Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-06-23
PITEOUS PICTURES
Of the Havoc Wrought by the
Illinois Tornado.
FREAKS OF THE ROTARY TERROR.

fence of . Laborer-A Clock That
Wo0ld Not stop-A Nebraska Town
| Swept Away.
| CHICAGO. june 2&-Telegrams giving
/ details OF the havoc wrought by the ey-
clone Friday are az hand from Earlville,
Paw Paw and the other places visited and
show that the first accounts were not ex-
| sggeraie,i The saddest work Of the
storm was the destruction of the Fields
school house near Earlville An observer
states thai the wind carried the house up
into the air for q distance Of SO feet,
| where it was wrecked and lost sight OF.
Neither the teacher nor any of her pupils
| remained alive TO tell the story.
/ Where the yictsms Were Hurled.
| Miss Mcbride was fonnd in the road
some distance away from the building.
! life having instantly been crushed out.
| The pupils seem to have taken another
eourse, and al were thrown into the creek
Near by Many Of the little bodies Were
| carried down stream, but all were recov-
ened Not veStige of the building re-
manned even the stones in the foundation
being taken out Those killed are the
daughters 81 Aschel Pren5iss, Isaac Berry,
and William HINT, aud the sons of Mrs.
| Carrie White. Seaman Overkirk George
| Rudolph. Peter Reanus. and George Be-
laehes- The latter gentleman also }oet a
wife and child. his house not far distant
having been demolished
The storm DeeApitatei Him.
The most shocking death recorded is
that Of little Robert 0kirt Robert was
one Of the seven who left the school with
Mrs. KeIley's hired man When they
reached the dear Robert. whose home lay
IN direction opposite 70 that Of the KEEL
ley hoJsse- started OF alone He was over
taken by the cyclone, and after being
raised high IN the air was decapitated.
His remains when found were - mutilated
that 1t was necessary 10 gather them in a
wash-tub
The Death of ,sr. Ream.
The Ream family had remarkable ex-
perienee- It's house, one Of the last ones
struck. il situated IN the woods east OF
Paw Paw. The Reams husband and
wife, ara extremely old people The houss
was lifted, whirled about several times
and dashed 10 the ground Both Of the
Reams were buried under the debris some
distance from the house She was carried
10 tree top, the tree was blown down.
and she had found safety from death IN il.
thick branches Her husband had fallen
/ under tree and his brains were dashed out,
hIs head resting on the household cat,
which al>o iay pinned down by the debris
1t wss the Pitifal cries Of the animal tbs,
. Led 10 the discovery Of Resm and his wife
and the rescue 81 the latter.
Experience Of = Diteher. /.
a ditcher named Palmer was laying tils
on & farm near the Bstz school house. and
when he saw the storm coming he pulled
on his rabber coat and ran for has home
. | He was caught IN the very e.iCe Of III,
| Tempest and was lifted bodily from tn.
! ground He says IL seemed a. though
machinery was pulling him this way sn[
that When the storm had passed he Iay
bruised and choking with the sUlpharou.
| sir which seems TO have affected all whS
were 10 the storm. and the left seeye Of
his rubhsr coat was torn Of at the shoulder
and carried away.
Some Freaks of the Storm
A curious action OF the storm WAS de
vetoped when many Of the articles blown
away from the uBroofezi house Of Newton
Woods were found SO yards TO the Yves,
and south Of the piscs from which theI
! started Since the course OF the storm wa.
north and east-eSactly the opposite iirec
, tiOn-5his feature seems very strange
Most Of the clothing which had beer
stripped from the bcSijes of Miss McBrid.
aud her papils was found IN the trees o
Paw Paw grove, a small eight-isy olocl
was found sixty yards from where TaylO
Searcsys house had stool IL WAS lyins
on it, side bat was ticking away As mer
rily IS ever. At tie Woods place brosG
board with nails driven through one ems
was blown against a tree with such fore
a. to fa>tea il there firmly, and il stand
out al right angles with the tree trunl
ike the arm II guide post
Maltese Cats Voyage
!, 4 fine maltese cat was found near ii,
wreck Of the Rezm house saturday i
| was supposed 70 have belonged to III,
. family there. Yesterday II was recognizes
by James Blee a. the pct tSbby Of his owl
: demolished home The little animal Ia,
been Carried in the center Of tina. storm
fully five miles. and then hurled to esrtl
in the last mad descent
Miss NeBrfde's Funeral
The funeral Of Miss Maggie Mcbride
who, with her seven pupils was instsntl
killed at the Fields school house WAS bel,
yesterday. her corpse being followed to III
grave by All almost nGml,eriess throng Tn
other victims were buried in various place
preferred by the surviving relatives Moth
: ing can picture the gloom which has Sc;
: tied upon the community, nor the horro
with which this simple people regard tb
| fearful visitation
Visitors 10 the Storms Path.
?, Hundreds Of people visited the scene O
the cyclone yesterday Every road lead
| ing 10 the ste OF the Fields school hous
| WAS filed with teams since daylight
: | Many persons have driven thirty miles {.
view the ruin brought by the tempest an,
the various places now clothed with sucl
SD interest have been throaged witt
sightseers Subleite. Mendoza. Munsou
Brooklyn, each sent scores of visitors i
> | wagons. in carriages. and horseback. an,
! scores Of others came IN on every train o.
! both the Burlington and the Northwest
ern roads
The Destruction 1T Sublette-
The storm struck Subletfe with terrih
force. Mrs. Frederick Bittner. OF Sablette
was killed Among those injured are th.
wife and mother Of Henry Wolf, Mr.
0 Joseph ClInk. Mrs Bee, Peter Langar
| George Kayl0r, wife. and four children
: | George Bachelors son. Mrs. Casper Is
| senbocber and two children, Mr.
|, | Reynolds and daughters, Carrie, Edith
Lucy and Mary; William McAIbs, wife
| and two children, Grace Barton, al o.
I | Sublette
AT the Peter Elkins school, south O
: | Compton. the daughter of Casper Olsen
bachsr WIS found between the wall
: | crushed by heavy beam There Is bu
little hopes Of her recovery Edith Rey
BOlds Was cut about the head and injureC