St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-04-10
Origin of the Swirling Mon
ster That Swept Ohio
and Michigan.
Agricultural Districts Laid
Waste and Noble Yeomen
Made Homeless.
Surprisingly Small List Of
Fatalities for a Storm So
Widespread.
lll-Fated JohnstoWn Almost
Wholly Inundated by the
Raging Conemaugh.

AKRON. w., April 1.-Two clouds
came together Tuesday evening about
two miles northwest of Sharon, Medina
county. People who watched them say
that two minutes later they began to
TevOlve in tornado fashion and bear
down upon the village. the tornado's
progress was marked by roaring, and
grinding sounds. In ten minutes time
it had levelled everything in it's track,
over six miles of farm land, for width
of thirty rods, demolished dozens of
buildings, killed one man, fatally in
Jured man and woman and seriously
injured several others. Forests in which
were trees two feet in diameter were
cut down as though they had been but
cornstalkS. The first building caught
up was the barn of James Hartman,
northwest of Sharon. 1t landed several
rods away, and was
Torn Into Kindling.
Then in turn were taken the house
and barn of Uriah Woerstler, the house
and barn of Isaac Brown and Frank LIE
Croix. the barns of Richard Brown and
e. G. Crane. These are located Just
north of Sharon. Then moving down
mile or so of timber land and fences,
the swirling monster jumped into it's
work anew at the farm of Christian
Wall. east Of Center. The large bank
barn was torn into little pieces, which
were Strewn along over a mile. The
large two story house of Reasonable
Wall was blown off its foundation and
tipped over on its side, and horse
bank barn of Matthew Bromley, just
tho rood than uiua n
whirl. Mr.. Browley was caught
up and deposited several rods
away badly crushed under the tim
bers. He was unconscious to-day and
cannot recover. Hit son landed on the
contents of the hay-mow. The house of
Frank Bromley, quarter of mile far
ther on, was blown several rods from
its foundation, and taking fire, burned
with all it's contents. The family es-
capped by taking refuge in the cellar.
An orchard of 100 apple trees back of
the house was moved clean. Just a
quarter of mile southeast of BrOmIey's
house was that of Hughes Franks.
Here destruction was most complete.
Not stick of timber amounting to any
thing was left. About $50 feet from it's
foundation Mr.. Franks dead body was
found, with the brains oozing from a
hole in the head made by flat.iron. An
ear w S torn, and his legs and arms
were bloken. In clover field twenty
rods from the house. lay Mrs. Franks,
unconscious, with her collar bone and
several ribs broken, and serious in
survive the day. The family dog
Lay Dead Beside Her.
There were no children in the house.
About $500 in paper money and silver
that was in the house was strewn over
the fields for half a mile. About half of
it was picked up. AT the end of Its six
mile sweep through Sharon the tornado
ing over the southern part of the county,
dropped down upon Springfield town
ship, just southeast of Akron. The
house of Scott SWeitZer was Whirled
from its foundation and scattered over
ten-acre field. Sweitzer. who had
laughed at his wife's fear for going to
the cellar with her baby, was pitched
down the cellarway bead foremost,
and the family, ensconsed under the
debris, escaped injury. A pen full OF
pigs were hurled to their death. Of
two carriages in the barn, only few
spokes could be found. Fred Harwick
was trying to unhitch his horse at 6:45,
when the tornado came on. He was
blown away with the orse and wagon
and received serious injuries. Daniel
Brown owned five acres of timber, on
which not a tree was left standing
George Wise's ten-acre forest was also
moved down. The houses of Robert
Callahan. John Robinson, Elias Kuntz
and Eli Funk were riddled and barns
blown away. The storm trailed along
into Stark county, leaving the debris
scattered over stretch of fifteen miles.
The loss amounts to tens of thousands.