The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1890-05-15

AKRON, May special "A !eTflhlo
tornado, which wrought serious dehlrlc'
ton Of property aud possibly human NE,
swept down upon this city ~ bdQ o'clock
Saturday evening, II came IRON lhe
southwest with loud fumblingR, accom-,
panied by thick darkness aud torrents Of
rain, and struck tho corner OF tie clB
close 10 tho Ohio canal The path OF the
tornado extended nearly two miles, lho
entire damage being done Wlihln llYe
minutes, IL was not until Sunday that
the full extent Of the damage was rehllG.
cd, 40 the electric wires were down, ana
the torrents Of rain aud total darkness re-
inrdod the work Of reRcuing Nud caring
Tor the wounded,
Tho list Of wounded IN very long, but
the more serious cases are tue following
Wilson kipllnger cut IN hcadi Mrs, Kip
lingcr, burned on the limbs and body,
two children aged and 4, hrulhcd aud
burned, recovery doubtful, Horny Poole,
caught la tho ruins Of hs barn and badly
bruised Lizlio Poole, aged lI struck by
Tying debris and bruised on body Mrs,
DpmluIClI Gruotter, bruised on head and
hand badly cut, August ShnllloG bruised
and cut on head aud shoulders Lena Her
manu-, aged NJ, burned on body and hruis'
cd on shoulders quite severely Mrs, Peter
Aualgen, an Invalid, completely pr0atrat-
cd, recovery doubtful Melvin Irish, wife
aud two young sons, all caught IN the
ruins Of their home aud 80 severely lniur
cd by debris that their condition to-day
N very critical Mrs, Allen Coup, spine in
Iurod, very badly hurt Mrs, Eliza lowell,
scalp wound with cut over right cyCi Lucy
Bnker, Agou II, struck by falling bricks,
unconscious aud seriously Injured, Two
clildron Of Thomas Thompson were bur.
led beneath the debris IN cellar and are
internally but probably not fatally IN
lured,
The storm swept across Cohurn, Thorn.
ton, Broadway High Miami Washington,
Cross, Grant, Sumner, Allen, Wheeler,
Killing, Brown, Exchange, Vine, Nash,
Splcor Fountain, Carroll and East Mar
kCt streets, About ono hundred aud
twenty-five buildings were wrecked or
badly damaged, OF those eighteen are
demolished aud aa many more are rene
dcrcd UNIT for occupancy, From % TO
100 persons are practically homeless al
though there W no lack Of cure or accom-
mediation. Tho property loss will approx.
imnto 100000. The path Of the
tornado h marked 10y property
Of all kinds IN grotcsquo positions,
A womNn'a skirt ilouta from u lofty
oak on C0burn street. the tin roof Of
a shop on Main street lies on the roof Of
u dwelling ON SpICCr street half milo
distant and an apple tree w lying on the
ridge Of the fine residence Of l., X, Mihils,
ESQ, Dead chickens, rats and cats lie
along the llnO Of the tornado And two
horses were killed outright Early this
morning large number of special polCic.
men were sworn In and put upon guard
duty, Ropes were strung about the wreck.
cd groceries and residences, while pHtrol-
men kept back the immense crowds,
The city turned out ON masse and the
wrCCkcdpOrtion Of the town has rosOmblod
a fair ground all day, Although there N
no need Of immediate relief, Mayor Mil
lcr will Issue call for popular relief
measures and funds will be started AZ
once, Prof II, V, Egbcrt Of luchtol COLI
lCge, proiosaory oiNstronomy and meteor
ulpgy and local representative Of the
United StntCs signal service, was an eye
witness uf the tOrnudo'H work, He says
that the cloud had the appearance Of an
incomplete cone, with the NpCx toward
the earth, Above this the clouds were Of
inky blRokuoss and revolving rapidly.
From computations made at the time hO
figures that the tornAdo'a progressive mo.
ton was about ono mile IN illtocn seconds
aud says the entire destruction was done
within thirty seconds,
upro0tCd trOOa are counted by the score,
Many that were blown down or cut oil are
from ono TO two feet In diameter, Build
lnga that resisted the winds are In
dangerous condition and many will
have 20 bo torn down, Outhousos In somo
cnaoa woro trnnsplRntod from 30 TO 100
feet and set down In nolghorIng yards,
In several churches relief papers were
started aud several thousand dollQrs will
be raised for the immediate wants Of the
homeless people, William Poole and his
daughter, who had just driven
into their barn were caught
up with the building and rolled
with Il 70 the bottom Of the hill on which
Il stood, Tho barn OF Albert Funk on Ex-
change gtrCOt was torn 10 pieces and his
horse blown into vacant lot near by and
killed, People whose housog were destroy
od had their all invested In them and q
majority Of the houses were mortgOgod,
That no lives were lost IN most wonderful,
In most instances the families took refuge
In the ocllnrs and thus escaped serious In
Jury, u tornado NJ Sharon, this county,
just one month ago, having put everybody
on the alert,