Daily globe., 1883-05-20

| rlOusly injured ana one as Qeau. Ine
storm came from the southwest, passing
half mile west of this place and one mile
east of Plainview, covering about one
quarter of mile in width. The citizen;
are responding towards the relief of the
| sufferers.
The storm that passed over Grafton
Shipman and other places in Illinois last
night, seems to have come directly from
| the west. The first heard of it was al
Jonesburg. Mo-, where it crossed the Wa
bash railroad, leveling several houses to
the ground in the town and killing one
lady in the country. The telegraph lines
are broken and no details are yet received.
Last nights train on the Indianapolis &
st. Louis railroad, when nearing Hills
boro, Ills, sixty-fve miles from here, met
with fatal accident on bridge across a
small stream which was blown down by the
storm, and i'll the darkness and pelting
rain the train rushed right into the gap,
precipitating the engine and baggage car
into the stream. Pat. Welch, engineer, was
instantly killed, and Don Harrington, the
fireman, very seriously injured. No pas
sengers were injured.
THE HURRICANE AT CLINTON.
CLINTON, Ill, May ia terrific and de-
stractive cyclone seyenty-fve yards wide
from the southeast passed over portion
of De Witt county last night, doing i'm
mense damage wherever 1t struck. 1t was
fannel shaped and revolved with great
rapidity. Near Kinney hail fell as large
as hickory nuts In all eleven farm hous-
es were utterly wrecked. and the families
made homeless. Mr.. Bemison's house was
blown out of sight, and ne fatally injured.
The following are the dead and wouad
ed:
Dead-Gsorge P. Clifton, Mrs. Clifton
his wife, Ollie Clifton aged seven.
NsBnded-Mrs. Bemison, badly injured
in back and face; Lucy Bemison, seven
years, badly injured and bruised about tAe
face and back; Elizabeth BemisQn, leg
badly cut and face bruised a little baby
of Mrs. Bemison's, blown 40 feet and
picked up badly injured; Garfield Clifton,
three years old, seriously if not fatally in
jBred, an arm broken and face cut and
bruised; another, little girl named Cliff
ten, received broken leg and was other
wiss injured. The house occupied by
family Of six named Mcpherson was pick
ed up and carried about 100 feet and
dropped. The family miraculo9sly es-
capped without serious injury. At Joe
Blues residence 100 sheep were killed. The
total destruction will reach $4,000 at
least. Great trees were wreRched off like
corn stalks, fences in the course of the
wind blown hundreds of feet, and half
mile of telephone wire broken from the
poles and carried 200 or 800 feet into the
ops Of trees.
RAILROAD LARORERs KILLED.
LITCHFIHLD, H., May ia cyclone
struck this section of country at 10 o'clock
asst night, dsing great damage to barns,
fences, stock, ETC., accompanied by,
oss Of life at Stanton, Mt Olive, Burnett |
HillEbore, Woodbury., Edwardsville, and |
several other places. It struck Hillsboro |
at 9:S5 P. m. tearing away a bridge on the |
indianapolis & st. Louis railway, letting |
an engine and baggage car of the passen- |
ger train No. %, going east, fifteen min
ltes later, down into the creek, killing |
Engineer Welch, and crippling and seald- |
ng Fireman Harrington, who was brought |
lers and placed in the hospital. The |
smoking car was turned over, but No one |
vas hurt.
One house and barn was blown away at |
staunton. At Mt. Olive it struck the |
ents of the men working On the new
'allroad killing two or three persons al
zach place. Reports are still coming in. |
If the terrible storm.
FURTHER REPORTS.
SHIPMAN, Ill, May 19.--Later reports |
rom Plainview show more destruction of |
property and loss of life. Mr.. Miller,w wife
nd four children and number of others |
re reported seriously injured, and good |
leal of property destroyed.
MORE FATAL RESULTS or TIE STORM.
JACKsoEvILEE, H., May 19.-Morgan
,sun4y experienced last evening the most
destructive wind storm ever known in her
history. In the city there was cousidera-
de wind and rain but no destruction of
ife and property. On Greasy Prairie,
sleven miles south, the farm houses of
Porter Story, Alex. Gum, Wn. Brakeman,
Ihos. Kesler, Jesse Covington and A. War
up were destroyed. One man, boy and
.wo children were killed and Others in-
Ured. Southeast of the city along the
inc of the Jacksonville u Southeastern
'allway much damage is reported, near
Eranklin. The storm was fearfully destruc-
i've at Pisga. The house, barn ana orchard
II Jas. OXley we're swept away and his wife !
md children seriously injured. At Wood |
avn, where there was a fatally severe !
ornado three years ago, the railrea5 |
iepot was destroyed and cars blown from |
he track and into atoms, |
he track being partially torn up |
The worst of the cyclone, however, was |
ieme miles north of here on the Peoria |
0raEch OF the Wabash, The storm closed. |
was in the shape of a colEnn and struck |
tbs south part of the town at the southern |
edge. going northeast completely across
the business and residence portion of the
place, ieveling four stores, two churches
the depot, repair shop, machine shop
and thirteen dwellings, besides injaring
others and destroying much other proper
ty. At Mrs. Griffin's house her three sons
and one daughter were injured and anoth-
sr daughter aged %. killed. She, herself,
was in a dangerous condition from the
shock to her whole system. Another
ruined dwelling is that of DR.. S. GrifiR,
who, with his wife, is in the city hospital
and both are injured seriously, and his sew
en- months old daughter was killed, Another
of the weanded is Mr.. Hutchens, the vii
age blacksmith, who was at Mrs. Grifiu's
house. James Stevenson's house was de-
stroyed, his leg being broken and his wife
killed. Nr. and Nrs. John Trotter, an