Omaha daily bee., 1899-05-17
CHILDREN HURT IN STORM
Several School Houses Wrecked and Inmates
Killed or Manned.
HAIL AND HEAVY WIND IN LAKE STATES
Hurricane TrHNcrscs Onto, rcnusSI-
Nnnin aud MichiEnn, Doing Great
Damage to Property and In
jurinG Many Persons.

MONTPELIER, o.. May 1G-N brick
school house near Alvorton was struck by
wind storm today and of its twenty five
occupants but three escaped uniujurcd The
teacher, Miss Flossio Fisher, is probably
fatally injured, Two children were struck
on the head with flying bricks and cannot
live. y number Of the pupils are seriously
hurt The building was wrecked.
CANAL FULTON, O., May l6-During the
storm today the wall of a school house was
blown in and nine children were injured,
! some of them quite seriously. The injured
are: Mary Kurt, skull injured; Ester
kurtz, ankle broken; Helen Klein, scalp
wound; zcla Croft skull depressed and
ankle broken; Grace Herbert, leg broken;
Susie Dapp scalp wound Tilie Pet2, scalp
wounds and badly bruised about the chest;
Mabel Leavcr, scalp wound; Jennie Smith,
head bruised
Four scholars were buried beneath the
debris of brick and wooden beams. They
were eXtrcatod by the teacher.
P1TTSBURG, May 16--A terrific wind
storm, accompanied by rain and hail, passed
over this section at about o'clock this aft
ernoon. Great damage was done to tco-
graph and telephone wires, while many
trees, fences and roofs were picked up and
carried away bodily. The Tenth ward school
house in Allegheny was so badly twisted
that the building inspector has condemned
it as unsafe Fortunately the school had
been dismissed shortly before the storm and
the hundreds Of pupils were uninjured Hail
did considerable damage in the path of the
storm in the suburbs and reports of like
damage are coming in from many nearby
towns.
AKRON, o., May 16.-A cyclone struck
this city at o'clock this afternoon and did
much damage. The storm struck the tents
of Mains circus and they collapsed upon
the crowd. Policemen had hard work 10
prevent panic, but the spectators were
finally released without injury. In East
Akron the Biggs Boiler company's shops
were badly damaged and portion of a stone
wall fell upon the Office roof, crashing
through it and completely wrecking the in
terror. The shops of the Akron Sewer Pipe
company also suffered heavily. More than
$50 feet of the main building were blown
down and three men were slightly injured.
Other shops and buildings about the city
were damaged more or less and many trees
We're destroyed Carriages were overturned
IN the street and awnings were torn away.
Damage Done at Toledo.
TOLEDO, May 16.-Toledo and northwest
ern Ohio has gone through one of the worst
storms in year today, from noon until 6
o clock. The full effect of the blow is not
yet known, as there are several small boats
on the river that have been reported as cap
sized. In the city a number of plate glass
fronts were blown in and other damage to a
amount done. Several houses
were unroofed at Tifin and at the France
stone quarry number Cf workmen were
more or less injured, Lewis Leslie being
bod I,,t bo VIII and
tance
MOUNT PLEASANT Pa. May 16.-The |
storm which reached this section at o'clock |
was the most severe and disastrous in many |
years. Rain fell in torrents and hail was so
severe that it is feared crops are badly |
damaged. Ten houses of the Illinois Steel !
at Moorwood, Just under way of
and one belonging to the work.
men We're blown down and to pieces. The
arge plate glass windows in the company's
store at that place were broken by the wind |
and hail.
DETROIT, May 16.-Severe storms were
luite general throughout the state today
Hudson, Co1water, Marshall and Brant all
cport considerable property Ices, but no
ives lost. In Detroit the storm struck the
southwestern part of the city and did about
10000 worth of damage. Forty houses and
,arns were unroofed and one three-story
,rck building was completely demolished
There was no less of life here.
YOUNGSTOWN, o., May ia severe
Yindstorm struck this city late this after
lOon, blowing down Chimneys. poles and
,adly Gripping telephone service. new
esidence nearly completed, was blown
lown, four carpenters being caught in it,
ohn Craig had both legs broken and will
'e crippled for life and the other three were