The daily gazette., 1883-05-21

port a terrible and disastrous cyclone, |
which did great damage to property as well |
as proving fatal to human life. The cyclone
visited Dewitt county about 7.30 O'Clock |
and did much damage, a number OF houses |
being blown down Bnd entire destroyed |
Peter Clifton, wife and two children, were
killed number OF others were seriously In
jared. The cyclone was quite severe in
Mason county, three people being killed
and others injured. A number of houses
were literally blown to pieces. In Livings
tyne county the storm was quite severe, the
cyclone passing over Pontiac blowing down
business houses, dwellings, and killing two
women.
S3,O00,00O DAMAGES.
CHICAGO, May ia Harvard, Illinois,
special says : The cyclone started at Nor
wegean Hill near Chemang, tearing Down
telegraph lines for the space Of a mile and
taking Off the roof of a mill and destroy
ing all the buildings on Henry Bakers
farm, occupied by George Conn, who was
seriously injured. An old lady, boy and
q deaf and dumb girl were instantly killed.
A large number of cattle and hogs were
destroyed and one person hurt at Lawrence.
The railroad bridge was blown out
Of line, the depot was hurled over
the water tank and the wind mill was
wrecked. DIR. OIark's large blooded stock
barn was blown down At the old Rogers
place. The buildings are completely
wrecked. Pat Kennedy was badly injured;
boy and girl and Mrs. 0'Bren were also
hurt and a hired man named Jno. McGuerk
was killed, and another hired man had his
leg broken and his head badly cut. An un-
known man was found dead floating down
the stream. The cyclone then raised and
came down at Mrs. Vick's, three miles to
the east where 1t blew barn
down and scattered the contents
all over the farm of Alfred
Bombard, Fred Battermerge, house, barn
and outbuildings are total wreck. Bat
termerge, his wife and tive children are
seriously injured, and their hired man,
Charles Stull, was instantly killed. James
Smiths house and barn were blown away
and Mr.. Smith injured. In the above dis
trict 200 residences, barns and school build
ings were swept to ths wind. Over 500 cat.
tie were killed. The total loss by the
cyclone will exceed S3,0O0,0O0.
MORE DESTRUCTION.
HARVARD, ILL, May 19.-Richard Will
lisms' barn and out-buildings were totally
wrecked. Winslow Dawn's buildings are
all gone to the winds, wagons, buggies and
farm impliments all being wrecked, Dawns
and his wife and Emma Worthington were
seriously hurt. Patrick Carrigan vas SO
terribly injured that he died an hour after
wards. He leaves wife and two children,
only two weeks from Ireland. Ladd's barn
and part of his house were blown down.
FATAL EFFECTS or THE STORM.
CHICAGO, May 19.-Telegraplic comuni-
cations with many of the points visited by
last nights cyclone was partially restored
to-day and every few minutes special dis
| patches are adding to the list OF horrors.
Even now it is impossible to give any def
nate statement OF the fatalities but it is be-
lieved that at least 100 persons have been
| killed and three hundred injured in
the track of the tornado through Illinois
| Wisconsin and Racine. The day has been
one of the saddest in the history of the city
Scores are homeless aud the residences Of
the more fortunate ones are filed with the
dead, the dying and the wounded. Food
and clothing have been arriving from near
by points for the sufferers, many who es-
capped with their lives with scarcely a gar
ment TO their back. In addition to the list
of seven dead aud S5 Injured reported
this morning. The following fatalities and
casualties are announced this afternoon
Two boys named CZertanik, aged 4 and 9
years, were buried beneath the debris and
killed; their bodies were recovered Mary
and Kate Crillupa, aged 6 and 8 years
buried beneath the ruins of their homes and
have not yet been recovered; unknown
man from Germany killed. Barney vii
lngs daughter, eight months old was killed
in It's mothers arms, j. Luckfdl and wife
fatally injured. VIM. Kengel killed, body
recovered. Mrs. Miller, two girls and boy
were all fatally injured. Two new houses
the property of a Mr.. Yocan were swept
from the face Of the earth, and the occu-
pants, five in number, strangers, unknown
all missing. A dispatch from Racine thii
evening lays the number of recognized deac
and dying is now placed at twenty-five
This, however, does not include the miss ini
and unknown. City Council held two
meetings to-day to provide relief. Funeral
will commence tomorrow aud continue q
long as bodies can be found.
BLOWN OVER BRIDGE.
NATION, ILL.,, May 19.-The engine
mail and baggage cars of train No. 70 OF
the Indianapolis and St. Louis railroad wer
blown over Hillsboro bridge. Pat Welsh
engineer, was killed, and Daniel Harring
ton, fireman, seriously scalded
OVER SIXTY PERSONS KILLED IN FoURTEKl
COUNTIES.
CHICAGO, May 19,-Associated Press ad
vices make the loss of life In Illinois by tn
tornado of Friday night from 81 to 63, dis
tributed as follows: De Witt county, 4
Z Nation county, 3; Livingston county, 9; nea
Grafton, Jersey county, 3; Madison county
/; Winnebago county, 5; Liter Morga
county, Z; Roodhouse, Green county, {
Douglass county, L; Logan county, /; Mac
oupin county, 8; Hillsboro. 2; Stauntor
and Mt. Olive, to 6; Cayuga, /; McHenr
county, 4; Sangamon county, 5; Maros
Macon county, 3; Buffalo Station, /.
CHICAGO, May 20.-A diapatch from Cal
,inyille, H., to the Inter Ocean saws: TIL
residences of Frank Rice and George Bake
several miles south OF this place, were u
terly demolished by the storm of Frida
night. Mrs. Frank Rice and Mrs. Georp
Baker and two of the lattcr's grandchildre
we're killed outright, and three other pc
sons were seriously injured, one of whol
will likely die. In the vicinity of Plail
view number OF houses were Yrecke.
One person was killed and several wei
wounded.
a dispatch fsom Mason City, ILL.,, to IL
hpter- Ocean says: The residence of C. 1
stone, three miles southeast of here, WI
destroyed by Friday nights Storm Hanna
face, a servant, was carried by the cycloI
;; about 40 yards and instantly killed
i young child was also killed, and seven 9th,
inmates of the house were more or less ser
ously injured.
CLINTON, Ills, May 2O.-Most of tho
\. who were injured during the cyclone Frida
h night are improving slowly. The Clifto
=. child whose head was crushed will die. tt
n Bennison family were badly injured, b,
- physicions say they will all recover. III
others who were injured are much bette
~ There are no new developments to-day vii
a a. the exception of two more houses and a bal
a. oelng ADDED to the property destroyed. tt