Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-05-27
Terrible Destruction OF Life and Property
in Oakland County.
MANY PEOPLE KILLED OUTRIGHT.
a Large Number Seriously Injured,
Some of Whom VIII Die-Details
of the Disastrous Work of the
storm.
storm.

OF nearly everything movable. About
forty persons were killed outright and
fully that number were injured, some Of
whom will die. The cyclone first struck
the earth six miles west Of Ortonvlie,
and passed half a mile north Of that
village. In these six miles OF devastated
country, before Ortonyille was reached,
fifteen persons were killed and twenty
injured. some fatally. The dead are as
follows:
Mrs. MITCHELL.
CLAUDE MITCHELL, her son.
j. MITCHELL. baby son.
ABRAM QUICK
General QUICK.
- PIERSON
MYRTLE QUICK.
ROSE QUICK. a baby son.
Mrs. HENRY QUICK, mother Of Abram
Quick.
PRESCOTT WILKINS, OF Maysyille.
JOHN PORRITT
Mrs. JOSEPH PORRITT.
Mrs. LOUIS PORRITT a daughter-in-
law
Mrs. WILLIAM KITCHEN.
ABRAM KITCHEN.
JOHN WILKIE. Jr.
OF the injured William Mitchell. Joseph
Porritt. and John Wilkie. Sr., viii die.
At the Mitchell homestead not trace
Of house and farm buildings remain, ex-
cept the foundations.
There Is nothing but foundations TO
show where the home Of Abram quick
stood. Six occupants Of the house were
killed. and one was seriously injured.
Prescott wilkins, one Of those killed I'm
the Quick home. had reached there on
a visit but an hour before the cyclone
tore its way through.
The home Of John Wilke, on line
with Ortonville. was unharmed but hts
barns were wiped out. Mr.. Wilkle and
his son. John, aged S. were in a barn
when IT was demolished. The son was
instantly killed, and the father is In a
critical condition.
In the next half dozen miles Of the
track Of the storm only two persons were
killed. and the damage was comparatively
light. The dead are Mrs. Clackmeat0n
and Ed. Fiheld. Three persons were
probably fatally injured. and ten less
seriously hurt
VILLAGE NEARLY WIPED OUT.
The cloud struck Oakwood almost with
out warning and there is little left OF
that village. The Methodist Episcopal
and Congregational churches, the Town
Hall. practically all the business-houses,
and most Of the residences were left In
ruins. Nine persons were killed In the
village. and many injured. Those who
met death are:
Mrs. y. B. WOLVERTON.
Mrs. HOWE.
Miss NINA HOWE.
ORIN HOWE
Mrs WELLS
EUGENE FIFIELD.
Mrs. JESSIE MAY FTFIELD.
Mrs. LILLY DAVIDSON
Mrs STUART BAY.
Those seriously injured were:
Mrs. Kate Davidson.
Bertram Davidson.
Wesley Davidson.
The three-mile stretch from Oakwood 20
Thomas is a scene Of heart-rending desc
lation and wreckage Everything in the
path Of the cyclone was leyelled. In and
around Thomas the death-lIst is large,
and many are injured. Between Oakwood
and Thomas. and in the latter place. the
dead are:
Mrs. VAN WAGNER.
CHARLES HICKS.
Rev G.. NJ PRETCHYPLACE.
ANDREW PETTIBONE.
" BREWER.
THE STORM DIVIDES.
After completing its work OF destruction
40 Thomas the cyclone evidently sepa-
rated. one section going northeast and
doing an immense amount OF damage be-
tween Thomas and Dryden. In Lapeer
county. and the other following a south
easterly direction 20 North oxford The
list OF dead al and near oxford IS:
CLAIRE LAIDLAW. 3-weeks-old baby.
Mrs. OSCAR SLADE
sol. RAME
TOM BISHOP.
JOSEPH SMEDLEY.
JOSEPH SMEDLEY. Jr
Mrs. THOMAS BENNETT
AT Drydcn-Unknown man and woman.
After leaving North oxford the path OF
the southeast cyclone is marked at inter
walls until st Clemens is reached. where
great damage was done. and many per-
sons injured. only one fatally. however. a
widow. named Anna People. whose back
vas broken.
The next heard OF the storm was near
Walkerville. Ontario. twenty miles west
OF Mt Clemens. The cyclone expended
its force after striking Canada. a. no
other reports Of damage have been re-
ceived.
After passing Dryden and Whiteville. In
I.apeer county. the next heard from the
other storm was In Sanilac county
thirty miles away. at the village Of
Anofore. which was nearly swept away.
The funnel-shaped cloud struck a mile
west Of the village, and in a path half
mile wide and six and a half miles long.
t. the shores Of Lake Huron, every
building was more or less damaged.