Omaha daily bee., 1883-05-21
F0kCM OF FURY.
lri0f Pictures Of the Cyclone
Paths in Illinois and
Wisconsin,
City, Vii age aad Farm Proper-
ty Picked up and Dashed
to Piec g.
Three Counties in Missouri
Badly Abused by the Gale.
Seathing Torrents Tumbling
through the Clutches Of
the Black Ellis.
Penuine tor, Crock City and
Spesrhsh Mouut the Be-
som end Vanish.
7he L 8, Of Life by Wind and
Flccd Appalling, W lille the I'm
jured Number Hundreds.
The L s., of Life by Wind and
Flood Appalling, while the In
jured Number Hundreds,
ILLISOI2.

Of. LOUIS, May ~. Dlspatchos
from various points ia Illinois give
fuller details of Friday nights cy-
clone. At Staunton..a the tornado
passed about three miles esstof town,
totally denoli,hiug Liviugstcne's fine
residrnco aud dangerously injuriug
MIR. Livingstone. Other buildings Ia
the vicinity were destroyed and
orchards injured, A construction
crew, comprising about twenty-five
men, on the Springfield & South
western railway, we're Cam Ding neal
Mrs. divers house, nome sleeping Ia
the large osrn, and all wore seriously
Injured. Mr.. Cantweii, contractor,
and Alva Berry were instantly killed.
A little girl aged 8 cannot recover.
kilograms for aid have been sent out
AT Grafton, a few miles north, great
damage wac done. All the derricks
of the Grafton SSoue Quarry company
were destroyed, together With five en-.
gines and several houses. The loss lie
very hoavy. Three houses In Shinn
hollow, near Grafton, we're totally
wrecked. Mrs. Gsrner was killed and
her husband IS supposed to have been
th-own in'o the ravine and killed, and
tie bods washed into The river. Mike
Garner had a hip ~dlsiocated, ard u
daughter OF Denny SQsy a leg broken.
The damsge near Springfield was
more appalling than at frat supposed.
1t struck the ground on Elijah Has
fara, south of Junction, and laid
waste to three dwel!inga and as many
barns and o%uthouses. Mr. Hes house,
q large two story brick, was entirely
demolished. It was occupied by Nil.
Booker, who vas considerably injured,
and his infant boy nearly killed.
Across the road from Bookei's place,
S, Wilfork's home Was swept away,
but no damage to lie resulted. A
quarter of n mile fuc,her to the north.
ea't thu house Of Mr., English wss
torn to pteoss and everything
about tho p'ace entirely de
stroyed. Ms Elgllsh was crushed
and manglsd oy the falling timbers
but there are hopes of her recovery.
After demollshing Mr. English's
home u hurricane struck again four
miles east of me city, whers the little
settlement Of Round Pfairis Ia situat-
ed, and played havoc with the lives
and property of farmers In thai viciri.
ty. The first farm in the track of the
storm was that of William Controll,
occupied by himself, wife and hired
msn. Taey took refuge In the cellar
and westhered the storm In safety,
while tho house was torn down, out.
buildings, fences and stock destroyed
and killed. The homes of Willi,m
Nor.hrAn', MI, McVesgh, Henry
Hualstt, Samuel Ashton, James Trot.
ter. George Ray, Henry TurIey, Hen.
ry Farbree ana Samuel A Grub,
were torn down and great damage
was done to their other property.
On Greasy prairie, eleven miles
south of Springfield, the farm houses
of Porter Sorry, Alex. Gum, VIII.
liam Blsckman, Thomas Keusler,
Jessie Coyington and A. Worcap,
were destroyed. Oae mar, a boy anG
two children were killed and other,
injured.
Southeast Of the city along the line
of the Jacksonville aud Southeastern
railroad, much damage is reported,
Near franklin the storm was f~esrfllly
destructive.
At Pisgs, the house, barn and
orchard OF James O1ley were swept
away and his wife and children serious
ly Injured.
At Woodlawn, where there was G
fatally severe tornado three years ago,
the railroad depot was destroyed anc
cars blown from the track into atoms
The tracks were partially torn up.
Ths worst of the cyclone, however,
was some nine miles north of here, or
the Peoria branch of the Wabash
The storm cloud waH In the shape Of
column, and struck the south part o
town at the southern edge, goins
northeast completely across the busi
ness and residence portion of thu
place, leveling four stores, tive
churches, the depot, repair shop. snc
thirteen dwellings, besides injurinl
others and destroying much othe
property.
1t struck Hillsboro at 9:55 p. m.
tearing away the iron bridge of the I
& St. l.. railroad, letting the eugtn
and baggage car Of passenger trail
NJ, %, going east, 10 minutes late
down into the creek, killing E lgtnoe
Welch ard gripping md soaldin
Fireman Harrington, The car ws
TUNED ver but no ore WAg hart. Ga
house and barn were blown away a
S.Euatou. A Mt Olive It struck th
tents OF men working nesr the rel
road, killing two or three persons O
each place,
A telegram from Jacksonville, III.
says at Mrs, Gyifith's house her thre
sons and one daughter were iriare
and another daughter, aged ~, killed
she herself "a 10 a dangerous oondi
ton from the shock 10 her whole syg
tenn. Another ruined dwelling wa
that Of her son, DR.. Griffith, who wit
his wife is at the city hospitsl here an
both are probably fatally internally In
iured. Their 7 months old daughte
was killed. Another of the wounde
Ia Mr.. Kitchens, the village BLACK
smith, who was at Mrs. Griffith
house.
James S~tevenson's house was d.
stroyed, his own leg broken, and h
wife killed.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Trotten, an age