The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-06-10
SWEET OF H0RNAD0HS
Forty Persons Killed and $50 Injured
in Michigan.
CUT A WIDE SWATH OF RUIN.

One Storm Destroyed Only Property, but
the Other, a Few Miles Away, Pounced
Upon Village After Village and Left
Death in It's Track---Some of the Killed
---Scores OF People Wounded.
DETROIT, Mich, May 2.-Two tornadoes
swept the southern central part of Michigan
The lower cut swath about quarter of q
mile wide from Warren to Mount Clemens
six miles, and although it did not destroy
human life 1t wiped out between s15o, o,00C
and $780, 900 worth Of property.
The other, on the north, thirty miles away
wiped out lives and property. This blow be-
gan in Oakland County, and first showed Its
ferceness in Groveand, where it demolished
the town and killed nine persons.
From there it continued eastward through
Maysville to Ortonvllle. In Ortonville IT
wiped out the entire main part OF the FOWL
and killed fifteen persons. Then II "ene
eastward.
Half way between Ortonville and Thomas
1t carried Abram Reeds binder TWO 1i1e nunuleu
feet, and took his youngest son, "lInaIl
carried him 200 feet, and landed him salely
The peach tree alone was left standing,
while every other tree in the orchard was
DESTROYED. At Thomas. Charles Bradley
narrowly escaped by pushing his wife into
the cellar and covering their heads with
big washtub.
Perhaps the greatest force was shown a
few miles east of Thomas. Thomas Bennett
was in the barn attending to his chores and
his wife was eating supper. Bennett picked
n ~ no hrp nntNrn61
oak tree uninjured. and, on hunting lor his
wife, found her dead, nearly quarter OF
mile from the house.
The storm ragged through Oakland County
to Dryden. The list Of the known dead
amounts to forty, and later returns may
swell this, to fifty. The list OF injured
amounts to more than $50. 1t Is Impossible
to estimate the property damage by both
storms, but it will easily pass the half-nlil-
ion mark. ,,-.,,,
The dead in Ortonvile are: Mrs. William
Mitchell, Claude Mitchell, her son; j.
Mitchell, a baby son; Abram Quick. Glen
Quick. six years old; Myrtle Quick, four
year-old daughter; Ross Quick, baby SON
Mrs. Henry Quick, mother of Abram Quick;
Prescott wilkins, Of Mayville, sixty years
old; John Porritt, seventy-fve years Old
Mrs. Joseph Porritt, his daughter-in-iaw;MrS'
Louis Porritt. daughter-in-law; Mrs. VIII
lam Kitchen, AOtau hucueu, oonu "in'S,
Jr.
About eighteen farmhouses we're DESTROYED
In the line Of the storm from Ortonville to
.Oakwood, but only two persons were klllea:
Three others were probably fatally injured
and eight or ten more or less seriously hurt.
The names of the dead there are Mrs. ClarE
Meaton and Ed. Fi1eld.
These nine were killed in the village OF
Oakwood: Mrs. N. B. Wolverton, Mrs. Ed
Howe. Miss Nina Howe, Orrln Rowe, two
year-old baby; Mrs Wells, Eugene Fheld,
Mrs. Jessie May Fifeld, Mrs. Lilly DeVioson'
Mrs. Stuart.
The death list in Thomas is: Mrs. van
WAGNER; Charles Hicks, Rev. c. NJ. Pretchy-
place, Andrew Pettibone, NJ. Bremeyer.
The list of dead at North Oxford Is: Claire
E. Laidlaw, ,three-weeks-old baby; Mrs. oscar
Slade, thirty-fve years old; Sol Rame, Iom
Bishop, Joseph Smedley, Sr.. Joseph Smeo-
lev. Jr., Mrs. Thomas Bennett, and an un-
known man and woman.
The more violent storm passed over INTO
Canada and was last heard OF near walker
'ville Ontario.
GUTHRIE, Oklahoma, May PA tornado
was reported in the Seminole reservation,
where several people were killed and many
thousands Of dollars damage was done.
CHARLESTON, Mo-, May PA heavy wind
swept over this region yesterday morning at
8 o'clock. Two buildings were slightly dam,
aged, and one person was seriously injured
BY falling timbers. The town OF Birds Point
suffered severely.