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Show 01 CYCLONE DEATH LIST.ISifflSli Property Damage Estimates Range as High as Five BiHions, LIMA, Ohio, March 10. Five persons per-sons are known to be dead, several others are reported killed, scores are injured, scores of homes were completely complete-ly or partially demolished and hundreds of bams and outbuildings were razed by the tornado which traveled across northwestern north-western Ohio early last evening. Estimates of property damage range from one to five million dollars. No serious damago vas done in any of the larger cities. , Most of the destruction de-struction wa.s In country districts. The tornado began in Van Wert county, on the Ohio-Indiana state line, and then traveled in a northeasterly' direction. Towns suffering the most were Van Wert, Middlepolnt. Convoy, Lima, Deshler, Hamler, Continental Ottawa, Findlay, Napoleon, Holgate, Miller City and Tiffin. Tif-fin. The known dead are: Rex ford Lye, aged 12. Middlepoint. Harry Perry, 8, -near Van Wert. Mr?. Charlos Greic, Middlepoint Mrs, Charles Geyer, 67, Van Wert county. Pearl Bott. 26, near Cloverdalft. The tornado came in the form of an old-fashioned Kansas "twister."' The small Iosk of life is attributed to the fact that the tornado traveled mostly through open country, skipping towns and village?. vil-lage?. Most of the injured in Van Wert county wore taken to the Van Wert county coun-ty hosital, where operations were ppr- (Continued on Page Two.) 01 CYCLONE DEATH LIST, IS INCREASING (Continued from Page One.) formed by the light of electric pocket lights. VAN WERT. Ohio, March 10. Four persons are known to be dead, several are in a local hospital more or less seriously injured, between twenty-five and fifty farm houses are completely or partly demolished, de-molished, and scores of barns and outbuildings out-buildings were blown down by the tornado which, swept this county last evening. The financial loss in the county Is estimated esti-mated at from $500,000 to $1,000,000. The tornado first struck at Middleboro, traveling trav-eling northeast across Harrison, Pleasant Pleas-ant and Union townships. Reports reeclved here today say that Continental and Holgate. Ohio, were not wiped out, but that much property damage dam-age was done there by the tornado. No lives were reported lost at either place. The comparatively small population of Van Wert county prevented a much larger loss of life. Of the four injured in local hospitals, only one, Charles Rike. is fatally hurt. Six members of the Showalter family, in Harrison township, were more or less seriously injured when their home was demolished. Reports last night said the family had been killed. The tornado played queer pranks. Hundreds Hun-dreds of chickens were entirely denuded and left without a feather. Big boulders, weighing a ton, were lifted from fields or creeks and carried many yards. j j TIFFIN. O., March 10. A tornado visited vis-ited tha west and middle portions of Seneca county early this morning, causing caus-ing thousands of dollars worth of damage. Many buildings here were carried from their foundations and set down in adja- 1 cent fields. FINDLAT. O., March 10. Damagp estimated es-timated at $200,000 was done in Hancock, county, when the tornado swept through' here last evening. j I NEW YORK, March 10 A terrific wind, reaching a velocity of seventy-two miles an hour for a time, swept over the city today, leaving in its wake much damage of a minor character. The wind's force was felt mostly on the water. Small craft hug'ged the piers in the harbor. Some were swamped before they could gain safety, but no loss of life was reported. By International News Service. MANCHESTER, N. H.. March 10. Northern New England tonight is in the throes of the worst storm experienced this winter. Snow began failing over a wide area Saturday, and, aided by a driving wind, has assumed blizzard proportions. pro-portions. All traffic is paralyzed. |
