Omaha daily bee., 1883-06-12
Destructive Storms Along the
Borders Of Illinois and
Wisconsin,
Large Amounts Of Property
Suddenly Removed and
Shattered.
A Freight Train Picked Up and
Wrecked.
A Cyclone in Indiana.

Vernon was visited by a cyclone last
night about half past seven o'clock.
1t passed through the southern part of
the town, destroyed five or six houses,
one a brick church and the rest dwell
ings. No one is known to DO injured.
A train OF ten cars on the u. u Nj.
railroad was blown from the track
about seven miles east of North Yer
non. No one was injured. Further
up on the o. & M. railroad at Osgood
several houses were blown down and
two persons were reported killed. The
cloud was funnel shaped and moving
eastward.
Cyclones in Iowa.
Special Dispatch s 10 THs Bee.
CEDAR RAPIDS, June IA special
to the Republican from West Union,
Iowa, states that q tornado struck
Brush Greek this afternoon about 3
o'clock, and blew one-third of the
town away. Loss from $50, 0C0 to $40,-
600. No lives are reported lost. A
school house was also blown over be-
tween Oelwine and Maynard stations,
on the B., OR. & N, about the same
time.
DUBUQUE, Iowa, June Lids
pat hes from Wsverly say: "a
cyclone this afternoon visited Tripoli,
the scene Of the exploits Of the Bar
Der Brothers, about $3.50, and blew
down trees and buildings. The large
machinery warehouse of j. @. Garrett
was completely destroyed. Consider
able damage was done on the busi
ness houses aud many small building
were blown to atoms. Several person.
slightly Injured.
The Blast Mt Beloit.
Special Dispatch TO The BEE.
BELoIT, Wis, June 11.-This cit,
was struck by q tornado about 6 thi
evening, with the result of demorali2
Ing the business portion of the town
killing N man and wounding severa
others. The storm came from
southwesterly dire c,ion, and was me
by q current Of air going south, caua
: Ing n rotary motion, accompanied b
, heavy rain. It struck the wester
portion of the city, wrecked a nun
0 Der of buildings, then past over tn
, heart of the city, %unroofing q numbe
of business house, blowing down tn
Northwestern railway bridge, seattle
ing the machinery room of the Roc
8 river paper mills, and killing Elwar
Holleran, QUE Of the hands. Th
loas will be heavy, as the goods In tn
! injured buildings are damaged
water.
nj A Double Header.
4 special Dispatch to The BEN.
CHICAGO, June II "A Daily New
: Harvard, OH. } special says 4 peculi
n cyclone passed q short distance sout
O east of this place tonight, wi
:. heavy rain and hail, met another G
clone, north of here, reversed
At course, jumped over this place al
struck the earth a mile south of hel
"a sweeping away dwellings, barns a
+. fences. Turning to a direct ea5twa
course, IL leveled o number of dive
Ia ings and barns. A few persons we
ID wounded but no lives lost.
n. a Whirlwlnd.
"a Special Dispatch to THE BEH.
IN CHICAGO, June 1.-THE Int
i'd Oceans Galens Gill; special says
m wh'rlwind passed over Elmo, In t
IS, southern part of Wisconsin, about
O'Clock this afternoon doing mu
damages. Owing to the interrupt
telegraphic communication 1t Ia i
possible to learn the particulars,
n freight train on the Northweste
ri railway was picked up bodily, exct
a. the engine, and carried from
he track and completely wrecked. I
la. conductor, VIM, Gleason, WAS serlo
ly, and w. Comstock, a travelling m
Of Chicago, slightly hurt.