The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-07-23
A STORM
Does Much Damage to Property
In Cincinnati.
ga Night In Pekln" Blown to Pieces
Fatal injuries Inflicted ON Three People
VIM. A. Ward Crushed Beneath
His IA House-Narrow Escapes.


CrNoIHNATI, July 16.--This city and
the Ohio valley was visited by the
storm-king Friday afternoon, with con-
siderable damage to property and loss
of life. The wind wore a cyclonic as
pect in some localities, but these were
due to local eddies that developed great
twisting powers.
The cyclone attained its greatest
force in the neighborhood surrounding
the intersection of Fourteenth street
and Central avenue.
VIM. A. Ward was standing on tho
pavement in front of his architectural
iron works, at No. 495 Central avenue,
when the storm came. There was n
"blind" story of brick on the building,
and this came down in n mass TO the
pavement. Ward was crushed to the
ground, his skull fractured and shoul-
der bruised. Recovery doubtful.
Wessling's stove store near by was
unroofed, and the debris carried over
other buildings and landed half square
away. At 119 Fourteenth street. Oliver
Flaherty, aged 10, was standing on a
rear stairway, when a timber struck
him on the head, cutting an ugly cash.
The storm rose after passing Four
teenth, but dropped on Music hall long
| enough to tear away all the ornamental
railing on top of the roof.
The storm carried everything before
| it in the east end. Trees were uprooted
in every direction, cellars were flooded,
walls were blown in and many narrow
| escapes from falling states from the
roofs of houses were witnessed. No
less than four runaways took place,
and in one instance fatal termination
| is expected The water from the hill
| tops came down in floods that swamped
everything, doing great deal of dam
age.
At Fifth and Lock streets Emma Nc
MILAN, the three-year-old daughter OF
injured by the falling of the house.
She was struck on the head by several
pieces of timber and was picked up
unconscious. The physician who at
| tended her gives little hopes for her re-
| covery.
The frame houses on the Fifth street
hill side were all more or less damaged.
They are all occupied by colored peo-
pie, and when the storm was at it's
| height they flew from their homes, ex-
| pecting to see their houses brought to
| the ground every second. The frame
work ratified and vibrated violently.
A new building at Sixth and Main
was badly damaged. A horse and buggy
driven by Charles Wood, of Fifth and
Plum streets, was passing at the time
and the animal became so startled that
it bolted at tremendous speed west on
Sixth street Wood was thrown from
the vehicle, alighting on his head, sus.
| tanning fracture of the skull. He was
taken home in critical condition.
James Young was walking on Fifth
| street toward Main when the storm
struck him from behind, and picking
| him off his feet whirled him through
the air a few feet. He spread his arm.
| out and was blown against horse
hitched to the curb. He grabbed the
horse around the neck in desperate
struggle. The animal began to real
and the storm-blown pedestrian came
near taking an involuntary ride down
the street.
| The spectacular show, "a might in
Pekin," in the west end, was wrecked,
the massive scenery being torn to
shreds. 1t can not be repaired short ot
five days. Loss, $1,000. The buildings
on the baseball park and the fence was
also wrecked.
| A Mt Auburn electric car was
wrecked on Auburn avenue. No one
hurt The roof at the baseball parE
fell on a green line car, killing the
team and wrecking the car.
An entire family were victims of s
deadly lightning bolt at Epworth
Heights. The property damaged aggre'
gates large amount.