The Red Cloud chief., 1892-07-22
HURRICANE.
Cincinnati and Southern Ohio
Visited.
A SHORTER FROM THE WEST
Tin Roofs and House Trimmings GO Fly.
ng-BuiIdinss, Too-Several Persons
Ipjured-A showmsn's Enter
prise Knocked Out.

CINCINNATI, July 16.-At $3.50 o'clock
Yesterday afternoon u wind which reg
istercd forty-two miles IN hour by the
United States signal service instru-
ments struck this city. IL came from
the west and was accompanied by rain
which fell to the depth of two-hfths of
an inch during the time the storm last
ed. which was not over fifteen minutes.
The full extent of the damage done can
not be learned ut this hour.
IL was no tornado. II blew straight
from west I o east and kept up steadily
during u quarter of an hour. carrying
the rain along in horizontal sheets,
peeling the tin roofs off in numerous
buildings, carrying off the roofs bodily
from many houses and playing havoc
generally with shade trees, signs, fences
and plate glass windows.
The works for the show called "a
Night In Pekin'' on the baseball grounds
on Harrison venue were completely
| demolished. The fence of the baseball
| grounds was blown down and n part OF
IL was hurled against n passing street
| car, injuring several passengers more
or less seriously.
William +. Ward, ST.. proprietor of
the architectural iron works Mt 495 Cen
| trail avenue, was standing on the side
| walk when the roof of his factory was
blown off. Bricks detached from the
| building were hurled on the sidewalk.
| One struck Mr.. Ward on the head, tract
| uring his skull. 1t Is feared his injuries
are fatal. Halt "a dozen other houses
on Central avenue in the same vicinity
were unroofed.
On Walnut street near Twelfth street
the roof of Myers Veterinary hospital
was torn off and hurled bodily against
the roof of the Banner Brewer Co. on
Canal near Walnut, taking that roof of
also. At the river landing the great
chains holding the New Orleans wharf
boat, besides which was the steamer
Mary Houston full of passengers ready
"a start, were snapped like yarn threat
md the beat blown nearly half u mile
up stream to Newport bridge.
At Hamilton, twenty-five miles nortl
of here, the storm came at about thu
same hour as it did here. 1t took of
half the roof of Snyder Sons Woo
pulp mill, blew down the west wall o
it and injured FIVE workmen, n yer,
badly, one quite seriously and the othe
three painfully but not dangerously.
1t blew down -four iron smoke stack
of the Snyder Sons pulp and pape
mills, also the smoke stacks OF the Nile
tool works and Clamson's factory !,
Hamilton. II also demolished tn
smoke stack Of Snyder Sons pape
mills at Fairview, u mile north of Hau
ilton.
1t is feared that it has been attends
, with casualties not yet reported in thi
l city and vicinity. 1t came with n yer,
wide front and while it lasted was
furious, steady, straight blow.
, There were numerous narrow escape
I during the storm. Ernest West VIZ
I blown quite n distance from the top {
L n lumber pile on West Liberty stre'
and severely hurt. a tree fe
E across the horses attached TO q stree
E car, killed one horse, stopped I'll
car and demonstrated u narrow e
cape to the passengers. A gentlema
s crossing the suspension bridge in
i street car saw two Covington wom6
clinging for dear life to a cable, tho
clothing torn to shrcds by the win
n He rescued them and brought the
= safe to Cincinnati. A little son of MI
q O'Flarty on Central IN was stru'
y by n falling brick and badly hu,
Four circuits of the fire alarm wir
q were completely Frustrated. All I
telephone wires on Harrison aven'
% and Fairmont and Lick run are disable