The morning call., 1891-06-04
FLOOD And TORNADO
The Streets Of Cleveland Turned
Into Rivers.
4 Young Man Crushed to Death by a
Falling Tree.
Car Windows Broken, Headlights Smashed
and a Hole Knocked Through the
Roof Of a Cab.
Special to THE MORNING CALI

CLEVELAND. June 8. - The whole of
Northern Ohio has been deluged during the
past forty-eight hours. In this city nearly
one inch of rain fell yesterday. and this
forenoon between ii and II O'Clock 061 Of
an inch fell inside of seven minutes. The
streets were turned into rivers, the water
running over the sidewalks and on the
lawns in some places. The Superior-street
cable line was blockaded by a washout of
sand, which covered the track to a depth of
four feet for about thirty yards. The sew
ers were flooded, and in Forest street the
water undermined big water-pipe, causing
it to break, adding greatly to the flood.
At Lima, OHIO, there was a tornado late
last night, doing great damage to buildings
and crops. A young man named Samuel
Bennett, near Cavett, was crushed by a fall
ing tree.
At Salem, Ohio. lightning struck and
shattered the steeple of the Presbyterian
Church.
At Clyde, Ohio, the storm was terrific.
hailStOnes breaking the windows and door
panels in houses and stores. Fifteen win
dOws in a passrnger-car on the Wheeling
and Lake Erie Railroad were broken. the
headlight smashed and hole knocked in
the roof of the cab.
CINCINNATI, June 3.-Over 1000 people
went to the LatOnia races to-day and were
soaked through with heavy rain. just
before the races began hurricane struck
the grand stand, in which were 5000 people,
one-thiTd being women. The horSe-Sheds
outside the race-cOuTSe were picked up and
strewn clear across the railway track 200
yards away. Binding sheets of water.
driven by a forty hour hurricane,
drenched everybody. The wind topped the
upper seats over and rolled them toward the
front. Then, amid the screams of women,
wild rush was made for the broad, central
stairway that leads TO the plaza in
trout Of the stand. Brave men rushed into
the crazy crowd and aYerted a calamity.
The crowd went down safely to shelter
under the stand. Many women tainted. A
hall hour later the wet crowd was sitting
on benches watching the races. No casu-
altieS were reported.
The Commercial Gazette's specials report
a serious storm throughout Indiana and
Ohio this evening.
At La Porte. Ind. King & Fields ware
house was unroOfed and damaged TO the ex-
tent of $4,000.
At New Philadelphia, Ohio. a storm Of
rain. hail and wind greatly damaged crops.
Lightning struck a ScbOOlh0use, but no one
was seriously hurt.
At Seymour, Ind, tornado tore up trees,
demolished all ice factory and blew away
the third story Of high school building,
but fortunately no one was injured.
At Falmouth, KY, James Austin's barn
was wrecked and his siXteen-year-old
daughter killed.
AT Salina, Ohio, a church and several
houses were wrecked. Minor damage is
reported from many other points
In Cleveland lightning struck the Wilmot
Hotel and iUmnad franl fbpre T., tla Iv
wire of the electric street road, severely
shocking the occupants of a passing car aud
damaging the ma hinery of the motor.
WATERFOWL Is. Dak.) June 3.-The re-
port of three fatalities near Hazel by yes
terday'S cyclone have been cOnfrn.ed. Ru-
mors Of other deaths northeast of here have
come in, but are not credited. The prop
erty loss In this city is slight, being con-
fined TO barns ana OuthouSes.
WEST SUPERIOR (Wis.), June Bone of
the " orSt gales of the season swept across
Lake Superior to-day. at the entry to Su-
peTiur Bay the waves were running thirty
and forty feet high, breaking over the light
house at the mouth of the entrance. Three
vessels are riding at anchor outside the har-
bOr, not daring TO venture TO pass through
the canal But one life was lost out of the
crew of the schooner Mayfiower, which
went down last night, but additional fatali-
ties may result from severe bruises and ex-
pOsure sustained by Others of the crew.
WATERLOO QOwa), June "A very heavy
wind and hail storm prevailed last night in
Mount Vernon and Bennington townships,
in this county. Rye and small fruits were
damaged cOnsde rably. Many large trees
were broken off and the roads are almost
impossible from broken trees and hedges.
The county suffered considerable loss in
Bennington by the washing away of innu-
merable small bridges and culyerts. 1t is
impossible to form any estimate oil the dam
age with the information obtsinable to-
night.