New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-04-10
THE WAY AKRON ESCAPED.
TORNADO LEAPED HARMLESSLY oVhN
THE TOWN.
,rcoEp OF THE HAVOC IT WROUGHT D04i'
EAST AND WEST OF THE LITTLE CITY
FARMS LAID WASTE.

N.Nv FARMS LAID WASTE
.,ror ohio April lSpecial.-Ihc sfransest
a. tornado of last night is the TACT
nine 1a,.os,atcd a strip of country several
'"~o rouc,b west of this city, then jumped
uii''' Akron. and, descending TO the earth
- oost Of this city, renewed its WORK OF
.i In Akron no damage was done, ana
w -. ,,os known here of damage elsewhere uh-
-, .,';e afternoon. when farmers from The sur
VI d;oo countrv. east and west. came TO town.
,o:"~;nr tho news. The wind iirst struck the
.-u of Trial Woersteer two miles nor'h"eso
- choror Medina County. The cloud had hoo
- ,ascended 70 the surface OF the carth, put
-, roofs were torn from his house ana barh
,r. cloud then swept rapidly toward the south
.ast moving clean path twenty rods wide ana
WING everything before it, The houses, barns
s~d outbuildines of the following farmers were
s"~,rorod within five minutes: g. W. Crane,
o;ahord Brown. Isaac Brown, Frank LacrolX. Ahram
IT,le Henry {. Chandler Chris r. wall.
psese Wall. Mott Bramley, Frank Brapey'
Hughes Franks and Henry Wall. The farmers
wbo had escaped the deadly visitation turned out
y oid those less fortunate. They found the
load body of Hughes Franks lying forty rods
from the site of his home. He had been IN
s,ortlv killed His wife was found twenty rods
fu-tbcr on. with ribs broken and her side crushed
usr Injuries are fatal. Mrs. Franks still claspcd
in her arm, the dead body of a large shepherd
doc Matthew Bramcy found pinned IN Inc
vreck of his barn. and was eXtricatcd only after
hard work Ills injuries are considered fatal.
Richard Brown blown nearly quarter mile
and was found unconscious with his arms
clasped about the stump of a sapling, whose Top
had been torn of. His injuries are severe nut
NOT necessarily fatal Many other residents of
Sharon are hurt. but none severely FOR hVc
miles the path of the storm Is marked by ruin
Bits of furniture, clothing and provisions are
scattered in every conceivable way for half
mile on each side OF the wndfall.
After passing harmlcSsly over Akron the cloud
again struck the earth on Scott SwcitzeIs farm,
in Springfield township From this point II
travelled for five miles with unabated violence
The farm buildings of James Robinson, Alfred
Herwick, Daniel Brown, George WISE Elias
Funk Abam lfcinbauel.. Simon Myers and
Robert Callahan were ruined Alfred lierwlcK
was the only person severely hurt. and he Will
probably recover. The loss Is not estimated Nct
but the property loss Is the heaviest ever caused
by wind in this neghborhood. Orchards and
crops are ruined. Stock suffered severely. Inc
entire damage was done within thirty minutes
Cleveland, April 9-Later reports from Nor
walk, Huron County, say that the damage by last
nights storm will amount TO about $1,000. Be
sides Dora VI. Palmer who was killed in the col
lapse Of the umbrella factory. no other fatalities
are reported there. Reuben Emerson and a Miss
Conadine are believed TO have received serious
internal injuries, however, and may die. AT Town
send and Collins. Huron County, the storm did
more damage than in Norwalk. At Collins Mrs.
Hoff and daughter received what are thought TO
he fatal injuries. Arthur Bly, had three RIBS
shattered.
eral members of the Mead family. l.. ID. Nining
and Aife, and Mrs. Adam k'e received serloc'
innries. About twenty houses. two saw-mlls.
cheese factory and dozen barns were demolished
Trees were blown down. and fences destroyed
The storm continued for seven hours and was the
worst that ever visited that region.