Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1906-06-14
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.
WRECK STREWN PATH
The Ravaaes Of a Storm.

! financial loss was suffered in several
places in Michigan as result of thun-
derstorms and cyclones Thursday af
ternoon. Allegan. Genesee, Oakland
and Washtenaw counties were visited
by the storm.
VIM. West, Of Martin, killed in de-
Istruction of barn.
Alexander Ferguson. aged 20. near
| MI Morris, killed by lightning which
struck his barn.
VIM. McGregor and two children of
Martin. seriously injured in collapse
OF barn
VIM. Snyder, of Athens. severely in
! iured in wreck of his home
Alonzo Watkins, of Athens, badly
hurt in destruction of his home.
James Finnegan. of Jackson, knock
ed insensble in his house.
Taking refuge in 4. c. Monteith's
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 wo chill
dren, who were with him, were ser
| iously injured. West was "a years old.
and is survived by widow and two
children.
The storm. which developed into a
cyclone. swept a territory TWO and
! half miles long and 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 fire
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 a gypsy wagon. struck
by the cyclone which passed two miles
east OF Athens was carried 80 rods
and landed in the parlor of William
Snyder's residence, which had been
partially unroofed. AlonZo Watkins
house was also partially unroofed. and
six large barns wrecked in this vicin-
lity.
Several persons were injured and
houses burned or damaged in Jackson.
James Finnigan's house was burned.
Mrs. Finnigan was rendered uncon-
scious Mrs. Brown, of els 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
her house was struck f. T. Everett,
while driving to his home four miles
west of the city, had his horse killed
and was himself stunned. The houses
Of Frank Ferroll and Robert Douglass
were also struck.
4 trail Of wreckage, two blocks wide,
was left in the wake Of the tornado,
which swept the southern part of Pom
tiac. Oak trees were uprooted, barns
blown down and residences damaged.
Lightning did damage to the extent
Of over 1000 ut 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
lerty in Calhoun county has been de-
stroyed
The storm swept from Battle Creek
10 Athens. leveling fences. trees. wind
mills, outbuildings and small bridges.
II. l.. Hollinger's barn was wrecked
and grain and stock i'm the barns of
s. w. Holmes lost in the storm. Little
damage was done in Battle Creek. The
Haskell home, an adventist Institution.
was struck by lightning and the plas-
ter stripped off the many rooms.
The storm unroofed The large brick
house of Albert Muggleburg in Lenoy
and removed John Thelen's new barn
from its foundation at Smiths Creek
village John Hagen's house was
moved from its foundation Pat Keely's
barn was unroofed. and Manley Haw-
kins' house and barn badly damaged
Buildings and property near Cadil-
lac were seriously injured
The Methodist Protestant church in
Plainfield was totally destroyed The
loss is $4,000 with no insurance. II
was built in 1868 and Rev. w. +.
Ostrander does not Know whether 1t
will be rebuilt.
Several small buildings in the out.
skirts Of l.apeer were destroyed by the
storm. The new $1,000 Michigan Cen
trail depot was struck while a large
crowd was waiting for train Several
women tainted. but little damage was
done. A second time the bolt knocked
hole in the roof 10 feet square. and
Night Operator Il. f. Myers got