Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1883-05-20

There seems 10 be disagreement as Il
the number kilied-i0 10 81. Mayor
Fish SAYS IS. Tia following are knoEr
10 be desd- J. Z. Willie, James KastA
naz. infant child of James heisusr
Paul kahi. Barney vikings daughter
Mrs. Y. Jackson. OF all the injured
two girls are unknown. Three or four
persons ara u iss;ng and Is Is asserted
tha. some were blown into tbs lake
where the cyclone ended, and of esurse
any s1ch VIII not be found until they
raise 20 she surface Of the water. Those
Il no we're seriously or fatally wount.es;
are: Andred Fox. wife or wife and two
children, Mrs. heisner. Bernard hsis-
ner' Mrs. Joseph hastansck. Kate
Soelia. Gustav keisner and wife, Ars.
Miller and three children, Mrs.. Isrs
Long, daughter and grandson. Mrs.
Mary Mccarthy. Mrs Thouaas Long,
Herman and Albert knhl. Mrs. kgTiz,
John ReigleInan. Albert Bartz. ". 4.
Sprado. Vim. Reigie1aan and sifa, Matt
SAVINGS and wife, Simon Gies. Mrs. dos.
Decker. Mrs. II. w. Lutz, mother II ! w
and servant girl. two or Mrs. Schoenla-
tsen's family. Bernard Rsissr. wife and
child. family of John Dorsey. frank J.
USa. wife and little girl, Joseph has.ner.
Kate Mccarthy, Thomas Long, Sr.,
Mrs. John Reigleuaa. ;. Hunk. wife
and son. Mrs. Vim. LltchlieId and child,
Charles Birtz, wife and son, w. burst
dry, Mrs. VIM. 4. Sprado. five sons OF
VIM. Reigleman, b. Falk ana brother,
Stephen Larke, Fred kroh and wife,
Chas. Hopkas and family of five, Vim.
Gavins and family of six, Mrs. Liiiar
and two children, boy aud girl, Mrs.
Long, Albert kugan, A. Kru9el and Wm.
Sprays.
The Cyclone at Harvard.
CHICAGO, May ia train from over
the Gaiena division of the Northwestern
Arrived tonight, bringing meager par
ticuiars of the cyclone near Harvard. IL
ilnois. Shortly before 8 o'clock dark
cloud was seen hanging over Chemung,
A small village near Harvard, a roaring
WAS heard, and suddenly fsnnei-
shaped cyclone formed aud sSooped
down upon the place with fearful rapid
itY. Houses were torn to pieces like
cardboard and whlrled through the air.
Larger buildings were leveled IN IN in
slant. No definite detsils are az hand.
su. Il Is understood Numbers We're
killed and at least - wounded. Passing
To the east the storm struck Belvidere,
doing considerable damage. Here the
wind changed 10 the northeast and wi
deaed TO mile. Lawrence, q small sta
ton six miles north of Harvard, was
badly damaged, ana the surrounding
country desolstei. No more particulars
obtainable yet.
CHICAGO, May l9-From advices re
ceiyed by the Associated Press from
points in Illinois visited by the cyclone
Friday night. - deaths have aire2dy
been reported III the State, and the mum
Der injured is estimated rs very nearly
two hundred. Owing to the bad
condition OF the wires north of Milyau
kee. no accurate computation of the
loss Of life in Wisconsin can be made:
but, as far ms heard from, viii probably
reach thirty deaths.
CsucAGo, May - (midnight .--Asso-
eiated Press advices compute the loss
OF hfe in Illinois by the tornado of Fri
day night at from 81 to 63.
4 brief Roodhouse, ILL.,. dispatch
states thai number of hon ,cs and
barns were blown down by the storm of
Friday night. TIE loss OF life is given
as eight 10 ten.
Iae Iiftaois Cyclone.
SPRINGFIELD, Nay 1S.--At Z o'clock
this evening heavy thunder storm, nc
coinpanied by strong wind, passed
over this city. 1t was particularly Sc
we're in the southern portion of the city,
but did no especial damage except to
trees. This storm WAS the edge of the
tornado that swept through the country
two miles south, veering to the norte-
east, and destroying large amount of
property. Places where the storm struck
are not connected by telegraph or tele-
phone, and details are not known; but
those ia the city who saw the funnel
shaped cloud passing over the country.
aud heard the rumbiing and crashing of
the storm, are certain that particulars
will show q vast amount of damage to
persons and property.
CLINTON, H.. May ia terrible cy-
clone passed over this vicinity last eve
ming, doing an immense amount OF
damage to property and killing several.
The wind took southeasterly course,
and followed Salt Creek in this county,
on which line many houses were utterly
destroyed. About six miles south OF
Clinton the wind tore down house
killing Peter Clifton, his wife and their
tdE-ola otueatFt, anu
another child. A family named Benni-
son were injured seriously, and many
other families more or less, the names
of which could not be secured. The
damages are Very great.
A terrific cyclone IS yards wide, from
the southeast, passed over portion of
Dewitt county last night, doing im-
mense damage wherever il struck. Ii
g. ..ho . 1,
great rapidity. The. sight was grand.
though terrible in the extreme. Near
kenney hailstones fell as large as
hickory nuts. The following houses
and barns were total wreck: Mason
Gordon's house, torn to pieces aud fam
| lily slightly injured. Mrs. Gordon's LEG
| thigh broken. w. AIderson's house, a
complete wreck and family slightly in
| jured. Mr.. Bettison's house was blown
| ont of sight and family injured; the
house was carried half mile. George
Hartsock's barn and outhouses were
blown down. The loss is $500. 900. The
| storm went from Hartsock's to Mr.
Shaw's, where brick house was blown
down, the roof taken off and all the
outbuildings blown down. Following
| ttie uctu. ucttSe L Slsitoi, HtIe. SAii
ton and Ellie Clifton. the latter aged
seven years. About 20 are wounded
L be house occupied by a family Of six
named Mcpherson was picked up and
carried aboat 100 feet and dropped. The
family tremendously escaped without
serious injury. Great trees were
wrenched OF like cornstalks. The flu
| neral of the victims will take place TO-
morrow. The scene of desolation is
one that cannot be fully portrayed.
Fences were blown several hundred
feet, and half mile OF telegraph wire
was broken from the poles and carried
two or three hundred feet into the tops
of trees.
SrAuSroS, H., May l9.-At 10 O'Clock
last evening a tornado passed about
three miles east of here, totally demol-
ishing Liyingstone's fine farm residence
and dangerously iniur,ng Mr.. Living
s;one. Other buildings In the viciaity
we're destroyed. and orchards injured.
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