The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-04-13
A SECOND STORM.
1t Ragged From the Gulf Up to the
Great Lakes,

TUNICA. Miss. A ADTil 12.-The down train
this evening brings the news that the town
OF Robinsonville was completely destroyed
by cyclone this afternoon. Not house
was left in the town of about 500 inhabi-
tants. and as a finishing touch to the de-
structive horror fire started and burned
all the buildings which were blown down.
The night depot operators wife was
killed and the day operators wife badly in
jured.
Wires are down and IL is impossible to get
details. The cyclone swept the country
west and east of the lated village and killed
many people. mostly coiored. One colored
schoolhouse was swept off aud about twen-
ty-five children were killed or are missing.
DETROIT, Mich, April ia tornado
struck Ypsianti at about 7:30 o'clock this
evening and caused heavy damage in the
business section by demolishing almost all
the buildings and several residences As
far as can be aScertained at present, nobody
was killed, but quite number received in
juries. 1t is impossible to obtain any news
from the town as all the telegraph and tele-
phone wires are down. An Associa ted
Press representative saw II. Mason. man
sger of the Central Telep one Exchange at
YpsilantI. and obtained some particulars of
the storm from him. Mason came here af-
ter the storm in an injured condition. He
said
AT about 80 o'clock the tornado struck
Ypslanti and swept through its center.
leaving destruction in its path. So far as |
can remember, twelve or fifteen OF the
principal business blocks in the city were
demolished. and others had their roofs torn
off and were otherwise damaged. Several
dwellings were also wrecked. l heard of
nobody being killed. Quite n number of
people were injured, but it is not known
how many or the extent of their injuries.
Everything was in confusion when /
left, and it wSs impossible to get anything
more definite than what tell you"
Royal Oak, a small town ten or twelve
miles from Detroit, on the Detroit, Grand
Haven and Milwaukee Railroad, had
touch of the storm. and railroad men on the
incoming trains report that they were de-
layed near there by cars being blown from
the tracks.
The following dispatch has been receIged
from YpsiIanti: The city is in ruins. A
cyclone struck here tonight, sweeping
everything in its path. Thousands of dol
lars damage was done. The storm took
strip through the business portion Of the
town. moving some houses from their foun-
Business College and the Curtis carriage
factory are in ruins.
The Hawkins House and the Occidental
Hotel are badly damaged. and the roofs of
half the stores are blown off. Twenty
store fronts also were smashed in. On
Huron street the rubbish is piled ten feet
high, and the postoflice building is demol-
ished and the mail scattered in the street.
All the telegraph, telephone and electric
light wires are down, leaving the city in
complete darkness. Everybody is up watch
ing properly that has been exposed TO the
storm No one was hurt severely.
PORT HURON, Mich, April 12-Rsports
from Chesterfield brings news of great
damage there. The cyclone struck few
minutes after o'clock. Two treightcars
standing on a side track were blown square
across the main track just few minutes
ahead of the Toronto express. The engi-
neer saw the freightcars, but before he could
slacken speed he had run his train into
them with great crash.
The express was thrown into the ditch
and three coaches were piled up on each
other. The baggageman was the only one
seriously hurt, as the passengers all mira
culously escaped. But very few were even
scratched
PSiLANTI DEPOT Mlcn., Aprn 13.-
There is nothing particularly new about the
tornado. The work of clearing up is going
on as rapidly as possible. No dead bodies
have been found, though some were killed,
and a few pro obably fatally injured
The names are uDobtainabe tonight. No
tornado insurance was carried In this city.
Many more dwellings are down than was
at first reported. The loss of property, it
is estimated now, will reach 100000 or
more. The streets are torn up and blocked
by fallen trees.