Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1896-05-30
FORTY ARE DEAD.
Horror of the Cyclone Disaster In Miohi-
gan Grows Greater ss Further Details
are Obtained,


are Obtained.
DETROIT, Mich, May 27.-The cy-
clone which devastated the northern
portion of Oakland county Monday
evening, swept path half mile wide
and 10 miles long from west to east,
clearing the earth of nearly everything
moveable. About 40 persons we're
killed outright and fully that number
were injured, some of whom will die.
The cyclone first struck earth six miles
west of Ortonville, and passed half
mile north of that village. In these
six miles of devastated country before
Ortonville was reached 10 persons were
killed and about 20 injured, some ia
tally. The first house to feel the effects
of the storm was that of Joshua john
son. The storm had not obtained all
it's fury and the building was only par
TALLY demolished, Mr.. johnson escap-
ing injury and his wife and baby being
only slightly injured.
A mile further east stood the home
and barns of William Mitchell. Not
trace of them is left but the foundation
walls. Mrs Mitchell, her son Claude
| and baby, Jay Mitchell, 9 months old,
NCIC hDlCu Ht ldbDeT was ScTlOuSly
injured and will probably die. A big
silver was driven square into the CEN
| ter of his forehead. All of his stock
was killed. Don, another son, is seri-
ously hurt. There is nothing but
foundations to show where the home
of BRAN Quick, who lived across the
way from Mitchell, stood. Six occu-
pants of the house were killed and one
was seriously injured.
The home of Henry Flamboy was
next destroyed and himself, his wife
and two children seriously injured. A
mile east of Flamboy the cyclone de-
molished the house of John Porritt
| The death list in this home reaches
four. The wind cloud passed on and
next wrecked the home of Benjamin
Westby. Mr.. Westby, his wife and
two children were buried in the ruins,
but all were gotten out with severe
injuries. John Prost was the next vic
tim of the storm. His house was com
pletely wrecked and his wife seriously
hurt
In the next half dozen miles between
Ortonville and the little settlement of
Oakwood, the cyclone seemed to lose
some of its deadly force. The cyclone
travelled the road as straight as an ar
rows fight, spreading out or contract
ing as it went along. About IS farm
houses were destroyed in the line OF
the storm from Ortonville to Oakwood,
but only two persons were killed. Four
others were probably fatally injured
and eight or ten more or less seriously
hurt. The names of the dead in this
section are: Mrs. Clarke Eaton and
Ed Fifield.
The twisting cloud struck Oalswood
almost without warning and there is
little left of that village. The Meth.
odist Episcopal and Congregational
churches, the town hall, practically all
of the business houses and most of the
residences were left in ruins. Eleven
persons were killed in the village and
many injured. Those who met death
were:
Mrs. n. b. wolverton, Mrs Ed Howe. Mis-.
Nina Howe, Orrin Howe, q 2-year-old baby
Mrs. Wells. Eugenia Fifield, Mrs. Jessie FL
field, Libbe Davidson, Mrs. Stewart, Baby
Davis.
The three-mile stretch from Oak
wood to Thomas is scene of desola
tion and wreckage Everything in
the path of the cyclone was levelled.
In and around Thomas the death lis
numbers five and many injured.
After completing it's work of de-
struction at Thomas, the cyclone sep
arated, one section continuing north
east and doing an immense amount o.
damage between Thomas and Dryden
in Lapeer county, and the other fol
lowing southeasterly direction tc
North Oxford. The list of dead at anG
near North Oxford is as follows:
Claire E. Laidlaw, three -weelSs-old baby
Mrs Oscar Slade, IS years old; Sol Rame, Ton
Bishop, Joseph Smedley, ST., Joseph Smedley
jr., Mrs. Thomas Bennett at Dryden one un
known man and woman at Whigville.
After leaving North Oxford, the patti
of the-southeast cyclone is marked al
intervals until Mount Clemens is
reached, where great damage was don,
and many persons injured.
ELEVEN DROWNED.