The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1883-05-20
THE TORNADO IN ILLINOIS.
A Large Extsas 81 Country LalN Waste ard
Many Fsrssas KiiisA aaA IsjsrsA.


SPRINGFIELD. May TO- The damage caused
by the Cyclone storm which visited this part Of
the State last night was more severe than was
at first supposed. 1t struck tho ground on
Elijah lies farm. south OF the Junction and
laid waste three dwellings and - many barns
and outhouses. Mr.. lies house. a large two
story brick building was entirely demolished d.
1t was occupied by Mr. Booker who was con.
siderably injured. Zebulon Wilhords house.
across the road. was swept away. but no ono
was hurt. A quarter OF mile further to
the northeast. the homo Of Mrs. English was
torn to pieces. Everything about the place was
entirely destroyed. Mrs. English was crushed
by the falling timbers but there are hopes Of
again four miles cast Of. the city. In the little
settlement OF Round Prairie and played havoc
there The rst farm in the track Of the storm
himself. his wife. and hired man. They TOOK
refuge In the cellar ana there weathered the
buildipNs and fences were destroyed, ana the The
iees svlsd The nomss Sf william
Henry FarSes and Samuel Grub y we nSt to4n
down and a. great damage was done 70 other
hH and SHasi sS s asls
Injured sSerbiSfu;iy and Mrs Jane yaa Nestrand
sa Ng nV we're bss i;s hurt Maggie
From Round Prairie tho storm swept ON to
4 MI MnHal IVA @beS 9ortneesf = a19hsE
Tiled. AZ Buffalo another iittis hamlet Mrs.
81 s' q MshasH Nc
Donough. Benjamin Keck. and others were
ps Sh'E nS ss % s
east OF Jacksonville. and to have. pursued a
Se %s Eet of
burg Tss dSsr1yed and that eight persons
last evening dark cloud Was so seem hSn eins
over Chemung small village near Harvard
do S'raS A cyclone and formed SS
and, swooped down on the place with
frightful velocity. Houses were torn TO
wsrsd thSpusS ha air. Ga laS'a1 baanss
we're eysiied in an instant i is reported that
twenty woundsd Passing to the east ths
damage Here he wind changed to the north:
station six miles north Of Harvard. was badly
d asan's,sd and the surrounding country was
CLINTON. ILL.,. May ia terrific Cyclone,
seyenty.ilyes Yards in width. from the south
last doing dama gsw. SSy
with great Tapidity Hail iol a. large as HEX
blown out Of sight and his family Injured; The
Clifton, Mrs: Clifton. his VIE and 0llie Git;
Others were badly injured.
yfs ss iada aaa carried
WEI were co. killed. The total damage, will reach
s59 Gr9at trees were sT Wrenehsd Of IKE
were blown hundreds OF feet. and half mile OF
telephone wire was broken from the poles and
carried CO two or three hundred feet into the tops
STANTON. H.. May 19.-At 10 O'CLOCK last
Of here. totally demo! isRins LivnSston's fine line
1arm "nd inarng MT
about twenty five men. in the Springfield and
Illinois so%ihwestern Railway. were camping
in large barn. All we're seriously ii Injured.
were Instantly killed. A girl. aged 8. cannot
JACKsoNyILIE. Ill.,. May 19.--The two cyclones
which visited this county last evening one
s1s a' S Shs sor The
east were the ssyerest ever known In this
ruins. All the business part Was destroyed re-
and only three dwellings are standing. Six
Everything In the storms track is wrecked.
Massive trees have been torn out BY abe roots
s sna swRS ned ass s Uos and
though 4 had fSa been singsa by Are Those
Of light. and as II swept along at the apparent
rate Of a mile a minute II made terrific roar
ing noise. For some time. after the storm
phere was so hot that men could hardly
breath In y. Several freight cars were picked
was carried two hundred yards in a straight
line and driven through a large frame building.
The cyclone In the southern part Of the county
ready been reported. and about twenty-five
persons are severely injured. The property
losses are great One farmer had eighty sheen
killed and others suffered heavily by the de-
structiOn Of ALI kind6 Of stock