Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1886-05-19
CYCLONES TURNED LOOSE.
The States of Kansas, Michigan, Penn.
sylyania and Ohio Have the
Windy Visitor.
Railroad Trains RiddIed With Stones
Thrown by the Force Of
the Wind.
Balls Of Fire, Accompanied With Vivid
Flashes Of Lightning and Rum.
lings of the Earth.

lings OF the Earth.
FOREST, May 15.-This place and vicinity
was visited by tornado last night about
II o'clock. The air was filled with balls O
fire which exploded with loud, shappi.
sound. Full particulars, except those
brought by farmers living near the track o
the storm cannot be obtained. There art
known to be five persons killed and a mum
ber in njured. The residence of w. L. McElree
was totally destroyed. killing McElree and
his muther-in-law. A house near by was
destroyed, killing man. The house ol
Thomas Moore was crushed to the ground
injuring three persons severely. A school
house and the church two miles mort
were destroyed. Samuel Packard was
fatally hurt and his vile injured by the
blowing down of his residence. The center
school house, one mile west, was laid to
the ground. In the Blanchard River Valley,
fences, telegraph poles, trees and many
houses were laid low. In Forest City the
Methodist church building was demolished.
Three deaths are just reported from south
Of Dunkirk.
THE STORM AT KENTON AND FOREST.
CLEVELAND, O., May ia Kenton,
Ohio. sp4cial to the Leader says: One OF
the most terrible and damaging sorms
ever known in this section, passed over the
n,,rthern part OF this county last night at
about II o'clock, aud its pathway is
marked with widespread destruction and
death. The storm commenced on the farm
known as the Whiteside farm, about eight
miles north of Kenton. On it stood new
brick two-story house, which nov lies in
ruins From this point the storm moved
eastward, destroying life and property.
The barn owned by Henry Geralach was
blown off it's foundation. The orchard OF
Michael Zigler was totally destroyed and
the roof blown off his barn. The houses
belonging to James Fisher and T. NJ. Sur
plus were totally destroyed and members
OF the family badly hurt.
WILLIAM McELREE was struck by light
ming and killed.
The church known as Higgins Church
was blown fiat to the ground. David
Higgins house was shattered. The school
house in the center of Jackson township
was entirely destroyed, and barn belong
ing to W. H. Fleming, OF this city, was
blown into fragments. The damage can
not be estimated, but it will reach into
hundreds of thousands OF dollars.
The Cleveland Leaders special from
Forest, Ohio says: rhe storm here last
night was one of the most fearful that ever
visited this section. 1t came up suddenly
at about 10 o'clock, inky, black clouds
being livid with brilliant lightning, which
made the atmosphere bright as day. A
rumbling noise accompanied the storm in |
this vicinity. 1t swept track half mile |
in width and nine miles in length, but not |
striking the town to any extent. |
Mr. MCELREE, wife and two children, and |
mother-in.law. and /
Mrs. HlGGiNs, we're buried in the ruins OF |
their large brick house, and the first named |
was killed. The rest were injured-the last |
named fatally Mrs. McElree dug the |
others from the rains.
Mrs. LEES was killed in her house.
ISAAC LAMBERT, so years OF age, was bur-
led under bis house and fatally injured.
A. l.. PACKERr was fatally hurt by falling
timbers
THOMAS MOORE was buried under the |
ruins OF a large frame house and badly
hurt.
CHARLES PECKERT and
". THOMPSON. sleeping in the same bed
in this house, were carried a long distance
and landed safely in bed.
THOMAS B. HART and wife were blown
from bed in the second story and the lat
ter perhaps fatally hurt. The 1O-year-old
broken and was otherwise hurt. Two
churches the Union Bethel and the Meth
Odist Protestant-were destroyed, two
brick school houses were destroyed, the bell
Of one being carried a quarter OF a mile.
Large stones and beams were carried a
quarter of mile; trees were uprooted by
the acre, and hundreds OF orchards are
completely gone. Some farms are swept
clean OF erything. A large number OF
sheep and horses were killed;
FEATHERS WERE BLOWN FROM CHICKENS;
trees were stripped OF their bark; the
ground was plowed up and devastation
and ruin are on every side. On the Pitts
burg, Fort Wayne & Chicago Railway, a
passenger train had every window blown
from its cars the pilot was blown off the
engine and the steps were blown away.
Telegraph wires were lifted from the
poles and carried long distances. The
storm in the northeasterly direction
in Wyandotte County, doing great damage
there also. The village OF Lavell is reported
to be destroyed. Great damageis reported
In Seneca County and one man says the air
was filled with balls OF fire. He saw a
strange light. Others corroborate this
story.
CAREY. o., May 15.-The destruct We
wind storm of last night caused great
damage near Celina. 1t is reported that
five are killed and thirteen wounded. Com
munications are cut off south Of Celipa. A
number of trees were blown over the tracks
last night and travel is much interrupted.
The Cyclone in PennsylvanIa.
PursBuRG, May 15.-The Chicago Ex-
press, on the Fort Wayne Railroad had a
rough experience passing through the tor
nado, which struck Eastern Ohio last
night. The lightning flashed continuously
from time to time. The train left Fort
Wayne at 3 p. m. and the rain descended
almost solidtiy until Lima, Ohio, was
passed. Such storm the passengers had
never seen before, and the ladies, of whom
quite number were on the train, were
greatly frightened, and the gentlemen were
ooscared themselves, to be OF much service
malIaying their fears. The wind steadily in.
creas d i'll fury, breaking off tiles and the
rushing sibillation OF the telegraph wires
made a concord of wild sounds. The train
passed Forest, 229 mi es west of Pittsburg,
at at about 1875. The engineer was
then sending the locomotive along
at about thirty miles an hour, and
put on more steam, and when about
Three miles from Kirby. the storm was at
It's highest. Suddenly there was dull
roar in the distance and then the cyclone
tore across the level plane on the south
SIDE OF the track. and catching Il big tree,
Tore 1t up by the roots, and flung it across
the ears. One limb struck the locomotive
ana cut the cowcatcher in two; another
nmb fell on the platform snd steps OF the
nrst car and demolished it; the other
branches smashed in the windows along
three ordinary cars and three Pullman
s,leepers. Telegraph poles came dancing
GOWN GOWN at the same time. Rocks and bushes
pew pew through the air in riotous scurry.
var windows were smashed to pieces.
cracked and spntered, and glass flew in
every direction. The train kept on the
rams and the engineer applying the air
ptake, Drought it TO stapdstill within zoe
ssfds. Every passenger was in Il paroXysm
VI lear: The sleepers were transferred into
ue.s i, Of wildly excited men and women. The
san"ay say men kept fairly cool, and as
a"oh sos. az they could they assisted in the
..estoratlon OF confidence. The storm con-