The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-04-08
LOSS Of LIFE IN
STORM IS PLACED
At TWENTY
Winds Reached Velocity of 20 Miles
An Hour-Property Loss Placed
At $1,000, 000-Eight Persons
Were Killed in Michigan.
Gale Struck New York Late Last
Night At Speed of Sixty
Miles An Hour.

CLEVELAND. Ohio. April S.-When
the last corner of the country swept
by the wind storm of the past As hours
is heard from the loss of life will
probably exceed a score and the prop
erty loss a million.
These winds were the result of the
unreasonable warm wave OF the first
Of the week which today Is chased into
the Atlantic ocean by a spell Of cold
weather In places they reached a
velocity OF 20 miles an hour and all
the states east of the Mississippi ex-
cepting the southern Atlantic coast
we're affected.
The storms worst damage occurred
in the extreme southern and northern
portion Of this territory. Mississippi,
now that the toll is all in, reports ten
dead and twenty injured. In Michigan
eight dead from various causes, all
due, however, to the high winds
Lake Erie, the center OF the dis
turbance yesterday. has thus tar no
shipwreck to add TO the tale of dlsas-
ter. Three vessels were thought lost
on its storm whipped waters last night,
but this morning il was found that
all had reached port The tug Floss.
last OF the trio. was reported safe at
Fairport today. The barge Kelly,
swept from her moorings at Kelly ISL
and yesterday morning with four nen
and woman aboard, was caught by
a tug last night and at great risk tow.
ed safely to port. The sand sucker
Mary H., in distress off Kelly's island
Yesterday with nine men. reached
Sandusky during the night without a
mishap.
In London. Ont, six persons were
injured. one fatally, when tall Chin
pey crashed through the roof of the
Aberdeen public school, imprisoning
800 pupils and teachers The fremen
rescued the children with ladders.
The gale struck New York late last
right at a speed OF 90 miles an hour,
creating havoc among the frame struc-
lures of the suburbs and sending
small craft scurrying to shelter in the
harbor.
ROCHESTER, n. Y. April S.-A
1 fifty-eight-mile.an-ho gale which rag
ed all night caused the death of one
person, the fatal injury of another
property loss OF thousands OF dollars.
put telephone and electric light
wires out OF business and wound up
by tanning $65.000 blaze in luu'
her yard TO proportions that threat
eped to escape the control OF the de-
partment.
JohE Veith, brakeman. was blown
from the roof OF a car and died OF a
fractured skull. A ten-year-old girl Is
diving in the hospital from being
struck by brick blown from chin
ney.
Fire OF unknown origin started in a
shed OF the Holster Company's yard
and swept through the freight yards
Of the New York Central. igniting car
after car until at one time half hun
dred cars were on fire.
BUFFALO. n. Y, April s.-One man
killed. nine persons injured and heavy
damage TO property resulted from the
terrific wind storm that swept over
Buffalo and vicinity last night and ear.
Nv today. AZ times the wind reached
velocity OF "a miles an hour. wreck
ing shipping. Gripping wires and top
pling over chimneys, trees and frame
buildings
VIM. Fagel. aged 40. was crushed
To death when woan In which ne
was riding was overturned by the
wind.
The damage TO property in Buffalo
alone will amount TO thousands. TWO
great lake freighters were blown from
their moorings and went aground
They were the J. s. Brown and w ii
Truesdale.
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