Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1890-05-12
THE TORNADO.
Houses in Akron Ohio, in
kiniling Wood.
PEOPLE FLED TO THEIR CELLARS,
Disastrous Cyclones Reported in
Several Other State.
TORNADO II ONO.

set IN so soon after the tOfnduO That
/ tore through the southern part Of
/ the city on Saturday evening that
not half an idea could be gotten of
/ the fiercehcss or extent of the terrible
storm. It moved in an almost
straight line through the well-set-
/ tied part of the city, and there is
scarcely a foot of the mile and half
hut is strewn to-day with splintered
house timbers, broken furniture, up
rooted trees, and leveled barns and
outhouses.
In a rip over the storms path to-
day nineteen dwellings were count
ed, either ripped in kindling wood
or so badly wrecked that they can
not be occupied, Twenty families,
numbering about seventy-tive per-
sons. are out of house and home and
are being sheltered by friends. Of
eighteen persons injured, ali will
probably recover. Seventy-tive
buildings, including residences and
barns, were damage by the wind,
and not one escaped that was in the
direct line of the tornado. Up
rooted trees were counted by scores.
Outhouses, in some cases, were trans
planted from fifty to 100 feet and set
dow II in neighburng yards.
William Poole and daughter who
had Just driven into their barn. We're
caught up with the building and
rolled with it to the bottom Of the
hill on which il stood.
OIL CITY, Pa, May 1.-THE
most destructive cloudburSt and
cyclone ever known here, struck
this section about IL o'clock Satur-
day night. Houses, barns, bridges,
oilw ellis, rigs and gas lines are in ru-
ins. Al East Sandy, about
8 miles from here, the residence of
William Nunnenlaker was blown,
down, burying the entire family in
the ruins. Mr.. and Mrs. Nunne-
maker were seriously injured and
two children will die. The resi-
dence of Thomas Starr and Will
liam Lambertson were destroyed.
The Valley railroad suffered -
vereiy.
! CHANUTE, Kas., May IA cy-
, clone struck Cedar Valley, Wilson
, county, at 4 p. M, Friday. Jnst!.i
Wiltsey's house was demolished, his
Youngest son killed and two otIvtr
children injured. Next the dwell.
ing of Frank Glidden was DESTROYED.
his wife killed and two children in
iured. The dwelling of Peter Peter
son aud Alex Russell and "id""
Starr was leveled to the ground and
Peterson and wife so badly injured
that they are not expected to sur
vive. A scantlinG was driven com
pletely through the body of Mrs.
Starr. She is still alive, but will
die. The wife and babe of Rev. }.
r. Chambers were blown in differ
ent directions out of Il buggy. A
second blast picked up the mother
and deposited her alongside of the
child.
=. MOONsHINERS CAPTURED.
CINCINNATI, Ohio, Nav l2.-C.
, S. Marshal johnson with % prison
ers, charged with Illicit distilling
reached COvIngton Kyr to-day
, from Pineville KY, accompanied by
: seven guards and % witnesses
This is the biggest raid on moon
q sinners that has been made in sew
Y eral years.
q BASK DEFALCATION.
s ALBANY, n. Y, May l2.-In the
: matter of the National City banl
t defalcation, Bookkeeper Whitney
peculations are now said to reacl
. over hundred d thousand dollars.
e ST. LOUIS, Mo-, May l2.-In th
Methodist General Conference il
session here this morning the Sun
&c day School Committee reported tina
- the past four years had been tn
l. most prosperous in the history {
At the church. The report shows II
$50 Sunday schools with SS,5s
teachers and 693, ,S54 scholars.