Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1888-02-23
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FORTY PERSONS KILLED.
The City Of Mt. Vernon, ILL.,, Nearly
Dc troyed by a Cyclone.
Three Hundred Houses wrecked and
thousand People Made
Homeless.

EVANSVILLE, Ind, Feb 10.-Ncws
comes from Mt Vernon. H., Of a fright.
full cyclone which swept over that place
about 400 this afternoon, resulting in the
death OF at least fifty persons, the wound
Ing of about two hundred and fifty others
and the almost total destruction of tho
town The telegraph service at tho place
was almost entirely demolished. only one
wire 10 this city having escaped the gen,
cral destruction, As consequence Il Is
impossible as yet to obtain anything like
details OF the horror.
The storm came from the northwest.
and sweeping around In n half circle,
practically RACED the business portion Of
the town, The awful visitation only
lasted few Ssconds, and almost imme-
dialcly fire hroke out In n number If the
ruined buildings. The fire department
OF the town was, Of course, totally IN.
able to cope with the additional danger
and an appeal for aud was tolegraphcd to
this city. The dispatch received was tho
first inlimation to Evansville that tho
disaster had occurred
A special train with five engines aud n
number OF physicians was nj once dis.
patched to the stricken town. Since their
departure fragmcntary dispatches have
been received furnishing some little In.
formation regarding the disaster One
message to the effect that forty eight
bodies have already been taken from the
ruins, which yet partially or wholly con
ceal many more victims lead, diving or
seriously injured, The sumo dispatch
says tho lowest estimates place the mum
Der at Injured NJ $50 but, owing TO tho
fact that nll press wires are broken IL Is
impossible ms yet To give liot of the
killed or wounded. So inr the only per.
SON known to have met death was Engin
Ger Cummings Of the Louisville ~ Nash
willie road, The shops of the company,
located on the outskirts of the town, were
among the first building demolished, md
Cunningham was crcshed 10 death IN the
ruins.
Reports from across the river In Ken.
lucky say the same storm crossed over 10
that state, aud that the experience of
Mount Vernon was duplicated Mt Norton
vile, n small town In Hopkins county.
This report receives Indirect CONTRIBUTION
IN the fact that nothing has been heard
nom the place since.
Late dispatches say the scene In the
stricken city Tonight was peculiarly dis
trcssing, Through the great heap If ruins
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their efforts 10 reach those Imprisoned be-
meath tmbers and bricks Cries came
from every pile OF debris, In some Of the
streets where the great cloud swept with
reslstleSs force the dead lay In the warm
rain, which mingled with their blood.
Above the scene Of desnlatiun the sky was
red from the cOniagration, aud hu wind.
which was blowing from the south was
laden with blazing brands Such u picture
appalled, the stuutcst heart. For hours
tho survivors thought Of nothing but
themselves. With flames ronring behind
aud upon all sides 1T them, there wa no
alternative but fee oyer the bodies Of tho
dead and the wounded and the mass of
ruin which pinned them to the earth.
For an hour 1t looked rs though tbs
victims Of the blast would be burned
where they lay. As the night wore On
the survivors became Drawer. aud plunged
into the ruins Of the east end, where
many haplcss creatures lay grooming aud
pray Iuu,