Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-05-28
ANOTHER GREAT sIon.,

Portions OF Illinois, Indiana AMI
Visited This Time Many Buildinn. "a'
moltshed ard Several Persons ~. Ne
Hurt by a Tornado At Odel, IN Ots
Number of Lives Reported Lost at "A
ca. lnd.-Havoc Created in the Gift I,
Xcnia and Dayton, o.-storms in on ,a
States. N"es
CHICAGO, May 13.-Passengers WIZ
rived on the Chicago & Alton express &. IT.
the south last evening report that y tass
BILE hurricane accompanied BY lrhtr;'
and sheets OF rain struck the tow,
Oaell, H., e%ighty-one miles south Of N.
cago, at $50 O'Clock yesterday aftcrno.,
causing loss OF life and great a..
struction OF property. The train ..
countered the storm some miles sor..
vest OF Odell. but did not expe,;,r4
it's full force until that place was reacba1
AS the train pulled into the STATIC,
shower OF boards struck the engine a.,
tender, n large shed on the right Of t'
track having beendemolished and its w,a @s
sent whirling over the prairie. On the LA s
| OF the station II livery stable with an aa
joining shed full OF horses, carriages nv, ma
farmers teams was totally wrecked. Tr'
large brick store OF S. s.. Cole was la;a ~
ruins and four children buried beneath Il
the daughters OF John Miller. AS thesto,.
vent down broken bricks, fragments
motar and pieces OF timbers were whirlsj
through the air and dashed against ri
sides OF the cars, breaking the window,
and creating a wild degree OF terror amona
the passengers.
AS soon as the tempest lulled sufticieDt,I
many OF the passengers jumped from thu
train and made a hasty exploration of Chs
ruins. Efforts were made to clear ava
the debris from the Cole building, and tn
children were rescued. Three were scri
ously hurt, bat will survive, and
the others ~miraculously escaped injurv|
Altogether seven persons were seriousl1
hurt, and OF these four will prob|
ably die. Every portion OF the villar(
showed traces OF the widespread wrecjI
wrought by the storm. lt(demolishcd onJ
brick block, wrecked three warehouses, uni
roofed the hotel, the Masonic Hail and
four store buildings, and tore to pieces thI
upper stery Of the Angel block in whici
the Odell Bank and the Odd-Fellows' Hail
were located. Hardly 81 store-room ID
town escaped injury Il many dwelling
houses were demolished. The loss viii! ed
coed $4,000. The storm did not lasI
over five minutes.
At Dwight, the first station this side d
Odell, floods OF rain fell, preceded by hail
stones OF remarkable size, some weighing
from five to six ounces The storm movc}
in an easterly direction, passing into Indl
ana.
At Joliet one OF the severcst storms eve
experienced in the city began about hall
,,,H ,:-lA -1xl,,l- ,-l &.,~ ALa ~,
with Il deluge OF rain and hail. Cons;del
midst OF a performance at the Burr Rot
ating the widest panic among the aud
ence. Women screamed, animals raget
and a general stampede amid sheets
lightning and drrnching rain foliowe
Three persons were slightly injured by u
falling pole and q number hurt slight
during the confusion.
Dispatches from the Illinois towns
S%trcator, Tuscela, Mount Carroll, Gale
burg, Rockford and Marshall report mud
damage to property, the fruit and whed
crops, and some injury to persons by til
terrific storm OF rain, hail and wind Wild
passed over the State Wednesday eveninl
Peru. Ind, advices say that a ternbI
wind-storm passed over that city and VI
entity last night, causing damage III
amount of which can not vet be estimated
The wheat crop was badly injured and
large amount OF stock was killed by light
ming.
at Attica, Ind, a number of busineJ
houses, u new mill, the Revere House, tn
Chicago Il Great,Southern railway otiei
and the wagon bridge over the WabaSl
river were torn down. Several person
were on the bridge at the time it wen
down, and all are supposed to have bed
killed. At the Revere House several al
reported to nave been killed.
OHIO CITIES WRECKED.
COLUMBUS, O., May 13.-Word was ri
ceived here at 1870 this morning that
cyclone had wrecked the cities Of DaytOl
and Nenia, this State, earlier in the tight
Houses, according to report, were ton
down and carried away. AT Xexia lG}
yards OF railroad track were torn up Tiki
straw, and the Little Miami RAILROAD
hridge was blown out. All trains al
abandoned. Telephone and telegraph
connection is SO imperfect that details cal
not be obtained.
IN OTHER STATES.
PITTSBURGH, Pa, May 13.-Late dig
patches from points along Concmaus
valley report that several persons weres
riously injured by a tornado which pass
over that section Monday evening. Tel
graph poles were blown down generally
cows killed Inc trees blown fully two lA1
dred feet into the air. Fences and sma
buildings were nothing but straws i'll tn
way of the storm.
MANCHESTER, Va, May ia feashi
storm passed over this place last evening
lasting fifteen minutes. The wind attaIHt
great velocity and haiI-stones the size
w9lnuts fell to a depth of from two inela
to three feet. Trees were stripped OF tea
foliage, and the rain fell in torrents, fAin1
the streets and cellars. Every house VIII
n western exposure had all the wlllao'
glass destroyed. Carriages were oSa
turned on the roads, their occupants n1
rosly escaping with their lives. The stof1
extended only a mile OH the other SIDE
this place.
a Sad Case.
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, May 13.-Franes :
Hord, Acknowledgement OF Indiana, % ''