Rensselaer Republican, Volume 22, Number 18, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 January 1890 — A CYCLONE DISASTER. [ARTICLE]

A CYCLONE DISASTER.

A cyclone from the southwest swept across Onondaga Lake about 10 o’clock, Thursday morning, prostrating many structures. It caught up and carried a volume of water wildly before it. In the course of its cyclonic force it struck the horse barn of the People’s Street Railway Company, carrying away the cornice and roof of the building and overthrowing the front walls. A mass of brick and timber was hurled into the building, doing much damage. Charles A. Nichols, assistant superintend--1 ent, aged about forty, was instantly killed. ‘ Giles Wood, an employe, had his collar bone broken, and he was otherwise hurts condition not dangerous. Joseph Forkbeimcr was hurt internally and his head bruised. Several other employes were slightly Injured. The damage to the budding will be several thousand dollars.