"As far as could be ascertained today the first farm upon which the full force of the tornado was vented was upon that of Robert Loveless, situated about a mile and a half from Long Branch. Mr. Loveless and his children had been standing in the yard, and the sticks and stones which the tornado carried began to fall about them. The top of the barn was torn off, broken into bits and distributed about the fields."

[1912-09-16a1]

"The wind then took its path down through the meadows to the farm owned by Will Walters, which is situated one-half mile nearer Long Branch. IT completely wrecked the barn and hen houses, and corn houses and a smoke house were carried into the woods a half mile distant." [1912-09-16a1]

"The woods into which Mr. Barker's out houses were blown are the beginning of the grove which runs down to Long Branch. The tornado entered the woods directly in the rear of his house and cut a swath about 500 feet wide."

[1912-09-16a1]

Next door neighbor of Lewis Keith. Completely demolished.
"The home of Thomas E. Bennett was torn fromits stone foundation and carried at least twenty feet. Mr. Bennett and his wife were unhurt. He tried to protect her from heavy beams and boards that fell about them and his shoulder was dislocated and his chest injured though it is not thought serious." [1912-09-16a2]

Directly across road from Bennett. No estimate given. Good picture in 1912-09-17 PS-p06. 
"…huge trees standing in front of the house were leveled to the ground and stretched across the road."
"Across from the Bennetts, Lewis Keith's home was destroyed and the aged man and his family narrowly escaped death or serious injury. Several tons of coal in a wood shed were moved several feet, woodshed and all." [1912-09-16a2]

"…was sitting on the porch of his home when the tornado struck. He with his seven children narrowly escaped death." Apparently the tornado ascended and Duer was passed over.

"...barns torn down and the roof of the house carried away, but no one injured."

Markham, Mace

Cold Springs Road

Route 370

"Any person seeing a windmill wandering about the outskirts of Liverpool will kindly notify Mace Markham, who lives on the Phoenix Road (actually the Cold Springs Road). The mill is the only building Mr. Markham lost. It was blown somewhere, but the exact location had not been discovered yesterday."

[1912-09-17b1]

Bart Smith, neighbor of Henry Younglove. 
"…blowing the roof off the barn, blowing in windows of the house and whirling the furniture about."

[1912-09-16a2]

"When the big barn on Bartholomew Smith's place went down a calf was buried in the debris. At first it was believed that he had perished. Searching through the ruins, Mr. Smith heard faint sounds from deep in the mass of timbers. With the help of other farmers he began to chop away the timbers and finally located the animal wedged into a hole with timbers resting on his back and against both flanks. When he was finally extricated it was found that he had not even a scratch."

[1912-09-17b1]

Henry Younglove, neighbor of Bart Smith
"…greenhouse across the road (from Smith) was blown to pieces. Mowing machines were carried many feet by the wind." [1912-09-16a2]

"…home was unroofed as if a mighty scythe had swept across it. Mr. Sherwood who tried to close the door when the wind was felt, was blown across the room and against the wall." [1912-09-16a2]

"Mrs. Charles Sherwood tumbled through a second story window at her home on the Phoenix Road (Morgan Road) and slided to the earth accompanied by several square yards of roofing tin and scores of lumbers. She doesn't know how it happened. The last thing she remembers is having gone up stairs to close some windows. She was around the farm yesterday helping her husband and the men at work."

[1912-09-17b2]

"In a large hole from which a tree had been uprooted was found a mowing machine on the farm of Edward Plummer, on the Clay Corners road."  [1912-09-17b1].

"On the Edward Clark farm, first this side of the Price Place, the tornado skirted an old orchard, breaking down half a dozen trees, and also cut a swath through the woods. An unoccupied house and a barn and one shed were unroofed. Clark said his loss would probably not be more than $1,500."

[1912-09-16]

"The Waterbury brick schoolhouse roof was taken away." [1912-09-16a2]

"Between the Price and Clark farms, at the intersection of the Woodard and East Roads, is the Waterbury schoolhouse No. 7 of the town of Clay. This was unroofed. The brick walls appear but slightly damaged, but the wooden addition shows the effects of the storm, although it stood a little to one side of its general direction." [1912-09-16]

Clark & Price on adjacent census pages.  Therefore they are near the intersection of 7th North St and Bear Road.
"Mr. Price's loss alone is $10,000." [1912-09-16a2]

"The most serious damage done nearest to Liverpool was on the Sidney Price farm, rather more than a mile northeast in the town of Clay. The farmer says two rooms of his house and his land is about all he has left. The storm uprooted, twisted off or blew over about 200 trees on the Price place, demolished a tobacco shed and barn, killed two cows and a horse and so badly injured another cow that she had to be killed. What became of his silo Price has not yet found out. Its site only remains. He can only make a guess as to his loss, and says it will probably exceed $3,500."

"Price saw the cyclone as it approached. His attention was first attracted by a peculiar sound resembling distant rumbling. It had been raining gently. But that had stopped. In the distance off to the west he noticed a funnel-shaped cloud. As this approached that strange humming increased. For perhaps two minutes before the cyclone reached his farm, he says, it was difficult to breathe. There appeared to be a rush of air in the direction from which the storm was fast coming."

"His impulse was to flee, but he seemed powerless to move, and it was an exertion for him to open the door and step into the house. A moment later the storm broke in all its fury, either flattening all things in its path to the ground or sending them high into the air. Sturdy old maples along the roadside in front of the Price home were in some instances literally pulled from the ground."
[1912-09-16]

"The tin roof was ripped off the porch and trees were blown down. A big wagon was carried up into the wind and whirled round and round, then dropped next to a henhouse."

[1912-09-16a2]

"…barn was moved a distance of four feet and then left standing." [1912-09-16a2]

Davis, William D.

Greenpoint Road

Buckley Road

$1,500

"Willard Davis lost the roof from his house and not a shred was left together of his barn. In his lot are dead chickens by the score. His family of children were in the house but were not hurt. Mr. Davis was in a lot near his home and was knocked down by the wind while flying timbers were carried over his head. He was not injured."

[1912-09-16a2]

Jewell, Albert [8]

Greenpoint Road

Buckley Road

$6,000

"The homes of Earl Benz and Albert Jewell are in ruins." [1912-09-16a2]

"Albert Jewell also loses practically everything - home, barns and crop - and his loss will aggregate about $6,000."

[1912-09-17a2]

"…barn was demolished … and his house was wrecked. Mr. Hunt was blown from the barn to the house. A new buggy was caught up and smashed. Grain from the barn was hurled against trees that were blown down."

[1912-09-16a2]

"George Hunt, who lived on the Greenpoint road, was one of the heaviest losers. Not a vestige of his home, barns and crop remain. Everything is ruins and the loss is about $10,000."

[1912-09-17a2]

"There were two houses and two barns on the Michael[s] estate, and these, with the entire crops, were wiped out. The loss will exceed $2,500." [1912-09-17a2]

“Fred Zwickie, who lived on the Bailey road,, had depended mostly upon the sale of the products of his orchard for a livelihood. That orchard is leveled to the ground together with his home. The family has been left destitute and nothing has been saved from the wreck. The loss is about $4,000.”

[1912-09-17b1]

“His home is gone with all its furnishings, all scattered by the wind. He was standing in the barn working over his horses. The structure began to rock. It swayed, the roof opened above his head and he could see the black smoke outside. His hired man, named Kronder, was struck by a beam. One horse was thrown completely over another one. Suddenly Merrill was lifted from his feet. One of his wagons sailed past him. Timbers, trees, debris of all kinds filled the air at his side. Strangely enough he was not injured to any great extent, but reached ground in safety.” [1912-09-16]

"…house was badly damaged. The family were not all at home and none was injured." [1912-09-16a2]

"Mrs. Slee [Schile] and her eight children were in the house, but none was injured. Later they were driven out by the torrential rain that followed the wind. The Slee [Schile] barn offered practically no resistance to the wind. It rolled over and over along the uneven ground and finally spread out flat, one side of the roof alone continuing to hurtle through the air. It finally landed a mile away." [1912-0916b2]

"A heavy farm wagon was picked up in the vortex of the tornado and was deposited on a hillside a few yards from the plank road. A harrow and a pair of bob-sleighs are missing. Mr. Benz lost his barns and three-fourths of his house."

[1912-09-17b2] 

This is probably the same person as Alexander J. Blaikie below

Lawrence Road School

Near the Town of Salina District School - Lawrence Road

“John Wilkinson, who owns property near the district school, was also badly injured. He walked up and down near the ruins of his home Sunday night unable to speak with any degree of intelligence. He has a sprained back and a broken rib.”

[1912-09-16]

See Charles Chapman's Death

See Michaels' Story

"The William H. Michaels home looks intact, but it will have to be torn down and rebuilt or the next windstorm that comes along, even if it is moderate, will complete the work of the tornado. The walls look like the side of a ship."

[1912-09-17b1]

"Before the tornado struck Pitcher hill Mr. Odin, a farmer, had a flock of 300 chickens. When the storm came he saw this flock drawn up into the whirling winds and carried high in the air. They seemed to be flying, although some were flying backwards, some sideways and some upside down and whirling around ?????. Odin has been able to find only thirty of the 300." [1912-09-17c1]

"A silo at the Henry Morey farm went spinning. The house was torn from its foundations, but settled back again."

[1912-09-16]

"After the Merrell and Slee buildings were gone, they being the most isolated, the wind did its work with much greater rapidity. A silo at the Henry Morey farm was sent spinning through the air like a top. The circular roof was detached and that sailed along with the tornado. It had not been found late last night."

[1912-09-16b2]

"J. C. Thorpe, a farmer living on the Plank road at Pitchers Hill on the edge of the path cut by the tornado, was standing in the rear of his home when he saw the black cloud sweep past."

"Debris was whirled from its narrow point as it dipped toward the ground and tore up acres of corn and planted fields. He watched it rip the roof from the Morey home, saw it sweep across the road and ride onward toward the little wood in the gulley." [1912-09-16b2]

"The home of H. U. Wendell, which stood in the path of the tornado, was lifted from its foundation and turned completely over. In the house were Mrs. Wendell and her three boys, all of whom escaped uninjured. Their experience was a typical one."

"'I was in the front room with the boys," said Mrs. Wendell, 'when it suddenly began to grow dark. To the westward I could see a dark funnel shaped cloud bearing toward the hill. I called to the children and we closed the windows and ran into the back room.'"

"'We had not reached the door when I heard a snapping and the furniture in the parlor was lifted up and hurled against the wall. Then the house seemed to rise in the air and the next I remember I was groping about in darkness. I called to the boys and we crawled through the attic window which was resting in the mud.'" [1912-09-16c1]

"The home of H. C. Wendell, a two-story structure standing on the brow of Pitcher's hill, directly across from the Morey home and in the path of the tornado, was lifted from its foundation and turned completely over so that its gables were buried deeply in the soft clay soil." [1912-09-16b1]

"Frank Crosby was a tenant of Arlie W. Richardson on the Plank road. He is an employee of the Lake Shore Railroad, and his household effects have been ruined by water."

[1912-09-17a2]

"The tornado gave another evidence of its playfulness at the Crosby home at the crest of Pitcher Hill. This is unquestionably the most valuable residence in the storm area. The roof and sides above the second story windows were wretched loose and deposited in an adjoining field, but not a window in the house was cracked."

"'We had a hot fire in the kitchen range,' Mrs. Crosby said yesterday afternoon, 'and the stove was shaken about a great deal but nothing caught fire. I expected to see our place go up in flames any minute. Another strange thing is that none of the chandeliers are cracked and no pictures were thrown from the walls.'" [1912-09-17b1]

Frank Crosby's landlord

"The barn of A. J. Blaike in Sand Road was demolished and the roof blown from his house. The family was sitting on the porch when the cyclone was seen coming. They got inside and tried to push the door shut, but all their strength could not do it. A boy was blown across the room." [1912-09-16a2]

This is probably the same person listed above as John Blakeley. The Blaikie spelling showed up in an account in a different paper and on a tornado damage picture. Alexander and his family were also found on Sand Road in the 1910 census.

In the narrative, Barthels was located on Temple Road. This was where Townline Road made a 45 degree turn to the northeast, right in front of the Koring Bros farm. Temple Road is, shown on the 1943 USGS Syracuse East, NY Quadrangle (northwest corner), surveyed in 1938.

Next door to Streetmather - #232 (1910 census)
"Frank Reen is probably fatally injured. His ribs are broken and he lies in his home hovering between life and death. He was outdoors near the barn. The wind caught the big barn, moved it thirty feet toward the road and buried him under one corner. Mrs. Reen hurried out and tried to drag her husband from the wreckage. At last she succeeded." [1912-09-16a2]