Democratic Sentinel, Volume 18, Number 19, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 May 1894 — MANGLED AND TORN. [ARTICLE]

MANGLED AND TORN.

CYCLONE DOES FEARFUL HAVOC IN OHIO. Ft-re Perlons Killed at Hankle* In Williams County Many Other* Injured Great Oamage at Cleveland Work of the Storm in Wisconsin anti Minnesota. Fierce Wind and Hail. A terrible t irnado passed one-fotirth of a mile we-t of Kunkle, 0., Thtfraday afternoon, killing five persons, fatally inju ing two others and slightly wounding sove.al m >re. The 'Jeal are; DANIEL BIRRETT. MRS. DANIEu BARRETT. Martha daso. GKoRGE OXINGER. MYRA Im SO. The scene < f the cyclone, a dispatch says, is a hard one to describs. Reuses. fences, trees and obstructions of all kinds in the path of the storm have been ca ried away and nothing left to mark the spot where they itood except holes in the ground. The scene of devastation is about onequarter of a mile wide and six miles in length. The great funnel-shaped cloud traveled in an Irregular southeasterly course, the greatest damage being done about a mile fr.mwnere it rise and passed on oast. Woman Ctrrl.ci a Quarter of A’Mlle.

The building in which were Daniel Barrett, his wife, a id their two granddaughters, Myra aid Martha Laso, is bo completely demolished that noteven a portion of the foundation is left. The first remnants of the house are at least 100 yards from whore it stood. Here lie a few scattering beards, and further on can l>o seen larger portions of the building, and about forty rods from whore it stood lies the roof almost intact, together with portions of the framework. Mrs. Barrett, who wus the worst mangled, was carried over a quarter of a mile and dropped in a cemetery. Portions of the body were carried, some distance farther. Daniel Barrett was carried about forty rods from where the cyclone struck him. One hand was torn off at the wrist and scattered to the wli.di, one leg was beaten into a pulp, and he suffered internal injuries. He was still breathing when found, but died so n aiterward without becoming conscious. Martha and Myra Daso, who were in another part of the house, were loft near where the house seems to have gone to pieces. Martha, the eldest aged 11. was apparently injured onlyab ut the head,which wus crushed in on the left side. The younAr, aged 10, lay almost in the arms of her sister, and the boros in- all parts of her body were broken and ground into the flesh. Nothing could bo done to relievo the little <ne’s suflerlng, and she died at ten o’clock in the evening. Lifted a Hundred Font in the Air. George Oxinger, a hired hand at Barrett’s, who was in the Held plowing, saw tho storm coming, and ran for the barn. He su corded in getting his horse inside and run for tho house, which was about ten rods distant from the barn, and exactly in line with the storm. Witnossess say that tho man was lifted fr,.m tho ground jmd whirled into the air at least 100’ feet, together with timbers, tr >cs and debris, scooped up in tho rolling avalanche. Oxinger's lifeless body was found about 100 rods from where'it was lifted into the air. His bones protruded from the flesh and his body Indicated that he camo in contact with many of the flying trees and beams. James Whittle, another farm hand in the employ of Barrett, had a narrow escape. He was in the field with a team in company with Oxinger and started for the barn. To the fact that his team became unmanageable and broke away from him he probably owes his life.

DAMAGE ELSEWHERE. Lot* In Wlironaln and Mlnnoiota Will Itrsch *1,000,000. St. Paul, Minn. —Laie reports from the districts visited by storm and flood indicate that the loss was heavier than first reported and will reach at least $1,000,000, All the railway lines entering St. Paul except the Chicago Great Western and Minneapolis and bt Louis employed all the idle men they could find in repairing bridges and tracks washed away, Rush River overflowed its banks during Wedno day night and the raging torrent carried everything before it. Every bridge from the headwater of Rush River to its outlet in the Mississippi has been swept away. Bothjllouring and saw mills were ruined an t tho total loss will reach 8-100,(,0) in this county. At least a dozen farm-houses along Rush River were washed away. Hudson, Wis , suffered an enormous 1 >es through the breaking of three dams in the Willow River. These dams were located at Jewett's mills, Burkhart and Green. Half an hour after tho breaking of the dams tho flood swept down upon Hudson, overflowing, the dam at that place and undermining the Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis and Omaha Road, which rises thirty feet above the wat -r. Within a ha'f hour 200 feet of the ti ack was suspended from the abut- ‘ ment. All the fish hatcheries have been swept away. On the Wisconsin Central lino the flood damage is enorm us. Hailstone* ai< Higa* Apple*. Decatur, Ill.— Hailstones eleven inches i i circumference fell here, doing great damage to proper ty and fruit and causing much suffering to stock. Freeport, Ill.—A fierce rain, wind and hail storm prevailed. Great trees were blown down, fences demolished, and windows broken. Tho hailstones were as largo as walnuts. It is feared that damage ha.i been done the grow - ing crops. Furlou* H»l)*t<*rm at Cleveland. Cleveland, Ohio.—The worst hailstorm that has visited this city in years raged for nearly an hour. The storm was accompanied by heavy rain, thunder and lightning. Many of the hailstones Word as large as hens’ eggs and were driven before a brisk south wind. Thousands of windows all over th-j city were broken, greenhouses were wrecked and several runaways resulted frem horses trying to escape the bombardment of ice. Wabash, Ind. —A furious gale from the west struck Wabash, assuming almost the proportit ns of a tornado. Shade trees all over the city were blown down, a few small buildings were unroofed and the fronts of several bu iness rooms were blown in. Shelbyville, Ind. —The damage to property is ,c< nsiderable, but as yet no inures tq persons have been reported. Svcamdre, Ind.—The hail'did considerable damage to growing crops.