The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-05-27
VILLAGES DESOLATE.
FURTHER DETAILS OF THE MICH
IGAN CYCLONE.
Revised List of the Killed and In
jured Secured Up to Late Last
Night-Deaths May Reach 100.

| OXFORD, Mich, May 26.-From re-
ports that continue to come in from
adjacent points, the full force of the
storm that swept this part of the
country is beginning to be appreciated
| Everywhere is devastation. Villages
that were yesterday the home of con-
! tented citizens are today desolate
Manned and bruised fathers, mothers,
| brothers and sisters mourn for those
who met death in the twisting, grind
ing, reSiStleSS wind.
The death roll in this vicinity may
run to the hundred mark. At Oak
wood a hamlet fifty miles north of
Oxford and having a population of
about 200, not a HOUSE, was left strand
ing The oath of the storm was be-
tween half and 'three-fourtas of a
mile wide. 1t extended nearly a
straight course eastward over the
thirty miles. A remarkable circum-
stance is that buildings in close prox-
unity to each ether were blown in op-
poslte directions, some being swept
northward and others southwark
Following is the revised hist of the
killed and the most seriously injured
reported up to tonight:
Dead. At Ortonville:
Mrs. William Mitchell and two small
children.
Abraham Quick, wife and three small
children.
Mrs. Henry Quick. aged 65.
P. F. Wilkins.
Mrs. Josiah Johnson.
John c. Porritt.
Mrs. John c. Porritt. J
Mrs. Louis Porritt.
John Mickey.
Abraham Kitchen.
Mrs. William Kitchen,
Mrs. T. c. Easton.
Edward FifieId
At lakewood:
Mrs. Susan Stuart, aged 49,
Mrs. E. A. Wolverton, aged 65.
Mrs. Emily Eaton, aged rs.
Mrs. William Davidson.
Miss Ida Davidson, aged IL.
Jessie May Fifield, aged s.
Charles Flifield's 7-year-old daughter.
Edfe Howe, aged 6.
Nellie Howe, aged 5.
At North Oxford:
Andrew Pettibone, farm hand.
Mrs. Oscar Slate.
Mrs. Crane
= Crane
Thomas Bishop.
Infant son of Frank Laidlaw.
AT Thomas:
Charles Hicks aged Sc.
Elroy Hicks, aged IL.
At Thornville:
Mack Smiley.
Joseph Smiley.
Mrs. Thomas Bennett.
At Metamora:
Thomas Bishop.
- Drama, man who was visiting
there
At Fair Grove:
Joseph Malburg.
AT Mungers Station:
Ion Edwards
List of the seriously injured. At Or
tonville:
Joseph Porritt, rib fractured and
bone driven into the lung; will proba-
bly, die.
Oscar Granger, cash on head, disloca-
tfon of shoulder and chest badly in
Jured; not expected to live.
Mrs. Abraham Quick, injured in
ternally; recovery doubtful.
William Mitchell, skull fractured; re-
covery doubtful
Arthur Woodruff, leg broken.
K. Kents 10-year-old son, leg broken
Archie Woodruff, leg broken.
Many others were injured but not
dangerously.
At lakewood:
George Fifield, leg broken and scalp
badly torn; condition critical
Harvey Francis, rib broken and in
jured internally
AT North Oxford:
Oscar Slate, leg broken.
Mrs. Pettfbone, seriously injured
about head.
At Thomas:
Mrs. Sidney Copeman, badly bruised
about head and body and internally in
jured; recovery doubtful.
M. |. Kidder, arm broken
George Habbler, leg crushed.
VIII Althouse, ribs broken
Miron A. Johnson, leg broken.
T. p. Knapp, leg broken and cut on
head.
At Thornville:
Mrs. joseph Smiley, ST., injured in
ternally; may die.
Thomas Bennett, cut and bruised and
ribs broken.
AT Mt. Clemens:
Mrs. Anna Pohl, injured internally
and not expected to live.
Miss Annie Bell Teabo, skull frac- I
tured and arm broken.
Henry, Adolph and William Pohl, |
bruised and crushed; doubtful if Henry |
will recover, and William has. leg
broken.