Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1892-04-09
THE STORM KING RACES.

CHICAGO, April 2.-That the storm OF
Thursday night and Friday has been one
of the most far-reaching and destructive
on record is borne out as fragmentary
scraps of information straggle in from
the northwest, the far west and south
west over the badly crippled, almost
unworkable wires which escaped the
fury of the warning elements The
| justly famous though not popular
kansas cyclone" seems in this in
stance to have taken in vast expanse
OF territory upon which to wreak its
fury, and any estimate approximating
the amount of damage done to property
| or the number of lives lost is out of the
question.
SANTA ANNA, Tex, April e.-Friday
night cyclone passed over this (Cole.
many county. In this city many houses
We're demolished. A boy was killed
and eleven inmates of the residence of
Mr.. Bass were injured. At Bangs four
persons were killed. Wires are pros
trated, and it is impossible to obtain
details.
OMAHA, Neb., April 2.-Friday after
noon at Norfolk the Episcopal church
was entirely destroyed. The Congre-
gational church was unroofed and its
steeple and bell carried away. Whea-
tons planning mill was partly wrecked
and fifteen houses and barns were de-
molished. The cyclone swept track
through the city three blocks wide and
ten blocks in length. The little daugh-
ter of Mike Weir and child OF John
Palmer were seriously injured by fall
ing debris.
A special from Norfolk, in the north
ern part of the state, says cyclone
struck the town about IL Thursday
night and did considerable damage. If
this should prove to be the same cyclone
which devastated Nelson, the destruc-
tion wrought must have been great.
The storm travelled 150 miles over the
richest raising section of the state, dot
ted with small towns and villages. The
wind is blowing a gale here and wires
are down on all sides.
ROCKFORD, ILL.,, April 2.-Ths city
was visited by a terrific cyclone Friday
afternoon, the results of which have
been most disastrous. In the city signs,
awnings, show cases and Il large num-
Der of plate glass windows in the
stores were demolished. In the coun-
try adjacent the destruction seems to
have been even more widespread.
GALEsBURG, ILL.,, April "A violent
rain and windstorm prevailed here Fri
day, having at noon nearly the force of
"a tornado. Chimneys and signs were
blown Off small buildings tipped over
and telephone and telegraph wires
mixed up so that communication is
largely interrupted.
MERRILL, Wis, April 2.-The first
thunderstorm of the season made
things lively here Friday morning. A
number of children from IS to Is years
old We're assembled in the German
Lutheran church, when lightning struch
the building, knocking four o.
them to the floor. Ottilie Olmar
had one shoe torn off and was badly
burned and Lena Kunkel was burned
from head to foot. The others were
not seriously injured. All will recover
BURLINGTON, Ia, April 2.-The repor
was received here Friday evening tha
passenger train on the Burlington s
Northwestern narrow-gauge road was
blown from the track 40 miles west o
Burlington while running at full speed
A baggageman, mail clerk ant
two passengers are reported seri
ously injured. A wrecklng trail
has been sent to the relief o
the passengers. The wind had beel
blowing hurricdne and much damag
has been done to shrubs and trees. TIL,
injured are: Mail Agent Frank nMc
Adams, of Mount Pleasant, Ia, jaw
broken and badly bruised; EXPIRES
Messenger II. A. Russell, of Burling
ton, head badly bruised; I. d. Stevens
passenger, of Hedriclz, Ia, badly bruise
internally and cut about body; Mrs. /
, B. Hicks, passenger, of Hedrick, Ia, Gu
and bruised internally.
STUART, Ia, April 2.The most de
. structive windstorm that ever visite
, western Iowa has been raging for tn
, last thirty-siX hours. Numerous build
inGs We're unroofed in this and surround
! ing towns. The Catholic church bell
tower in this city was blown down, tn
weight of the bell crushing larg
barn and several outbuildings. Th
damage done here and in neighborin
towns is estimated ut $4,000
l DIES MONIES, Ia, April 2.-The wind
{ storm, which is subsiding, has been on
: Of the worst for many years. The ag
, gregate damage done to buildings
5 this city will be more than $1,000
\ Scores of buildings were partially an
some wholly unroofed. The roof o
: one side of the federal building wa
, ripped off.
: AT the state house large section {
slate roofing was torn up and scatterc
: in the street. Seven residences, so ia
n as reported, were blown down entirel,
: Several persons were blown down
the streets, and buggies and wagons
n anless very heavy, We're swept befoI
the wind like SO much straw.
r Reports received here from differer
( parts of central Iowa say that the dan
t age throughout the country is larg,
h Thousands of tons of hay still in tn
a stack has been scattered, trees hay