Telegram-herald., 1889-06-23
MANY PERISH.
Disastrous Storms 81 Arkansas
and Missouri
4 IVWs DESTROYED Bl 4 CYCLONE.
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sad Hss 1Ases Lost Aoshes $40
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Thursday Ghls KlsialiF Fasste1 ~ tsss
cyclones "a one in I've pEoaEs II struck
the iIAnae TesiAenos ~ Al 4 Williams.
three I441ies c.st oI tks cits, and
Ussnpiss<iy demolished A. III Viii
isHs sezE ga sSn sns liza
mother IA laW Ars NIlspis. we're
instsatiy ALLIED hrs Williams fatally
iujaTed sna three oEilaEen we're b&0iy
hurt Tie osolone xlPso sat ths hlls
village of Lone StsT aestssy .ss the
stoIs-hoass sEa gosds ~ 4 Tow LA
cad. the bsIaisl church school house
and many residences III Townsend the
postmaster. is thought H. be fatally injeEsa.
ls also Me George S1neUaa MAny
other farm houses and sut-bulldlngs welu
destroyed and Il is inapossibls L. estimate
the damages Al ciuaeas snesuiis here
FRIDAY several hundred dollars wRs r.issd
AID clothing Tor she sufferers provided
noUT lIvEs LOST
isrrLF hoCE An june "a Word kss
Just reached here from C,lnton that hTs
Emerson s4d sekoa ohlidIsa Tesidlns nesr
that place lost lheiT hses during tie heaFy
storm last Saturday night Emerson, who ls
an CID settler Ia an buren County WAs with
lis family " hen Tie STORM Is4slaR After
AZ hours TaIL the water gradually nooded
his house. and. fearing danger in.oe.
he gath cred t,o Of his children IA Lis sTsns
and made foT TIE dooT D. esoap, Af The
door opened huge .og noatcG IL tie en-
tran 20 and knocked tic little ones ffoID
his arms They lei al has feot into
the swift current aud were lost lie Lhea
took up two more, one IA eEoE aIgn,
aud succeeded la getting our sale
ly. telling his vile 10 follow with ths
others. bat The mother, viii iWo children
in her arms and three olinFing - heT
cIess. ~as carried down wiki the Hood aac
drowned Tic father and two children
the only once left Ia family Of eleven os-
capped with their lives The father Wltn
two little ones. stood ia water az 10 his
waist Clnglng 10 Tree until cav
light when the water eubsiae0 hc
bodies Of the mother aud seNen ch.l-
dren were found scattered OsoI The pace,
where they had been ieft by Tie flood The
home Of Nh Emerson If Total ~TecA lt Ia
said and De ls almost Distracted with grief
The loss of live stock from Tie Hood and
damage 10 property IL the neighboIAood
Was very great
slYiKE STORMS IA illinois
DECATuR III. June - A furious cleo
trical storm with cyclone accompaniment
visited +his city Thursday nie ht The resi-
dences OF / A Smith, : Moore. Charles
Williams and C NJ Cook were STRUCK by
lightning without fatal results, and The
wind demolished Fences anu trees tTIah
Bricker had TWO hoIses Killed by lightning.
Streams are swollen AND bridges were
washed away
TUsCoIA. III June p A waterproof
burst IL Atwood ten miles west OF here
Thursday night flooding the streets and
doing considerable damage The lake
York canal also oveTfioWed IN many places
MoNIIcn 70. III June - A very heavy
storm visited the section of The STATE
Thursday night The rain fell In sbooE
and the streams are again overii0vsd. The
sangamou river has spread al over tie
bottom and hundreds of acres of farm
lands are under "a ater Macl com 10 ruined
while many fields are covered With weeds,
the long continued rain having prevented
ploWing Considerable damage sGs cons
by the lightning and high wind
YANDAIIA III, June - William STOCK
OF st Emo, was struck hy lightning Ihurs'
day afternoon and Killed
NAFEHvILE ii. June p A very heavy
rain fell Thursday evening The wnueI
came down In torrents for several hours
flooding low lands and doing much damage
10 crops
TmIKD HY LIoHTNISo
SCRANTON. Pa June - Much oamHgt
was done by a terrific thunder storm which
passed over this citv Fricay evening
Several houses were struck 10y liFhtning
and set ca IRE Henry somers aged
years. while lying on a couch al home -
struck by lightning ana Killed George
Somers. the ooys father, was seriousiy