Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-06-22
TERRIFIC CYCLONE.
Only Wreck and Ruin Remain OF Two
Illinois Towns.
Many Lives Lost and Untold Numbers In
iured "A Clean Sweep Where Its Fury
neutrality-suspicious. Water Rise.
THE CYCLONE 8 PATH.


MENDOZA, ILL, June PA cyclone
swept over the country about nine miles
north of this city last afternoon, and did
great damage. The storm started west
of Sublette, and Travelled about ten miles
in southeasterly direction in path q
half mile wide. Hundreds are wound ed !,
but no dead are repo rted. Ten houses
were blown to kindlIng wood in the vii
lage of Sublette. A schoolhouse near
Philip Lasinger's, north of this city,
containing twenty children, was
blown to atoms, and the teacher and
children found lying about the debris,
bruised and bleeding. All the doctors
from the city were on the scene. Many
farm houses were blown to pieces near
West Brooklyn.
LOSS OF LIFE AND PROPERTY.
DIXON, ILL.,, June 21.-Pawpaw, q
small town in the eastern portion of this
county, was wrecked by Cyclone yes
terday afternoon. Fifteen people were
killed and the town destroyed. Wires
are all down and news is brought in by
carriers over the country. A dispatch
from the prosecuting attorney and the
coroner saying the, number killed
is greater than first supposed. Great
damage was done at Mount Carroll.
Yesterday ram fell in torrents and spring
branches became rivers, washing away
fences and everything in their path.
Carroll creek rose twenty-five feet in an
hour, and carried away many horses
and catte. The loss to farmers caused
I, win md
dollars. Reports from all over the
country tell of damage to crops, fencing
and bridges.
MANGLED BEYOND RECOGNITION.
EARLyJLLE, Ill. June 2l.-A terrible
cyclone and cloud burst occurred ABOUT
Ave miles north of this city shortly after
4 'clock yesterday afternoon, which re-
suited IN terrible loss of life and prop
erty, no less than fifteen people being
killed and number of houses and barns
entirely demolished The storm came
from the southwest and had apparently
spent Its fury when it reached the
vicinity of the Field 5 sehoolhouse, a new
building standing at the southwest
of the four corners. At this time a
black cloud driven from the northwest
swept up and gave the cyclone renewed
energy. The fury OF the storm was
awful. In second the whirling tempest
had struck the little school house, and
in an instant the building was torn to
pieces. At the time there were eight
persons in the school room, and as the
storm was heard coming up they at
tempted to rush outside to seek safety
in open air.
IT WAS TOO LATE,
however, for the death dealing tempest
was upon them and not one of them
escaped to tell the fearful experience of
that moment. The teacher, Miss Nc
Bride, and her seven pupils were killed
and their bodies carried some distance.
All were fearfnlly bruised aud
some crushed and pounded almost be-
You'd RECOGNITION. Several bodies were
hurled INTO little creek that flowed.
near, which was now swollen to tor
rent. The names of those who persisted
in the school house so far as known are:
Miss Maggie Mcbride, teacher;
Edna Hunt,
Jennie Radley,
Minnie Berry,
Ada Rudolph,
Lena Prentice,
Carrie White.
Leaving the sehoolhousa the storm
swept to the north destroying every thing
in its path. Occasionally 1t lifted, but
the whole country from near Earl
vile TO Pawpaw Is marked with ruin. AT
least fifty farm houses and outbuildlngs
are destroyed. Eight or more persons
are killed All bridges fences, orchards
and crops are ruined, and the damage is
very great. The cyclone continued its
violence until it reached the village of
Pawpaw, where the greatest destruction
to life and property was caused.
THE VILLAGE WAS LEFT N RUINS.
1t is reported seventeen persons were
killed and many severely injured, and
twenty houses torn to pieces. The bodies
of some of the victims were carried hun
dreds of yards, and some of them man
gled almost beyond recognition. Not
thug Is left standing ia the path of the
cyclone at the scene of the calamity.
near Earlsifle. Search is still going on
for the bodies OF those who persisted ID
the schoolhouse.
Some of the bodies were washed down
the creek sonys distance. They were
Invested of alt clothing, aud were more
or less mangled. The body of young
White had fioated under bridge and
was not found until about dark.
Reports from surrounding towns shows
the storm 70 hare started at Harmony.
in Lee county. from there to have pro