Iron County register., 1890-05-15
THE CYCLONES PATH.

a tornado or Cyclone, Pays Visit to
Akron, o., Demolishing Hundred
buildings and aging Many Hundreds
More-Seversl Persons Hurt. But None
known to Have Been Killed
AKRON. O, May 11.-At half-past five
O'Clock last evening. IL the midst OF
most terrific cloud burst, this city was
was struck by the worst tornado, beyond
comparison, which has ever been known
hereahouts, excepting, perhaps, the
Sharon cyclone of just month ago.
The storm struck the southern part OF
the city and tore through the Fifth,
Fourth and Second wards, doing dam
age which can not be estimated at this
writing, but fully one hundred build
ings are completely demolished. Hun
dreds more are badly damaged, and a
stretch two miles long is rGzed of trees
and buildings of all sorts The full
force of the tornado developed just west
of Main street, following a northeast
erly course through the Wolf Creek
valley. The house of ID. Greader, at
Cross and Washington streets, was un-
rooted, and Mrs Greadcr was slightly
injured. The front of John Van Ats
house was torn off and carried across
the street, and John Heller's house,
few doors north, was almost demolished,
as were Joseph Bigger's and Louis
Shaffler's houses. julius Roepkee's shop
was turned around on its foundation,
and the Shaffier house was turned up
side down.
Passing along Brown, King and
Wheeler streets a dozen or more houses
were more or less damaged, some being
moved bodily from their foundations
and others completely unroofed.
Thomas Gilligan's house on King street
was smashed in as if a tremendous
weight had fallen upon it from above.
Tony Mennett's house on Grant street
was turned topsy-turvy and practically
ruined. At Grant and Cross streets a
was blown to atoms.
The wind struck Gebhart Herrman's
house. The family of nine persons had
just sat down to sGpper. Tho tornado
struck the house in all its fury and
hurled the diningroom like flying
top, landing it fifty feet away All the
occupants were more or less bruised.
Mr.. Herman was pinned down in the
debris, and only the energy of despair
when he smelt the burning odor of the
fire near him, enabled him to eXtricate
himself. Recovering, he found his lit
tie girl burning by the overturned stove,
and before the flames could be extin-
guished she was frightfully burned
about the back and limbs. His house is
ruined beyond hope of repair.
Leaving the Herman House, the hur-
ricane theE struck the Barkhardt brew
cry squarely, wrecking it utterly.
The next building struck was tho
residence of Charles Sanford. which
was removed from its foundation and
badly wrecked.
Next to Sanford's place was John
Miller's, which was damaged to the ex-
tent Of several hundred dollars. The
new house of A. c. Miller was COM
pletely obliterated and Mrs. Ellen
Coups residence was also torn rafter
from rafter The houses of Charles
Augne, d. S. Humphrey, II. II. Hem
minger, John klinger, George Roussart,
X. d. Chrisman, c. A. Rost and others
were wrecked and torn, but not demol-
ished.
At the corner of Brown and Exchange
streets O.. c. Bakers grocery vas torn
to pieces His wife and daughters were
in the building at the time, but they
made good their escape to the cellar
and were saved; but Mr.. Baker is miss
ng and it is feared that he is still in
le ruins.
E. 5. Uarrington's house was crushed
in upon his four children, but all es-
capped
Thomas Thompson's family heard the
roar, which was like the rushing of
mighty waters, and managed to reach
the cellar before their house was lifted
over their heads and landed upside
down many feet away.
Mrs. Nash's house was utterly de-
molished and strewn far and wide.
Phillip Webber's and John Spicer's
houses were carried away and smashed.
The Gibbs Pottery, brick block $50
by GO feet, was leveled to the earth
with its kilns and belongings. Frank
knapps big table and large barn was
brought down and injured several
horses. The barn of Mr.. Hunsicker
was carried away with his two COWS.
James Whittelrs barn and orchard were
demolished.
The family of Melvin Irish had just
seated themselves at supper when Mrs.
Irish, warned by some intuition cried:
"Run to the cellar: a cyclone is COM
ing" She and her two children man
aged to reach the cellar before the
crash, but Mr. Irish was caught by
heavy timber and his spine was
injured. The house was COM
pletely broken to pieces, not timber
in place. Mr.. Irish was
fatally injured.
d., cf ~ !
most as utterly the houses of Alvin
and Mrs. Kate O'Connell;
and in passing unroofed w. Z. Frck's
and Mrs. Jewell's residences. 1t ex-
pended its force on Robert Watts
house. and Mrs. Eliza Bakers home,
and passed into the open beyond.
The extent of the tornado is at this
time unexplored and the damage can
not be stated
All descriptions of the storm show
that it was rotary in its motion, and
this is shown by the skewing of the
buildings it struck and the twisting off
of the big trees in it's path. The track
was between fifty and one hundred and
fifty feet wide.
CycIonic Freaks.
CHANUTE, Kan, May IA cyclone