The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1894-05-25
4 FRiGHTFUL STORM.
Northwestern Ohio Visited by a
Terrific Cyclone.
The People Thought the Day ~ Judg
mcnt Had ovsrtsk~n Them Giant
Trees snapped ON Like Aiders
several Persons Killed.

TOiEpO. o.. May l>.-Rcpcris re-
ceived here from various points in
Williams county gave mcagcr particu-
lars ~ a cyclonic disturbance in that,
part of northwestern Ohio late last
evening. The section Of country be-
tween Knnkle aud Montpelier. on the
Detroit division OF the Wabash railway,
appears To- have suffered principally.
The exact amount Of damage done
cannot lie given correctly. but IL is
known that ten persons were killed
and az least ten others were seriously
injured. The names OF the dead. rs
far a. can be learned. are:
THE DEAD
>chlesser. Edmund. aged 81: hurled
against tree and almost instantly
killed
Rigby. an elderly woman; had a
limb torn from her
Small children. names unknown: in
stantlv killed
Daniel Barrett: body badly crushed
and arm torn off.
Mrs. Daniel Barrett: horribly man
gled: died within two hours.
Martha Dawson; instantly killed.
Myrta Dawson. limbs broken and in
ternallv injured; died at 10 p. m.
George Oxinger: head crushed. body
disemboweled
THE INJURED.
Longelv. David; scalp wound and
fractured leg: will die
Miles. Jason: head crushed.
Charles. Mrs II. b.: extent of injur-
les unknown.
Charles Cole: internally injured. can
not live more than a few hours
Mrs Charles Cole; head crushed;
will die
jennie Creek; badly bruised: will re-
cover
Several others. mostly women. are
more or less badly hurt. but their
names cannot be ascertained.
The cyclone was fe.t worst at a
point three miles from Kunkle and
FIVE from Montpelier
The ia. had been usually warm up
TO ! o'clock and heavy thunder storms
seemed imminent. Along towards ;
o'clock the skies took on dark. leaden
hue heavy. notified clouds moved
slowly across the zenith. there was
scarcely breath o. air. and the heat
was almost unbearable The climax
came with unexpected and awe-inspir-
Ing swiftness Two dark clouds
seemed To unite in the west and then a
wind blowing at hurricane speed.
swept down on the earth and
drove terror into the hearts
of the now thoroughly fear
stricken country people. A great
many people thought the day Of judg-
menf had come, and the story is told
Of one man who was hurt. was buried
in the debris Of an clubhouse. while
on his knees praying.
Giant trees snapped like alders in
the grasp o. the maddened elements
and were carried hundreds of feet
from where they TODD. Roofs Of
houses ana barns were lifted as though
they were 50 many shingles AID scat
tered over three townships
Edmund >chlesser the old man who
was killed. was farmer in fairly good
circumstances He was on his way
from the field TO his house when he
was overtaKen by the storm. His body
was frightfuily bruised, and there was
scarcely bone that was not broken.
The property loss i vaguely esti-
mated at between So. 900 and $40. 600.
1t is believed that at least half dozen
more fatalities will have been reported
when the worst is known.
The section devastated is about one
quarter mile wide and six or seven
miles in length. The funnel shape
cloud travelled in an irregular south
eastcrly course. Houses. barns. fences
trees and distractions of all kinds in
the path Of the storm were carried
away and nothing was left to mark
the spO, where they stood. except huge
holes in the ground. The greatest
damage was done about a mile fro
where the cyclone rose ana passed Oh
east.
The building in which Daniel Bar
rcit. his wife and their two grand
daughters Martha and Myrta DaSor
were killed. was so completely demol
ishcd that not even a portion OF thu
foundation T. left standing. The frs
remnants Of the house are at least l0
yards from where il stood. Here be
gan few scattering boards. and fur
ther on can be seen larger portions 0
the building and about forty rod
from where il stood lays the roof al
most intact. together with portions 0
the frame work
Mrs. Barrett. who was the wor 5
manrled. was carried over a quartz
Of mile and dropped in cemetery
Her dismembered limbs were foun'
about hundred yards further on
There was very little left Of thu
woman's body that resembles thu
form Of human being. Her breas
and abdomen were rent in two ant
her entrails. lungs and other interna
organs were scattered broadcas
through three forty-acre fields. Tn
search for lier remains continued FULL
an hour.
Daniel Barrett was carried about fort
rods from where the cyclone struc
hin. His left hand was torn off at III
wrist and scattered 20 the winds. ON
leg was bru1cn into a pulp and h
suffered Internal injuries. lie wa
stiii breathing when found but die