The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-06-14
The Town of Galva Badly
Wrecked by Cyclone.
HEAVY DAMAGE IN CHICAGO.
The New Democratic Convention Wig
wan UnroOfed and Smashed.
Plate-glass Windows Blown In, Chin
neys Toppled Over and Buildings
Destroyed - Two Persons Killed,
Others Injured-Unpreceden Heat
in New York.

PEORIA, ILL.,, June 1t-Word has just
reached this city that Galva. a town in
Henry county. forty-tive miles north of
here, was wrecked by n cyclone last even
ing. Several persons are known to have
been killed, ar i many buildings destroyed.
Up 10 O'Clock this morning nothing like
detailed statement has been re-
ceiyed. The town is entirely cut
Oft from telegraphic communication with
the rest of the world. and the only in
formation so far received comes from
trainmen who passed Though there after
the storm. They report that the Chicago.
Burlington 4 Quincy roundhouse, the
Rock Island & Pacific depot and many
other buildings were destroyed. Several
people were killed and many injured. All
the churches were more or less wrecked,
and the Hayes Pump and Planter Works
badly damaged.
lGava is on the Peoria & Rock Island and Chi
csgo, Burlington & Quincy railroads, and had
2,9i0 inhabitants in 1890 1t is iorty-eight miles
from Peoria. twcnty-three from Galesburg and
al from Chicago 1t has high school, eight
churches, IA national bank, a newspaper Office
and coal minei
CHICAGO. June 13-The graduating class
of the preparatory school of the North
western university. numbering ninety
seven ladies and gentlemen, took the
steamer at Juliet Dempster street pier,
Evanston, at O'Clock this afternoon for
Highland park, where they were going
for picnic and class jubilee. No word
has been received from them up to mid
night, and anxious relatives of those on
the excursion have spent the night tele-
phoning and telegraphing to various
points, endeavoring to secure information
of the whereabouts of the picknickers.
Most of those who went are
students who graduated from the
preparatory department this morning.
The last trains into Evanston brought no
tidings and certain parties left there at
midnight for Highland Park, Lake Bluff
and Waukegan, but up to a. IN. no word
was received.
This city was visited this afternoon by
one of the most severe storms in years, but
it lasted only a short time. At midnight
two persons are known to have been killed,
five workingmen fatally hurt and many
persons painfully hurt. 1t is also feare d
that three men seen on the lake in a row.
boat before the storm were lost. The
wigwam on the lake front, in which the
national Democratic convention is
to be held, was badly wrecked.
At about 3 o'clock this afternoon
heavy clouds began to gather, and
a few minutes later tornado swept across
the city from the northwest, accompanied
by terrific thunder and lightning and tor
rents of rain and hail. On the west
side trees were broken down, avn
ings torn off and windows shat
tered. "A brick cottage at No. 1886
Whipple street was demolished
Two-year-old Emma Klima was instantly
killed and her mother and another child
badly injured. Between Twenty-second
and Twenty-third streets. east of the
river, considerable minor damage
was done. The telegraph, teIe-
phone and electric systems are
demoralized. Large chimneys of manu-
featuring establishments were wrecked,
and some houses struck by lightning and
badly damaged. Portions of the roofs of
several buildings on State street were
blown off.
A small circus was showing at Twenty
eighth street and Wentworth avenue,
many small children being present. when
the gale struck the tent. The children
were panic-stricken aud great confusion
ensued. They got out safely, however,
and shortly after the tent was razed to the
ground. A number of performers made
their escape in undress uniform.
4 Catholic church at Twenty-ffth and
Wallace streets was badly damaged and q
passer-by seriously injured. An elevator
near Butler street was struck by lightning
and the grain badly damaged by rain. The
storm seemed most severe in the vicinity
of the hoard of trade. The Home Insur-
ance building on La Sale street, was
struck, and three plate glass windows in
the Union National bank blown in. J. J.
2. Odell, president of the bank, was struck
on the thigh by large piece of glass.
Other occupants of the bank escaped with
slight bruises. Driving rain deluged the
bank and did considerable damage One
large window in Armour & Co.'S office was
blown in, but no one was in jured. On the
upper floors of the building a number
OF windows were broken. number O.
young women tainted. and there was a
precipitate rush for the exits. To make
matters worse ali the electric lights in the
building went out at the height of the
confusion.
Seventy-five men were at work in the
big Democratic wigwam when a post hold.
ing q corner Of the canvas roof gave way
and tore through the canvas. The
wind got under it and the guy wires
snapped like twine, and an instant later
the great. ninety-ioot center mast fell in
with crash, smashing through the foo.
and crushing hundreds of chairs.
Armours elevator, at Morgan street and
River. was struck by lightning and com.
pletely wrecked. Charles J. Roberts, who
was at WORK in the boiler-room, was buried
beneath bricks and timber, and the BODY
was not recovered till late thi:
evening. Many additional casualties are
being reported TO the police. Several
men working on new buildings were
badly hurt by being blown
from scaffolds or struck by
flying debris. The life saving station re
ports that three men seen in a row boar
some distance from shore before the storm
must have been lost, as after it passed nc
sight or sign of them could be seen in an,
direction.
About $50 this evening another sever.
storm swept over the city, lasting abou
three-quarters of an hour. Two building,
were set on fire by lightning and othe
minor damage done, but no serious casual
ties were reported. The storm had the effect
however, OF completing the demoraIiza
ton of telegraph service. and for a lon,
time Chicago vas cut off from comuunica
ton with the East. Several large store
in the business district had plat,
glass windows blown in and suffered