Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1892-04-02
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Many buildings Demolished by Gale
at Ccrro Gordo. In.-Damage by Hail.

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at Ccrro Gordo. In.-Damage by Hail.
CERRo GoRDo, ILL.,, March 2s.-Ten
buildings were completely wrecked
by a cyclone Saturday afternoon and
twenty others were more or less dam
aged The cyclone was preceded
by terrible hailstorm which
drove every one indoors, and
to this may be attributed
the fact that no one was killed or even
seriously injured. 1t was few min
utes before o'clock when the wind
storm swept through the village FROM
south to north and its path was
marked by strip Of wrecked
and ruined buildings 800 feet in
width. The path of the storm passed
west of the business portion, where
most of the population was gathered.
Those who saw the hurricane approach
took to their cellars, the inhabitants of
several of the houses dismantled thus
escaping injury.
Among the buildings wrecked were
the residences of j. Clarkson, William
Bowen, B. Hyatt and Edward Ed
wards They were lifted from the
foundations, unroofed and twisted
out of shape. Clarkson's house was
crushed like an eggshell by a
huge timber blown from lum-
ber yard 200 yards away. The
family was away on visit and thus
escaped. AT Mrs. Griswold's the kitch-
en- was blown from the main body
Of the house and hurled to the top of a
tree in the yard. The barns of Jose phi
Auten, A.Maniclse, Rob Hudgen, w. II.
Howells, &. Frantz, John Marsh and
B. Wyne were completely demol-
ished. So completely was the
destruction of the last mentioned
that not board of it can be
found. The homes of each of
those above named were also badly
damaged, as were a large number of
other buildings. The only business
building injured was the Shellabargers
elevator. 1t did not receive the full
force of the cyclone, but was unroofed
and otherwise damaged. The total
loss is estimated at $4,000, with but
little insurance. No one was seriously
| injured.
TUscoLA, ILL.,, March 2S This vicin.
ity was visited by very heavy hail.
storm Saturday, the equal of which
has not been witnessed since 1868.
| Hail fell to depth of Q inches and oi
large size.
| CELINA, o., March 2S-At 4:15 Sat
urday afternoon hailstorm com
menced through this section of coun
try, lasting until 5 o'clock The hal
fell to the depth of several inches, and
| 4
eggs. This is the most terrific hail.
storm ever witnessed in this section OF
the state, and great deal of damage
was done to the growing crops O.
| wheat.
BLOOMINGTON, Ind, March 2S.-A
cone.shaped cyclone skirted along thu
northwest edge of this city Saturda,
afternoon, unrooting number o
houses and the chair factory of Shower
Bros. A number of girls working il
the factory We're deluged with rail-
after the roof was blown away ant
were badly frightened, but ESCAPED
with little injury. An old lady by tn
name of Martz was badly hurt whe1
her house was blown down..
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, March 2S.-I
baby tornado swept through the cit,
Saturday afternoon, followed by
damaging hailstorm. Signs We're dis
mantled, part of the scaffolding of tn
soldiers monument was blown dow
and multitude of windows were bat
tered in.
LEBANON, Ind, March 2s.-A terrifi
hailstorm was felt here Saturday after
noon 1t lasted for twenty minutes
some of the icy balls being as large a
hens eggs. A great many window
and skylights were demolished.