The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1888-03-03
a TERRIBLE CYCLONE
1T. VERNON. I'LL. DEVASTATED.
Details OF the Effects 81 the storm
Devastation and Destruction Every
Whsro-Ths Killed and Wounded
An Appeal for Aid.

Whsro-Ths Killed and Wounded
An Appeal for Aid.
Mt. Vernon, Feb. 20.-The follow
ing call for help has been sent abroad :
The city of Mount Vernon, Illinois,
was visited by q terrible cyclone yes
teaday afternoon, which carried death
and destruction in its path. About
thirty persons we're killed outright,
scores of men, women and children
were MANNED, wounded aud bleeding,
aud about 1000 people are made
homeless by the disaster.
Some Thousand houses are swept
almost from the face of the earth,
among which are the County Court
House. the round house of the Louis
vile & Nashville Railroad, and many
of the largest business houses are al
SD q total wreck, their contents being
buried beneath the debris.
A raging fire which broke out also
DESTROYED much of the property that
might otherwis. have been saved from
the ruins.
Loss OF PRoPeRrr-s573,00O
Summing up the county buildings,
business houses, church. socks of
goods, an aggregate loss of $4,000
Is estimated Fine residences totally
destroyed, t6S,00o. Warehouses, etc,
$4,000 Other incidcnt.ls will IN
crease the loss.
THR DEAD AND WOUNDED.
AS yet no arrangements have been
made for a general funeral. Some
bodies have heen taken tn other towns
and some into the country. The num-
Der of killed reaches SO so far as as
certained. The list of those injured
seriously and slightly is very large.
Several are not expected to live. An
efficient corps of physicians and sur
geons are on the ground rendering all
the assistance possible.
THE HOMES OF THE woRKrSGMEY
Alighting at the L. IL n. railroad
depot, attention Is first directed to the
two-story Supreme Court bui ding, a
few yards from the depot, without
dome or roof, but with shreds of tin
hanging from its side, making pivot
around which the storm seemed 10
swing. All else 10 this direction is
untouched. A few steps eastward,
along the railroad, discloses 10 the
southeast an appalling sight of devas-
4 tation. II is in this direction that the
laboring class built their little onr-
story cottages among the timber, and
here it was That the cloud first drop
ped down in its whirling fury, twist
ing immense oaks from TIE ground
and mashing homes fiat; then gather
ing the clinging pieces, strewed them
along its path, tearing down fences
and wiping out land marks. How
many houses were hore destroyed is
not known, for nothing is left 10 many
places to mark the lot. Fifteen foun.
dati0ns still remain. In six acres
formerly we'll built up, but three
houses are standing in the path of the
storm, and these are wrecked. On the
right and left of its path the debri.
was plunged like catapult in home.
more fortunate.
A SCENE OF DEsoLATIoN.
Looking northeastward, across the
railroad the ruin seems more terrible
There the buildings were larger, heav.
ier and more compact, and we're swept
for zoe yards, clean swath tearing
down fences and trees, plling up de-
bris on either side, leaving naked
fence posts and foundation walls tt
mark the spots of residence. Their,
\ still remain on either side of the path