, 1881-09-25
-Four Persons Killed and Two Injured by . Boiler
Explosion at Thurlow, Ont.
En- Old Man and Two Children Struck by a
Locomotive and Killed.

Qu1scs. ILL.,. Sept. IA heavy cloud from tn
west broke over this city this evening in a hug
| torrent OF rain aud a tornado Of Wind ch
| Efeatest damage. was done on front street. Th
upper walls Of joel Harris s. Sons tobacco fac
tory we're blown In, burying a large nunner Q
emptoycs and
KILLING HENRY woEKHACs
Harry Martin, q boy, is dangerously hurt
Henry Bowen, ley brukeu.
! John Cole. dangerously hurt In the head,
Joe Hurdlfn. buddy bruised in buck and thigh.
| Wright Harris. Slightly hurt
THE DAMAGE
| to this building Is about $4,OU
| The Castle Mill. just north Of the factory,
suffered tho loss Of Its stock. u part Of the roof
] art some damage to tho west walls.
| Georxe RuE, tho SECOND engineer, was
| FATALLY HURT.
Tho loss on stock and building Is abou,
$500.
Tue large stove~tounlry OF Rcrnett, Duffy &
60. suffered next. The mo;ding-roon. was en-
| tirely demolished, and great damage done .t
patterns. George Isowlnnd was
INSTANTLY KILLED.
He lenres wife and three children.
Iobn Elerbrecht, III years Old was crushed,
and died ou tho way home.
FrHftk Smith tud Alutzo Wilson wore both
dangerously hurt by falling tiinbers aud walls.
The damage to this foundry is fully sl0.tJ0.
at Co1nstock s. Castles foundry q large por-
tou OF tho roof wsts carried away, and smoke
stack tiown down, and a portion OF the lnoIdlng
room demolished w. A. Metler mud his hip
joint dislucuted and WAS otherwise injured, aud
John Stuecsle WIS dangerously hurt. The dutu-
aEe to the properly is estimated 1t *5,0D.
STILL F4,l.rEEE SOUTH
on Front street Joha Potter's bucket factory
n ind f1St,a Yho
extent OF ES1O
The city work-ho,lse WIS also unroofcd and
other slight damage done.
The roof was blown uI the main building of
Dick Brothers brewery, ou. tho amount of dnna-
age is not estimated.
Stewards large ice-house on the bay was I'LL
rooted+ anl the roof OF tho rntlroad round
house is partly souc.
Tho rose window Of st. Bouiface's Church,
Main street, WAS
-HIOWS Eou1Lr
to the street Dumasc Sl,::,U
The Webster school building lost the largo
window in tho upper story, and the south wall
OF tho second and third stories WIS blown in.
st. Frs.ncis College. the Franklin School, the
and the First baptist Churches,
ai suffered more OF less, but it is impossible TO
estimate
THE AMOUNT OF THE DAMAGE.
The telephone system uf the city is IN entire
wreck, not wire remaining intact.
Altogether tho storm was the tut,st destructive
to life uud propett; Of any that has ever visited
this city.
a LARGE NUMBER or BUSINESS HOUSES,
chiefly :su Front uad Fourth streets. were i'll
jured ana stocks Of goods damaged BY broken
roofs.
Several of tho stss.;es are impossible from
prostrntec trees, pieces ofroofs, signs, and mis-
debris!
Tho sto:u, did hot last more than six or seven
and did little an:naSc east Ut Twelfth
street.
To the Wfa.<rn Associated Press.
QC1SCY, ILL.,, Sept. "A fca:tul tornado
,asscd over Quincy nt O'clock this afternoon.
'iany buildings weresle.uolishcd, unroofed. OF
duulA5cd. |
The tobacco factory Of Joel Harrison s. Son,thc !
ouudsy OF Eourtt. Dutfy & Co., und the foundry |
f Comstock, C:latle i Co, suffered severely
nd many employees were injured. Four per-
ons were killed and thirteen injured. 50 far us
HOW'D. III these establishments.
Three school~houses were partly destroyed.
otnc OF the mills also Sustained damage.
business houses and residences were un-
oo.cd, trees blown h0wu. and tclegraDhic conf |
completely demolished.
Accounts are coming IN OF extensive damage
alt parts Of the city und iu the suburbs.
The track OF the hurricane WIS 1wo miles !
ide.
The streets OF Quincy arc 5trewn With debris. |
,me Of them being absolutely b1ockaded with
ees, tin roofs. chimneys, etc.
Tho Hnancial loss Il variously estimated but
i'll not he less than $l01.b1u.
The northern und eastern portions Of tho city
capea almost entirely.
The wind was accompanied BY terrific rain,
under, lightning, and hull.