Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-02-15

/ Storm Was General
A terrific windstorm swept over
Northern Ohio, leaving trail of. de.
struction In its wake. In Seneca Coun.
ty fences were laid low, forest trees
and orchards destroyed and buildings
unroofed, but thus far no person has
been reported injured. Telegraph and
telephone wires have been blown down
and the service is badly crippled. In
what is known as the Black Swamp re.
gion greater damage was done. Al
Hicksville the storm ragged in all its
fury, over the southern portion OF
Defiance County, destroying the
homes of James Jones and JAS
per Brighter, their families barely
escaping with their lives. The oil
field was also the scene of destruction,
and the large seventy-foot derricks
erected over the wells were but play
things before the tornado. The storm
was accompanied by a deluge OF rain
almost a cloudburst. A small frame
schoclhouse two miles south OF Hicks.
vile was caught by the storm and car
ried from its foundation. The teacher
was just dismissing the scholars. Sew
eral OF the children we're badly bruised,
but none seriously injured. The storm
followed the line of the Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad across Indiana and Ohio,
| and travelled at the rate of forty-five
miles an hour, as reported by the tele-
graph people The clouds were scat
tered as soon as they had gathered,
and within ten minutes after the fury
! Of the storm there was a clear sky.
Damage in Indiana.
PERU. u.-Considerable damage was
done here by wind from the west,
which was almost cyclone. Several
buildings, numerous trees and factory
chimneys were blown down. Store
fronts were also blown in.
FORT WAYNE.--At 3 o'clock in the
afternoon Fort Wayne was visited by a
terrific windstorm. Fifteen minutes
before the heavens were clear and the
weather was like spring. Clouds be-
gan to gather overhead and the after
noon became almost as dark as night.
The wind blew terrific hurricane.
Rain and snow came down in torrents.
In twenty minutes the hurricane was
over. Signs, fences and trees were
blown down, but no serious damage or
loss OF life has been reported.
MICHIGAN CITY.-What seemed to
be cyclone passed over this city at
about 2 o'clock in the afternoon. 1t
was preceded by a thunder shower.
Then funnel-shaped cloud formed
over the city and passed northward
with q mufied roar. At the northern
outskirts OF the town the funnel
dropped suddenly earthward and.
sweeping a pathway through lumber
yard. carrying boards and debris OF
every description, 1t passed over the
Michigan Central and Monon Railway
| freightyards, lifting half a dozen cars
from the tracks and wrecking them.
INDIANAPoLIs.- city was swept
| by a windstorm that blew twenty.
seven miles an hour for few minutes.
| Buildings shook and everything loose
was driven on before the gale with
| threatening velocity. Little damage
| was done here, but the reports from
| the State show that ruin is strewn In
the path of the wind. From the coun-
| ties north and east of Indianapolis
comes the report that houses were
unroofed, fences blown away and in
some places stretches OF forest trees
laid fat. At Elwood ID. III. Havens
was lifted from the top Of low build
ing and pitched to the street on his
head. Damage to property occurred
at Marion, Peru, LOgansport and ko.
komo, where roofs were sent hurting
through the night, but no casualties
are reported.
In Hin o's.
MAsCoUTAH.-Af furious wind-storm
prevailed in this section. Fences were
swept away and trees blown down. The
artesian we'll frame on Kolb farm blew
down. The workmen barely escaped.
NAsHvILLE.-The heaviest and most
destructive wind which has prevailed
here in years has been blowing during
the entire day, razing fences to the
ground and destroying other valuable
property throughout the county.
GREENvILLE.-At terrific gale swept
through this section, doing much dam
age to trees and small buildings. At
in course of construction was blown
down, and freight cars on the side track
we're badly damaged.
At Other Points.
SIOUX xCITY.-Temperatu has fallen
40 degrees in twenty-four hours. A
blizzard is raging.
NAsHvILLE.-The Cumberland Riv.
er, owing to heavy rains, continues to
rise all the way between this point and
Burnside, KY, the head. The water
Is fast spreading over the low lands,
forcing many families to vacate their
homes.
ToPEKA.-A heavy rain fell all over
Kansas. Then the temperature fell
and the rain turned into snow, which
continued throughout the State six
hours. In the eastern part the fall was
light, but in Western Kansas the snow
is very deep in places.
MEMPHIS. The heavy rains have
done much damage in this section.
The county bridge crossing Illinois
Bayou, near Russellville, Ark, was
swept away. and two trestles of the
railroad bridge broke loose. Fifty
boats of the pontoon bridge crossing
on the river at Dardanelle, Ark. were
carried away. The Ouita coal mines,
with an area OF over eighty acres un-
der ground, are filed to overlooking.
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