Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1886-10-02
AN ILLINOIS CYCLONE.
Th" city of Joliet Visited by "a Destructive
WIND and Rain storm.

terrible wind and rain storm prevailed
ia Joliet. H.. on the night oi the 18th. IL
H. - remarkable fact that although fifteen
or twenty houses were completely drmol.
ishci and scattered bytheterrfic wind vet
not person was fatally hurt. Everybody
seemed 10 be awar" oi the approach uf the
cyclone some minutes before il struck the
city. and secured their safety BY tlecin. 10
their cellars. The cyclone came from the
southwest, straight up the Desplainrs River.
The constant flashes of lightning lit up the
sky 80 that the iunncl-shIprd cloud could
be plainly seen as it came whirling toward
the city with "A roar ike hundred locomo.
ives blowing of steam. As il reached the
city limits Il turned east on Monroe 81 rect
demOlishing houses, barns and uUtbuild-
ings. The large twu-Story new house of
owen hlrk, OnJulIet street, and the house
aud barn Of William Pudnry, on the same
street, wer" the first To suCCumb. Boa rds l.
iIuus Of trees. sections Of roofs and pieces
81 heavy timber filled the air. The bridge
on Monroe street was picked up bodily and
Deposited almost intact two blocks away
heavy grindstone, belonging to Mr. Pud-
ncy, was blown 200 feet. The residences oi
the Schlim Bros, John Day, Hod Brown.
Jerry Buckley, Patrick Daily, Peter DAILY
William Barrett. John Mnhrr and William
Hines were scattered to the winds. Pieces
Of some OF these houses were carried Il
quarter OF Il mile. large number of
houses We're more or less moved from their
foundations and wrenched out oi shape.
many Of them with great patches OF shingles
missing from the roof. The house oi Peter
DAILY, on Chicago street. was turned upside
down. the roof now rests on the gIuund
and the front door is high up in the air
The large elevator of II. I. Carpenter K
%. 10 badly wrecked. The poles vi the
Western Union Telegrs phi Company were
twisted of like pipe stems, the streets being
plockaded with "a mass of tangled wires
Telegraph and telephone wires were ren.
dcrrd useless all over the southern part Of
the city. Along Fourth avenue great holes
were made by balls OF electricity or fire.
which bounded along the ground during he
rush of the cyclone. At the corner sf Mis-
sissipps and Fourth avenues great trees
were twisted into every imaginable shape.
Numbers OF horses and cows were buried
beneath falling barns and some badly Grip
pled. The horse and buggy OF Deputy
Sheriff Ward was itched in fr ont of his
house when the cylone came and after it
had passed the horse and buggy had dis
appeared. No trace OF them has vet been
iOund. The damage TO property in the
city is estimated at SO, 900, and may ex-
cecd that sum.
THE STORM IN IOWA.
\ Dubuque special says that the worst
rain anG wind storm of the season occurred
IN that city at q o'clock on the evening Of
the 18th, and continued not more than ten
minutes. II was a straight blow at the
rate of forty eight miles an hour The rain
came down in sheets. the fall being nearly
two inches III less than an hour. Com.
muuication with outside towns was COM
Dlrtclv cut off for twelve hours hot by
telegraph and telephone. The morning
papers were issued without press reports.
The first time for years. Many chinnevs
were blown of. trees l-vrcd and windows
broken. Hundreds Ofsparrovs were found
lead in the streets. At Hampton, Ill.,,
light miles east, several houses were un-
rOOTtu