The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-06-09
STORM KILLS ONE
AND DOES 100000
OAMAGE IN MICH.
HURRICANES FURY coNcENTRA- z
TED IN STATES EASTERN AND
CENTRAL PORTIONS - LONG
TRAIL OF WRECKED BUILDINGS

PORT HURON. Mich, uJne 9:%-One
man is known 10 have been killed.
several persons were hurt and prob
ably 100000 property losses were
sustained in a violent hurricane and
electric storm which swept Michigan
yesterday. The eastern and central
counties suffered most y
In this city and vicinity alone, the
hurricane did over $4,000 damage.
The known victim OF the storms
fury was Theodore Krischnitske,
farmer residing near Smiths creek.
- miles west OF the city. He was
struck by lightning and instantly
killed
The home OF John LAWS was struck
by lightning and Mrs. LAWS and two
daughters were badly Injured. The
husband. at work al the Port Huron
Engine * Thrasher Co.'S plant was
Knocked down, but not seriously hurt.
One OF the City Electric Railway Co.'S
| cars was struck while going north on !,
Huron-ave The car was filled with
passengers, but none was injured.
The city was without electric light
aud tho phone and telegraph service
was badly hampered.
Many Buildings Struck.
Among the buildings struck byi
| lightning are: The Fire hall, First |,
NJ. +. church, Auditorium, Altman /
| Bakery plant. Bush block. NJ. Ullen-
bruch's green houses; High school !
| building, Chicory factory. Mennonite
church. Michigan Sulphite Fiber Co.'S
factory, and the Standard Chain Co.'S
plant in Sarnia. The loss on each
building has not as yet been estimat-
ed. The damage to the Chain plant,
which was recently built, is given as
100000. The men had left the build
ing about five minutes before the
crash came. The loss TO NJ. Ulien-
bruch is $4,000. Twenty-Five feet OF
the new Clarke wireless Co.'S tower
was blown into st. Clair river. The
plant has recently been installed here
and was only used during the trip OF
the steamer City of Cleveland TO tbs
500. last week.
EMMETT, Mich. June 9.-Losges
amounting TO about $4,000 were sus-
tanned during the heavy storm. The
big Richmond elevator was lifted from
It's foundations. II will probably have
10 be demolished Barns owned by
II. y. McCabe and OHM Glaspie were
blown down and other buildings near
here were wrecked.
OWoSSO. Mich. June "a hurri.
cane passed south OF here. causing
heavy loss 10 property. Windmills
belonging TO p. b. Reynolds and II. A.
Ellis were destroyed and the barn OF
Frank b. Geek, in Venice township,
was blown down.
, ADRIAN. Mich, June 9.-In q
fierce storm here, lightning entered
the second story of the wallpaper
store OF w H. Nash. The building
was set afire and "A loss OF 81 900 sus-
tanned The lightning was accom-
, ranied 6y heavy rain and high wind.
LANSING. Mich. June 9.-Lansing
was visited by a severe wind and hail
/, storm. The wires OF the Michigan
Power Co. were blown down. shutting
of the power at several institutions
/, and causing considerable damage.
Scare over Launch.
TRAVERSE CITY. Mich. June o.,
A 30-foot launch with party of sew.
en- prominent Suttons bay people
aboard was thought TO have gone down
with all on board in the big storm.
Monday. but she was later found by
the tug Maggie. which put out from
Suttons bay In search OF her. Tho
party consisted OF y. b. Clark. own
err OF the launch and proprietor OF
large store; c. =. Kline, wife and
baby John Bahle, son OF Postmaster
Bahle. Miss Ethel Graham and sister.
} Lou Graham, OF Akron, who was her
guest. The Maggie. steamed 10 Mar
ion island in the storm and located
the launch which had taken she'ter
there.
BAY CITY, Mich. June 9.-Accom-
: panied by binding sheets OF rain. a
terrific windstorm swetp over Hamp-
ton township Monday afternoon. blow
ing down buildings and strewinS
= wreckage in its wake. Robert Far
= ey's double frame barn, containing
= farming machinery and implements.
| was wrecked and new barn recent
= ~ built for oJseph Kraus and another
{ barn owned by Ebert Oliver were
j blown TO pieces.