Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1893-04-15
FIGURING UP.
Counting the Losses Resulting from tn.
Recent Storms-They Reach Into the
Hundreds of Thousands.

Counting the Losses Resulting from the
Recent storms They Reach Into the
Hundreds of Thousands.
DETROIT, Mich, April 10.-The recent
storm that ragged in Michigan was one
of the most severe and general of the
season. The financial loss runs far into
the thousands, in a great meas
ure the result of electric bolts.
The losses reported from that
source alone exceed 100000. In the
barns destroyed fourteen horses are
known to have perished. The rain
came down in torrents, varying
the monotony at intervals with
terrific showers of hailstones. At
Grand Rapids telephone and elec-
trio lights and motors were burned
out, and the electric cars were serious
ly interfered with. Trees and out
houses We're blown down and the
floods following the heavy downpour
overhowed sewers and flooded cellars.
Railroad traffic was somewhat inter-
fered with by the numerous washouts.
The farmhouse of Isaac +. Gresham,
located 3 miles southwest of st. Johns,
was struck by lightning and entirely
destroyed, together with it's contents.
Three of Mr.. Cheeseman's children are
seriously burned.
RACINE, Wis, April 1O-Reports com.
ing in from all over the country are
that the recent storm was the worst in
ten years. The wind and hail did great
damage to fences and haystacks.
Barns were blown down and buildings
wrecked, and many hundreds of lights
of glass We're broken by the hail. At
Browns Lake, near Burlington, the
large new summer hotel being erected
by Mr.. Hawkins was blown to pieces,
involving a loss of many thousands of
dollars.
CHICAGO, April 1O.-The hailstorm
which swept over the south side dis
trict bounded by Thirty-first and
Thirty-ninth streets and State street
and the lake last Friday night is es-
timated to have caused total damage
amounting to about 100000.
BUFFALO, N. Y. April TO- Reports
from number of points In western
New York show that the windstorm of
Friday morning did considerable
damage to property and caused
the loss of one life. At Spring
vile the barn of Vedder Hemstreet,
farmer, was blown down and Hem
street, who was milking cows at the
time, was caught and crushed to death
under the heavy timbers. His hired
man was severely injured. At West
field roofs We're torn off and several
buildings blown down. At Brock
ton the vineyards and orchards
suffered severely and several build
ings We're unroofed. The hose
tower at Angola was blown down
and carried with it the telephone
wires. Part of the roof of the Angola
hotel was blown off. At Mayville a
number of barns We're demolished. At
Dunkirk chimneys, trees and roofs were
blown down, while farm barns, fences
and orchards in the vicinity suffered
severely. 1t was the severest storm
ever known in this section of the state.
The residence of George H. Talcott,
at Talcottville, Lewis county, was sup
posedly struck by lightning some time
during Friday night and burned to the
ground. The house was situated about
n mile east of the little village and was
formerly a wayside tavern. The neigh
bors did not know that it had been
burned until after daylight. They at
once visited the place and made the dis
covery that Mr.. Talcott and his mother,
lady over 20 years of age, had been
burned in the house, the charred
and blackened corpses being found
in the ruins. The theory that
the house was struck by lightning
is purely guess work and is based
on the fact that severe thunderstorm
passed over the section during the night
A coroner has been ,mmoned and will
make all possible investigation, as some
hold that Mr.. Talcott and his mother
might have been robbed and murdered
and the house set on fire to hide the
crime.