The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-05-24
Two Men Killed, Three Fatally Hurt and
Fifty Persons Bruised at Cleveland.
Women Carried from the Sidewalk to the
Middle of the Street by the Hurricane
An Infant Tornado at the Falls City.
WIND STORM AT CLEVELAND.

WIND STORM All CLEVELAND.
Two Men Killed. Three Fatally Hurt and
Fifty Persons Bruised During q Gale.
Special 70 the indianapolis Journal
CLEVELAND. May 23.-For five minutes
early this morning q hurricane toyed
with chimneys. wires. scatfolds, wagons.
and even people. In this city. The first
intimstion of the blow was q cloud of dust
and debris that swooped down on the city
from the west. and before preparations
could be made to meet tho gale it had
come. done its mischief and departed.
Two men were killed, three were fatally In
jured, and at least fifty people were cut
and bruised by being thrown to the pave
ment or against buildings.
The Cleveland Rolling Mill Company is
erecting q new mill in Now burg. and tho
scaffolding was blown down. burying
VacIay Robeck and John Poplowski under
the ruina Both were dead when taken
ont. The fatally injured are: Anthony
Mcclure and Anton Arcofski.
At the corner OF Erie and Superior streets
. scaffolding was blown to the ground and
four men who were working underneath 1t
were seriously injured. They were Will
Hughes and Miles Johnson. The first two
were badly hurt and it Is possible that
they Will not recover.
The vladuct that connects the two sides
of the city was O scene OF wild excitement.
The wind was so strong that several
wagons were blown on their sides and mar
rowly escaped being blown on to the flats
below. 1t was necessary to stop street cars
and set the brakes. as the overhead wires
swayed In an alarming manner. and when
the electric current was out of the force of
the wind carried the cars along without
any additional power.
In the heart of the city. near the post
Office several ladies were blown from their
feet and rolled into the middle of the street.
Two of them were seriously bruised. On
Superior street. near D0ane. two houses
were blown down. and the house AZ No. 7S
State street was demolished. No one was
feet of the Lake Shore freight depot was
demolished and the roof was sent dying to
the lake shore itself. A car on the ScovIlle-
avenue street-car line was blown from the
track and three passengers were given
good shaking mp.
buggy was torn loose from the horse
that was drawing it. on the Superior street
viaduct. and the buggy went tearing up
the street faster than the horse could fol-
low, without incumbrance. Numbers of
beautiful shade trees that line the streets
OF the city were uprooted and thrown to
the pavement Telephone and electric
light wires were torn from their fastenings
and the city was without incandescent
lights during the remainder of the day
che weather bureau in the city stated
that IL was not q tornado. but brisk sew
enty-hve-mile- an hour gale, that was pure
" local. The motion of the wind was not
circular. but it's great force did the mis-
chief. The damage will amount to several
Thousand dollars. The damage to the trees
Is beyond computation. as tt will take
years TO replace them. The rain fell in tor
rents while the blow lasted. but ceased as
soon as the force of the wind was ex-
pended.
Dispatches indicate that the entire north
western portion of the State " a. swept by
tie storm. At FiDdlay the brick building of
the Bell Pottery Company was partially
wrecked. the roof being carried away and
one wall crushed In. Two hundred en-
p!oyes had a narrow escape. The ModeI
were unroofed. The houses of w. II. How
ard and Herbert Broome were wrecked. the
wife and children of Broome being rescued
with difficulty. Hundreds of oil derricks
were blown down. The loss Will reach
$4,000.
At Hume Station. Allen county. two
churches were destroyed. and fifteen
houses were blown from their foundations,
causing loss of $4,000. In Lima the gas
works were unroofed, and the smokestacks
OF several factories blown down. In Mor-
Ger comfy great damage was done to farm
buildings. fences and forests. At Padua
Fred Pfefer's house and barn were
wrecked. and the sawmill OF Joseph Klein
man was blown over. At Fort Recovery the
roof OF the opera house Was carried away
and ell the windows on one eide broken.
Near Fostoria. Seneca county. many barns
were destroyed and much damage done TO
fruit and shade trees. The storm struck
Akron, Sumter county. at 8 O'Clock. and
many people sought refuge in their cellars
In East Akron the new works of the City
Boiler Company were wrecked. causing q
loss of $4,000. ChImneys were blown over
and trees broken In all parts of town. but
nobody was injured. At Fletcher, Mlsmi
county. the roof of the Methodist Church
was torn off by the wind and carried 200 feet
At Fremont, Sandusky county, several
roofs were carried away and chimneys
toppled over. At Defiance tho carriage
works of the Linthicum- Schlosser Com
pany were wrecked. and the buildings of
the Erie Milling Company. AIDS Hub CON-
psny, and the Kuhn Lumber Company and
tho futile warehouse were badly damaged.
Several residences were also unroofed and
many trees uprooted. The loss will be
heavy.