The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1893-05-27
SWEPT BY WIND.
Ruin and Death Mark the Path Of
Terrific Tornado es.

Portions of Several states Swept by Hur-
ricanes-Several Persons Killed and
Others Injured-The Property
Loss ENORMOUS
IN WISCONSIN.
DoDGEvH.LE, Wis.,. May 23.-The
township of Moscow, about Is miles
east of this city, was visited by a
cyclone Monday evening. demolishing
a number of residences and barns.
DARLINGTON, Wis, May Pa tor
nado passed from the southwest in a
northeasterly direction about 2 miles
north of this city Monday afternoon.
In the township of Willow Springs sew
eral houses, barns and other buildings
were destroyed, and Mrs. James Bailey
was killed and Mr.. Bailey seriously in
jured. The houses of William Kruse,
Ed Howe and E. c. King were destroyed.
The timber in the track of the tornado
is leveled. 1t is reported that Charles
Cassidy, also of Willow Springs, was
killed
IN MINNESOTA.
DEXTER, Mimi. May 23.-In a wind
storm Monday morning the residence of
o. A. Hearstead, miles north of here,
was blown down, completely wrecked
and all the members of the family in
jured, Mrs. Hearstead seriously. The
barn of A. Grabnue, of Pleasant. Val.
ley, was struck by lightning and five
horses, together with other stock, con-
4.
IN OHIO.
CLEVELAND, O., May PA terrible
windstorm struck this city at 8 o'clock
q. m. Four men were instantly killed
and many injured in the numerous cas-
ualties. A portion of the plate depart
ment of the Cleveland Rolling Mill
company, undergoing construction,
gave way to the storm with
fatal results. There were number
employed on the structure, two of
whom were killed instantly, another
received injuries which will doubtless
prove fatal. and several more were
badly injured The names of the dead
and injured are not obtainable at this
writing.
Dispatches indicate that the entire
northwestern portion of the state was
swept by the storm. At Findlay the
brick building of the Bell Pottery COM
pany was partially wrecked, the roof
being carried away and one wall
crushed in. Two hundred employees bad
a narrow escape The Model glass
factory and the Salem wire nail works
were unrOOfed.
In Lima the gas works we're unroofed
and the smokestacks of several fac
tories blown down. Daniel Miller, a
farmer living several miles east of
Lima, was caught beneath the timber
of his barn as it was going down and
crushed to death. At Hume, small
town near Lima, the Methodist church
was blown down. as were several
dwellings, and a number of people in
iured. In the oil fields thousands of
derricks were blown down, the loss to
ing to thousands of dollars. The little
town of Fort Recovery was almost lew
eled by the storm and large number
injured. The dura ton of the storm
was not over ten seconds and the
total damage in the country about
Lima will amount to at least 81 100000
In Mercer county great damage was
done to farm buildings, fences and for
estS.
Near Fostoria, Seneca county, many
barns were destroyed and much dam
age done to fruit and shade trees. The
storm struck Akron, Summit county,
about o'clock and many people sought
refuge in their cellars. In East Akron
the new works of the city boiler COM
pany were wrecked. causing a loss of
IS, 600. Chimneys Were blown over and
trees broken in all parts of the town,
but nobody was injured.
IN INDIANA
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, May "a wind
storm passed over Indiana about
o'clock a. m. and did much dam
age. In the eastern and southern
portions of the state the wind blew
with the greatest force. At Jeffer-
sonville many houses were unroofed
and trees were blown down. John Stem
was blown over an embankment and
severely injured. At Elwood the roof
OF the American TIN plate works
was blown off and the building other
wise damaged. This is the third
time the great plant has been dam
aged by storm. At Marion the rooster
building of the Columbia zinc works
was blown over; also the smokestack,
which fell on the main building, crush
ing the walls and damaging the ma
chinery.
IN MICHIGAN.
DETROIT, Mich. May IA tornado
came down from the northeast at
o'clock Tuesday morning. 1t struck