Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1893-04-15
VIOLENT WINDS.
A Terrific Cyclone Devastates Sew
eral Towns
IN PORTIONS OF NEBRASKA,
Iowa, Kansas and Missouri Many Lives
Reported Lost.
BUILDINGS WRECKED,

Cattle Kiiind and serious Damage Caused
To Crops and Farm Property.
ST. PAUL. MINI, April 12. "A fearful
cyclone passed over northern Iowa yes
terday afternoon, between and
o'clock, IT. struck Akron and Westfield
in Plymouth county, Iowa, at o'clock.
At 4:4O it struck at Page, Neb., 100
miles west of the other two places. At
Akron the sky became dark about 3
o'clock so that lamps had to be lighted.
The storm came down from the north
east and in few minutes Akron was
almost in ruin. The storm covered
wide space The iron wagon bridge
across the Sioux river was torn to
pieces. The great iron trusses being
twisted and broken.
Houses were unroofcd or carried from
their foundations and destroyed. Tho
grain elevator was torn to pieces and
the whirlwind carried it's debris across
the street, depositing it where a lumber
yard had been and a good part of the
lumber yard was deposited where the
elevator had been. Several cars loaded
with stone standing on a sidetracls
were picked up and carried several
rods Several store buildings were par
TALLY wrecked and unroofed. Akron
has about 500 people. The damage cam
not be learned accurately nor details Of
the storm, as wires are all down.
The Chicago, Milwaukee g. St Paul
road sent up special train from Sioux
City to Akron. The storm followed the
Sioux valley south to Westfeld. Its
path was marked by demolished houses
and barns. Two people, man and his
wife, were killed at one farmhouse.
Their names are not yet known. Sew
eral others were badly injured and
many horses and cattle were killed. No
reports are received of any devastation
between these places AT Page, Neh.
the storm demolished the Pacific Short
Line depot and several houses, blew
cars off the track and injured woman
and boy, names unknown.
Mrs Clara Mayors was killed at Page,
Neb., and her two children danger
ously injured. Local storms are re-
ported from many places in South Da-
kota
HIAwATHA, Kan, April ia report
has reached here that Willis and Pow
| haitian, small towns south of here of
| about 500 inhabitants each, were totally
destroyed by a cyclone which passed
through that part of the country last
evening. Nothing authentic can be
learned, however. The air is filed
with dust almost as dense as cloud,
although Hiawatha was visited by a
heavy rain about o'clock in the after
noon. 1t began to fall in torrents and
was swept along by high wind. It
was followed by hail, which has done
great damage to fruit in this vicinity,
and trees which were leaved cut are al
most entirely stripped. The ground
was white with hailstones.
ST. LOUIS, April 12.-Meagre particu-
lars have been received here of cy-
clone at Page City, Mo-, in which thirty
people were killed and large number
injured.
At Page City William Walker and his
two children were caught in the wreck
of their home and all were instantly
killed. Three-fourths of the houses in
the town are destroyed and many are
injured.
The most terrific hail storm that has
been known in this section for years
visited St Louis last night at s o'clock.
The falling stones lit upon the sky
lights with sufficient force in many in
stances to break them The tempera-
ture is falling rapidly.
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