The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1896-05-29
DEATH II, MICHIGAN
II IL Relieved Thnt the N"nhFr Oh
bead and injured Will Rea"h IL
EEunGrc,!-Ty,o or Three ttaE'>
a.. tnmutct,t, Destroyed anG
Nans Of the tnhasttaEt> are
Killed.


Killed
oxford. Mich Nav "a t"irihIc
cvclonr struck The village nt oakW"on
last evening and entirety wiped II OH
The earth destroying all tn" tuliuIh2S
and leaving death Hnu destruction III
its trail lust west OF the village IN"
fields are >trcWu with dead Ahd W"th-
,lcl. ana il Is impossible To get Il cor
rect tstimat" of the damage. III"
storm also struck the villlg" of Ihom-
as and destroyed about a doen huid
inue including the Hotel Johnson. the
McDtr1nott and the larg" appl" dri"r
and a great many dwelling houses.
Many farm buildings are destroyed.
hut no word can he obtained from the
country on account of the roads being
blocked with fallen trees. etc. II j.
believed that the number Of dead ana
wounded viii reach nearly hundred.
phv>icianS have gone from Oakland.
oxford and Mctam, IA.
Fire ut onkwood
Detroit March p. - ! T.. Weaver.
one Of the Trihuue'S travelling col
lectorS came To Detroit on the BAY
CITY division of the Michigan Central
train that passed through last evening
and said that the CyclUu" had followed
the railroad track very closely. As
far rs hc could learn from observation
from The ira in ana conversation With
the people the cyclene first stti < The
outer edge Of NetamoIa hut did not
do very much damage 1t then took Il
IppTt and STRUCK u farm hpiIEp nal
barn between Mctamora and oallwnod
level.ng them 10 tie ground Whether
or not the occupants were Killed could
not he learned but they had not been
seen. and it was presumed they We're
Then the cyclone descended upon oak
wood and leveled every building to the
ground. Here fire added its horrors to
the terrible work of tie cyclone and
completed the devastation When
the train passed through there not n
person WAS To- he seen. but the flames
bad nearly completed their work Of
DESTROYING the Wrnckaco left IN the
twieter
Wiped OF tho Earth
Pontiac. Mich. MAY - The country
i'll tie vicinity Of tai> city was given
the first taste of Il cyclone last night
and the little village ~ Thomas has
been wiped from the face Of the earth
Mctamora and eaitwood We're also
touched nn and their inhabitants badly
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