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was badly damaged, and the surrounding
country is dcsolated."
A cyclone swept within three miles of
Staunlon, ILL.,, dcmolshing Livingston's fine
farm residence and dangerously injuring Liv-
| ingston. Other buildings were destroyed and
orchards injured, A construction crew Of
twenty-five on the Springfield and Southeast
ern railway camping near Mrs Olives house,
some sleeping in large barn, were all SER
iously injured. Cantwell, the contractor,
and Alva Bcrric were killed. A grl, aged
eight years, can not recover.
A cyclone IN the vicinity Of Clinton, ILL.,,
Friday night. did immense damage. On the
line of Sal creek many houses were destroy
ed. Six miles south of Clinton the wind
tore down u house, killing Peter Clifton, his
wife and an eigh-year-old daughter, and
fatally injured another child. The family of
Mr.. Benuson wer0 injured seriously. Many
other families were more or less Injured.
a Further Account From Missouri.
ST. LorIs, May 2O.-It is reported that the
cyclone wrecked so farm houses in st.
Charles county Friday evening. Five per-
sons were killed.
ST. LouIs, May 2O.-Addtlonal details
show the tornado of Friday night rlowed its
way through three counties of Missouri
Montgomery, Warren and st. Charles, de-
stroying large amount of property and kill
ing and wounding over twenty people. In
St. Charles the farm houses of Joseph Post,
William Helms George Jenkins, Jessie john
son, Z. r. Wolf, G. c. Allen, w. w. Walk
er. o. p. Arlington. Henry Meyer and
Douglass Lucket were wrecked. Lucket, his
wife and two daughters were seriously iDjur-
Sd John JeDkius's house was ruined and
Jenkins killed. His two sons were seriously
and two daughters badly injured. John
Lowery was bruised.
In the neighborhood of Floristal and thence
into Warren county for fifteen miles, the
storm is traced by the following wrecks
James Brooks's house and outbuidings,
Thomas Mills, house and outbuildings: n.
j. foungs house unroofed and lady
wrecked ! John Glassfords residence, torn to
pieces and Glassford severely and Mrs. Glass
ford slightly injured N. o. Pringlc, dwell
ing unroofed; VIM. Spiers, residence aud
, outbulldings blown away and Spiers and Ira
Scerman severely hurt; Mrs. Parsons, house
torn down Geo. Strong's dwelling. outhouses
and peach orchard destroyed; Mrs. Strong
seriously and Miss Strong slightly hurt !;
Joseph BurIingame's buildings all carried
away John Miel's property all gone and
child injured; $. Oney and r. johnson
houses are down. John Panhart, house
4
self and wife wounded ID. Brink, home de-
, molished G. G. Allen, all buildings and
c machinery destroyed and stock killed. David
: Coleman, elegant residence and outbuiskngs
Il swept away; besides these over score of
C buildings, and no end of fences and other
;. property was destroyed
Near Richland on the keokuk railroad,
the splendid residences and fine granaries OF
: Elisha McAtce and Leo HAYDEN were de.
i stroyed, entailing loss of 1000 to each.
4 McAtce was severely injured
. The dwelling and out houses of Conrad
Short near Richllnd, and two houses belong
ing to Mrs. Isenbrand, on Allen prairie were
carried away.
It On SQUIRE Island, in the Missouri river
n near llermon, the dwellings and out houses
" Of VIM Maxcy Wiukelmeyer, VIM. Hat
a wick, j. G. Whitesides and Henry Van vii.
l. lick, were demolished.
The damage will run intn the hundred
" thousands. Persons describing the storm
cay the whlrling funnel. shaped cloud looked
like an immense column Of mist and emitted
myriads of electric sparks.
t, 100000 Damage n. nnu near Dead
!. DEADwooD, Oak, May 20.-Thc storm
rs began Yesterday morning with the highes
C. water ever known. Whitewood stream
IN runs through the heart of the city. A chan
mel was cut 100 yards wide, and everything
o. went before The flood. All the towns up tn,
s. gulch were badly damaged Pennington i
or entirely gone. The valley is flooded. Half o
:, Spearfsh is washed away. Crook City i
u nearly all gone. The water is now falling
as though there is much snow in the noun
y. tans yet George Chandler, his wife ant
he two unknown men are drowned. The los
10 .t..l. -.
nit communication is established between tn
mt two parts of the city.
YES On the Illinois side. Welch's stor,
near Edwardsville was blown to piece
and four persons killed A
NJ Woodboro brick school house, churc
- and three residences were blown dow
leu James Carr and wife were seriously injure,
per The loss in the vicinity Of Staunion
,an $50, 900 and in the neighborhood of Edward
an vile S35, 900.
for Racine, WIS.,, the victim-Twenty.l,
led Persons Killed and 100 Houses ID
IL, strOyed.
ON On Friday evening about o'clock Raci
zen was struck by tornado The afterno,
had been very warm and frequent hea,
~ thunder storms prevailed. Shortly after
o;o o'clock black clouds gathered in the sout
.a west and northwest, and became so thrcate
A. ing that general attention was attracted
49, them. The black masses gradually clos
!. l. in, and for half an hour there WAS not
Ieat breath of air stirring and the atmosphere W
t to hot and sitting. When the clouds came
10 gethcr they assumed funnel shape, and j
alIv mediately Kissing, rumbling noise "
i'm. heard and the storm burst upon the city
the great fury. 1t moved easterly from I
owe southwest The first building struck v
ress tlorlick's factory, half mile west Of the C
limits In dwelling near by seven peol
were seriously injured. From the factory
the Chicago and Northwestern railway ira
= is about one-fourth of mile, The interv'
AIRY ing space is thickiy populated by work.
VEN men, most of whom own their hous
.ho, Through this district the devastation is co
'h.n plele, scarcely house being left standing
'" 'h, the wake of the storm. 1t is within boul
and and to say that at least 100 buildings have b.
and destroyed. From reports already receiv
""' it is probable that there will be shown de
roll of at least twenty -five, with many IN
injured. From outlying districts repC
ms. come of the death and destruction.
A.. blocks the streets are filed with the remna
with of what were Friday morning neat cottal
him, together with the household furniture, b
nov. now ding and wearing apparel.
In The path of the storm was little over
were mile long and perhaps a quarter of o Il
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