Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-01-13
MERCURY TUMBLES.
The Tardy Winter Seems To
Be Coming Along.
BoRBAs LEAVES HIS ARCTIC DEN,

His Might Augmented by His Long Re-
pose--Kansas Swept by the Worst Biz
xard In Ten Years-A whole Family
Froxen--Nebraska and Iowa Feel the
Frigid Breath-st. Louis I'm the Track
of n Cycione-Three Persons Killed and
Several Injured-Property to the Value
of 800. 900 Destroyed.
ST. LOUIS, Mo-, Jan. 18-This city was
visited by heavy rain anu thunder storm
between 3 and o'clock yesterday afternoon,
which assumed n cyclone form in a short
time The track of the heaviest wind was
through the central part of the city, from n
southerly direction 10 little east Of north.
Several church steeples were damaged, and
one, that of the German Lutheran church on
Fifteenth and Morgan streets, blown entire
ly Off, almost down to its base. Many houses
were unroofed, chimneys, walls, trees and
telegraph poles blown down.
Venice, Ills, Catches IL
A report is current that great damage
was done at Venice, Ills, just across the
river from the northern part of the city.
All Western Union telegraph wires east and
north were FRUSTRATED. The Postal company
have been able to maintain communication
with Chicago and the east by way of
Kansas City.
Three Persons Killed.
A dwelling house was wrecked at Tenth
and Mound streets by the wind and the fol-
lowing persons were killed: Mrs. Maggie
Connors, aged 20; Bernard Mcconnell, aged
40, and Joe Weaver aged years. The
damage done by the storm cannot be esti-
mated at this hour, but it will probably run
as high as 100000.
Mother and Babe Buried.
Mrs. Charles Miller, who resides with her
husband at Twentieth and Eugene streets,
was sitting in rocking-chair with her babe
in her arms, when the roof was lifted from
her house. She rushed to the window, and
just then the wall gave way and Mrs. Miller
and her babe were buried under the debris
The babe miraculously escaped without a
scratch, but the mother is badly hurt, and
may not recover. MIR. Miller was in another
part Of the house, and escaped unhurt.
Additional Casualties.
1t has been ascertained that the following
other members of the Weaver and Connors
families were injured: Teresa Weaver, aged
Q, both legs broken, and will probably die;
Annie Connors badly hurt; Maggie Connors,
seriously cut; Francis Connors, head and
shoulders injured
Five Hundred Buildings Damaged.
IL is estimated that fully 500 buildings
were damaged or destroyed The day had
been phenomenally sultry even for st. Louis,
and there were occasional showers up TO
o'clock at which hour there was a Fourth
of-July temperature of Is As the rain ceased
the wind increased in force, and people who
were watching the phenomenon saw a sui
phurous cloud loom up in the southwest. IL
reflected saffron light over the city, and
approached at terrible speed. 1t began bust
ness in the extreme southwest limits, near
Tower Grove park. After tearing the roofs
off a couple of houses II cut a swath through
the city in northeasterly direction, leaving
wreck, ruin and death behind
Some of Its Work.
In addition to dozens of dwellings and
stores I'm the southern central and northern
sections of the city more or less wrecked, the
following big buildings were damaged: The
Anchor mills, Goodwin candle factory, Pull
man shops, Van Brooks furniture factory,
Kingsland & Ferguson's farm implement
works, Missouri Pacific hospital, Hodgen
school, German Evangelical church, Second
Presbyterian church.
The Other Side of the River.
A messenger from the east side Of the river
says that the storm in st. Clair county,
Illinois, was unusually severe, and that the
cry of ~Good Lord, save u.s." was heard
frequently outside Of the church wall
Brooklyn, village Of about 800 people,
seems to have suffered most of the damage
At East st. Louis and Venice the damage
was lsrgely confined TO railroad property
and small dwellings and telegraph and
{ lephone poles. At Brooklyn several peo-
pie were injured but no lives were lost. A
number Of dwellings are in ruins. The Bap-
tist church Is entirely demolished and the
NJ. f church, frame building unroofed
and turned clear around its foundations At
Belleville, Ills, several public buildings were
unroofed. but no one is reported injured