The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-05-12
A TREMENDOUS blow.
Seventy-fivo Buildings in Akron
in the Path Of a Cyclone
WERE TOTALLY DEMOLISHED.
Eighteen Persons Seriously Injured
Some OF tho Freaks OF tho Storm.
Two Persons aro Killed ut
Franklin, Pennsylvania.

AKRON, o., May ll.--Darkness shu
In 80 quickly. alter the tornado that tor,
through the southern OF the city Satur
day evening that not half an idea coul,
be gotten OF the ilerccuess or extern
OF the terrible storm. It ispaid that tht
storm was travelling ut tho rate OF foul
miles minute so that It's track OF abou
a miles half through tho city was tra
versed In little more than twenty
seconds. It moved in almost Il straight
line through u well settled part OF the
city and scarcely foot OF the mile and q
half but is strewn today with splinter.
ed house timbers. broken furniture, up
rooted trees and barns and outhouscs.
In trip over the storms path to-day
nineteen dwellings were counted tha.
were either ripped into kindling wood
or 80 badly wrecked that they. cannot be
occupied. Families OF the following,
numbering about seventy.ive persons
in ali, are ont OF house and homo and
are being sheltered by friends:
Wilson lKiplinger, John Van Ault,
Gebhart Herman, Dominic Greadcr,
Louis Shafter, Tony Menuel. Harry San.
ford, John Miller, Frank kontz, Frank
Miller, Allen Coup, August Miller, A. G.
Baker, Mrs. Fred Bolte, Melvin Irish,
Thomas Thompson. Alvin Alexander,
Mrs Kate Mcconnell md W. II. Eltholz.
THE INJURED; s
OF the eighteen persons who were in.
jured all will probably recover. The
most seriously hurt are Mrs. Wilson
Kiplinger. bruised and burned on the
legs by the overturning of stove; a
daughter OF Gebhart Herman, burned
on the legs and back; Melvin Irish,
struck by flying timbers aud pinned
down; Mrs. 1rish, internally injured !;
Mrs. Allen Coup. hit by flying bricks !;
daughter Of A.. C. Baker, unconscious
and in criticalcondition; John Wheel
er, tsamster. blown under fence and
internally injured; William Poole,
buried in debris and suffering from
bruises and spinal conclusion; daughter
of Wilson kiplinger, hit by flying timber
and burned. - -
Scvcnty-fve buildings including resi-
dences and barns, and outhouses were
damaged by the wind aad not one es-
capped in the line Of the tornado. Up.
rooted trees are counted by the score.
Buildings that resisted the winds are in
dangerous condition and many will
have to be torn down. Ou,houses in
some cases were transplanted from so to
100 feet and set down in neishboring
yards. Thousands of people visited the
scene to-day. "A force OF special police
stood guard over the remnants OF resi-.
dences and house furnishings. In sew
eral churches relief papers were started
and several thousand dollars will be
raised for, r,the immediate wants OF the
homeless people.
ROLLED DOWN TUE HILL.
William Poole and his daughter, who
had just driven into their barn, were
caught up with the building and rolled
to the bottom OF the hill on which it
stood. The barn OF Albert Funk, on
Exchange street, was torn to pieces and
his horse blown into vacant lot near
by and killed. People whose houses
were destroyed had their all invested in
them and majority Of the houses were
mortgaged., That no lives were lost is
most wonderful. In most instances tho
families took refuge in the cellars and
thus escaped seriousiujury, tornado at
Sharon, this county, just one month ago,