Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1888-02-21

Aue the 0ooeEuostve element 1umpo6
,Vasd and mis.sa ssvesal es0sss and
Pssidsassa, bst sooa poonssd down
again, tearing 6ovn hssvy hsiek hoiid.
logs. vrenehina And tearing fssue
stsuetuses eut Of ali semblanoe Of boild-
in0s, and makina Q useless masD oas of
The solid banks The massive oourt
hoase that occupied the pabkje square
was literally torn 70 pieces This Vas
the extreme point 10 the north Which
the stoe0 reoehed.
Fifty yards soufh the storm vss at
its height. On the corrsr o: Washine-
ton rect ard The poblie tQasfe Crows
block, thfee-seosy brick bulidinQ, uss
demolishsd ard then takisa are vas
utterly coesamed. The ovnes being
can0hs IN its falling salls was cremased.
Across The street vas Eov OF two story
frame buildings, With an oooasiooal
brick. The bricks we're osved inand The
frame buildings crushed ous Of shape
against cach other. Near the corner, 10
the soosh. lot Of frame structures,
which served a. dwellings, and vare.
hoases, we're blown down and then
burned up entirely. The storm vas
over iu three mirutes and the people
vbo we're uuhssned gave assissane 70
the pesdy. The dro company aided BY
the eitissrs. Who bad oreani ssa into
sQoads, began the work Of putting ont
the Ore and re6cuipg the unfortnpates.
The mayos called for assistaace from the
neiRhboEinR tovEs. which Vas promptly
given. What vas Left Of the supreme
court building vas turned into Q mosRse.
The storm does not appear 10 have
done any damage oatside Of Mount
Vernon. Had the stosD oooufred an
bsuF earlier ths loss Of life voold have
been friRhtfol, - The churches which
vses destroyed vere crowded ct the
time.
vIIHyssHD y1on 7RAIu.
"a. LoUu, Feb. "a witness Who
sas the cycioue at Mount Vernon, ILL.,
nois, from = Louisville 4 Nashville
train, deseribes It thusly; Il beheld
fearful black cloud coming from the
northwest. IL Vas In the shape Of Q
large inverted eope and could b. plain
" ssen revolving around an imaginary
axis, and as the same ttno bouuoiug up
and down through the aiY With wonder
ful and friRhsfui speed. Il grew deueer
and darker, and the blaekuea assumed
nerceness that vas appalling. Ths
wind In our immediate neighborhood
vas now blowing With increasing veloc-
ity. Men and women on the streets
ueee blown 20 ths ground. In Q moment
the WhiriiuR clouds arrived at the town
and could &c seen dipping down here
and there, tearing on house roofs snd
then rising higher in the etr again like
q swinging balloon Ii would 6oat along
With lightning like fapidity. but soon
sv0oped down again upou the defense
lees llstle town in another part, raising
bouses and trees. licking the sides
Of buildings and tearing great
holes in than and leaving
devastation along every past Of its
seusse. Az the cloud would dip down
and rise again il vcoid carry trees up-
ward iBte the air, throw them 10 TIE
ground With mighty foFce hundred
Yards away. Hsuse roofs, trees. boards,
bricks. With all kinds OF debsis, wers dy
iBa through tue air At . feArful rate,
and isft them piled In inoopRruous
heaps along the TRACK Of the clood. Toe
passengers on our train were brighten
ed and veritsbIe panic ensued. The
somen screamed from fright. Ihe
cloud dipped dosn on the north side OF
lhe train and dsuolisned q house. bat
iot before IL arrived as our position it
rose and "a ssed over as vstn maRiMi
saIftness and dropped down 10 earth 10
> nth of abe train where u completely
demolished another building s1d psss q
90 Its work Of destruction. The passage
u the cyoions oocupied about tWo MN
uses- Fully half the toVo vas coup.etiy
wrecked, and. added 70 she horror OF
siod, msuy dres broke oat among the
rnins. From the train We could see the
sHoke aud 0Smes rising from q a q u
different houses. Oae strange thing
sas that three miputss after ths cy ciose
ihe 500 vas shining brightly and -
fenely on tue scene"
onS 1oa AID.
The foiloSiua Circular Gas issued this
morning, spd 10 nov being sent through
the mails:
MOUNT ysssoH, III, Feb. e0sh.-Msy
oFs and Gitissns-The city Of Aoart
Vernon. I'll. vas visited BY . terrible
cyclone OF yesterday afternoon, which
carried death and dsstruesioa in its
path. About thirty people we're killed
ontrieht. and scores Of men. women and
chitdrra are MANNED. wounded AID
bisedins. aed about one thousand peo
pie srs made homeless BY the disaster.
Many hoosss are swept almost from tie
face OF the earth, among Shich arc tne
oounsy court hoose. public school baild-
irss, Aeshodiss and Baptist churcuss,
supreme coost house, roar q house Of the
Louisville 4 Mast vile railroad, and
many Il tie ieadina bosiaess houses are
total wrecks. their contents being bar
led benesth the debris. Tue raging ase
which broke oat also destroyed much of
tie pscpe,ty which might oshsrvise
have oeea sased from the ruins. We
are ssr.ly in distress, and are forced to
| call ucon charitable peopis Of the occu.
| try fof Gooey and sasa timely ssssss
snee ~ they mag feel able 20 eoutyi-
hote. Asrsy 10 more rseded than pre-
VISIONS, A. there are fee bossnss-
hoesss that Ursy be able to suppIy shs
demand sesd cAsh csnsribstisus IL
possible. 10 George ". Evars, chairman
| Of the finance csmmitsee.
NcAnAx II. AoNs, Secretary.
REocLAnArios N Izs sovxssoa.
spzIsovIsLp. Ills.. Feb. D.-Gaver.
Cot osIssoJ nss issued q pfoe,sn alton
calling fss money aud sappiies for the
Aeuni Vernon cyelsne saaefersL Geo
". Evans. OF NJ. Vernon, Js1ersou
county illinois,. 10 chairman OF tbs looaI
dnAsce somuitsce and Oil receive All
neceys and saptisss.'
rae SoOE1
AocSr sHaxos, Fss- 0.-Suuntns
90 shs loss the ss1nty bnai.incs
seSfShss. eassness hoasss asd ssoeks .,
goods Aezrsssss loss Of tsla0O, shs
fns sessdsEces totally DESTROYED ga.
Dc. nne rsssaeeo<s iriared SIC, ,cm, css
isesa sssesenses. barns, etc. tIsm
tossi, tssaoeQ Oshef .scsdenssss eli
lncress- se,s- As Jet DO azesaSeznsa,.
have eeee maze Tar the sec rsrAi fuDernI
SoCs of tie bedi<s have been taken 4
other toves ard come scso IRE ooansry
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