Daily Republican., 1890-06-23
DEATH In raG CYCLONE
A Teacher and Her. Seven Pupln Among
the victims-Bodiss Caught In the
FIood-Msny Persons Injured, and
Terrible Devastation,

EARLvILLE, ILL.,, June 2l.-A terrible
cyclone and cloud-burst occurred eboui
i've milss north Of this city shortly sit1r
O'Clock yesterday afternoon. Ths
storm came from the southwest. from
the vicinity Of Sublette, aud had sppar.
emily spent its fury when Il reached ths
Vicinity Of the Field School house, ! now
building standing ct the southwest OF
-Four Corners. At this time . black
cloud, driven from the northwest, swept
up and gavc the storm renewed energy,
In . second the whirling tempest had
struck the little school.house and torn II
70 pieces. Al the time there were but
eight persons In the school room, and q
the s'ofm was heard coming up they At
tempted TO ruah outs!ds 10 seek safely in
the open air. 1t was too lats, however,
Tor the death-dealing tempest WAS upon
them, aud not one escaped to tell the
fearful experience Of that moment. The
teacher. Misc Maggie Mcbride, and her
sever pupils were Instantly killed.
Peter Beams, an old peddler who waa
driving BY the school ol-house ct the time,
was alec caught up by the storm and hii
body Deposited 10 hedge fence some di.
tance away. His team and wagon have
not been found yet.
The residsnce Of Newton Wood, 10 the
same vicinity, was also caught up and
torn to Fragments, but the occupants
had escaped to the cellar In time TO save
their lives.
Jacob Rudolph. who was frat on the
scene. saw the schoolhouse caught and
lifted 100 fset or more In the air and
then fall In pieces. He then started for
the place whore the building fell to
pieces. but In attempting to cross /
swollen stream was carried down, only
saving himself by catching an over
hanging branch Of willow tree some
distance below. While yet In tho water
the bodies Of Miss Mcbride and one lit
tie girl foated down to him and both
were taken out together. horribly mutt.
lated and stripped OF all their clothing.
The other bodies were found In the i'm.
mediate Vicinity. Tho body OF Carrie
White, being tho last to be recovered,
was found under = bridge half q mile
below this morning.
The storm lere swept tho ground
clear Of everything. Huge trees were
turn up by the roots, fences were swept
out Of existence. orchards obliteratsd,
and everything 10 the path Of the tenn.
pest destroyed. The width Of the storm
was sbout thirty rods. Leaving the
scheolfouse, the storm swept onward, in
direction almost straight north, de-
stI o. ipg every thing In Its path. Ocoa-
slonslly 1t lifted, but the whole country
from near Earlville to Pawpaw, in Lee
county, 10 marked with ruin. At least
hfly farmhOuses aud other buildings
were wrecked, and eight more persons
killed. All buildings, fences, orchards
and crops were ruined, and the damage
done wAs very great. Rven the forests
were unable to rssist the terrible force OF
the wind. and huge trees were torn mn
bodily or broken down ~ II they had
been but reeds.
MENDOZA, ILL.,, June 2i.-A cyclone
swept over the country about nine milss
north OF this oity late yesterday After.
noon and did great damage. 4 school
house near Philip Slassenger's, north OF
this city, containing twenty i've children,
WAS blown to atoms, and the teacher
and children were found lying among
the debris, bruised and bleeding.
WEST BROOKLYN, ILL.,. June 21.-At
40 p. m. yesterday . cyclone passed
about three miles south Of hers, Trees
were leyeled to the ground, and q mum.
Der OF farm-houses and buildings were
blown down. About ten persons were
Injured, but only one killed. Many
horses and cattle were killed.