The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1893-06-01
Work Of Wild Winds.

Work Of Wild Winds.
A cyclone, lasting only about quar-
ter OF q minute, played great havoc in
Lima, Ohio, and vicinity. The tornado
swept everything before it. and killed
three persons and wounded score
more. Hall a dozen business blocks
were unrOofed ana the gas works, Globe
Machine works, the Selfridge Handle
works. the Lima Machine works, st.
James Hotel, and a score OF other
buildings were unroofed. The little
town OF Hume was also almost totally
destroyed. The Methodist Church
was blown to atoms AMI the Church
Of Holiness destroyed. Daniel Miller. a
form falling on him and crushing him
to death. The storm was general all
over the section, within one hundred
miles Of Lima, and damage to the
amount Of at least $.Oo,OOO was done.
Two niles south of the city path WIS
cut through tho woods to width .,
about fifty feet. and as clean as though
q chopper had gone through the woods
with an AK. Everything was swept N
front OF the storm, including houses,
barns, fences, etc, whole orchards be-
ing ewept away slick and clean.
Loss of Life ut Cleveland.
At Cleveland four men were instantly
killed and many injured. A scaTo.d
blown from its fasteninG5 by the high
wind injured four men employed by tn Q
ClevelandGas Light and Coke Company.
A portion OF the plate department Of the
Cleveland Rolling Mill Company un-
dergoing construction gave way TO the
storm with fatal results. There were O
number employed on the structure. two
OF whom were killed instantly; another
received injuries which Will doubtle> 8
prove fatal, ana several Wee badly In
jured. Another casualty caused by the
severity of the storm was the dcstruc-
ton Of a two-story frame house 1T
Doane and Superior streets. 1t was
blown Gown and John Cole buried be-
meath the debris. When taken out the
man WIS In terrible condition, ami
death soon followed.
Fremont experienced the effects OF a
tornado, the storm being by far tho
worst that has ever been known there.
1t swept across the city from the south
ern to the northern limits and In its
path destroyed and unroofed buildings.
uprooted trees, and did great damage
on every side. The most disastrous
effect was in the destruction OF the car
AL6kc WoikS "a dIlUIcoc StuS. uc
gale struck the building and in an in.
escaped with slight in ,uries. Reports
FROM the country nre to tho effect that
great damage h been done to hous as
and orchards.
l:Iows sixty Niles an Hou-.
At Detroit the wind rose to q velo .ity
Of fifty -four miles an hour, and Increased
in force until about noon it was blowing
sixty miles. Many shade trees through.
out the city We're blown down, and some
! streets-Cass avenue especially-are
SO thickly strewn with broken timhers
and trunks as to make them almost inn
passablc. With a few exceptions. tele-
graph and telephone wires running into
| Detroit went d ,wn. Fruit trees by the
score were blown over In the vicinity OF
dundee and sidewalks in many places
are hl0c,ei ly fallen shade tire s,
Many buildings are reported unroofed
in that vicinity. At Holly the storm
unroofed the opera house and wreckcd
half 4 dozen stores. Many houses were
badly damaged.
Damage In Indiana.
| A windstorm passed over Indianapolis
and did great damage. In the eastern
and southern portions of Indiana the
wind blew with great force. At effer-
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. At Marion the roastel
! building 0: the Columbia Zine work.
was blown over. The total damage will
run up into the thousands.