The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-06-26
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MONDAYS STORM.
REPORTS FROM ALL PARTS OF THE
WEST.
It was Widespread and Very Destructive
to Crops and Other Property.

KANKAKEE, ILL.,, June 26.--The east
bound express for Cincinnati, three miles
north of here, was caught by the wind,
yesterday, and the locomotive and cars
we're thrown from the track into a ditch.
vi the fifteen passengers all were more or
less bruised, but none seriously ininred,
DIXON, ILL.,, June 26.-The storm struck
this town at IL clock yesterday and did
great damage. The fair grounds with its
buildings, fences, stands, trees, sheds, etc.
IS complete wreck. The Chicago &
Northwestern wind mill, engine house, and
freight house, were partially DESTROYED:
many buildings in town were unroofed
lumber in the yards was scattered, and a
few buildings we're demolished; trees three
feet round were twisted and broken off
No loss of life.
LINCOLN, Iowa, June 26.-The storm.
yesterday, damaged all the grains. Rye
suffered heavily. Nearly every cern field
in the vicinity is flooded.
JACKSONVILLE, ILL.,, June 26.-The
damage to wheat in this county by yester
days storm Is estimated at 100000
There Is much other damage. Ali the
creeks are overt9wing and the low lands
are flooded.
CHAMPAIGN, Ill, June 26.-The SUI
rounding country suffered a severe loss by
| the storm. Probably one hundred houses
and buildings were damaged here and In
Urbana The rain fell in torrents, ard
trees were uprooted by scores.
/ FAIRBURY, H., June 26.-The storm
lcompletely destroyed the unfinished Meth
odist church here. Loss $1,000. A nun
Der OF other buildings were unroofed
moved from their foundations. or blown
about.
HENRY, ILL.,. June 26.-The wind car.
ried John Longs house. eighteen by rs
/ feet in size. about seventy feet from its
place, but injured nobody.
BROOKVILLE, H., June 26.-Fourteer
buildings were unroofed yesterday.
GALEsBURG, June 26.-The crops art
reported as being heavily damaged
DES MONIES, Iowa, June 26. The rain
fall was heavy, and the outlook for crops
Is gloomy, but no SPECIAL damage was done
; DANVHLE. ILL.,, June 26.-The damag,
I to grain and grass is reported very grea
! in this section.
4 MAHoMET, H., June 26,-Reports com
: ing in show the storm was widespread anC
disastrous to crops and property.
SPRINGFIELD. H., June 26.-rhe storm
left the grain lying fat and did cOnsiGera
4 bic minor damage.
: INDIANOLA Ia, June 26 "A number o
e cattle were killed yesterday. and familie
!, were, for time, compelled to yacate thei
r Easements, fearing the tornado would briD
/ down the houses.
MUsCATTNE, Ia, June 26.-Hundreds O
: trees snapped like pipe stems in yesterday
!, storm, Thousands Of panes of glass wer
!. shivered by the great hail stones that fell
Is Nobody injured.
CINCINNATI, June 26.-No great dam
d age here from the storm, except as alread
reported. At Springfield, Ohio chill
d was killed by a falling barn. and som
/ others were injured. The damage to crop
y all over the state where the storm went
incalculable. Al Reading, Ohio, Henr
Rosenburg was killed by the blowing dow
2 of his stable.
Sc PEORIA, June 26. 6.-Heavy rain and win
as storm here yesterday. The wind was s
to strong that it tore portion Of the tin roc
OF off the Chamber of Commerce, and preciI
h itated it down between the Chamber
er Commerce and +. S. Dastons buildin
II, where it lay 10 a large confused mass, ]
II falling it tangled the telegraph wires t
n gether, thus temporarily breaking off con
Its munication between Peoria and other cite
he Considerable other damage was done.
Is OQUAwKA Ills, June 26.-One churt
ot and a number of other buildings were blow
Oh down IN yesterday S storm. Great DANA!
he to crops. Nobody injured.