The morning call., 1893-05-24
WINDS BLEW HIGH
A Storm Came Over the
Lakes.
GREAT DAMAGE WAS DONE.
Houses Blown Down Everywhere and
a Number of Persons Known
TO Have Been Killed.
Special to THE MORNING CALL.

CLEVELAND, May pa terrific wind
storm struck this city at 9 o'clock this
morning. Four men we're Instantly killed
and many Injured in numerous casualties.
A scaffold was blown from its fastenings
and resulted in serious injury to four men.
one of whom VIII die.
A portion of the plate department of the
Cleveland Roiling-mill, under construc-
iiun, gave wav. A number of men were
employed on the structure. and two were
killed instantly and one fatally hurt.
two-story frame house was blown down
and John Cole was buried in the ruins and
killed.
Dispatches indicate that the entire north
western portion of the State is swept by the
storm. At Findlay the loss by damaged
buildings will reach 5000, and at Hume
station fifteen houses were blown from
their foundations, causing loss of $20,
900.
DETROIT. May 23.--A terrific wind and
rain storm broke over this city this morn
ing, and for hours continued to increase
in violence. At Don it was blowing sixty
miles an hour. The streets were almost
obstructed by broken shade trees. Nearly
all the telegraph and telephone wires were
down. 1t is feared there has been much
damage throughout Michigan and many
wrecks on the lake. 1t is known that
there was great damage at Adrian.
At Lenewee junction the storm
amo ounted to tornado. Barns were blown
down, orchards destroyed and crops lev
eled TO the ground. The highways be-
tween Adrian and Tpcumseh are almost
hi hat, hctr tnd h1y
turned trees At Romulus buildings were
blown down. windows broken and trees
uprooted. Many buildings were unroofed
in the vicinity of Dundee. At Holly the
opera-h ouse was uuroofed. half the build
ings and stores wrecked and many houses
damaged.
LOUISVILLE, KY. May 23.-Earlv this
morning a storm from the southwest struck
this city. doing much damage. 1t first un-
rooted the Louisville and Nashville Rail-
road roundnouse in the outskirts, then
sweeping through the city, created con-
s'ernation. As result of its fury several
small houses were in rains, dozen of houses
we're unroofed, many chimneys were over
turned and the streets filed with the
| wreckage of roofs, uprooted trees and
tw isted wires. The greatest amount OF
damage done was in the squares bounded
| by Campbell. Hancock, Broadway and
| Green streets. No lives are known to be
lost and few of the injuries received were
serious.
| INDIANAPOLIS. May pa windstorm
passed over this city early this morning
and did much damage. In the eastern AID
southern portions of the State the wind
exhibited lis greatest force. At Jefferson
vile many houses were unroofed. Al
E.wood the roof of the American Tin
plate Works was blown off.
ST. PAUL, May 23-Specials report ;
sudden drop in the temperature If North
ern Wisconsin and Michigan, with an incl
of snow at Marquette and three inches or
the Iron Range
ATCHIsoN, Kans., May 23,-There was
heavy frost along the Central Branch Rail
way last night. The thermomet regis
tered 40 degrees, and in the vicinity o
Crete, Neb.. dropped to 40. 1t Is though
growing crops are damaged.
TORONTO, May pa tornado whicl
caused the loss of thousands of dollar;
occurred in Central and Eastern Ontari
to-day. Church steeples were blown
down, buildings of all kinds were un
rooted and partially or q wholly blown
down and livestock carried bodily to con
siderable distances.