Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1890-04-11
IN THE TORNADO'S PATH
Reports From Various Sections of the
Country Visited.
In Several Localities Property Was
Much Damaged.
Few Lives Lost But Many Narrow
Escaped Experienced.

EAST LIvERPooL. Ohio, April S.-A
severe wind and lightning storm passed
over this city this evening. The Metho-
dist church was badly damaged. the Stee-
pie being demolished The central tele-
| phone exchange switch boards were burned
out by lightning and the service inter
rupted.
DETROIT, April S.--A tornado visited
! several cities and towns in the southern
| portion of the state at an early hour this
| morning, doing considerable damage. At
| Charlotte. number of residences, two
mills and many outbuildings and chimneyS
| were demolished. Fortunately. no one
was seriously hurt.
In Trow bridge township. Allegheny
county. four or FIVE farm houses and out
buildings were destroyed, and six people
painfully hurt.
Great havoc was wrought ON the out
skirts of Battle Creek.
AT Kalamazoo a school house and many
| residences were demolished.
At Mount Clemens a number of houses
were partially wrecked and Mrs. Fred
Ebarlein WAS killed by lightning.
CLEVELAND. Ohio. April S-A terrific
rain storm visited Oberlin, Ohio. tonight.
flooding the cellars of business houses on
College street to the depth of four feet.
The water rose rapidly in Plumb creek and
the people on the flats expect to be COM
PEELED to leave their homes before morn
ing.
CLEVELAND, O.. April S.-A cyclone
struck Norwalk O., about o'clock this
afternoon. The storm came from the
northwest and swept track about half
mile wide from the eastern limits of the
,,I+,- 70 i IN, tba
The umbrella factory of Sprague n French,
in which about thirty young women were
employed was partially demolished. Many
of the girls escaped, while others were
caught. Dora Palmer. aged nineteen. re-
ceived fatal injuries. Nellie Harding. Miss
Brush and others whose names are not
given, received serious injuries. A num-
per of barns and other small buildings
were wrecked. Trees were uprooted and
fences torn down in all directions At I
o'clock another terrific storm visited the
city, the wind blowing and hailstones as
large as hickory nuts falling, smashing
windows and demoIishing greenhouses.
Much damage by the storm is reported all
around Norwalk.
BURLINGTON, Ia. April S-A Hawk
eye special from Illinois, reports that
HtItt HILL SlOIIh ldSttl lulS dlltillbtu
through Henderson, Handbook, Warric
and Donough county, doing considerable
damage to fruit trees. windows etc The
hail stones are reported in some cases
nearly as large as hens eggs. A lively
shower of them fell at Burlington.
JULEsBURG. Col, April S.-A tornado
visited this place early this morning, and
several business houses and dwellings were
blown down. A number of animals were
killed, but no human beings were injured.
CoLLINs, Ohio, April S.-A very heavy
wind storm passed over this city this
afternoon. Fifteen dwellings were de
stroyed, and several people were injured,
two of whom will die.
SALEM, Ohio, April S.-A cyclone struck
the nail mills this afternoon taking off
the roof and smoke stack, and slightly in
juring several wOrkmen.
ROBERTS, H., April 8.-There was
tremendous hail storm here last evening.
1t continued about ten minutes and nearly
all the window glass of west side houses
was broken. A great many hailstones
were of phenomenal size. two being picked
of seven ounces weight Several people
who were caught out in the storm were
severely bruised by the tremendous shower
of ice