Morning journal and courier., 1890-05-12
FIERCE TORNADO AT AKRON, OHIO.

FIERCE TORNADO AT AKRON, OHIO.
 A special from Akron, Ohio, says: Dark- ness shut in 80 quickly after the tornado that tore through the southern part of the city Saturday evening that not half an idea could be gotten of the herceness or extent of the terrible storm. Professor Egbert of Buchtel college, who was out in the storm, calculated that it was travelling at the rate of four miles minute, so that It's track of about a mile and half through this city was traversed in little more than twenty seconds. It moved in almost a straight line through a we'll setthd part of the oity and scarcely foot of the mile and half but is strewn to-day with splintered house timbers, broken furniture, up-rooted trees and leveled barns and outhouses. In a trip over the storm track nineteen dwellings were counted that are either ripped into kindling wood or so badly wrecked that they cannot be occupied. About seventy-6ve per sons are homeless and are being sheltered by friends. Of the eighteen persons who were injured all will probably recover. The most seriously hurt are:
 Mrs. Wilson Kiplinger, bruised and burned about the legs by an overturned stove; daugh- ter of Gebhardt Hermann, burned on the legs and back by her dress taking fire from the kitchen stove; Melvin Irish, struck by flying timbers and pinned down by falling floor; Mrs. Irish. internally ininres, mrs: Allen Coup, hit by flying brick; daughter ot A. c. Baker, uucoroSlous TOT several hours and in critical condition; John Wheeler, teamster, blown under a fence and internally injured; William Poole, burned in the debris of his barn and suffering from bruises and spinal coneussion; daughter of Wilson Kiplin' ger, hit by flying timber and burned by stove.
 Ssvsnty.Hve buildings, including resi- dences and barns and out-houses were damaged by the wind and none escaped that was in a direct line of the tornado. Up. rooted trees are counted by the score. Many that were blown down or cut of are from one to two feet in diameter. Buildings tha, resisted the winds are in dangerous con dition and many will have to be torn down Outhouses in some cases were transplantet | from fifty to one hundred feet and set dowI | in neighboring yards. In several churches | to-day relief papers were started ant 1 several thousand dollars will be raised ! for the immediate wants of the home less people. William Poole and hi daughter, who had just driven into thei barn, were caught up with the building ant rolled with 1t to the bottom of the hill ol which 1t stood. Albert Funk's barn on Ex change street was torn to pieces and hi horse blown into vacant lot near by ant killed. People whose houses were destroyed had their all invested In them, and ma | jority of the houses were mortgaged. Ina no lives were lost is most wonderful. Ii l most instances the families took refuge Ii the cellars and thus escaped serious injury, tornado at Sharon, this county, just montl ago, having put every body on the alert. NORTHWESTERN PBNNsYLvANIA.
 PIrTsBURo, May Il. "A special fror Franklin, Penn., says: A terrible cyolen passed over the southern part of this count last evening about five o'clock. Two people Noah Jackson and wife, were killed. Tn storm was general throughout the county but the deadly cyclone only about thre miles wide extended twenty-five miles Everything in its path was demolished, tree uprooted and houses and barns torn dowr In one instance house containing an invali
 was struck and the bed containing the sic
 man lifted up and carried out into tho yar
 and dashed against 8 tree. The sick ma
 was badly injured. Many cattle were killed
 The path of the cyclone extended from nea the county line to the Allegheny river. N
 trains have arrived on the Allegheny Valle
 railroad since last night on account of lani
 slides and bad wreck about five miles sout
 of this city where the cyclone struck tn
 river.
 PROVIDENCE R. l., May u.-During
 thunder. storm this morning Julien E. Ba
 lou's house and barn in Central Falls wel
 struck by lightning aud set on fire. Mir Ballou was awakened by fused burgli
 alarm wire falling on her hand as che lay
 had