The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-03-21
DEATH AND DESTRUCTION
FROM MANY TORhAD0ES.

tlon OF the state are prostrated, but
from the meagre flashes which were
sent before the storm hit with full
force, 1t is known that the damage 10
universal throughout the state.
Scores OF persons we're injured but
only one fatality has been reported
Ths gale slapped Detroit with Its fun
force about ten o'clock. A part OF the
roof OF the Hotel Charleyeix was rip
ped Off, unfinished buildings were
blown down, burying workmen In the
wreckage: signs were ripped from
downtown stores and flying missiles
filed the streets. Over half hundred
persons were injured by flying glass
or falling signs.
Street car service was demoralix-
ed, many OF the outlying sections be-
ing completely cut off from the city.
The Detroit river was turned into .
raging sea. A ferryboat plying be-
tween this city and Windsor, Ontario.
was caught In mid-stream and has
been unable to land.
Rumors of heavy damage In Ypsil-
anti and Miles. Michigan, were re-
ceived here during the morning, but
there was no possible method to OBJ
tain yerification.
In Mount Clemens, Michigan FIRE
added to the chaos and several build
ings were consumed. Two persons
were seriously injured there,
Brief messages from Adrian, Hills
dale, Owossa, jackson and Ann Arbor.
Battle Creek and Kalamazoo said that
the wind was causing heavy damage
In those sections.
Daybreak Gale.
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. March 21-
Several persons were injured in gale
which swept the city at daybreak. At.
times In spots the wind reached the
dimensions Of a cyclone.
| The property damage through tho
state will run into the tens OF thous-
ands Brazil, Frankfort. Marion.
\ Richmond, Nobiesville, Lafayette
/ Terre Haute, Bloomington, Fortvilla
and Greenfield we're among the cities
in the storm-swept area, and each re-
ported heavy loss
The Methodist church at Harmony
was wrecked Grant connty's court
house was partly unroofed and Green
! fields opera house was blown off. In
every section telephone and telegraph
lines were put out of commission and
whole communities are isolated Tho
property losses are expected to grow
when communication is restored.
Thirty-five Houses.
LOUISVILLE, KY, March III
While the property loss in this city
and Jefferson county in the wind and
rain storm which swept Kentucky
about O'clock this morning, will ag-
| gregate thousands of dollars. the
4 greatest damage was In the smaller
towns and country districts. At Som
erset, thirty-fve houses were blown
down. The large Cumberland hotel
there was unroofed, but no one was
hurt In the vicinity of Danville the
twister cut a path from Burnside In
Pulaski county to Georgetown In
Scott county in northeasterly direc-
i tion. At Burnside, the depot was un-
4 rooted and several houses blown
away. Several persons there were
hurt hut none fatally. The $4,000
concrete coal chute being constructed
! by the Queen and Crescent railroad
lin Danville was wrecked. In Boyle
county, tobacco and stock barns were
wrecked and much live stock killed.
The span of new bridge over Salt
river, near West Point, was blown
down, causing a $4,000 loss.
sixty Mile Gale.
CLEVELAND, Ohio, March IL
Thousands of dollars damage was
done and scores of persons We're In.
jured as the result of the sixty mile
gale, which swept over northern Ohio
today. Roofs were torn from resi-
I dences and buildings, and electric rail
| wav traffic suspended on many lines
Sbecause of broken and tangled wires
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