, 1881-04-29
Account Of One Of the Most Horrible
Of Recent Casualties by
lightning.
Four Boys Playing Baseball at Louis"
Vile Struck dead Mt tho
uome.p1nto.
Terrific Cyclone at Birds Point, No., Near
Oairo-Reoord Of Other 40
oidents.
ELGiN.

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Special Dtspafth to Tbs Chicago Trfhtsn4.,
EtntN, ILL.,, April 23.-Tho entire city Is
shrouded. Tho calamity Of this morning has cast
n tlcep gloom over the community and carried
poignant vr,cf into doxen homes Last Tues
dny, whom tho tremendous flood carried away
tho bridges ani dan. tho City Council ordered a
CHEAP Temporary ferry built acrdss Fox River
lust below the spot wtero tho Chicago street
bridge stood. It was completed lust ercnlng,
and tho scow, 4 frat little structure only eleven
by eighteen feet, running on pulloys On n
wire cable, and propelled by tho rapid ctr
rent, made several trips safely, though
showing 1t was not safo. On tho secnnu trip,
mnde this morning at lust S::U' the ooat' noaV-
jly lndou with human freight, WIS anatohod W
tho swift current, turned half round, nnd d'lcd
with water. .
THE pAN1c-srR1cKEN CHILDREN
flor half her paasougors Woro chlidrop on tholr
way to school rushol to cue side, tho ratl broke.
| and tho orult cAreoned over. 1n 1nomont
| q score and d half OF struggling. human
beings wrostIed With tho swlft curront III
| tho mad waste OF waters. Thoro tnoy
wcro, In pluIn tvlcw Ok hundreds watch.
iuR from tho shore. on both tic
cast and west stdes, right In tho business portion
Of tho city, and Tho cries Of Victim sand friouds
| Oh tho shore were heartrendtng. On6 aftoT
| aupthor tho struggles ended. boatS put out as
uoon as possible. md many were rescued. Some
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| tor to hulf milo below. How many were on
tho bout will not be easily known. 1t fs said
thirty wero counted.
| THOSE KNOWN 70 DE ON TIE boat
were Dcrthn Hahn, Emma 1auyluger, Frances
Creighton, Tom Murphy, Loo Taylor, Guy
Carlisle, pae: Sullivan. N. ". Il. Mas-
lott, WIN Long, George kirkpat,tak, Ias,
Dawson, l.. D. Eastman. Louis Olsen, ALFRED
IiItdstrum, J. Johnson, Dr.. Won Koehrins. Elmer
Foster, Austln NIce, John Cortin. and Frod
Aiuloy. OF those, all werc savod but
Thomas Murphy. ngea Is.
John Corbn, aged a5.
Leo Taylor, ayed 10. .
Elmer Foster, agod H. =.
Guy Carlisle. aged IL.
Fruuccs Creighton, aged IL.
Murphy was ono of the mon running the boat
He leaves wife. :
THOUGH A coon SWIMMER,
he could not reach tho shore.
John Corb!n loavos wife and two children
I1o had Just moved hero from Halliday lak'
County. -
The others were school children: Carlisle WIS
son OF Supervisor Carlisle, aud Taylor, Of Jane
Tnylor, Of tho firm Of Campbell s Taylor. II u
| thought tho blow has prominently aneoied hl
r ! mothers mind. Tho little Creighton glrl was
, daughter Of tho Chtcago, Milwaukee. 4 ct. Eau
yartluastor:, Her mother Is crazy @ wsh nsi gr1ei
} VIII Long swimming asnore on a plank Win on on
D | Thore wuru oth8rs OIL tho raft, and ao4o wer
, SSo.n. No bodies havo been found, though tn
rtyotas ne,ns drugsad by oro"ds, hshsea D
: two Chicago tlrummDre, John Powers nnH
! ! eoper. roported drowned, arg sale; The b9ay @
U tho Creighton girl bus not been round, Hhte
Soss y IL Soshs g eaSs se oy VIII savo