The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-05-18

MANCHESTER, To-, May 17.-Three
persons were killed, and four are known
10 nave been seriously injured by a tor
nado which struck last night, near Coles.
burg, twenty miles northeast Of this CITY.
The dead are: George Lang, Jerome
Jacobs Tupper, child The injured in
ciude; Mr. Ridenour, Mrs. Ridenour two
Iupper children. The Tupper children
will probably die
Great damage was done by the storm in
the village of Colesburg After DESTROY
ing much property there the tornado
passed along the Turkey river TO Little
port. wrecking many farm houses along
its path.
among the buildings destroyed were
the Kennedy school house and the farm
houses Of Messrs. Wilsey, Krimple. Shep-
herd, Cole and Page
A renter on the Cole place was killed
Walter Shepherd and child are reported
to be among the dead and others Of the
shepherd family were injured
Henry MersoD, Jerome Jacobs and
George Lang were driving from Elnport
when caught in the storm Jacobs and
Lang were killed, and Merson badly in
jured.
The storm started on it's path of de-
structlon at l.. Snyder's, three miles
north OF Greedy, about $3.50 O'Clock. TAX
ing direction due east for six miles
then Veered northeast for four miles, de-
mohsh1ng everything in its course. Ev-
cry Iafm mouse In the track Of the storm
Tor width of forty rods Is either totally
DESTROYED or wrecked. At Bigelow's the
5iaIliliy took shelter in the cellar. A young
paoy was torn from the mothers arms
ana carried twenty-five rods without in
jury. At the Klauss cemetery only ono
monument is left sanding, and Some of
the tombstones were found two miles
away. The school house was blown to
pieces and the M. E. church is a wreck.
-FOUR. FATALLY INJURED.
TOLEDO, O., May 1.-THE ovclona
which swept over the little city of Mont
pelier, last night, will prove fatal for at
least four of the children in the school
houses at West Unity. There were fwen-
ly-Iour people i'll the building, and not
on one or them escaped without injury
Ihe building was wrecked. The teacher.
Miss Flossie Fisher, is badly injured. be-.
ing struck en- the head with flying tim
;pers. Tne following are fatally Injured:
s Fiorence Marzoff, aged nine flesh torn
from face and cut in head.
Nettie Marzoff, aged seven; iron spike
run into her head and injured in spine.
Lucy Marzoff, aged six, bad scalp
wound.
May Barton, fourteen years, scalp
wounds.
The dangerously hurt are Stella Bar
ton, aged eight, cut in head; Florence
Barton, aged seven, gashes in head.
Those who will recover are:
Joe Jacoby, aged nine, four wounds IN
head; Nellie Meppens aged eleven, broken
collar bone: Emma Flickinger, arm brok-
and broken arm.
WIND AND HAIL.
CLEVELAND, O.. May 17.-Another bad
storm swept over Northern Ohio this
afternoon. being accompanied by high
winds, hail and a heavy rain fall.
At Norwalk the rainfall was four inch
es, trees were blown down and havoc
was caused among telegraph and tele-
phone wires.
At Upper Sandusky hailstones ms large
as hickory nuts fell Jacob Miller's brick
yard sheds were blown down and several
houses unroofed. The rainfall was three
and a half inches.
At Bucyrus, 1t is said, hailstones nine
inches In circumference fell. Windows
were broken, stock stampeded and crops
beaten into the ground. A heavy rainfall
followed the hail.
A building at the county inflrmary near
Mullersburg was unroofed, and all vege
tation beat to the ground by the hail
stones, which were of the size of walnuts
j. M. Lint was caught in the storm, his
team running away, throwing him out
He was pelted with the enormous stones
until his face was bleeding in a dozen
places from the wounds.
Near Wooster hail did great damage
this afternoon. Hailstones of enormous
size fell with such force as to kill sheep
and poultry. They went through wooden