The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1900-11-23
SHIPS DRIVEN AGROUND
Storm On Lake Erie Was One OF the
Worst In Many Years.
MUCH PROPERTY DAMAGED
Ali Toiegrsphic and Telephone Commut
cation In the Devastated District In
the South Has Been Cut or
News Coming In by
Couriers.

Reports from all parts of the south
and middle-west indicate that yester-
days storm was one of the most Sc
we're and disastrous that has swept SO
large a territory in recent years The
death list today shows that GA persons
met death in the tornado. Fifty-one
persons were seriously injured. OF
course this list is incomplete. The full
list of casualties will not be known for
a week. The greatest loss of life is
reported from Columbia, Tenn, where
forty persons We're killed and twenty
five were injured.
Telegraphic communication to the re-
gion visited by the cyclone is sus-
pended and II is feared that when full
details are known the list of the dead
will be heightened.
ON THE LAKE.
Lorain, o., Nov. 22.-The schooner St
Lawrence. owned and sailed by Capt
John ID. Baker, of Detroit, is now on the
beach just off this port and has been
broken in two. The crew were taken off
her. the captain and his family first,
and the sailors afterward.
TWO STEAMERS AGROUND.
SanduslSy, o., Nov. ga terrific wind
storm swept over this city yesterday
and did nearly $4,000 damage.
The gale started about o'clock in the
morning and continued all day. A half
Wagner Ice and Coal company were
blown down and some of them almost
demolished. 1t is estimated that the
loss on one house alone will reach nearly
$4,000.
LAKE ON A RAMPAGE.
Buffalo, Nov. 22.-The worst storm
of the season ragged on Lake Erie yes
terday. The wind at 2 p. m. attained a
velocity of eighty miles an hour. Vessel
masters received timely warnings from
the weather bureau and stayed in port.
Several big boats are due. but it is sup
posed they have stopped somewhere for
shelter. None left during the day.
SIGNALS OF DISTRESS.
Cleveland. Nov. ga despatch from
Harrisville to the Leader under date of
November 81, says: The schooner
Quinby, in command Of Captain Ken
mel, Is flying signals of distress off Stur-
geon Point. Her canvas has been blown
away and she is water-logged. A tug
has been ordered fom Alpena Captain
Henderson. with the life-saving crew,
is alongside of the disabled vessel to
rescue the crew IL 1t Is impossible to
get the boat into the harbor.
THE STORM AT FREMONT.
Fremont, o., Nov. ga violent wind
and rain storm visited Fremont and
vicinity Wednesday and did a large
amount of damage. The large farm
barns of Charles Livingstone, in Riley
township, and Frank Stuli. in Sandusky
township, were blown over and demol-
ished. and their residences badly dam
aged.
One of the. gable tops of the Pres
byterian church was blown over. At
st. Joseph's church stone, brick and
cornice work was torn from the main
building like paper. A large tree was
blown onto Conrad Darr's house and
half of the building was ruined
200 DERRICKS DOWN.
Franklin, Pa, Nov. 22.-One of the
most destructive storms of the history
of Venango county passed over this
vicinity yesterday. leaving death and
devastation in it's track. The wind at
tained high velocity and oil derricks
and buildings were swept before it..
In the immediate vicinity of this city
It Is estimated that 200 derrlcks were
blown down. Drilling connections were
also destroyed and many tanks were
upset. The loss to oil property alone
will amount to several thousand dollars.
A number of small buildings were
blown down, and at the Standard Oil
company's refinery here the roofs of
several buildings were torn off.