New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-04-14
YPSILANTI DESOLATED.
MANY BUILDINGS DESTROYED By TOR
NADO. DUT NJ LIVES LOST.


SEVERAL OTHER WESTERN STATES.
lpsilanti, Mich, April Is. This city is III
lamentabc condition, and business Il suSp"lurd
owing 10 the havoc caused BY last nights storm
Almost all Of the principal business blocks ana
stores, the Opera House, posto:ice. ho,ciS anu
several dwellings were either demolished or badly
damaged House, were lifted from their foun n
,ions. building. were unroofcd and walls tumblcd
into the streets. mass Of ruins In son" piac"S
tie wreckagc is piled fifteen frr' high. All inc
electric light and other wires were blown down.
and TONIGHT the city is in darkness. The heavy
rain which followed the storm added largely
20 the damage OF I'll" stocks Of goods left cApo'ci
In the wrecked stores. The most reinarRap"
thing in connection with the storm Is INC H''k
Of fatal or even serious accidents. lherc "'rr
many narrow escapes SO far known. not 4
life will be lost as Il result Of the storm
Roughly estimated the total damage is between
BOO, 900 and 81 50, 900, divided up among large
number of persons, the principal sufferers anu
their losses being: Clcary Business COLLEGE, par
TALLY destroyed, loss $23Ooo opera house. Only
FROM wall left standing. damaged $4,000; ;
Hawkins House, partially collapsed Si''o"o
Cur,is carriage factory. complete ruin. $40
Union Block slightly damaged loss small W. W.
Worden. paints and oils, $1,000: K {. Doi'oA
owner OF four new brick blocks. $1,000; >char'
taa. label ard hex factory, $1,000 Label BLOCK,
e. 600 George Norman. owner OF Occldcntai ho'eI
and Arcade Flock. $1,000: J. L. Hunter, super
visor Of Ypsilanti township barn destroyed TWO
horses and many sheep killed. $1,000; stephen a.
Deniker. house. $4,000. About 30 d"c4ilhs' an"
harms were destroyed damaged, the 1855 on WIN"
1s estimated at $1,000 Minor losses VIII pri's
the total up to the 100000 point
Tho work of clearing up the streets has hecn
rushed as fast as possible all day. ana much run
bsh has already been removed Men are also al
work ON the damaged buildings. many OF WHICH
will I've rebuilt.
Detroit. April l3.-Rcports from different parts
of Michigan show that the Storm OF ias' hisi' p,'-
yoied all over tn, southern portion OF Ihc
State. leaving destruction and death in its wake
II was most severe in the southeastern portion.
where most of the damage was done. and several
lives were lost The prin 'ipal towns t. saHcr
from the storm were Ypsianti Rea. where many
buildings were wrecked. W 'man was killed ana
nor husband was fatally injured: Narksville. az
which place one house was blown down anu an
unknown woman killed, and Royai OAK wh"e
two persons were burned TO death in the runs 81
their home. and several Others wer, iniurHd. As
far as can be Learned. this is the full list oil
casualties.
From smalIe, places throughout the STATE
stories Of minor damages are coming H. Nr'ps
Of all kinds suffered severely hundreds OF acres
of orchards were DESTROYED .farmhou as barns
and onthuildings were demolished or badly dam
aged fences, telegraph, telephone and ".e'tric
light wires we're broken down. and trees were up
rooted Many head Of stock were killed Al
though no accurate estimate can be made. the
total loss resulting from the storm will foot up
several hundred thousand dollars
1t was rumored to-day that the village of IA
line. in Washtenaw County, ten miles from ipsi-
lanti had been wiped ont. As the wires wore
down in that direction for time, it was imposSi-
bic 10 learn the truth of the reports: but later In
formation showed that they were false
At Roya, Oak. which is ten miles north of this
city, sprinkle of rain was felt abont 80 O'CLOCK
Considerable wind accompanied the shower. which
grew more severe until o'clock when the clouds
grew b.acker AMI the wind rapidly turned to
hurricane. lasting probably two minutes. but 20
violent that houses AMI barns wcr' torn into
ehreds. trees wcrr torn up by the roots AMI f'n"e
and outbui'dngs were RACED t. the ground. Fol
lowing close upon the tornado came terrific rain
storm. The tornado just grazcd the village p,opr
Nearly everything in its path was levclled TO the
earth. The house of Christian Brick, on the town
line, was torn 10 pieces. and the wreck took fir"
Mr. and Mrs Brick and their three children were
in the house az the time. The children managed
20 extricate themselves. bnt the father and motcr
were caught in the flames and We're burned alive
before their chdrcn's eyes.
From the Brick farm TO the village tlcrc was
little in the storms path but open country
Entering the edge of the village. tho tornado
etruck the house Of David Evans. an tore tn
upright part into shrcds. The family "sc1pni in
fury The houses o! Andrew Campbell an, John
Mcclure werc next demolished, together with thu
H., oil oil
lives, although several We're badly bruised by
flying boards and bricks "a The storm moved
eastward across the open fields it seemed to
gather force. wrccl,inr damlcinG tn" h'n"Ne
and barns belonging to Calvin Carson. Charles
Hurlburt. Frank Knowles. Richard Drinkhill.
Mrs. Burns, William Walker. g. Wilson, L,nis
Stowe and others
Dundee, Mich, April IA terrific wind storm
passed over here last night. Al Rea. on th"
Cincinnati. Jackson and Mackinaw road. three
miles from this place, only one building stands
on its foundation. nvcfmv"r's Iarc" stor" is gone
and its contents are scattered broadcast MIS-
Jacob IIisor was killed. AMI her husband cannot
recover. Mrs. Henry Crane hal 10! broken
willie her two farmhousrs wrr" blown over AMI
burned. The large grain elevator was biowa 70
atoms The Methodist church completely
ruined Henry Barto had his barn wrecked and
two valuable horses killed The storm secmc1 10
pass from southwest 10 northeast, and every builL
ing in its path laid low. Hundreds OF acres
q orchards are destroyed
Madison, Wis. April l3-A wind that was
almost hurricane struck the city at o'clock
Yesterday afternoon, blowing down several trees
in Capitol Park and SCATTERING few lights of
glass in the State House.
Newton. Iowa. April ia tornado struck this
county. four miles east Of Newton, at o'clock
last night. demolishing houses barns. outbuld
inss, machinery. etc. Three persons seriously
Injured IN the family of William IIaskn. he him
sclf having a leg broken His wife's collar bone
was broken, and ole Of the children had an arm
broken Ira Livingston loses $4,000 on build
ings anu stock.
St Paul April l3.-The storm OF Tuesday night
and Yesterday Xas General oyer South Dakota