New Britain herald., 1928-01-19
Characterised AS "Se- were Squal," Storm Blows Down Build. ings in Cincinnati and Nearby Towns.
One Known Dead and Many Injured as the Small Cyclone Performs Freaks; Others Believed Trapped in Ruins.

Cincinnati. O., Jan. 1s (UP)-A "indstorm of cyclonic proportions skipped in a crazy course ovsr . 2oo-mile section of southwestern Ohio and northern Kentucky today, tearing down buildings and burying their occupants in the ruins.
 Communication was disrupted Reports coming in slowly showed at least 20 persons were injured and several were feared dead.
 Damage s3OO, 900
 A hundred towns and villages lay in the zig-zag course of the twister.' Shortly before noon, reports showed that Cincinnati, Louisville, Hamilton, Middletown, Washington Court House. Fern Creek, Newtown and probably other places had been hit. Damage from the storm was ssti- mated at approximately S3eo,Ooe. The figure included $100,000 in Gin. cinnati, $9O.000 in Hamilton and S25. 900 near Louisville.
 The greatest damage seemed to have been done in Cincinnati. More than 20 persons had been taken to hospitals here and it was feared several might be in the ruins of the many houses wrecked. Path Of storm
 The first place reported struck was Washington Court House, about 65 miles northeast Of here. The storm, terrific wind. sweeping close to the ground. veered westward 10 Middletown, 8. miles north of here. It next was reported in Ham, ilton. 12 miles farther south.
 Then it skipped 20 miles south. ward to Cincinnati. passed through the Cumminsville district of the city, and went on into Kentucky. where 1t was reported in Fern Creek. 12 miles away, before 1t hit Louisville. nearly 100 miles south of here.
 Nearly 20 men and women and . few children had been received at the general hospital in Cincinnati at II a. m.
 4 cold rain preceded the wind.
 1HNtIl1Vu htPVIt0 0d1u BONNh0h persons had been killed in Cincin- natl.
 Approximately twenyt buildings, some of them two and three- stories high. were razed and city officials expressed fear that several dead would be found beneath the ruins.
 The storm was . freak of . strange winter. Unseasonably warm weather has prevailed through Ohio and down into Kentucky since Dec. 15.
 Electrical Disturbance
 Brilliant displays of lightning and crashing claps of thunder, mingled ran for safety.
 The storm was not confined to Cincinnati. It razed several build ings at Hamilton. Ohio, and was re- ported to have struck Middletown. Communication was disrupted and there was no way to verify the re- ports.
 Damage in the vicinity of Louis vile was estimated at &26,000. The village of Fern Creek, F miles from here, was hard hit but no one was reported killed. Twenty frame houses were razed, telephone reports from the stricken town said.
 The rear compartment of the Bal timore & Ohio station was blown out No one was in the building.
 Salesman Killcd
 The storm also struck near New town, Ohio, blowing down smoke stacks and shattering windows. Fire Chief Chris Binder telephoned Cin- cinnati officials that no one was in iured or Killed.
 A cobbler. pinned beneath pile of debris in his shop. was rescued by relief workers. He was not ser iously injured.
 Richard Kruger. 26. Dayton. Ohio, salesman, was killed at Washington Courthouse, Ohio when the wind swept a quantity of brick from the top of a building. He was sitting in his automobile when the bricks
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