Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-02-21

other places leaning against each other, but
still holding together.
| Along Washington street, Just back Of the
court house, it was hard to tell just where
one building began and the other left of
Floors, roofs, sides OF buildings and parti
| tons were shuffi3d up in confusion ant
crushed against the few brick walls that still
remained standing. Everything along her
was dead loss. not even the protection o.
fire Insurance being available Bunton street
east Of Washington, was completely block
AIDED by the walls OF Strattons & Johnson's
| fallen block, the view from the rear Of which
OF the destruction Of large warehouses
and handsome residences presents scene
much like an abandoned lumber yard and
rubbish lot. There were buildings here
the lumber shows it, but the chao'
is complete. Where houses have been
torn asuudsr and swept away, and
the timbers scattered hither and thither
there is not, TO the eye the desolation that Is
presented by q row Of mansions with the
sides stripped Off, the roofs carried away,
aud the upper floors let down upon the par.
lors below, yet supporting what shows plain
| ly was a tidy chamber but now strewn with
rubbish, OF in many places only portico or
steps and foundation wall and cellar Gov
cred by swayiug floor supporting all that's
left of once luxurious furniture. This Is all
that il left OF East Mount Vernou-the ruins
of happy homes. Then the cloud bounded
away through the woodland and over the
prairie, TO return no more. The sun came
out at once, and since the destruction the
fairest weather has frightened the gloom,
tho dead wcre laid away, aud the wounded
were carefully cared for.
The immediate results Of the cyclonic dis.
aster can now DO summed up with approx
mate accuracy. Tnirty-th three people have
been killed, eight others have been fatally
injured, thirty have boon injured seriously,
but not fatally, and about forty five others
have received minor wounds and bruises,
making a total of ll6 victims. Over $50
houses have boon destroyed, and over 900
people left homeless. The total loss OF prop
erty, according to the best estimates will
reach fully 81, 0D0, 100.
The following Is the latest revised list Of the
dead and injured: Killed-Mr'. Russell
Dewey and boy, Mrs. John T.
Waters and baby, Henry Waters,
David II. Yearwood and wife, John
c. Murray, Mary Westbrook, James Pier
SOL and sou, Samuel Yearwood and wife,
George Purcell, William Jones and child,
John Doison, Dr., Miss Josie Sutton, John
Shew, Mrs Cal Cooper, Frank Caatman,
CHARLIE Cummings, Mrs Martin, Miss Ada
Harper, Mrs I'am, Mrs. Laura Lesenby,
Amanda HearJion. Mrs. Charles Hutchinson,
Miss Irwin, Mrs Shilton, Nettie Fields, Fred
Boswell, Mr. Burzell's daughter (burned up,
Injured--J. M. Hanback,, Carrina Ham
breck, four other children OF Mr. Hanback,,
Lewis Lauey, p Lillicrap, NJ. c. Malone
aud family, five in all, r. j. Bonds and baby,
Charles Weir, G. d. Cook, j. j. Manion, 7.
j. Msnion, nls. Hansook, Mrs, Stearn,
Vols and child, William Jones and daugh-
ter. Ed Harper, Adam Palm, A. r. Cox and
family of nine persons, ). Nd. Russell, Will
lam Hogan, Washington Johnson, MrS CAL
houn Mrs. Fannie Sumpter, Mr.. and
Mrs. William Sheldon, James Sumpter,
Gabriel Jones' wife, mother sister, and
children, John Hunter, Miss Nora Rose, DR..
Seebries' boy, Adolph Isam's daughter, Mrs
William Hogan, Frank Hogan, Hilda Hogan
deg broken) Augusta Mailman skull frac-
turei), Mr. William Baugh and child, MrG
Emery Maddux and two children, Emery
Maddux, Thomas Lance, Mrs. c. p. Hicks,
Abe Hicks, Mrs Guthrie, Mrs, Broader
Mrs l. NJ Beal, b. w. Westbrook, Mr.
Shady, Mrs. Watson, Mrs. Holcomb, three
children Of Dave Yearwood, John Dodson,
G. NJ Sullivan, Eddie Malone, Frank Ma
lone, Mrs Maynor. James Hitchcock and
boy, Mrs. Roswell, Bette Maxey.
All OF JneSe are phuIy nuTL, auu ~ loAsb
eight will die.
The city council held meeting Monday
and voted S520 for immediate relief. There
was no money in the city fund, but the banks
promptly cashed orders, and sufferers in
pressing need had their wants attended to at
once. Committees for investigation and re-
lief were appointed, including many ladies,
and were promptly at work.
The chairman of the relief committee noti-
fed Governor Oglesby OF the number OF the
suffering in this city, and Monday evening
the governor issued "a proclamation appealing
for immediate aid and requesting mayors OF
cities and all religious and charitable associa-
tions, societies, and organizations to raise
contributions for the relief of the people.
The city council of Chiacgo, at its mOetiRg
Monday night, authorised the mayor to re-
ceive donations for the relief of this city,
and news from other points is received to the
effect that the relief movement is well under
way Cash contributions are desired, and
the distress is sore and prompt action neces-
sary, if terrible suffering is to be averted.