The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1893-05-24


Enough to Merit Either TitIe-It Un-
| rooted Buildings In All Directions and
Caused Considerable Loss of Life
| Louisville People Remembered Past
Experience and Ran for Shelter.
LOUISVILLE, KY, May 2s.-Again the
wind has worked it's will upon Louisville.
Dwellings are ruined, streets are filed
with the wreckage of roofs, with broken
and uprooted trees, with remnants of
walls and twisted wires. No lives are
known to be lost and few of the injuries
received are serious. Rain came at mid
night, and at O. clock belated people saw
a low, black cloud, with greenish fringe,
sweeping up swiftly from the southwest.
The blow struck the south of the city
first, marking its destructive force first
upon the Louisville and Nashville round
house at Tenth street and Broadway.
From there on the centre of the city
suffered little, save by chimneys blown
down and trees uprooted. The full force
| of the wind struck the squares bounded
| by Campbell, Hancock, Broadway and
Green streets, and there the principal
| damage was done.
| North of Broadway and south of Main,
in the squares lying between Hancock
and Campbell streets, many people were
awakened by the roar of the coming
storm, and frightened people gather ed
in the streets and the yards. They stood
only for few moments, for as the storm
burst the air was filled with flying debris
and each ran for his life. The roof of E.
Shank's dry goods store at 1856 East Mar
ket street was blown completely off and
the walls damaged. The front of the
three-story building of Helms grocery
store in East Market street was blown in,
and the entire building damaged. The
roof of the undertaking establishment of
John Schoenlaub of S57 East Market
street was blown away. The residence
of DR.. f. G. Embrey at S41 East Market
street was also unroofed. Chris Seigler's
meat shop, at 843 East Market street,
was badly damaged. The roof is gone
from the drug store of o. F. Hartlan, at
Market and Campbell streets.
The roof of the two-story brick resi-
dence of DIR. Sewers at 632 Clay street
was lifted bodily from the house and
carried across the street by the wind. 1t
crashed into the brick cottage of w. j.
1 johnson, who lives at 637 Clay street.
The front wall of the cottage caved in
beneath the force of the missile, and it is
complete wreck. At $50 Clay street the
roof and south wall of the house of J.
Kriziese were blown down.
A brick cottage at 719 Hancock sire ct
was also wrecked. The roof was blown
off and the front wall collapsed.
| In the Vast; End oornnaratiya1v 1itt1n
damage was done aside from the Louis
vile and Nashville roundhouse Forty
thousand dollars will cover all the dam
age.
Many People Injured.
ST. PAUL, Mimi, May 23.-Heavy wind
accompanied by a heavy rain, much
section Sunday night, doing great dam
age to property and injuring large
number of people. 1t was one of the
worst gales ever experienced here. Sc
rious damages were sustained in all parts
of this city, buildings, trees, plate glass,
bridges and boats suffering to the extent
of many thousands of dollars. The
storm was cyclonic in character at Roch-
ester, where Mrs. Myrta G.. Ozmun, aged
70 years, died suddenly from nervous
shock. A. o. Horsehead and wife were
severely injured at Dexter, and report
from near there says a man and five
horses were killed.
A Cyclone at Salem.
CLEVELAND, Ohio, May ga cyclone
accompanied bya tremendous downpoul
of rain visited this city at $50 this morn
ing, doing an immense amount of dam
age. Two men were killed at the Cleve
land Rolling Mill Works at Newburg
The new steel cupola was blown dowr
and four men, who were on the scaffold
fell so feet. Jacob Ravish was killed in
stantly. An italian named Mike was
caught by steel beam and crushed tc
death. 1t required jacks to lift the beam
| from the body, which was mangled hor
ribly. Thomas Mcguire had both legs
and back broken and will die. Another
unknown man was severely injured, bu
will recover.
Damage in All Directions.
STocKBRIDGE, Mich, May 23-A tor
nodo visited Plainfeld this morning de
stroying many buildings. Here tn,
storm was severe, levelling trees ant
damaging houses. Reports from the sur
rounding country say the most damag,
: was done to farm buildings and barns
Waterloo, Dansville, White Oak ant
| UnanQlnd also suffered. AL LenaWet
Z Junction, several houses were badl,
damaged and many barns destroyed
The roads between Adian and Tecumsel
are strewn with debris.
A Tornado at Darlington.
DARLINGTON, Wis, May 23.-About
o'clock yesterday tornado passed from
the southwest to northwestern direc
, direction, about two miles east of thi
city. The track of the tornado wa
about one mile in width, and EXTENDED
through the southern part of the town
ship of Willow Springs, destroying sew
eral houses, barns and other buildings
Mrs. James Bailey was killed and Nj
Bailey seriously injured.
Somerby's Iron Hall. ~:
Il PHILADELPHIA, May 23.-The biennia
session of Somerby section of the orde