St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-04-13
RAzED BY The WIND.
A Tornado DevastateS the
Business Section Of YpSi-
lanti, Mich.
Il.
Many Of the Principal Busi-
ness Blocks We're De-
Stroyed.
Several People Injured, but
No Loss of Life Re-
ported.
Robinsonville, Miss, Swept
Away by a Devastating
Cyclone.

DETROIT, Mich, April IA tornado
struck Ypsilantl. Washtenaw county,
about 7:SO o'clock this evening, and
caused heavy damage in the busi-
ness section by demOlishing almost all
the buildings and several residences.
As far as csn be ascertained at present
nobody was killed, but quite num-
Der of persons received injuries more
or less serious. 1t Is impossible to OBJ
tain any news from the town, as all tel
egraph and telephone wires are down.
The Associated Press representative
saw Mr.. Mason, manager of the Central
telephone exchange at YpSilanti, and
obtained some of the particulars of the
storm from him. Mr.. Mason came here
after the storm in an injured condition.
He said:
About Z o'clock this evening, during
a heavy rain storm, tornado struck
YpSilanti and swept through its center,
leaving destruction III lis path. As far
as l can remember, twelve or fifteen OF
the principal business blocks in the city
were demolished, and others had their
Roofs Toru OFF
and were otherwise damaged. Several
dwellings were also wrecked. Nearly
all the buildings on Huron street be-
tween Congress and Pearl streets sut-
fered Among the principal blocks
blown down are the opera house, Hawk
ms house. Union block, Occidental
hotel, business college and the
pOStOffice building. The central
4a1p hn n
telegraph Offices suffered severely,
the former losing all of its
main wires. A box factory was
also wrecked. i heard of nobody being
killed. Quite number of people were
injured, but it is not known how many
or the extent of their injuries. Among
them is Mrs. Westfall. whose husband
is proprietor of the Hawkins house.
Everything was in confusion when
left, and it was impossible to get any
thing more definite than what L tell
you"
Royal Oak, small town ten or twelve
miles from Detroit OH the Detroit,
Grand Haven & Milwaukee road. had a
touch of the storm. Railroad men on
incoming trains report that they were
delayed near there by cars being blown
from the tracks. Whether any other
The City in Ruins.
DETROIT, April l3.-At 12:45 a. m. the
following dispatch was received from
Ypsilanti by the Associated Press: ::
This city is in ruins. A cyclone struck
here tonight, coming from the south
west, and swept everything in its
path. Thousands of dollars of
damage was caused by it. The storm
took a strip through the business
portion of the town, moving houses
from their foundations and raZing
others. Cleary business college and
Curtis carriage factory are in ruins, the
Hawkins house and Occidental hotel
are badly damaged, and the roofs of
half the stores were blown off.
Twenty store fronts were also smashed
in. On Huron street the rub
bish is piled ten feet high. The post.
office building was demolished and the
mail scattered III the street. All tele-
graph, telephone and electric light wires
are down, leaving the city in complete
darkness. Everybody is up watching
property that has been exposed to the
storm. No one is hurt severely.