Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1894-05-17
SWEPT BY WIND.
A Furious Tornado Does Great
Damage at Indianapolis.
Many Buildings Are Unroofed and the
Parks Suffer SevereIy-A Steamer
sunk at Mount vernon.-Fa-
tally at Akron.
CYCLONE IN INDIANA.

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INDIANAPOLIS. Ind, May IA severe
wind and rainstorm struck I'll is city at
o'clock Thursday afternoon and lasted
for an hour, doing much damage to
shade trees and unroofing a number of
houses and factories. The wind came
in gusts from the southwest and ex-
tended over about three-fourths
of the city, at times ASSUMING al
most the proportions of a cyclone.
Rain fell in sheets. and in twenty
minutes after the storm began the
running like mill-race down the prin-
cipal streets of the city. On the north
side. where the rainfall was heaviest,
street cars were stopped by the flood
in the streets and by broken and
twisted trees, which made travel im-
possible
Babe Killed.
One child was killed and another
seriously injured by the breaking of a
cornice from the roof of a block. John
Huntsman's family live in the block,
and his two children, girl years old
and an infant about 4 monts old, were
on the sidewalk in front when the
storm struck the city. A portion of
the cornice was broken off and fell up
on the children, instantly killing the
babe and seriously but not fatally in
juring the older child.
Damage in the Parks.
All the best trees in Military park
were blown down, and University park
and Blind Asylum park suffered much
damage. The only buildings injured
were those of the Union Transfer COM
pany and the Acme Milling COM
pany, which were unroofed. The
wires of the telephone com pany
were broken in many places and
the service was rendered almost
worthless. So many trees fell across
the tracks of the street car company
that it was several hours before cars
could be run on some of the lines
Many narrow escapes of persons have
been reported. Reports from the SUR
rounding country say that the storm
did great damage to farmers.
storm in Mount Vernon.
MOUNT VERNON, Ind, May IA tor
nado struck this city at 2 o'clock Thurs
day afternoon. The steamer Eugene.
belonging to the Henderson hominy
mill, was overturned in the middle of
the river. Fifteen people were on board,
but they saved themselves by taking
refuge on the barge the boat was tow
ing. The boat was valued at $4,000 and
is total loss, Capt. Campbell was in
jured by piece of flying tim Der
Wecksessers block was badly dam
aged. the roof being blown away and
timber scattered in every direction and
the building flooded with water. The
Knights of Pythias hail, which was in
the building, was ruined by the water.
The Mount Vernon fair grounds were
damaged several thousand dollars.
About 125 stalls were blown down aud
the timber scattered in every direction.
Reports from the entire country indi-
cate that much damage was done.
Damage In an Ohio Town.
AKRON, o., May IA wind and rain
storm swept over this city at o'clock
Thursday night, doing much damage.
The roof of the Hotel Buchtel was part
~ carried away and number of win
dows in the rear demolished. Trees
and smaller buildings throughout the
city were blown down. A colored man
working on the street railway in the
northern part of the city was struck by
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