The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1906-06-23
MICHIGAN
EVENTS NOTED
TWO MEN KILLED IN CYCLONE
WHICH DID VERY MUCH
DAMAGE.
WRECK sTREWN PATH
Some Baby Cyclones and Thunder
Storms DO Injury in Several Places
In the state.


Two men were Killed ana heaNy
financial loss was suffered in several
places in Michigan as result Of thun.
deraorms and cyclones Thursday al.
ternoon. Allegan. Genesee. Oakland
and Washtenaw counties were visited
by The storm.
WIN. West. Of Martin. killed in de.
struction of barn
Alexander Ferguson, aged 20, near
MI Meuls. Killed by lightning which
struck dis barn.
VIM McGregor and two children. Of
Martin. seriously injured in collapse
of barn.
VIM Snyder. OF Athens. severely In.
1urod IN wreck OF his home
Alonzo Watkins, Of Athens. badly
hurt IN destruction OF his hoEae.
James Finnegan, Of Jackson. knock.
cd lnsensble IN his house.
Taking refuge IN A. G. Monteiths
barn IN Martin on the approach OF the
storm Thursday afternoon. William
West was killed by falling rafters when
the building was lifted from its found
ations. William McGregor and two chill
dren, who were with him. were ser
iously injured. West was 90 years old,
and Is survived by a widow and two
children
The storm, which developed into
cyclone. swept a territory two and a
half miles long and a mile and a quar-
ter wide. Fences were blown down,
barns wrecked and orchards damaged
The financial loss will be heavy in the
aggregate.
Struck dead by an electric bolt as
he was doing his chores Thursday
evening. Alexander Ferguson. aged 20,
OF Flint, narrowly escaped cremation
in the destruction OF his barn by Are
originating from the lightning Mrs.
Ferguson dragged his body from the
building which was consumed with
six calves, two horses and several
cows.
One wheel OF gypsy wagon, struck
by the cyclone which passed two miles
east Of Athens was carried 30 rods
and landed In the parlor OF William
Snyders residence. which had been
partially unroofed Alonzo Watkins
house was also partially unroofed, and
six large barns wrecked In this vicin-
ity
Several persons were injured and
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James Flnnigan's house was burned.
Mrs Finnigan was rendered uncon-
scious Mrs Brown. OF 6lS High street,
broke her ankle In getting out OF the
Finnigan house.
Mrs Charles Anderson while iron
Ing IN her home on the opposite side
of the street had her arm broken by
a brick hurled from the chimney when
Il. L.
while driving 10 his home four miles
west OF the city, had his horse Killed
ana WAS himself stunned. The houses
OF Frank Ferroll and Robert Douglass
were also struck
a trail OF wreckago. two blocks wide
was left In the wake OF the tornado
which swept the southern part Of pom.
tiac Oak trees were uprootcd. barns
blown down and residences damaged.
Lightning did damage TO the extent
of over $4,000 az the farm OF Chris Wis
logel. two miles from Albion Five val
liable dairy cows were Killed In an
open field Two houses IN or near the
city were partially destroyed
Thousands OF dollars worth OF prop
crty In Calhoun county has been de-
stroyed
The storm swept from Battle Creek
90 Athens. leyeling fences, trees, wind
mills. outbuildings and small bridges
II l.. Holiingers barn was wrecked
and grain and stoclt In the barns OF
s. w. Holmes lost I'm the storm. Little
damage was done In Battle Creek The
Haskell home, an adventist institution
was struck by lightning and the plas-
ter stripped on the many rooms.
The storm unrOofed the large brick
house OF Albert Muggleburg In Lenox
and removed John Thelen's new barn
from IT'S foundation az Smiths Creek
village John HaEens house was
moved from rs foundation Pat Keclys
barn was unrocfcd, and Manley Haw
kins house ana barn badly damaged
Buildings and property near Cadil
lac were seriously injured
The Methodist Protestant church IN
Plainhcld was totally destroyed The
loss Is $4,000 with no insurance. II
was built in 1868 and Rev. w r.
Ostrander does not know whether Il
will be rebuilt
Several small buildings In the ont
skirts Of Lapeer were destroyed by the
storm. The new $4,000 Michigan Cen
tral depot was struck while a large
crowd was waiting for a train. Several
women tainted. hut little damage WAS
done. A second time the bolt knocked
a hole In the roof 10 feet square and
Night Operator ID +. Myers got
slight shock.