Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-05-21
I'm IN 4 STORM.

"a Frnfess Oh wv o
s',Is / Chicago Railway
lis with a Cyclone
i yo,ertaIned by a Concert
| '. s',s.,mssnls-rhe Iron Horse
, ,'.s, out victorious
..oor,ed from Forest Ohio
-s'il' ~. nv.ces Of the Winds
IN Michigan'
4 M an EXPRESS TRAIN.
p, May l5.-rhe Chicago
n, \. Fort Wayne railway had a
Y y passing thrors1 the
4 lp,eS struck Western OHIO last
n, lightning flashed continuous
.'s I time the train left Fort Wayne
nd the rain descended almost
q, lima. Ohio, was passed.
", y, he passengers had never
"" srd The ladies,o whom quite
.l .4re on the train, were greatly
a and the gentlemen were too
\ J, a eli TO be of much service
2, ,SeIr fear. The wind steadily
7,a inry, and the breaking OF
\ ~, 4 raitllng Of telegraph wires
, ~ of wild sounds. The
VA Forest, 229 miles west OF
a about 1880. The engineer
+: sending the locomotive alorg
4. thirty miles an hour. The
a mt on more steam, and
4 bout three miles trcm
s,orm was at its height. Sud-
"a was dull roar In the dis
1.tbe cyclone tore across the level
] M south side Of the track, and
4 Mo tree tore it up by the roots
4 across the cars. One limb
IN locomotive and cut the COW.
IN two. Another limb fell
sl,tiorm OF the first car and de-
I'm, Other branches smashed the
\ slopa the three ordinary cars
Pullman sleepers. The tele-
In came dancing down at the
sme and rocks and bushes few
4 ,Ss air In riotous order. The car
4. we're smashed to pieces, and
4 and glass flew in every
n The train kept on the track,
.eurineer applying the air brakes
4 l, 10 standstill within 200yards.
tssenger was in a paroxysm of
N sIeepers were transferred into a
<rogi Of wildly excited men and
4 The railway men kept cool, and
s,sthey could assisted in the
ton Of confidence. The
Ioa,Ipued. The air was still filed
huches and stones, while the glare
electricity liberated from the
the horror of the scene.
Window in the sleepers Baden Ba-
h Salamis were fractured and al
tery pane 10 the other coaches was
"a. II is remarkable that very few
eers were hurt.
/, c. Baw, q merchant of Canton,
has 10 his berth in the sleeper
!, when the tree shivered the glass
bin and drove one piece under his
be With such force that his eye was
4 cut out. A lady in the same car
Fused to give her name was also
though not seriously, about
L. A few others had their hands
bhe storm did not abate much ex-
ut the tornado passed away. An
| lisfoTce may be conceived from
Eihst rocks were blown into the
The south side with such force
pierce the western windows
|,s II they were bullets from Q
None Of the roofs of the cars were
'kmaged, but the locomotive boiler
|nled in several places and the
stack was knocked out Of Q
Atlne. After about an hours delay
llu started, and in due time reached
be Without further accident. Their,
motive was procured and the bat
tsrs came on to Plttsburg, reaching
Iloa depot one hour and half late
deal OF time being made up OF
p When the train arrived here i
SIS II II had been riddled by sharp
rs and battery of heavy artillery
MORE FATALITIES.
EST, ONO, May l5.-This plac
cnliy was visited by a tornado las
bout II o'clock, filed with balls o
mich exploded with a loud, snap
SQUAD. Full particulars, excep
brought by farmers livinI
lle track of the storm, capno
obtained. There are know
ave persons killed and a number IN
Ro PROBABLY fatally. The res
o. ". McElree was totally de
2, killing McElree and his mothe
house. Mrs. Higgins house nea
totally destroyed, killing a ma
lame Is not given. The house {
y Moore was raised from tn
., lnluring Moore, Jno. Thomaso
y Pickel, not fatally.
az s'hool-house and church tw
lOiAeast Of town was destroyed
! piekard was fatally hurt. Iii
y 4, injured by the blowing down ,
slaence. The Center school-hous,
" west Of the town, was laid
uuac. In the Blanchard river va
noes, telegraph. poles, trees an
nsases We're laid low, and it wi
uuys before the wire
y ~ iixed. Along the Pittsbure
, sashe \ Chicago railway, and tn
,@'Ol's, Bloomington & Western raj
= NV wires are down. Forest II
" ,Episcopel church building WI
aslsa. Many shade and fruit ire,
' .a' Three deaths are reporte
'o NY. Of Dunkirk. The names ca
sseertalned.
IN MICHIGAN.
! s'Ns, MICH, May ia cyclor
!, mlle north of Lansing at u
~ ssones' lake last night aud sweI
wv. direction, leveling fence
IVY 'ssos and tearing buildings I'M
~, y SO far as heard fro
Vas billed or seriously ii
cut a clear swath
y mile wide through a
~ ~ orchards that came in IL
~ largest building destroyed VIZ
I - s, Sf. Stillers en- the Down,
'1 ,, was torn to minuts fIal