Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1890-05-17
HEAVY HURRICANES
Cnuso Destruction of Life and Property In
Ohio, Kansas and Missouri

/
urday night tornado struck the south
ern outskirts of the city, and passing
east caused great destruction. A large
black cloud which had been lowering
about the southwestern horizon all af-
ternoon settled down upon the surface
of the earth about FIVE o'clock and he
holders saw an angry-looking cloud
dragging rapidly along the ground.
Every thing in its course was torn to
| pieces Instantly.
On Thornton street, Wilson Kiplin-
| ger, with his aged mother, his wife and
two children wer seated about stove,
at VIII ch Mrs. Kip niger was preparing
supper The house was caught by the
tornado, lifted into the air and shaken
to bits. The five occupants found them
selves huddled together in heap in a
garden several rods from the house.
Mr.. Kiplinger had sustained a scalp
wound, Mrs. Kiplinger was badly burned
about the limbs and body; Royal, aged
| four years, was cut and bruised severe
ly, but not fatally. Bessie, the baby,
| was badly burned about the head and
face, and her recovery is thought i'm
possible. Mrs. Eliza Kiplinger, aged
| sixty-three, may not recover.
| The front of John Van Ats grocery
was blown off as neatly as a carpenter
could have done the work. The barns
of Charles Poole and John Austin were
| converted into K1ndling wood, the resi-
dences escaping with small damage.
August Shelter, shoemaker, was at
work in a small shop when Mrs. Domi-
nick, neighbor, rushed in to seek re-
fuge. The shop was rolled over and
over, and both were severely cut and
bruised.
The large new Turn Hall of the Akron
| Turner's was wrecked. The residence
of Antonio Manuel was carried several
rods and left lying on its side without
going to pieces. Mr.. Manuel and q boy
were in the house at the time and
neither was hurt beyond severe shak-
ing up. Burkhardt's brewery, including
warehouses and ice houses, was ruined.
The grocery of E. G. Baker was wrecked.
The family sought refuge in the cellar
and Miss Lucy, aged seventeen, was
struck by debris and sustained injuries
which will probably prove fatal. Mel
vim Irishs residence was wrecked. Mr..
Irish sustained broken leg and severe
internal injuries. Edward Douglass, a
six-year-old boy, was blown into tree
top and left there by the tornado. He
is not severely hurt
Gebhard Hermann, of Grant street.
was with his wife and three children in
summer kitchen preparing supper,
when the building was carried across
the street by the storm. All were hurt
but none fatally. Mrs. Hermann and a
young child were considerably burned
| about their bodies.
At the time of the tornado Mrs. Caro-
line. Bolte was driving along street
| when heavy timber struck her horse,
killing the animal and leaving the
buggy and occupant unharmed.
The Ohio Stoneware Company's pot
terry works were partially wrecked, en-
failing loss of $1,000 AT least forty
buildings are either totally wrecked or
so badly damaged as to require recon-
struction. A number of people are re-
| ported injured in addition to the casual
ties above given.
CHANUTE, Kan, May IA cyclone
struck Cedar Valley, Wilson County,
Saturday. Joseph Wiltsey's house was
demolished, his youngest son killed and
two other children injured. Next the
| dwelling of Frank Glidden was de-
stroyed, his wife killed and two other
children injured. Tho dwellings of
Peter Pierson, Alex Russell and the
widow Starr were leveled to the ground,
and Mr.. Pierson and Ayife so badly in
jured that they are not expected to sur
| vive. A scantling was driven complete
ly through the body of Mr.. Starr. The
| wife and babe of Rev. j. R. Chambers
were blown in different directions out
of a buggy. A second blast picked the
mother up and deposited her alongside
| tho child.
ST. LOUIS, May 12.-Reports from diff
| ferent parts of Missouri state that a
large amount of property has been de-
stroyed and several persons killed by
the violent storms of the past two days.
| In Harrison County the house of William
Wilson was blown away, his. two chill
dren killed and several persons injured.
| Twenty buildings were destroyed in
Gentry County and Mrs. N. Green was
killed. Near Memphis, Mo-, six dwell
ings were blown down, but nobody was
killed or seriously injured.
MERCER, Pa, May 12.-Saturday even
ing terrific wind storm, accompanied
| by thunder and lightning, swept across
this city. The residence of Alexander
Redman was lifted from it's foundation,
carried q distance of several feet and
set down, split in the middle and other
wise damaged. The family was not in
| jured. Trees were broken and fences
and outbuildins leveled with the ground.
New ORLEANS, May 12.-Reports are
received that terrific hail storm Wis
| tied Grand Isle and vicinity few days
ago, doing damage roughly estimated at
10000.
| Record in the McCalla Case.
| WASHINGTON, May 12.-The record OF
| the McCalla court-martial has been re-
ceived at the Navy Department and
| A. 20 io II