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The Ohio Tornado

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Parent Issue
Day
14
Month
June
Year
1872
Copyright
Public Domain
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Cixcjnxati, Juno ll.-Lator information f rom the scène of the tornado, whiuh visited Quincy and DeGraff, Logan county, Obio, Saturday oveaing, ahowa t lint i was iun terrible and desfcruötive tban ftrst reporta indioated, A sultry d-iy was followed by the appearance of a cloud in the west, at i) o'clocb in the evening, wtrich gathered blaokness and size with i'.Mii'iil rapidity Heavy wind s.'t in, and at ":-i) the whirlwind strook the oartb ñvc üiilcs trom Quincy, u'.oving hortho;isteriy. The destroy t was baraly more thnn rive minutes roachiag Quiney( through whiuh it passed, uiaking a clcuii sweej) ot' bouses, trees and fences along the patb whioh, fórtunately, was uompii-.ttivcly naiTow. In this fUl&ge iifty or sixty clwf:lling3 and stores and two cliur li s md as tnany more thnps, stabli g and outlmüdings were umoot'cd or rookeil upon their foundations or demolithed. Tbe nir was totally ftiled with flying weather-boanls, fuiniture, luth and piaster. A jiarlor eèove was oaugbt upby t lic wind and hurlod through the ir, fttlling upon n woman, who wassoorushed that she has since died. The Biptist and Methodist Episcopal churchos werï eompletely destroyed. The tornado on its way to De (iriiir -tiMick Boggs'8 flouring nuil of iive stories, coutaining .'30,0(iO bushels ot' gi'din, inoving the building nme inehes upon its foundation and oarryi&g away tho root' and part of the fitth story. Jt plowed its way through líe Qraff,soattering destruction in its path, but hürting few persons and dainaging a less number of buildings. Aftel leaving Deüitiff' it passed sevoral settlemcmts, miseina houses, and iinally rose from tho earth and was seen for miles, carrying in its fnnncl Bhaped fbrni timber, rails, and debris whioh it had gathered in its dostructive march. The papers this raorning give the liamos of 39 persons injured in Quincy, and 11 ia DeGraff, thé Hst not oompriging all the injured. In the former village, Mrs. Rail, reported killed in DeUmft', is yet living, though two ohildi; ii were kill&d. Airs. Glyok, iu Quincy, has sinoe died from wounds.

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Old News
Michigan Argus