire, severely
| burning q woman and boy. No fatalities
occurred. A special from Newport. Ver-
million County, reports sixty-eight build
| ings destroyed but no lives lost. The dam
age reported along the Wabash valley will
aggregate over 500, 600"
MICHIGAN City, Ind, Sept. ia terrific
rain and wind-storm swept over the lake
and city yesterday morning. After
steady downpour for several hours the
| wind became stronger, and at ten o'clock
attained the velocity OF a cyclone Large
trees, sheds, outhouses, lumber piles, ETC.,
were leveled to the ground.
TOLoNo, ILL.,, Sept. IA severe wind
and rain-storm ragged here yesterday, do
ing considerable damage to property.
just as NJ. Moore followed by Russell
Reynolds, David Miller and his brother
| came down ladder from the scaffold 100
feet up on the steeple of the Catholic
Church the wind struck the scaffold
and shattered it into fragments. The
! pieces were hurled 100 rods or more to
| the northeast aud scattered over the coun-
try. The steeple itself was dangerously
bent. The east part of News livery stable
was torn into splinters, the remainder of
/ the building standing unframed. One OF
| the flying timbers was shot like a bullet
! through the side of the Herald office,
| 800 feet or more away. A new church
/ bu'l d lhlBC nay pdEH dO OdfOJ hSIe uo'
molished. Terrible destruction is visible
| everywhere in the path of the storm.
CHIcAGo, Sept. 17.-Yesterday mornings
| storm seems to have spent most of its
| force in Jefferson and the immediate
vicinity. Reports that sheds, outhouses,
/ trees and fences were blown down come
| from all parts of the town. Near Hermosa
several buildings in course of erection were
| wrecked.
ILLIoPoLIs H., Sept ia storm
struck this town yesterday with great
fury. The roof was blown from Masonic
| Hall, and many windows were broken by
| the hail-stones, which were of unusual size.
SHELBYyILLE, ILL.,, Sept. IA hurricane
swept over this city and vicinity yesterday
forenoon, wrecking houses and barns, kill
ing stock, leveling fences and trees and
scattering hisy and wheat stacks.
LAS CRUISES, N. NJ, Sept. livery great
damage has been done to property in the
Rio Grande valley by heavy rains and
clond- bursts. About twenty-five adobe
houses have been destroyed in Socarro.
Quite number have been washed away at
San Marcial; four or five have fallen in at
Denor Ana, and some small towns have
| been washed away. Serious wash-outs
| have affected the railroads, delaying the
| mail and passenger traffic.
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