Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-04-18
II USUAL CLOUDv
Description of tho Recent Heavy Storm In
Ohio.

A special from Akron, o., says: Two
clouds came together Tuesday evening
about two miles northwest Of Sharon.
People who watched them say that W.
minutes later they began to revolve in tor
nado fashion and bear down upon the VII
lage. The tornado's progress was marked
by roaring and grinding sounds. In ten
minutes it had leveled everything in it's
track ever six miles Of farm land for
width of thirty rods. demolished a dozen
buildings, killed one man, fatally injured
a man and woman and seriously injured
several others. Forests in which we're 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 thelhouse and barn of Uriah Worstler,
the house and barn of Isaac Brown and
Frank LeCroix, the barns of Richard
Brown and G. C. Crane. These are located
just north Of Sharon. Then moving
down q mile or so of timber land and
fences, the swirling monster jumped into
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| Wall. east Of Center. The large barn was
torn into little pieces, which we're strewn
along over . mile, the large two story
house of Reasonable Wall was blown of
its foundation and tipped over on its
side, and q horse barn near by was demol-
ished. The bank barn Of Matthew Bromley,
just across the road, Was then given
a whirl. Mr.. Bromley was caught
up and deposited several blocks away
badly crushed under the timbers. He was
badly hurt and cannot recover. His son
landed on the contents Of the hay NOW.
The house of Frank Bromley, a quarter of
q mile further on, was blown several rods
from its foundation and, taking fire,
burned up with all its contents. Tn fam
lily escaped by taking refuge in the cellar.
An orchard Of fifty apple trees back Of the
house was moved clean. just a quarter OF
q mile southeast of Bromley's house was
that of Hugh Franks. Here destruction
was most complete, not a stick OF timber
that a man could not easily carry was left.
About $50 feet from its foundation, Mr..
Franks dead body was found with
the brains oozing from a hole in the
head, made by a fst-iron. An ear was
torn and legs and arms were broken. In q
clover field, twenty rods from the house,
lay Mrs. Frank, unconscious, with her col
lar bone and several ribs broken, and Sc
rious internal injuries. The family dog
lay dead beside her. There were no chill
! dren in the house. About $500 in paper
money and silver hat was In the house
was strewn over the fields for half a mile.
/, AhOnt half of II woa nicEod mn
At the end Of the six mile sweep through
D Sharon the tornado evidently rose high IN
9 the air, and jumping over the southern part
) of Akron dropped down upon Springfield
. township, just southeast Of Akron. The
Z house of Scott Sweitzer was whirled from
its foundation and scattered over a ter -acrt
field. Sweitzer, who had laughed at hi
wife's fear for going to the cellar with he
y baby was pitched down the cellar headfore
most and the family, enclosed under tn
- debris, escaped injury. A pen full of pig
were hurled to their death. OF two car
\, riages in the barn, only a few spokes coul
20 be found. AS Fred Harwicks was trying t
-. unhitch his horse at 6:45, when the tornad
~. came On, be was blown way with the hors
=. and wagon and received serious injuries
. Daniel Brown owned five acres of timber O.
:, which not o tree was left standing. Georg
- Wise's ten-acre forest was also move
- down. The house of Robert Callahan
John Robinson. Elias Kuntz and Eli Fun
~ were riddled and barns blown away. TIL
storm trailed along into Stark county, leav
. ing the debris scattered over a stretch o
y fifteen miles. The loss amounts to tens o
thOnsands.