The record-union., 1896-05-27

Amy Kidder, crushed by timbers, prob
ably fatally; Abram Reed, arm broken;
Mrs. A NJ Kidder, badly bruised by
debris; George Hibler, both legs and an
arm broken; Joe a farm hand
employed by DR.. Suiter, head bruised;
T. B. Knapp, slightly injured by fall
ing on glass and plaster.
After completing the work of de.
struction at Thomas, the cyclone evil
IDENTIFY separated, one cloud going
northeast and doing an immense of
damage between Thomas and Dryden,
in Lapeer County, and the other fol-
lowing a southeasterly direction to
North Oxford.
The list of the dead at and near North
Oxford follows: Claire E. Laidlaw,
three -weeks-old baby; Mrs. Oscar
Slade, 35 years DID, Sol E. Rame, Tom
Bishop, Joseph Smedley, Sr, Joseph
Smedley, Jr., Mrs. Thomas Bennett at
Dryden; one unknown man and woman
at Whigville.
Injured: Neil Matheson, Oscar Slade,
leg broken; George Besse. head cut ::
Will Allen, cut on head; Mrs. VIII AL
len, bruised; Mrs A. Pettibone, severe
cuts; Thomas Bennett three ribs
broken, recovery doubtful; Mrs Joseph
Smedley, Sr, probably fatal; Mrs. Jo-
seph Smedley, Jr., slightly; John Pc
ters, slightly.
After leaving North Oxford, the path
of the southeast cyclone is marked at
intervals until Mount Clemens is
reached, where great damage was done
and many persons injured.
The injured ares Mrs. Anna Pohl. a
widow, back broken. cannot live; Henry
Pohl, aged IA, hip broken, injured in
ternally; Adolph Pohl aged II, right
leg broken, bruised about shoulders and
body; VIII c. Pohl, aged 10, injured Sc
riously and right leg broken; Mrs. Jo-
seph Harder, injured internally; Rus
sell Carter head and face cut: Mrs.
Russell Carter, injured internally; baby
Carter, head badly cut; Gustav Cutche.
cut on head and right arm broken; Mrs.
William Ormsby, arm broken badly
cut on face; Miss Anna Belle Teabo.
left arm broken, right arm injured,
skull fractured
The next heard from this storm is
near Walkerville Ontario, twenty miles
south of Mount Clemens The cyclone
evidently expended it's force after strik-
ing canada, as no other reports of dam
age nave been received. After passing
Dryden and Whigville, in Lapeer Coun-
ty, the next heard from the other storm
was in Sanilac County, thirty miles
away, in the village of Amadore which
was nearly swept away. The funnel
shaped cloud struck a mile west of the
village, and in a path half a mile wide
and six and a half miles long to the
shore of Lake Huron every building
was more or less damaged.
Tuscola County was also visited by
d wind storm of cyclonic violence last
evening. Nearly every building in the
pain OF the storm, which started near
Clifford and Travelled directly east for
SIX miles, was destroyed. Joseph NAL
berg was hit by flying board and in
stanuly killed. August, Julius, Fred
and Edward Haske, Mrs. Julius Haske
and Mrs. Urbane were more or less Sc
riously injured
DESTRUCTION IN IOWA.
DES MONIES 0a), May 26.-The re-
port from this and Jasper Counties
which We're received to-day indicate
that the storms havoc is even worse
than was at first supposed. The prop
10y iooso 10 iHuSL LARGER IMAM InOugnt
yesterday. The list of dead is now over
a score, and it is probab Bile there will be
five or six more deaths, as a number
or vlct1ms~ are in a critical condition.
Mrs. Charles Phelan of Valeria is ex-
pected to die at amy time. She was the
mother of the Charles Phelan family,
six of whose nine members are now
dead. Their funerals were held to-day
| at Naleria, and the six coffins were
buried in the same grave in the pres
ence or an immense throng of people.
Mrs. Schell, who lived at the home OF
William Osborne, has died of her iniu-
res. The others of the Osborne fam
lily will recover.
Mrs. Cretia Whitney has died. She
was an aged lady, and very poor She
lived with Mr.. and Mrs. Douglas Akin
who had a child killed.
Relief parties were through the dis
trlct to-day from De5 Moines and Col
fax, and public meetings will be held
| here tomorrow to help the destitute
fuily two score Of homes have been
wiped out of existence. In every in
stance there was no salvage at all
Some of the families were very poor
ana 1t VIII be necessary to raise several
thousand dollars. Most of the property
damage was northeast of Valeria, in
| Jasper County. The Supervisors OF
| Polk and Jasper Counties will meet to-
morrow to appropriate funds for the re-
! lief work