The herald., 1896-05-26
IN MICHIGAN
A Wide Stretch of Country Devastated and
Many Killed

| MOUNT CLEMENS, MICH, May Zo.-
| cyclone struck this city at o'clock to-
night. Thirty houses were utterly de-
molished, and many others partially de-
| stroyed. Thus far no one has been
found to be seriously injured except a
| Mrs. Pohl and three sons, who are not
| expected to live.
| A terrible cyclone struck the village
| Of Oakwood and entirely wiped it off the
earth, destroying all the buildings and
| leaving death and destruction in it's
trail. Just west Of the village the fields
are strewn with dead and wounded. and
| 1t Is impossible to get a correct estimate
| of the damage until daylight.
| The storm also struck the village Of
| Thomas and destroyed about q dozen
buildings. Many farms buildings are de-
stroyed. but no news cen be obtained
from the country on account of the roads
being blocked with fallen trees, but 1t is
thought the number of dead and wound
ed will reach nearly hundred. Physi.
clans have gone from Oakland, Ford
and Metamoras.
A cyclone struck the region in which
Macomb, Oakland, st. Clair and Lapeer
counties are located. and worked disas-
ter in the city of Mount Clemens and
pie are reported killed and injured.
MICHIGAN'S DEATH LIST.
DETROIT, Mich, May 25.--The Free
Press has received the following tele-
phone message from Ortonville, eight
|. cen mil senorthwest of Pontiac:
The cyclone first came from Grove
land township, in the northeastern part
| Of Oakland county, at the line separat-
| ing that county from Genesee and La
| peer counties. Sweeping westward
i through the farming country. It destroy
| ed every house. barn, fence or other OBJ
etacie. levelnig trees and pulling down
| telegraph poles 1t struck Thomas and
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The path of the cyclone was about hale
mile wide. Seven persons are re-
ported killed and twenty to thirty in
jured. A partial list Of the dead and in
jured in Brandon and Groveland town
ships is as follows:
Dead:
Daniel Thompson and son.
William Mitchell.
Mrs. Mitchell and two children.
John Pritt
John Mickey.
Mrs. T. G. Heaton.
Two children Of Mr.. Pewee.
Badly injured:
William Kitchen and wife: Mrs.
Kitchen Is not expected to recover.
Oscar Granger. .'.-. ..
Louis Porrit and wife.
Archie Woodruff.
T. D. Eaton and wife.
TOWN WIPED OUT.
PONTIAC. Mach, May 25.-The coun-
try in the vicinity of this city was given
its first taste of a cyclone this evening.
and the little village of Thomas has
been wiped out. Metamora and Oak
wood were also touched up, and their
Inhabitants badly frightened, some be-
ing injured, and q track of devastation
left to within three-fourths of a mile to
Ortonville. The telephone and telegraph
wires between here and those places
are down, and the only data Of the work
of the cyclone is furnished by survivors
who have come here for shelter.
But from comparison of their stories.
1t seems certain that from fourteen to
eighteen lives have been lost. The fol-
lowing names Of the dead at Thomas
have been reported by their neighbors
who escaped with their lives but lost
their homes:
John Poorit, Mrs. Joseph Bird, John
Mitkey NJ. E. Torrance. Mrs. Henry
Quick, Abram Quick and two children,
Mrs. Alice Mitchell and two children.
Actual details of the damage done by
the cyclone are of course meagre, but
all witnesses agree that the storm was
regular western twister. 1t seemed
to have the elasticity of gigantic rub
Der ball and would strike the ground,
then, leaving footprint of devastation,
bound into the air and travel a mile or
more before again touching the earth.
AT MT. CLEMENS.
MOUNT CLEMENS, Mich, May 25.-
A terrific cyclone, by heavy
rain. struck this city this evening. Some
thirty houses on Front, Butler and In
ches streets were blown down and
many Of them literally torn to pieces,
AS yet no details are reported, but many
people were injured. The list or injured:
Mrs Anna Pohi, back broken, will die
Adolph POhl, severely injured.
William Pohl, severely injured,
Mrs. r. Carter, badly injured.
Mrs Ormsby, arm broken.
The house Of Mrs. Anna Pohl, a widow
with three small boys, was blown down
on their heads, and the four members of
the family were pinioned down in the
wreck, '''s'-
Owing to the darkness and storm It
was some time before assistance ar
rived. When they were gotten out they
were taken to the neighboring house.
where it was found Mrs. Pohl's hack
was broken and she cannot live. Her
boys, AdoIoh, Henry and William are
more or less injured, but will recover,
A large, new two-story house owned
and occupied by Russell Carter was
badly damaged. Carter was injured by
a flying board. A fine frame residence
belonging to August Henkel was turned
over on it's side. The water works were
partially destroyed, the filtering house
being wrecked and the large brick
chimney leveled even with the roof.
The cyclone struck the city near Gra-
tiot street bridge and passed in q north
easterly direction over the city. leveling
nearly everything in its path for about
100 yards. The principal damage was
Continued on second. paRe.1