The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-05-27
MANY KILLED IN MICHIGAN.
The Dead Known to Number 40
: and as Many Injured,

Miles Traversed by the stOrm-An
Immense Amount of Damage in
Lapeer County.
Detroit, Mich, May 26.-The cyclone
which devastated the northern portion of
Oakland county last evening, swept a
path a half mile wide and sixteen miles
long from west to east clearing the earth
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 Ortonville and passed half.
q mile north of that village. In these six
miles of devastated country, before Orton-
Vile was reached, fifteen persons were
killed and twenty injured, some fatally.
The dead are:
Mrs Mitchell
Claud Mitchell, her son.
J. Mitchell, a baby son.
Abram Quick.
Glen Quick. 6-year-old son.
Myrtle Quick, 4-year-old daughter.
Ross Quick, baby son.
Mrs. Henry Quick, mother OF Abram
Quick.
Prescott wilkins of Maysvllle. 60 years
old.
John Porrit, rs years old
Mrs. Joseph Porrit, his daughter-in-
Mrs. Louis Porrit. daughter in law.
Mrs. William Kitchen.
Abram Kitchen
John Mike Jr.
Of the Injured, William Mitchell. Joseph
Porrit and John Mike, Sr., will die.
At the Mitchell homestead not trace
of the house and farm buildings remain
but 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 seriously injured. Pres
colt wilkins, one Of those killed in the
Quick home, had reached there on
visit but an hour before the cyclone tore
The nome OF John Mike, on a line with
OrtOnville, was unharmed, but his barns
We're wiped out. Mr.. Mike and his son
John, aged 49, were in a barn when II was
smashed. 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. Clockmeaton and Ed.
Fiheld. Three persons were probably ia
tally injured, and ten less seriously hurt.
The cloud struck OakWood almost with
out warning and there is little left Of that
village to-day The Methodist Episcopal
and Congrega tional churches, the town
ings and most of the residences, were left
in ruins. Nine persons We're killed in the
village and many injured. Those who met
Mrs. n. B. Wolverton.
Mrs. Howe.
Miss Nina Howe.
Orin Howe.
Mrs. Wells.
Eugene Fifield.
Mrs Jessie May Fiheld.
Mrs Lilly Davidson.
Mrs Stuart and baby DAVIS.
Those seriously injured were; Kate
Davidson and Wesley Davidson, who will
Tbe three miles stretch from Oakwood
TO Thomas is a scene Of heartrendlng
desolation and Wreckage. Everything in
the path of the cyclone was leveled. u
and around Thomas the death list is
large, and many are injured.
Between Oakwood and Thomas, and IN
the latter village, the dead are:
Mrs Van Wagner.
Charles Hicks.
Rev. c. NJ. Pretchyplace.
Andrew Pettibone.
NJ Bremeyer. -
ton at Thomas, the cyclone evidently sep
acated, one section going northeast ana
doing an immense amount OF damage
between Thomas and Dryden IN Lapeer
county and the other following south
easterly direction to North oxford.
Cyair p Tafdlaw. 3 weeks old baby.
Mrs. Oscar Slade, 50 years old.
Sol Rame.
lOm 3lSnOD.
Joseph Smedley, Sr.
Joseph Smedley, Jr.
Mrs Thomas Bennett.
Unknown man and woman.
After leaving North Oxford, the path
Of the southeast cyclone is marked al IN
Iervals until Mount Clemens IS reacned,
where great damage was done and many
persons injured only one fatally, how
ever a widow named Anna Post, whose
back was broken.
The next heard from the storm was
near Walkerville, Ontario, twenty miles
due south of Mount Clemens. The cy-
4 striking Canada as no other reports of
n damage have been received.
After passing Dryden and Whiteville
4 IN Lapeer county, the northeastern end
OF the storm was in Sanilac county, thirty
miles away, at the village of Amadore,
which was nearly swept away. The fun
hel-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
snores of Lake Huron, every building was
more or less damaged.
Iuscola county was also visited by
wind storm of cyclonic violence last
evening. Nearly every building in the
ram of the storm, which started near
0i!iord and Travelled directly east for elk
mics, was destroyed. Joseph Maldburs
killed.
Fort Scott, Kan, May 26.-During a
neavy electrical storm yesterday seven
-aFge buildings Of the Lafin-Rand Pow
Ger Company at Turck, Cherokee county
"efe struck by lightning and an awful
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