Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-07-08
TORNADO TEARS PATH
THROUGH FIVE STATES

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up the boat and crushed It against tho
banks
More than % houses were blown down
in the west end of the city, plate glass
windows in the business section were
smashed, church steeples were toppled
and railroad communication was cut off
for hours until wrCckage was removed
from the tracks.
Joseph r Allen superintendent of the
Children's department OF the Ohio HUI
name Society was killed when part Of
the Masonic Temple collapsed. Many who
were attending a lodge meeting with Al
len were severely injured
The wind lifted the cottage of Mrs.
Rose Tennenbaum. on the west side from
ts foundation and carried it several hun
dred feet. The woman's body was found
in the wreckage today. Others asleep in
the house escaped.
Mrs. NJ. Cohen, living in another sec
tton. was instantly killed by sections
of another house, which were blown
through her windows.
Three men, caretakers of horses, were
killed when four cars of race horses,
bound from LatonIa, KY, for Toledo,
were wrecked 25 miles north of Cincin-
natl. The cars made up section OF a
Pennsylvania freight train, which was
blown from the track. Many of the
horses. valued at thousands of dollars.
were 70 severely crlpped that train hands
shot them to put them out Of misery.
HOTEL GUESTS IN PANIC.
Guests at the Burnet House were panic
stricken when the wind lifted off part of
the roof. The heavy rain drove the
dodgers from rooms on the upper floor
Night operators in the Western Union
Telegraph Building We're driven from
their keys when u windows were crushed
in.
No attempt was made today to run
city street cars on schedule time, and
virtually all of Cincinnati walked TO work.
Only a few telephones were serviceable
and only two telegraph wires out of Cin-
cinnati were working.
During the height of the storm the wind
blew 10 miles an hour, according to tho
local weather bureau,
The storm continued 80 minutes, during
which rain descended in binding tor
rents.
The storm had not entirely ceased when
the fire department, police patrols and
ambulances were called out by alarms
from all parts of the city The men found
that the greatest havoc was wrought at
9th and Mound streets, where Ave build
ings in one block had been demolished.
The towns OF Milford. Ohio. and Ludlow,
and Dayton. KY, were virtually destroyed.
AS a result of the storm, Pennsyl-
Yania train was wrecked at PlainVille,
Ohio. and several persons were injured.
Forty persons were In tenement house
which was demolished at 9Th and Mound
streets. How many were caught in the
wreckage Is not known.
Four families were in another house
In 6th street when IL was blown down.
How many were injured and killed is
not known. The rescuers could hear chill
dren crying in the wreckage.
The storm struck at o'clock. Most
damage was done in the downtown sec
tion here. on the hilltops surrounding
the city and in the river towns.
Three men were killed and IS injured
when a Pennsylvania train was blown
from the tracks at Beechmont, suburb
of Cincinnati.
Two men buried beneath tons OF brick
escaped.
MIRACULOUS ESCAPE.
II no more are found alive I'm the wreck
age, IL of two families were wiped out.
They are the Tennenbaum and Cohen
families. all OF whom are related. They
live three blocks apart.
Mr. and Mrs. Meyer Barnett, OF In
dianapoIis narrowly escaped death. They
were visiting the Tennenbaums, but left
half an hour before the house collapsed.
Attempts 10 communicate with the river
towns In the vicinity OF the city were
fruitless as the tornado blew down tele
graph and telephone wires as II swept
along the valley.
Some sections OF the city were in
darkness because the electric light wires
were blown down The tangle OF live
wires through the city streets made the
progress Of rescue parties slow and un-
certain.
The Bell Telephone exchange was in
the path OF the terrific wind and every
piece OF glass was shattered