People's Pilot, Volume 5, Number 13, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 September 1895 — KILLED IN A STORM. [ARTICLE]

KILLED IN A STORM.

FOUR LIVES LOST IN THE STATE OF MICHIGAN. A Tidal Wave on the Lake* Cau»e* Much Damage to Shipping—Schooner* Collide In Broad Daylight —Detailed Reports. Harrisville, Mich., Sept. 19.—The schooner J. H. Magruder, laden with lumber and cedar, Hammond's Bay to Detroit, sprung a leak six miles east of Harrisville yesterday morning. She was beached here and is a total wreck. The crew were taken off by the life-sav-ing crew. The Magruder was owned in Port Huron and is not insured. The cargo was owned in Detroit. East Tawas. Mich., Sept. 19.—A terrific storm passed over this shore of Lake Huron Tuesday night. Many lumber piles were torn down and the lumber scattered in all directions. Many vessels were damaged. Duluth, Minn., Sept. 19.—A tidal wave carried the schooner Ashland out of the channel and landed her out of the bank of the harbor at 2 o’clock yesterday afternoon. The water suddenly receded and it took three tugs until to-night to get the schooner afloat again. LIVES LOST IN MICHIGAN. Four Fatalities Reported as a Result of the Cyclone. Detroit, Mich., Sept. 19. —Four lives were lost and fully $150,000 worth of damage done to crops and property by a cyclonic storm which swept over various portions of the state at an early hour yesterday morning. The killed: ALTEN, MILLIE, aged 9, at Meade. LOTT, two children Richard, at Meade. MACOMBER, ALVIN, at Sand Beach. The storm spent its greatest fury in Sanilac and Huron Counties. Its first course was from north to south, later shifting from northwest to southeast. It came very unexpectedly and was followed by terrific heat. Houses were leveled, crops laid waste, trees torn up by the roots and havoc generally prevailed. Where the Two Children Were Killed. Kinde, Mich., Sept. 19.—The cyclone struck Pinnebog, demolishing the house of Richard Lott and killing two of his children, aged 4 and 6. One child’s head was crushed by falling timbers, and the other’s breast was crushed. Three others were hurt, one being carried several rods by the wind. Mrs. Itchus had four barns destroyed and her orchard laid flat. Twelve, barns were destroyed in a four-mile circle. In McEllmurray’s barn several cows were killed. The total estimated damage in this vicinity is $20,000. Collided In Broad Daylight. Detroit. Sept. 19.—The small schooner Arctic was run down and sunk in Lake Huron off Point aux Barques yesterday by the Lehigh Valley liner Clyde. The collision occurred in broad daylight and the cause is not yet explained. The crew of the schooner were rescued by the steamer and the Arctic sank ten minutes later.

At Sand Beach. Mich. Sand Beach, Mich., Sept. 19. The worst wind-storm this section of the country ever had struck here early yesterday morning. John McComber’s house was blown down. The family got under the bed for safety, and were pinned there until dug out. Then it was found that Alvin, 15 years old, was dead. Much damage to property was done. Wrecked at Cincinnati. Cincinnati, 0., Sept. 19.—The St. Lawrence of the Bib Sandy Packet Company was wrecked yesterday. She was blown from her moorings by the high wind. A hole was torn in her side and she sunk in twenty feet of water. The loss will be total, about $25,090, fully insured. Southern Illinois M. -E. Conference. Metropolis, 111., Sept. 19. —The fortyfourth session of the Southern Illinois annual M. E. conference convened yesterday with Bishop Joyce, Chattanooga, in the chair. The morning’s session w’as chiefly devoted to reports of presiding elders. These showed a decided progress along all lines, but more especially in the Epworth League work. The Southern Illinois Temperance society, an adjunct of the conference, held its annual session in the afternoon. Death Kate From Cholera. St. Petersburg, Sept. 19.—1 n the province of Volhynia, between Aug. 18 and Aug. 24, inclusive, 5,849 cases of cholera were reported and 2,134 deaths occurred from the disease. In the province of Podolia from Aug. 21 to 31, 101 cases of cholera and 45 deaths were reported. Michigan M. E. Conference. Albion, Mich., Sept. 19.—The Michigan M. E. conference opened with a large attendance yesterday. Rev. P. J. Maveety of Hillsdale was elected secretary, and E. V. Armstrong treasurer. Standing committees are the s»me as those of list year, with a few exceptions, made necessary by absence. Hohenohe Will Retain Chancellorship* Berlin, Sept. 19. —The National Zeitung says it has authority for declaring that the rumors that Prince Hohoenlohe is about to retire from the post of imperial chancellor, are utterly devoid of foundatian.