Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1909-04-09
EIGHT DIE IN STORM
MICHIGAN, OHIO AND INDIANA
ARE SWEPT sv FIERCE
WlNbs.
BET OF IS COSTS THREE LIVES.
cssat Damage e tpdne At Detroit,
Toledo and cieveiand-Four Are
Rescued from Drifting Barge on
Lake Erie.

Detroit, Mich. This and other
cities and towns In Michigan were
swept by q windstorm Tuesday night
and Wednesday which caused ut least
eight deaths.
Anthony Kaup, = saloonkeeper: 10
seph Kadich. barber. and Adam
Felin, all OF Wyandotte, attempted to
cross the Detroit river in a rowboat
from Wyandotte to- Canada in a So
mile gale. to settle five-dollars
wager, and all three were drowned
when their boat capsized.
At Jennings. In Missaukee county
three young men named Bernard Carl
son, Charles Jacobson and John Tor
rey. we're killed by being caught under
a wall that was blown down by the
wind at the Mitchell Brothers mill.
Eight-yearold BENJAMIN Heilmei
was killed by lightning near Ionia and
Ray Miller was killed at Brighton
when he was struck by q roof that
had been blown OF by the wind.
The damage to. roofs, chimneys
plate glass, etc. probably viii reach
$4,000 In Detroit and Michigan. The
wind velocity reached 70 miles an
hour early Wednesday. M
The copper country Is practically
isolated from the outside world as the
result OF a blizzard which swept down
on the district Tuesday.
Toledo, O.-Northwestern Ohio ex
perienced one OF the most severe wind.
storms In its history. Scores OF per
sons were injured, many Of them seri
ously, and the property damage is
large. In Toledo losses are estimated
at $4,000.
The wind attained a velocity of 70
miles an hour. q Fifteen Toledoans
were injured and two OF them. Miss
Minnie Schroeder, 20, and James eau
dern. eight, are in serious condition
The main building Of the Toledo
Massillon Bridge Company was par
TALLY wrecked by the storm and soc
men are out of work until repairs can
De made. f.
The fishing tug George Flood. with
seven men aboard, and the sand
sucker Mary H. with a crew OF nine
men are missing, and the barge Nor
man Kelley, with a crew OF four per.
sons was rescued at Cleveland after
a desperate struggle as result OF the
storm.
Wabash. Ind. The only cyclone Wa
bash has known In IS years hit here
Wednesday, injuring a score OF per.
sons and doing thousands OF dollars
worth Of damage. The storm struck
the city passing through the northeast
section Of the town; A dozen houses
were demolished. 3 #
s Marion, Ill.-Greaf property loss FOL
lowed tornado which injured Score
Of persons in this county Tuesday. OF
those hurt the largest number live In
Pittsburg, six miles from this city.
The storm came from the southwest
md was preceded and followed by
ieayy rains. 1t was $50 O'Clock
when the 'twister" struck here and
lew persons were on the streets. In |
he business section, several store
buildings were partly demolished and
n the residence section, many Of the
'n1all homes occupied by miners and
heir families were nnroofed.
AS the storm passed across the |
country. 1t ripped open barns and |
other farm buildings and then appar
entity spent its force on Pittsburg.
Flying debris wrecked store fronts
here and uprooted trees. crashed upoD
dwellings, one OF which collapsed and
caused two deaths.
The monetary loss occasioned by
the storm is estimated at $3.50, 900.