The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1883-05-20
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An Illinois Cyclone.

passed over this vicinity last night doing
an immense amount of damage to pro
/ perty and Killing several. The wind
took southeSsterly oOurie, and followed
| up Salt reek, in this county on which
! line msny houses were utterly Destroyed.
About SIX miles south OF Clinton the
wind tore down house killing Peter
| Clifton, his wife, and an year cid
daughter, and injuri9g another child a
! family named Hennison was injured
seriously and msny other families more
or less, Their Aames could not be Sc
cured. The damage was very great.
Stanton. HIS, l9.-At 10 O'Clock last
night q tornado passed about three miles
east Of here and totally demolished
LiVingsta ne fDe farm residence and
dangerously iDjuring Mr.. Livingston.
Other buildings in the vicinity were de-
stToyed and orchards were Injured. A
construction crew comp sed Of about
twenty-five Of tne Sp ingfald and SCu h.
eastern r >IlwaV Company were near
Mss Olys's nous some sleeping in a
large barn, and al were seriously in
jured TWo were instantly killed.
| jacksonville. Ills , I9.-Morgan Coun-
ty experienced last evening the most dis.
sstrous wind storm ever known in It's
history. In the city was considerable
wind AID rain, but no destruction of life
or properly. TN Grassy Prairie, eleven
/ miles sout0, far. houses were destroyed
and man and boy and two children
killed and other4 injured. Southeast Of
/ to city along the line of the Jack on-
vile srd Southeastern Railway, much
damage is reported. Near Franklin the
storm YVES faarfully destructive. At Pts
gate the house, barn and orchard of
james 0xiey was swept away, and his
wife and children were seriously Injured.
At WOodlawu, where there was fatally
severe tornsde three years ago, the rail-
road depot wa, destroyed, and the csrs
were blown from the track and into
atoms, the track being partially
turned up. The worst Of the cy-
clone, however, was some niEe miles
north Of here, on the Peori
branch Of the W sbssh. The storm was
In the shape of column, sad struck the
south part of town at the southern edge
going northeast, completely across the
business and residence portion of the
place, levelling four stures, two churches,
the depot repair shop. and thirteen dwell.
lings, besides iDjIring and DESTROYING
much other property. At Mrs, Grifi MS
house. her tao sons and one daughter
were injured, mother daughter aged %,
was killed. Another ruinei dwelling
was that of her son, DR.. S. Griffin, who,
with his wife,is at the City Hospital here
and both are probably fatally internally
injured. His seven months o d daughter
was killed. jar. Stephenson's house was
/ destroyed and his wife killed. Mr.. and
MI
their lives in their wrecked home.
injured. Three of these will probab y die.
the storm Scattering fsrmhouses and
barns were lsvelled to the ground. The
Storm extended rs far south az Litch-
field, not far from which place . railroad
bridge was swept away and passenger
train on the Indianapolis and st. Louis
Railway plunged to the rsvine. The
scalded probably fatally, but no passen-
gers were hurt. A young man died this
morning making six dead at Litter. The
dead at Grassy Prairie now mum Der four
men named Engiish, II year. old boy
and two children. In Westroad family
was killed, making ten dead in this
county.
Springfield, 19.-The damage caused
by the cyclone storm which visited this
section Of The state last night was more
appalling than at first supposed. As
Stunning tne form of huge bal oon just
south of this city it swept to the north
east with terri fc velocity followed by the
usual viVidness Of electricity. 1t struck
the ground on Elijah He's farm, South
Ia, L.. 4
ings and as many barns and oulhouses.
Mr.. Hes house, 3 large two-story brick
was entirely demolished. A mile further
to the northeast the house of Mr. English
was ruthlessly tDrn TO pieces, and every
thing about the place entirely de-
stroyed. Mr.. English was Crushed
and msngied by falling timbers.
After demOlishing Mr.. Engiish's home
the hurricane seems to have raised and
rushed onward over three or four miles
too high to do much damage. 1t struck
the earth sgain ur miles east the city
where the little settlement of Round Prsi-
RE is situated, and played havoc with
the lives and property Of farmers IN that
vicinity. The first farm in the track Of
the storm was that Of VIM. CONTROL.
1t was occupied by himself, wife and
hired man. They saw the fearful engine
Of Obstruction approaching and 10 ref
uge in the cellar. There they weathered
toe etorm in safety, while the house,
barn. outbulldings. fences and stock were
destroyed and killed. The houses of
William Nostrsnd, Mr.. McVeagh,
Henry Hughett, Samuel Ashton, Joseph
Trotter, George Ray, Henry Fur,ey,
Henry Farbeck and Sam A Grubb
| were torn down and great damage
done their other property. The
killed and injured are Mrs.
Booker and child, Mrs. English and two
children, injured seriously; Mr.. Far beck
(killed), Mrs. Jane Van Nostrand, prob
ably fatally; Misses Maggie and Arnle
Van NosErand, badly nurt. From
Round Prairie the storm swept on to
Dawson, nine miles northeast, but doing
no serious damsge until that point was
reached. Here -too, number Of houses
were torn down and Mrs, Ferris was
killed, At Buffalo. another little ham,
let. MIS-. Thomas Chandler was killed
and many houses were blown away, but
no more lives we're lost. Another storm
is repor ed to have struck the earth just
east of jacksonville and pursued north
essterly course, twenty-five miles west of
Springfield. 1t il said the little hamlet
of Leitenburg was destroyed and eight
persons were killed and injured.