New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-06-15
READILY WESTERN STORMS.
ervrRAL PERSONS KILLED IN CHlCAo'
AND MANY INJURED.
Caused IN THE WORLDS FAIR CITY
An ILLINOIS TOWN WRECKED BY
roRyApo-wIDE TRACTS OF
COUNTRY DEVASTATED.

rbcaco June 14->esterday AFTERNOON" SUI
-. mnch more destructive than hfs' iepoi.'
,.aicoted At least seven lives were 'o'' ~
rhicaco and vicinity ard fifteen persons WV
ronre or less injured, while 1t VIII pro"'"'S "H
a,.ds of thousands of dollars 10 repair "e
nun, nn. done bv the tornado The killed were
0"~,avs Do,ring. Emma Klima. John Nlchoh.
Giles J. Roberts, Harvey Stewart ana t'c'
unknown men, to,;no milo
,,,oher and was injured internally. lie WAS
v.rovcd to the county hospital and Will reCone'
rdward IIousman had his ear cat on Dy a i"iii'7
,.,.-ranh wire Max jacobss leg was broken pS
s.Iling roof: Anna Klima had her coi'at-"one
.roton and shorldcr-blade fractnied' M'sN"
Xlims's T at hip ard riah' foo' "cre ci"'"'
Iobn Iail was blown TO the grouho ,,o'i ,.o,"
rcof skull fractured and VIII oe' ""ii'
80, skull fractured by falling brick, ana may
U"'''% 1sos NcC;nn left lee fractured by falling
80, ar q, humber ward J. J. 7. ODeh, pfesl"eh'
~, Nat,o.al Bank hurt in the BACK Oh t'i"
taa forehead and thigh cut by glass oeN'.,"s
Olson injured internally and may "ie' VIZ
.,r,e Paddy, struck by lightning, no ou'"a.'
On" I'm, 10 N a critical condition: Mrs NJ
Srattorv loft ankle spranel; Mrs shoai, deep
.aln round caused by falling tr"nsom' MN
wse,ov hurled against telegraph pole ana 10 S''c'
walk badly bruised .,o >,.,p-
The storm of last evening u"'""s'" " -
toc,urcs Building at the World's Fair to the en-
,ent Of $4,000. The telegraph service was ",
moralized. and for long time Cmcaso ""' '"'
o0 from communication with the Las'.
rh sto,mcr Juliet with the graduating cl'iss
-. ,hc Northwestern University. for whose safety
-, anxicty WAS felt arrived al the COCK ne"'
Nor.hrcstern Depot at 3:l5 o'clock TINS morn-
inc All OH board were safe, despite 'nc up
sncc, Of the evening. and unaware oi 'i'' i'"'
which their failure to return had caus2o Vi VI
the reports of the disaster TO the craft
col,shrro Ill June 1A-Ihcre pasS"i through
a., rortbeastern part OF this, Knox, county, a"o"'
O'clock Yesterday evening, destructive to'n''o'
and ruin was left all along lis path. !" S'''N,
70 have first made it's appearance hor'n" ''V %
Ca,xo About 80 o'clock, two blck, threaten
Id wore noticed In the west approaching
onc anoaher. and the tornado is thought 10 nave
r.srl,ca from their junction. Its course wac
s.r,h and east through that city, and the main
bodv Of the storm passed along the chiei pnSiheS
.r.o, of the city 1t came with such suddenheS
that the people had no time III winch u nH -
n,acos Of safety In the Free Methodist OhuIci
tbero WAS assembled congregation. In one lii'f
,bere a committee gathering 10 ARRANGE i''
Fourth of July celebration. Tie church WI
,uicklv a mass of ruins, and the congregation W.
- .b. ,vreckacr Many persons were lrlufeo
bu, those inside managed to escape without III
t.: TITO roar of the storm is described a
,.rrib,e L. was accompanied by midmeh
a.r,,no.a and an awful sweep Of wind that carrie
.v.rvshan~ before it. Nearly every business nou'
along the principal streets was unroo,e"' on
stocFs of goods were badly damaged py 'he no''
A. water following the tornado Inc me- an
prr,ngton and Quincy roundhouse was ''"'
wrecked. G. w Barnctt's elevator near uS; We
alolu of
unroofed, and 10000 push'is Vi s,ai" aia,
';.h x.ter The Rock Island and Peoria crew
WV" nor, of the depot went next. The "a
-, - tho Roptist Church was cnt OIL as ci''
20 NV q knife and was hurled into the s'r'>
1bn ronoreeational Church was also bau'S ilj'i. w
TIL. saddcst thing occurred at August '',o"
house There were in the honS a' Wv a,
Mr. and Mrs Olsen. Charles Oiseh 9n" i o,
Tn. house suddenly collapsed, Kii'inH vi
;ns,ant,v. the others escaped by h'.r''"
rha r,oca to-day was i'll a state oil oe"o'",, -,
p ,siues4 was completely snslch,ic"'
stre..s wcrc filed with wrecKaee VI ','S
.;.,,;on The stores were more or less IN run
Hardly a residence that VII, n'' 40" Co,.i1
1,~,acc is estimated at S20o.0Oo 'ohs'"
.,,o numbrr of buildings wrecked II j. = =
-, that there was not a greater loss oi II
w. Olsen was the only one killed. ile i"!"'
"a follows: George Erickson mp i"'''
va arm broken: Mrs. Albert ErcNSon' ~
"n, anu ai, Mrs. John Erickson u
hacI and head; Mrs Herman :,
~ a..on bmt internally; Mr. ana
Mi yorger. slightly injured; o. NJ hei'p',.
Iu,r about head Ernest Dic>crsoh' reg DIT
,lbrrt Erickson, hurt in'ernally' iiui'an ~.
lao broken; Nellie Moline, hurt i'''er"'"T r,Lo
caro were blown from the tracks ln1
O',o -, oor wras blown of. Windows all o
49,, wcrc blown in. large tree "as p''''
Il orrie1 II
up ~ nort ~ Gslva suffered most severely
49, LEAVING (;alya The tornado went IL
.,..stor,v direction. The farms all aIohs
..,, ,o cnoon River suffered most severely
n.sso1 three aud a hall nlies from n',o"'
lace brick house of Mrs Jones crHmoieo 70 p'
washington Dunbar's large barn was oio%.' r
and several head of stock were Ninou' ~ :,
roo.cs his damage At S3,ooo YARNS "e'e .
An and lighter dwellings forced from
foundations: fences blown away orciaiS =
,r,tcd and ruined and crops ieVeiieo. I'"
sons house was blown away = a. ooe d,
,nrr 70 pieces The wind cut Claus II
sons house IN t"o' .:.. ;rds,
- ,his city last night, shattcring VIM
, ,,,roofno houses. tearing down awnihs'
all; Tho strcets with wrcckagc Inc WIN"
sayen,v miles an hour. The greatest dan,asS nt
49, az tho Corning steel worhs "i,u ;a a. ~,
n;rsch a. Co.'S Stafch ""i no: - ~ 40
havoc havoc with the TELEGRAPH, ,hs wirss ss. "s aSa VI west
are down. ir,,ss .h.as bours au late. Huge trees
so% sSm oas Se by the and carried NsE,.
wsIs sweFn Ops ptof Of of fSs"S the G. N f. Hammond
Grated Grated odnes ane 'yE, Was badly damaged by +"
nSms5s of barns snd anS ssSsaR%p
were res stfae1 ,aIesraph oy Offices is completely destroy
aps s ! ltnh1s .venins pasf 9has Ses S"s
by small s sorns%S F,ss Press office and the fro
Wallace ISSlI % Bros grocery. No one was ser1