Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-04-09
STORM SWEEPS
LARGE AREA IN
MIDDLE WEST
GREAT DAMAGE Is REPORTED.
Cyclones in Wisconsin, Indiana, Mich
igan and Mississippi Spread
Destruction.
MANY PERSONS ARE KILLED.

TOLEDO, o., April 7-Hundreds of
men out of work, thousands Of dollars
damage done, and many persons injured
are the results Of a hurricane that Wis
listed Toledo and vicinity today.
The wind attained velocity of 60
miles an hour. The roof of the plant of
the Massillon Bridge company, 1SOx40O
feet was ripped off and hurled into a field.
! About 300 men are out of employment
Pedestrians were injured by falling
signs, parts of roofs, chimneys and limbs
Of trees. Many women were bowled
over
In small towns, near Toledo, consider
able damage was done. Many houses
were struck by lightning, but there are
| no reports of fatalities.
Severe IN Mississippi.
MEMPHIS, Tenn, April six per-
sons are known to have been killed by
/ the storm which swept over northern
Mississippi early last night, and proba-
! bly, fifteen were injured.
At Aberdeen, Miss, w. c.. Mcmillan
cashier Of the Bank of Aberdeen. and
his son, were killed in the wreckage of
the Illinois Central station and two ne
groes also met death. The tornado
swept LldL CITY from the southwest.
At West Point. Miss, much damage
was suffered in the southern part of
the town. Several negroes were in
! jured by flying debris and a report from
the Terrell plantation, east of there
states that two or more negroes were
killed.
Hail Kills Crops
AT Rich. Miss, a terrific rain. hail
and windstorm prevailed. Small houses
lifted from tbnir
the hail beat down the growing crops.
At Cotton Plant, Ark, a negro Pres
byterian church was demolished and 9TH
er buildings were damaged. Reports
from western Tennessee state the storm
wrecked many small buildings.
Cyclone Sweeps Indiana.
WABASH, Ind, April THE only
cyclone Wabash has known in twenty
five years hit here last night. injuring
score of persons and doing thousands of
dollars worth of damage. The storm
struck the city at o'clock, passing
through the northeast section of the
town. \ dozen houses were demolished
Mrs. James Hayes and four children
were pinned beneath the wreckage of
their home which caught fire. The
mother was badly burned before being
rescued and will die. The children were
seriously hurt. William Shepard, wife
and two children, were caught beneath
falling ruins and held until neighbors
eXtricated them. The wind was followed
by a cloudburst and the river rose, flood
ing surrounding Iowlands.
Storm Sweeps Michigan.
DETROIT, Mich, April IA severe
rain and electrical storm which swept
over lower Michigan early last night was
followed by a WindStorm of unusual yio-
lence, causing many accidents and at
least one death.
Near Iona lightning shot into a farm
house along 4 telephone wire and killed
S-year-old Benjamin Helmer and severely
shocked two other children while the
family of seven persons was sitting at
the supper table. Dozens of barns in
western Michigan were set on fire by
lightning
The wind has averaged from fifty
miles an hour i'll the western part of the
state TO as high as sixty-six miles in this
vicinity.
Tornado at Peru, Ind
PERU, Ind, April IA tornado
struck this town at O'Clock last night
and destroyed four factories and several
school buildings and wrecked many
small structures. Sam Cornes was
caught under the wreckage when his
dwelling collapsed and was severely in
jured.
Four Negroes Killed.
MEMPHIS, Tenn, April AT
Starkevil!e Miss. four negroes were
killed and a number seriously injured.