, 1877-06-05
4 0on8agration Aooumulates upon
Dire Horrors Head,
Communication Not Easily Es-
tabiished with the Stricken
People.
Conspicuous Ear.afarka Of tho Erratic
Hazcl.Grccn sfMotor,n

hpec11* I9&pd%cA 70 2hs Tribune.
EFAHAv,LLE. Ind, June "A Mount Carmel
special to Tho journal says . tornado pns.ed
through that town at 3:35 p. n. destroying the
principal business houses, largo number Of DWELL
inss, killing numbcF Of persons. snd injurfnR
many morc. The definite number killed and
injured and tho sotni loss Of property. could not
be asccftalnci amid the horror and confusion. A
Parkinson's, 4. c. Edgar's and 81. ]. ltabbcrton's
1nc business-houses three stories high, were
totally destroyed. rarkinson's building took Gre
mud Was consumed after 1t fell, With two Or three
other bnfidtngs. All these gentlemen we're scrl.
ousty injured. Tho II, E. Church and tho Court
ffousa are partially destroyed. Nina persons arc
known 10 be killed. 4 frc-cngine was sent from
Tinccnnrs, but arrived to late to bo Maosu1 pus-
ties wcro sent from vinccnncs and Cincinnati,
and arc doing all possible to sclicvo tho suffering
and recover tho lpnd.
Speefdf Dt4pateh 10 1as Tribune
CAfno, ILL.,, juno 4.-Our city was electrified
this afternoon With tho report that Mount Carmel,
Ill, was In ruins, from tho clccta Of terrible tor
nado. and that fFo was destroying what the etorna
Lad loft. Tho information waa drst received By
the on}ccrs OF the Cairo d Ftnccnncs Railroad In
request for transportation for help from, CarmI and
the particulars, which arc unpnralc led In tho hIs.
tory Of Southern Illinois.
Special Df*pasch 10 TIE 7rtounA.
Ixn1AxAroLie, 1nC., JUNG IA apceial to Tho
,ToHFAal Bays: IA tornado struck Mount Carmel,
ILL.,. At ass p. fn. to-day. nin.ott destroying tho
town. Tho most prominent bui1dinRh destroyed
wcro tho Courthouse, thrcp churches, twenty
business houses, md two school. hoHscs. Besides
these, 1t0 residences were destroyed Of damaged
thus far boon found. viz. ocorgc atkins. William
Ncwk'fk. George DyFons. Mr. Goodrich, Fred
0c.ke, Matscfson's Child, 100 Tennts, Mt Dur.
ton John l.. Edgar, Charles Norman, Len Da1ny,l
J. Moors, and "'illto Waller. There arc eroat
many wounded. Tho damage done 10 cltlmatcd ut
$500. 900. After tho tornado had passed the town
took firc, and somo damage was dono ibis way.
rlnccnnes, Ind. responded to q call for aid By
sending ono 1rc.engtnc. Tho train that carried
It WAS furnished By tho Cairo d Vineenncs Hall.
road Company.
onc child was killed by tho ta'ttn3 of oac ot tho
school-houecs. AMI George Watkins was killed by
the destruction OF bis store.
Young Edgar and tho engineer and fireman oi
tho Air-Lino 1sattroad atc buried In tho ruins ol
EdgAr'a t1oTthDuAt.
Other fatalities baso resulted, but 1t ID lupos.
siblc to giro tho names Of tho unfortunate one.
| Tonight, -,
II. pa,ksnson, ). !. Agnes, n. j. Habhes.on,
/ and Young Mcdowell wcre taken Allvc from the
dcbrls. Among tic prominent business housc,
destroyed Ass those of Il. Parkinson, +. +, EdRat.
v. ]. Ilabbeston, Konif & Dildie, and Gcita
| Dtpss4 k0NEtIGE Win tua VI nt4Eb!s
| llp 1aumaardcn David Ridgeway. Tho stores O.
Russell, william Goltz, Snyder T. Co., Shannon j
| Mughea, sud Stella were unrootcd,
Ills impossible to tell much about II, ~ all i
| excitement.
CINCINNATI, O., Juno 4.-A dtsp ateh 10 th
Asaoela ted Tscss from Mount Carmel, H.. saJs
Al terrible storm struck this city to.dny. b,
| which sixteen mon lost tAeir llYes, and half
million dollars worth OF property was destroyed
Among The killed arc AID. Watkins. William
Ncwkirk, Mr. Goodrich. 3fe. Burton, Mastereon.
c1,iid, Fsod reoks. ucorge Moro, George Drins
j. A.. Edgar, Charlie Norman, and John Tennis
A large number were wounded, soscral Ut whou
will undoubtedly do. The bodies Of fonr OF til
killed wcrs burned. Theso afa Ut least swcnty.as
attll missing"
Later information says four mure bodies hav
been found, and two Of tho wounded have sinc
died. The rntns OF tho buildings arc burning
threatening tho total destruction Of tho town,
CA1Ro, ILL.,, Juno 4.-rstvato kilograms stat
that tornado struck Mount Carmel. Ill, about
y. Ill, causing great losa ot lsfe and property
Twofso Ato known tn 10 killed, thirty to ift
wounded, and nbout twenty missing. Among tn
buildings destroyed arc the Presbyterian and Melh
odtst churches. two schaot.houses. Court uouse
| several atoseG and rcs1dcpces.
CAtno, H., Jsns 4.-Tho following II tho itst {
peorlc killed BY tho Mount Carmel disaster, 4
far ~ aaccsiatnod: AID. Watkins, William New
kirk, Ms. aoodrteh. William Tennis, J. z. Ell
sur, Mrs. HuEtau, George Moore, an eaSiucet
and Charles Norman, brakeman on tho Atr.Ltn
| Ruad, and child OF MasttFson, section foreman