The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1915-07-15

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Cincinnati.-As a result of the cy-
clonic gale and cloudburst that swept
over this locality there are 29 known
dead, many missing and hundreds hurt
more or less seriously. A conserva-
tive estimate of the property loss is
more than $1,000,000 in Cincinnati and
vicinity. With the dawn of Thursday
the full extent and horror of the great
storm was revealed. Cincinnati and
its suburban neighbors had been
struck fearful blow, suffering a toll
in dead and injured unprecedented
here, and sustaining a property loss
that can not be accurately estimated
for several days.
Eleven members of two families, the
Cohens, of Eighth street, and the Ten
nenbaums, of Sixth street, cousins,
were killed by being buried under the
debris of their homes. This was the
most extensive death roll in any one
neighborhood. Other fatalities were
scattered over the city. Above all the
dreadful harvest of death and desola-
ton marked by a train of wreckage
and human suffering stood forth the
sublime truth that mankind is pitifully
helpless in contest with the forces
of nature. That the storm was made
up of cyclonic waves was demonstrate
ed by the odd pranks that were play
ed. 1t was a wild orgy and rampage
of the elements. Particularly on the
hilltops did the wind display its weird
eccentricity. In some places its in
tensity varied, moving in eddies of ir-
resitable power, wrecking one house
and leaving another within few feet
untouched, and in others as balmy and
harmless as a zephyr.
The elemental hand was laid heav-
lest upon the lower part of the city,
and for once the surrounding hills did
not shelter the basin in which the old
er part of Cincinnati lies. In the
morgue were more dead than have
ever reposed in that grewsome place
at one time before. The faces of some
of the victims were distorted with ter
ror, their bodies marred while others
met a merciful end, so quickly that
their countenances were peaceful and
without trace of pain. Considering the
suddenness of the visitation it appears
that the toll of lives is not large, and
the thousands at summer resorts, in
pleasure craft on the river and vari-
Ously engaged in the pursuit of amuse-
ment may feel grateful for their es-
cape When the count is made up it
will be found that in this city and vi
Cinity the storm killed probably 80
persons, and hurt more or less seri'
ouslv in excess of 200. The material
damage includes so many individual
homes that its actual extent will new
er be known.
With the ruin of many private resi-
dences, the destruction of downtown
tenement and business houses, the ag
gregate loss will exceed $1,000,000
Whole chapters might be written OF
the thrilling scenes attending the work
of rescue of people buried in collapsed
buildings.
A source of comment was the pc
culiar fate that overlook the specia
race train on the Pennsylvania, neal
Milford. 1t was raised from the tracks
by the force of the wind while rush
ing at high rate of speed, ditched
and a score of blooded horses with
some of their keepers were eithel
killed outright or frightfully mangled
Fate was kinder to the over-the-rNel
towns adjacent to Cincinnati on the
score of injured, although the prop
erty loss in Covington, Newport anC
Bellevue9was very heavy, and hun
dreds of small homes are so badly
damaged that their owners will bt
forced to large expenditure to pu
them in order again. Only one deatf
is traceable to the storm on the Ken
tucky side of the river.
At least score Of fishing camps
were wiped out along the Ohio rivel
between this city and the mouth Of the
Big Miami. Several of those above
the city were also badly damaged. Il
will be difficult to calculate the loss tt
crops sustained by the farmers o.
Hamilton county.
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