Cleveland, Ohio Tornado
May
23, 1893
DEATH IN A STORM.
Loss of Life and Property in a Hurricane.
FOUR KILLED IN CLEVELAND.
Number of Others Injured, Some of Whom May Die
-- Many Buildings Destroyed and Crops Damaged --
CLEVELAND, May 24. - A terrific windstorm
struck this city a 9 o'clock yesterday morning.
Four men were instantly killed and many injured
in the numerous casualties.
Two men were killed
at the Cleveland rollingmills in Newburg during
the cyclone. The new steel cupola was blown down
and four men who were on the scaffold fell 80
feet. Jake Bavish
was killed instantly. An Italian, named
Mike, was
caught by a steel beam and crushed to death. It
required jacks to lift the beam from his body
which was horribly crushed.
Tommy McGucc
had both legs and back broken and will die.
Another unknown man was severely injured, but
will recover. The steel cupola is a total wreck.
A scaffolding at the
New Bradley building, corner of Erie and
Superior streets, was blown down and four men
were injured: William
O'Neill, Miles Johnson, Michael Murphy and
Michael Hughes. The injured were
taken to a hospital.
Telephone,
telegraph, electric light and street railway
wires were terribly mixed up. The trolley
current was grounded in the public square by a
broken guyrope of the electric light masts,
causing a pyrotechnic display and blockade of
cars.
Another casualty
caused by the severity of the storm was the
destruction of a 2-story frame house at the
corner of Doan and Superior streets. It was
blown down and John
Cole buried beneath the debris. When
taken out the man was in a terrible condition,
and death soon followed after intense suffering.
Reports from nearly
all the cities and towns in northern and eastern
Ohio show that the wind played havoc. Houses
were unroofed and trees blown down and wheat
injured. No deaths in Columbus. The wind
unroofed the dormitory of the state university.
Daily Advocate, Newark, OH 24 May 1893
Transcribed by
Joyce
Peck. Thank you, Joyce!
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