Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1883-05-31
Illinois.
SPRINGFIELD, May 49,


II strnck the ground on Elijah Iles' farm,
south of the Junction, and laid waste three
dwellings and as many barns and out
houses. An infant boy was nearly killed.
Across the road from the Booker place
Zebulon Wilford's place was swept away
bv the tornado, but no damage to life re-
suited. A quarter of mile further 10 the
northeast the house of Mrs. English was
torn to pieces. Mrs. English was crushed
and mangled by falling timbers, but there
are hopes of her recovery. After demol-
ishing Mrs. English's house the hurricane
struck again four miles east of the city,
where the settlement of Round Prairie Is
situated, and played havoc with the lives
and property of farmers in that vicinity.
From Round Prairie the storm swept on
to Dawson, nine miles northeast, but doing
no serious damage until that point was
reached. Here a number of houses were
torn down and Mrs. Ferris killed.
At Buffalo, another little hamlet, MIS-.
Thomas Chandler was killed by the falling
timbers of her house.
min Kirk and others were blown away, buS
no other lives were lost.
JACKSONVILLE, May 10.
Morgan County experienced last evening
the most disastrous wind-storm ever known
in her city. In the city there was consid-
cradle wind and rain, but no destruction Of
life and property. On Greacy Prairie,
eleven miles south, the farm-houses OF Por-
ter Story, Alex. Gum, VIM. Brakeman,
Thomas Kensler, Jesse Covington and K.
Worcup were destroyed. One man, BOY
and two children were killed and others IN
jured. Southeast of the city along the line
of the Jacksonville Southeastern Railway
much damage is reported. Near FRANKLIN
the storm was fearfully destructive AT
Pisgah the house, barn and orchard OF JAS.
Oxley were swept away and his wife and
children seriously injured. AT Woodlawn
where there was a fatally severe tornado
three years ago, the railroad depot was de-
stroyed and cars blown from the track and
into atoms, the track being partially torn
I'D. The worst of the cyclone, however,was
some nine miles north of here on the Peoria
branch of the Wabash. The storm cloud
was in the shape of column and struck
the south part OF town at the southern edge,
going northeast, completely across the bust
ness and residence portion of the place,
levelling four stores, two churches, a de-
pot, repair shops and thirteen dwellings,,
besides injuring others and destroying
much other property.
CARLINvILLE, May 10.
The tornado burst upon the county seven
miles south of this city. The first report Of
the dismay was near Plainview, where the
residence and barn of Mr.. Gulick were to-
tally destroyed. The cyclone moved north
east, leveling to the ground houses, barns and
orchards, and finally striking the residence
of George Baker. 1t completely demolished
it, killing his wife and three children and
wounding two more. Sheep and cattle were
torn to pieces. The path of the monster
cyclone was literal scene of ruin.
The next house was that of Frank Rice,
which was torn to pieces. Eleven persons
were in the house, and but one, the wife or
Rice, was killed. The balance, ten in num-
Der, escaped with but slight injuries, some
of them being blown out of the windows,
several feet. The house and barn were scat
tered to the four winds. The path of the
storm is strewn with wrecks OF all kinds.
The cyclone passed through the finest agri-
cultural portion of the county. Coming
from the southwest, it turned with won
derful velocity toward the northeast.
The storm at Barnett was very deStruc-
tive, demolishing several houses and barns.
The loss of life will be considerable and
that of farm property will mount up into
the thousands. ~
. CLINTON, May 10.
The storm entered De Witt County at
Kenney, and in that vicinity the result was
fearful. Nine houses We're levelled to
mother earth, injuring several families
seriously. 1t then kept a northeasterly
course and struck Texas Township, where
a barn 40x60 feet was dashed to tho ground,
killing one hundred sheep; another barn
near by:.was demolished. 1t then took the
residence of a man named Mcpherson up
into the air and carried it around in a circle
anu uTOppeu IL 10 Cne ground ilVO 1eeG from
its foundation. In this house there were
six people who did not receive scratch.
A few rods to the east it struck the resi-
dence of Geo. Clifton and tore it to pieces,
ing on two miles along the creek bottom it
tore house down occupied by q man
named Bennison and his family.
The storm continued its course and at the
railroad a half mile east small house was
turned over. Four miles distant it tore
down the barns and outhouses belonging to
Geo. Hartsock. Two miles further on it
acre out the gable end of Geo. Shaw's house
and all his barns, and passed on, doing lit
tie damage from that point.
The dead are: George z. Clifton, Mrs.
Clifton, Ollie Clifton, aged eight years.
JERsEYvILLE, May 10.
The cyclone struck Grafton, the southern
terminus of the Jerseyville Branch of the
Wabash, st. Louis s. Pacific Railway, six
teen miles southwest of here Three houses
are total wreck. Michael Larned and
wife were killed, and two small children ia.
tally injured. Dennis Shay was injured in
the breast. Three barges of stone was broken
loose from their mornings, but were caught
ricks and apparatus of the Grafton Stone
and Transportation Company were RACED
to the ground.
DECATUR, May 10.
The cyclone struck the northern part of
Macon County, causing the death of three
persons near Maroa, one near Buffalo, and
Gripping many people, besides killing and
manning stock, sweeping away farm
houses and barns, fences, and tearing up
the largest trees.
HAVANA, May 10.
About o'clock last night Literberry, a
little town of about 400 Inhabitants, sit
uated on the Wabash Railroad, seven miles
south of here, was visited by the most de-
structive cyclone ever experienced in this
section. Gathering in the southwest the
storm appeared to have taken u northerly
course embracing a strip of country from
quarter to half a mile in width, leaving a
fearful desolation in it's wake. With the
exception of nine dwelling houses every
building in the place, including the Wabash
depot, was totally demolished. One of the
most miraculous escapes ever known was
that of Mrs. Fleming, wife of g. Fleming drug
glst, whose house was completely demoi-
ished by a freight car being hurled through
it, knocking Mrs. Fleming across the cradle
containing her infant child nna ini,,ri.-