Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1883-05-21
STORM-SWEPT STATES.
About rs Killed and 100 Injured at Racine
Wis-54 Deaths au Various
Points In Illinois.

q Illinois and other Western states SHOW
t to have been one of the most terrible s
md destructive ever known. At Spring
ield it struck the ground on Elijah lies
arm, south of the junction, and
aid waste three dwellings, aid as
many barns and outhouses. Mr. LES
house, large two story brick, was eut,re'
y demolished. 1t was occupied by Mr.
Booker, who was considerably injured. A
male infant was nearly killed. Across the
road from Mr.. BoOker's place Zebulon
tornado, but no damage to lits resulted. A
quarter of a mile ful her to the northeast
the home of MIS-. English was torn to
pieces. Everything about the place was
entirely destroyed. Mrs. English was
crushed and mangled by the falling tim
bers, but there are hopes of her recovery.
Her two little sons, Joseph and Thomas,
were only slightly injured. The hurricane
struck the Irth again four miles east OF
the city, where the litt'o settlement O.
Round Prairie is situated, and played |
havoc with the lives aud property OF the |
farmers.
The first farm in the track of the storm |
was that of William Coutrell. 1t was
occupied by himself, his wife and a hired
man. They took refuge in tho cellar and
there weathered the storm in safety, while
the house, barn, outbuildings, fences and
stock were destroyed or lied. The homes
of William Nostra~a Mr.. McVeigh,
Henry Hughlctt, Samuel Ashton. James
Trotter, George Ray, Henry Turley, Henry
Farbee and Samuel Il. Grubb were torn
down and great damage was done to other
property. The killed and injured are
Mr.. Booker and child, Mrs. English and
two children, injured seriously Mr.. Far
bee, killed Mrs. J. Van NOstrand, prOba-
bly, fatally Misses Maggie and Annie
Van Nostrand. badly hurt. Those only
slightly are Two daughters Of MIR. Far
bee, Henry Hughlett, Benjamin McVeaSh's
son and Mrs. Trotter.
In Other TOWNS.
From Round Prairie the storm swept on
to Dawson, nine miles northeast, but doing
no serious damage till that point was
reached. Here 4 number of houses were
torn down, and Mrs. Ferris was killed.
At Buffalo, another little hamlet, Mrs.
Thomas Chandler was killed by the falling
timbers of her home. The homes Of
Michael McDonough, Benjamin Krick and
others were blown away, but no other lives
were lost.
Another storm is reported to have struck
Just east of Jacksonville, and to have pur
sued nOrtheastorly course twenty two
miles west of Springfield. 1t is said the
little hamlet of Leitenburg was destroyed
! and that eight persons were killed aud
| injured. Full particulars are not as yet
| Obtainable.
A train over the Galena division of the
Northwestern railroad brought the fol-
lowing meagre particulars of a tornado
near Harvard, Ill. 6:
Shortly before 9 o'clock q dark cloud
was seen hanging over Chemung, a small
village near Harvard. A roaring sound
was heard, and suddenly a funnel.slaped
tornado formed and swoOped down on the
place with fearful rapidity. Houses werc
| torn to pieces like SO many card boards
and whirled through the air. Large build
ings were leveled in an instant. There
are no definite details, but it is under
stood that a number of persons Wero
killed and at least twenty wounded.
Passing to the eG It the storm struck Bel
videre, doing considerable damage. Here
the wind changed to the northeast and
widene6 to a mile. Lawrence, small
station six miles north of Harvard, was
badly damaged, and the surrounding
country was devastated.
Three houses in Sbinn Hollow, near
Grafton, belonging to Denny Shay, John
McVeight and Michael Garner, were
totally wrecked. Mrs. Garner was killed
and her husband is supposed to have been
thrown into ravine and killed and his
body washed into tho river. A daughter
of Denny Shay had leg broken.
The storm was also severe at Edwards
vile. Mrs. VIM. Maxey, of Alton, while
going from her fathers house neal
EdwardsvilIe, to 4 neighbor's, was killet
by being blown against a tree. Tho roui
| of the court house was blown OIL.
IN Morgan County.
Morgan county experienced the mos
: disastrous wind storm known in its history
On Greasy prairie eleven miles south. the
farm house of Porter Story, Alexander
Gum, William Brakeman, Thomas Ken
sler, Jesse Darlington and a. Warcul
were destroyed, and one man, a boy ant
two children were killed, and others wer
, injured. Southeast of the city, along tn
line of the Jacksonville Southeastern rail
road much damage is reported. Nea
Franklin the storm was fearfully destruc
tive.
, At Pisgah the house, barn and orchar'
, of James Oxley were swept away, and hi
wife and children were seriously injured
At WOOdlawn, where there was 4 sever
tornado, attended with fatal casualties
; three years ago, the railroad depot wa
DESTROYED and cars were blown from tn
track into atoms, the track being PARTIAL
torn up.
The worst of the tornado, however, wa
some nine miles north on tho PeOri
branch of the Wabash railroad. The stOr1
G cloud was in the shape of column an
struck part of the town called Liter an
travelled north east completely across tn
business and residence portion of the place
= leveling four stores, two churches, tn
d depot, repair shop and thirteen dwell
;, ings, besides injuring others and destroy
' ing much other property. Az Mrs. Grif
fms house her three sors and one daugh
d ter were injured and another daughter
9 aged % years, was killed. She hersel
was in dangerous condition from tn
shock to her system. Another ruine
y dwelling was that of her son, DR.. S. Grlt
- fin, who, with his wife, is at the cit
=, hospital, both being dangerously in
,, jured internally. His months old daugh
!. ter was killed. Another of the wounde
= is Mr. Hutchins, the village blacksmith
. who was at Mrs. Griifin's house. J. Ste
venson's house was destroyed, he had le
: broken aud his wife was killed. Mr.. an
. Mrs. John Trotter, an aged couple, los
. their lives in their wrecked home. Thi
. makes the number of killed in the tow
- five. There are fully fifteen persons in
;, jured, three of whom will probably dit
- A wounded man was brought in frol
y Woodlawn, where he was badly cut u
g by falling timbers of the scale house {
- | Samuel Woods whose barn was also d(