Bay
City, Michigan Tornado
June
18, 1882
DETROIT, Mich., June 19.- Yesterday
about noon a cyclone struck the south-eastern
part of Bay City, doing much damage. A barn
belonging to Frank Fitzhugh was torn down and a
colt carried 20 rods and killed. The house of
Thomas Joyce was completely demolished. Mrs.
Delos Goster was badly cut by falling timbers,
and a girl named Simpson was dashed 20 feet away
from where she stood, striking against a fence,
and receiving injuries from the effects of which
she will probably die. A boy named John Carroll
had his skull fractured and will probably die.
Mrs. Joyce, her daughter, and another of he
Carroll boys were badly bruised. The track of
the storm was about 80 rods wide, and in its
path fences and trees were swept away.
The New York Times, New York, NY 20 Jun
1882
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