Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-05-18
A DESTRUCTIVE CYCLONE.
Houses, Fences and Trees Swept Away
With Irresistible Force.
rive Persons Euied aud thtir Bodiss
Pound IN rRnEied
Condition.

KUSRLE, o., May IA cyclone
passed one.foutth Of n mile west OF here
at $3.50 O'Clock this afternoon, killing
nve ptrsons and fatally iniuring two
others, aud slightly wounding several
more.
The scene Of the cyclone IL hare
one to describe. House,, fences, trees
aud distinctions Of all kinds iu the patti
of the storm have beOu carried away,
aud nothing Ia lett 10 mark the spot
where they stood except huge holes iu
the grouuI,
Ths building 10 which were Daniel
Barrett, his vile aud their two
granddaughter, l. % completely
demolished that not even q portion
oi the iHuuuatlOn u Lett. The
first remnants Of the house are nj least
100 yards from where II stood. Mrs.
Barrett, who was the worst mauglcd,
was carried over u quarter OF a mile
and dropped in cemetery, her dis'
mUmbUfUd limbs being found about 100
yards further ON. Daniel Barrett was
carried about forty rods from where the
cyclone struck him. HIS hand wa
torn oil At the wrist and tciticfci 90
the winds. Ohe leg was bnnion 70 a
pulp aud ho suffered Internal Injuries.
George OKingor was iu the field
pl0ughing. Hosaw the storm coming
aud au 10 the barn. He succeeded 10
getting his horses insilv. io started
Tor the house aud was ten rods distant
from the barh aud exactly In line with
the storm. Witnesses say the man
was lliiUi from the ground an1 hurled
into the air nj least 100 ieot. OKiugUPs
llioleaa body was found about 100 rods
from where DO was lifted into the air.
His bones pt0tfudci from tho ilush
aud his body indicates that hc came la
contact with many Of tho lying trees
and beams.
Tho whlrllng cloud seemed 10 go
very ell WY Ia it, forward course, aud
gave many people who would other.
Wise have been killed time 10 got out of
H. course.
The course seemed 10 DO somewhat
zig.zag, and rolled from hight " loii, a.
well ~ upwards IN IT, course. Whofc
NJ O'Clock stood fields Of wheat, now
stand ponds Of water. All vegetation
h cut uii close ~ tho ground. Huu'
dfeds OF people from every direction
locked TO the scene.
The scenes around tho dead AMI
dying were heatt.funding. MI and
Mrs. Cole are being tendefiy cared for
la other houses, aud all that medical
skill and tender care eau do " being
done.
TELEPHONES BURNED OUT.
ALIiANCE, o., May 1.-The worst
storm * yeriBL ced Ia this part OF the
state Ia years struck this city NJ
O'Clock this afternoon, aud Tor half MI
hour wrapped tho city In nearly total
darkness. The wind blew over sixty
miles an hour, and hundreds OF shade
trces anu chimneys Ia the town went
down before II. Lightning destroyed
the Central Union Telephone ex'
change aud burned out neatly every
phone In the city.
RAIN, HAIL, THuNDEM
CLEvELAND. May 1.-The worsl
| hnilsiIfm that has visited this city ~
yuafs ragged here nearly an hour THU
afternoon, The storm was accom-
panied by heavy raiu, hail, thunder
and lightning, In which macy u The
hailstOncs were ~ large ~ hens egg
Aud were driven before heavy WIND
| Thousands Of windows were urJken
greenhouse were wrecked and ssvota
runaways resulted from horses trying
to escape tue bombaTdmrut Of Ice
The dAnago will amount ~ huyofA