Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1893-05-25
WIND STORMS IN THE WEST.
Cleveland Visited by u Fearful Wind
storm, by Which Four Men Were Killed
and Many Iniurcd-- Michigan and Indi-
ana Also Suffer from Heavy Blows.

Cleveland Visited by Fearful Wind
storm, by Which Four Men Were Killed
and Many Injurcd-- Michigan and Indi-
ana Also Suffer from Heavy Blows.
PmtAnrLPHtA Pa, May %. Wind
storms are prevailing throughout the west
this morning which, in some localities
have developed into destructive cyclones.
The telegraph companies report a general
prostrati0n Of wires west of Cleveland and
Plttsburg, and in the vicinity of Louisville.
Ky.
The telegraph service is nearly at a stand
still and al news and other dispatches are
subject to delay.
A SEVERE STORM VISITS LOUISVILLE,
LOUISVILLE. KY, May pa heavy
wind and rain storm struck this place
about / o'clock this morning. blowing
down and unrooting 20 or % houses in the
eastern part of the city. There is no loss
Of life so far as known.
DETAILS OF THE STORM.
LOUISVILLE, KY, May 23.--Again the
wind has worked its will upon Louisville.
Dwellings are ruined, streets are filled
with the wreckage of roofs, broken and
uprooted trees, remnants of walls and
twisted wires. No lives are known to be
lost and few of the injuries received are
serious.
Rain came with last night, but people
| slept peacefully until before dawn. At A
o'clock belated people saw Il low black
cloud, with greenish fringe, sweeping up
swiftly from the southwest. The blow
struck south Of the city first marking its
| destructive force first upon the Louisville
I a Nashville round house, at Tenth and
broadway. From there OH the centre city
| suffered little save by trees blown down
and others l,prooted. The full force Of
/ the wind struck the squares bounded by
| Campbell and Hancock Broadway and
Green streets and on these the principle
| damage was done.
| When the storm struck the city eight
workmen under the charge of James
| Dagiman, night foreman, at the big L. &
! \. r0undhouse, were busy about the ell
gines. As the wind struck thc circular
| building, the roof was lifted free from all
fastcnings and then, as q lull came
| dropped from its own weight squarcly
| upon the structure, The walls stood the
| pressure, but the roof crashed down upon
| the interior. The heavy engines were
overturned liked tons, but the men es-
capped almost miraculously from death.
| As the roof lifted each man liycl into the
| pit beneath his engine and there lay safe
and unscathed until the storm passed and
| crawird out.
CLEvELANp o.. May 23.-A terrific wind
! storm struck this city at . O'Clock This
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| and many injured i'll the numerous casual
| tics. 4 scaffold blown from its fastenings
| by the high wind seriously, and in one
| case fatally injured four men employed
| by the Cleveland tias Light and Coke Com
| panv. They are;
Miles johnson, 45 years old, compound
fracture Of left shoulder blade.
William q. Mallie, 81 years old, internal
/ injuries; will die.
Michael Murphy, 34 years old. left
shoulder blade broken, internal injuries
and scalp wound.
Michael Hughes, rib fractured and in
ternal injuries.
1t had been found necessary to elevate Il
brick chimney on top of the Bradley block
at the corner of superior ami Erie streets,
| and for this purpose scalfold had been
built up 20 feet above the sX-story build
ing
Seeing the storm coming, the men em-
ployed on it ran to shelter. The wind was
soon upon it, and with tearing Of tim
oers the whole mass broke loose. It
| dropped straight down the side of the
building till the second floor was reached.
Here it was caught by another gust of
wind and hurled with terrific force towards
the gutter, where 1t landed with crash
that could be heard for blocks around
Twenty men, under the direction of
Jack Fleming, of the gas company, were
at work in the gutter. They were working
hard to get the ditch they had Just dug
covered up so as TO not block the sewer
when the rain fell The huge mass of
heavy tmbers fell right in their midst.
They We're all thrown off their feet By the
concusS0n, but all but four OF their mum
ber Immediately sprang Zip. The mon
| whose names have been mentioned could
not arise, rs they were pinned down by
heavy tlmbers. As sool as the men were
eXtricated they were taken to Lake Side
Hospital.
A portion Of the plate department OF
the Cleveland Rolling Mill Company
undergoing construction gave way to the
storm with fatal results. There were a
number employed on the structure, two OF
whom were killed instantly, another re-
ccived injuries which will doubtless prove
fatal ami several more were badly injured,
The names OF the dead and injured are
not Obtalnable at this writing,
Another casualty caused by the severity
4 OF the storm was the destruction oi a two
story frame house at the corner OF Doanu
and Superior streets. 1t was blown down
and John Gole buried beneath the debris.
When taken out the man was in Il terrible
condition and death soon followed after
intense suffering.
DETROIT, MICH., Nav ga terrific
wind storm, accompanied by binding
sheets OF ram, broke over this city tins
morning. At S O'Clock the wind in this
vicinity suddenly arose to Il velocity of "a
miles an hour, and increased iii force until
at 1870 il was blowing 20 miles Many
shade trees throughout the city We're blown
! down and some streets, L'asS avenue es.
pecally, are So ihickly strcwn with broken
limbs and trunks as To render them al
| most impossible.
With some lew exceptions all telegraph
ana telephone wires running into Detroit
are down. For this reason the signal SER
vice officials have been unable to issue Il
weather map this morning. The only
points that they could rcaCii were Mans-
ice and Port Huron. Doubtless there was
large amount of damage throughout
Michigan, and many wrecks must have
occurred OH the lakes, although nothing
definite CAN yet be learned
Great damage was done by high winds
at Adrian this morning. At Lenawec June.
ton, five miles east, it amounted to a
tornado. Two barns were blown down
numerous orchards were destroyed, and
houses LETT without chimneys or window
glass Crops are leveled to the ground.
The storm WAS accompanied by u heavy
downpour of rain. The highways between
Adrian and IecumSeh are strewn with
trees and are almost impossible in places.
Romulus WAS visited BY severe wind
storm a few minutes before So'Cloc6 this
morning. The building erected last sum
mer by the RoDulus Manufacturing Com
pany was blown down and completely
ruined. Windows were broken and trees
uproeted throughout the village. No one
was injured, however.
Fruit trees by the score were blown over
in the vicinity OF Dundee. and sidewalks
in many places are blocked by fallen
shade trees, Many buildings are reported
unroofed in that vicinity.
At Holly the storm unroofed the Opera
House and wrecked half dozen stores.
ManN hnmsns L.Lll.. luLa4nnl .IL.