| Show Five Beaten to Death in Horn Home DESTRUCTION OF PROPERTY 30 MILLIONS Death Loss About According to Revised FIgures FE FEAR F E A R EPIDEMIC Tornado Leaps From One Town 25 Miles to Another 0 Juno 30 30 00 four J tour persons person wore were known to be bo dead In Ohio y tod S I i L 1 result of S tye y ev severe r wind rain and electrical storm torm which swept the coast cout of ErIe from Sandusky Sandu ky to Lorain r wrecking a large laree portion of Lor Lor- Lorain Lor- Lor Lorala ala ain and end parts of Sandusky Sandu ky Although the th 10 loas 1013 of life was sot as gr great at n as at first be bel e e ed relief workers orken said ald today that the tho I list of o dead elend may grow S hundred d peon were acre re reported I Injured several everal score of the then s arid Anil 1 the property I dam dam- damage dam dam-a age o was woe estimated at al- more than 30 30 STORM T T BUL TIO In la a tabulation of the Ohio storm torm damage as corn corn- com compiled piled plied by The Associated Pre Press 70 Lorain Lorain 70 dead o hun hun- hun hundred dred Injured and prop prop- prop rt erti damage estimated at snore more than 26 25 2 Six Sandu ky Six dead about inJured with lIh property damage e- e es tim ted at It more than One One dead Cle Seven eland Seven dead with small property loss loos Mantua Mantua Thi re cc dead lead One Akron Akron One dead and property properlY damage estimated between and anel 1000 rr Three Creek Creek killed 12 or badly eel damaged Near Two T Weymouth Two children drowned One I One dead dad Alliance No Alliance No casull casu lie but reported by police from rom flooded homes home Elyria no damage damace Ced Cedar r six Point Point Ix cottages cottares bon blown down no casualties Small Small damage from h avy rtin but no casualties creek Creek Valley ealley resi- resi residents resi residents dents make preparations preparation to leave eave their homes as ag water L work ork reter- reter lr weakens enken from heavy y raIn S IlY FIRST The storm torm first struck truck S Sandus-ky Sandus ky Iy doing roost mot of ot 11 Its damage c in III inthe Inthe the astern part of ot the th city and then jumped lumped almost 26 25 miles mUes to LO Lorain where whore th the creates greate loss 1019 of lives occurred At Lorain where approximate te approximately ly iv v 12 city blocks block were ere detro ed edthe the greatest 10 loss lois of life occurred In the Slate SIte theatre a motion picture show how which collapsed crushing many of the th spectators Medical ala aid Soc fOr the else lh Injured build of the the- th dead and housing of the thc homeless occupied the at- at at attention ot of doctors doctore nurses nure and Red nod RedCross RedCross Cross workers today Between and 1000 Ohio national guards guards- guardsmen guardsmen men men were ere Mer on duty dulY to preserve pr order and help with rescue and rehabilitatIon Yo work ork at Lorain I Governor Donahey motoring from Columbus Columbu y took charge of the situation at SeL olY De c according to best beet estimates t s to cier away the wreckage c at places whore the storm torm hit the tho hardest Rescue cuc workers said ald they believed the death list lIt probably would base a e been gr greater ater at Lorain but for the tl fact tha that most mot of the and nd shop hop torn down there thero had bad ed been emptied at the noon hour for lor the usual Saturday half bai holiday I LAKE BOkT BO ITS TS SAFE Belated reports report today indicated that damage to the th rural districts In the th storm torm area arc was as not us as areat great a as at first cd ed Several hike boats boat for tor Yo which fears fear feus had bd been entert entertained were reported ea sate Relief workers worker made their waY I Into Lorain and Sandu ky Sat Sat- Saturday Saturday Sat Saturday night and yesterday by au- au automobile au and by special trains train I whIch In some one were ere forced to run over oyer submerged tracks The wind Ind reached a ye- ye velocity ve velocity belly of IG 86 mUo mil an hour at Lorain SeI Scientific era are were unable to agree arre today as aa to wh whether ther th the storm torm w was a genuine cyclone a tornado a plain tornado or r merely a super thunderstorm According to best Dut reports the th 1 on 00 Inge Two DESTRUCTION I IS IMMENSE Continued from Page One storm came canoe from the lake from lake the northwest C C Cooper gO gOern government ern ment roe roe- mc at nt report report- reported ed eJ the storm as a tornado lie He saId the damage was done by a adark adark adark dark tunnel tunnel-sh funnel shaped ped cloud whIch was followed by a sharp thunder thunder- thunderstorm thunderstorm stormE storm E H Emery In charge of ot the Cleveland bureau who ent to Lorain yesterday to study the storm said aid he would not ant nant to designate the tho storm as either a cyclone or a tornado SEES NO FUNNEL I I nag nas unable to find an am one he said who had bad seen a tunnel funnel shaped funnel shaped cloud I found some isho ho observed ed a peculiar ellow- ellow ish ellow-ish Ish tint In the storm cloud but thIs Is not an unusual feature ot of ordinary violent electrical storms storm The The tact fact act that large areas be- be between be between tween Sandusky and Lorain were untouched leads loads me rue to believe tornado the better term lenin for tor the storm Cooper told The AssocIated Associated Associated Press This Is Ie a character character- characterIstic characterIstic characteristic of ot tornadoes as distinguIshed from cyclones The Ohio health department through Dr J 3 r F Monger di- di director director di director rector took drastic measures to prevent the tho outbreak of ot epidemics epidemics ics A branch of ot the department nas as opened at Lorain today to take charge of ot the city's water and milk supplies All milk en- en enterIng en entering the cit city will be Inspected It was said Several hundred Boy Doy Scouts In Cleveland were Vero mobilized tOday ready roady to give any assistance pos pos- possIble pos possible sible to the devastated areas Howard Van Epp 12 and Mil Mu- Mildred dred HardIng 11 both of OC Cleve Cleve- Cleveland Cleveland Cleveland land were nero ere drowned In a flooded creek creak near Weymouth when an automobile In which they were riding with relatives was nas swept off a bridge by the storm Three others othera In the machine caught In Ina Ina a tree treo and were rescued LORAIN Ohio June 30 30 SM A- W Alter After a night of ot utter darkness punctured occasionally y by the flash flash- flashIng flashing ing log gleam of ot 5 a military automo automo- automobile automobile bile headlight or a flashlight In Inthe inthe Inthe the hands hand of ot the guards Lorain a oke today to find state militia militia- militiamen militiamen militiamen men In complete control various storm areas forbidden to everyone I effect and the new military pas passes es In daybreak Rehabilitation wa was begun at day day- day break and the first building to bo b attacked by workmen was waB the State theatre where many bodIes were found after the tornado had thrown the root roof of ot the building next to the theatre on top of the amusement place and brought down both roof roots roofs and three floors onto the heads of ot those attending the show The death list lIAl today stood at about 70 while the estimate of the property and merchandise e damage mounted as the Inspection of ot the tho work progressed Into unexplored debris While Coroner Perry felt certaIn other bodies would bo be boI found In the houses hO wrecked In the outlying dl districts et the chIef I anxiety of ot the hunters huntu centered on the State theatre BODIES willbe The Tho walls of ot this building will be razed today and the In inside will willbe willbo be gutted In an effort to remove all bodies there Sunday wa was a da day of contusIon confusion hero here 0 owing Ing to great crowds flock flok lock ing log locking Into the city In spite of ot the military cordon that was wag thrown around the town Passes of ot every kind served to admit people who came only as sight-seers sight New rules rul's and regulations have havo bees been promulgated by Brig Gen John I IQ Q R B and pas passes es will still be Issued today only to those thoe who have business about the city The remainder of ot the population will bo be required to stay on their own land landor landor or i In their own homes |
