The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-07-08
FEAR HUNDREDS
DEAD IN STORM
IN CINCINNATI
Buildings Wrecked. Steam
ers Sunk and Widespread
Damage to Property.
DAYTON AND OTHER
TOWNS ALSO SUFFER

CiNcINNATI. via Cleveland, July s
tThursday). 2 80 A. M.--Twelve per-
sons are i;nown to be dead. Atty build
ings were destroyed and hundreds of
persons are missing as the result Of "A
tornado which swept the city late last
night
Latest reports on the extent OF the
damage here show so many persons
missing that an estimate OF the dead is
I impossible II is feared. however. that
hundreds have lost their lives.
The steamboat Island queen, plying to
Coney Island. a nearby picnic resort,
has not been reported and fears are felt
for the safety of those on board
word has been received that the
steamer Convoy was sunk and her crew
of thirteen men drowned.
II is also reported that the steamer
/ Bolton was sunk and all on board rescued
except the captain. who was drowned
! Sin persons are believed to be dead in
debris at Eishth and Gutter streets.
/ Eight persons are missing in a house
| demolished At sixth and Mound streets.
Great damage was done on the HILL
/ tops surrounding the city and In the
/ small towns along the Ohio River. while
most of the damage in Cincinnati
proper was confined to the business
F., district.
OWING to the fact that all wire COM
! munication was destroyed through the
ohio Valley the exten; of the damage CT
possible loss Of life in the river towns
in this section is not known. Las -n-
ports were that much damage had beer
ington and Ludlow. on the KentdtH
shore. and at Lawrenceburg, Ind.
According to reports brought by ref
ugees, the town Of Ludlow, Ky. six
miles southwest OF Cincinnati was prac-
ticaily levelled by the storm. The club
house and motordrome AT the summer
resort on the edge of town werc dc.
mollshcd and ?.00o persons are maroon ed
there without shelter.
Reports after midnight Indicate that
ohio. and Bellcview. Ky, nearby town.
along the river. The lights are on, II
both towns and it is believed the los'
Of life has been heavy.
Word reached here that Pcnnsyl
vania passenger train No $. Cincinnati
to Cleveland. was blown from the tract
somewhere between Cincinnati and Co
lumbua There VAS four feet OF waite
over INC track. according 10 reports.
Wire tion Cut.
Telegraph communication with tn
outside world has been almost com
pletely cut off. and from o'clock los
night on only onewire, Bell telephon
r line to Columbus was working. Meagr
, reports were sent out over this line
The storm, presumably the same on
which caused havoc in ST. Louis an
! which was reported moving in this sec
. ton, arrived shortly after o'clock.
I blew down buildings, uprooted trees an
smashed windows and chmneys.
\ large tenement house in Wes
n Eighth street was demolished Five per
e sons were killed there and scvera
buried in the debris. Sever more build
!, ngs, mostly small ones in the bushes
: section in the western part OF the cit!
were also destroyed.
Al the ambulances and doctors In IN
city were summoned to the aid OF I'll
| victims, The fire department also wa
called upon to check flames caused h
| the brcakage of natural gas pipes
the wrecked buildings.