The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-06-15
BIG WIND STORMS OUT WEST.
TOWNS IN shyERAL STATES DAM
hGED nj 7OHSfD0ka

nnd Hundreds OF Thousands or Dollars
Dn.auo Done-Thr,iiinE Experience or
. Steamer on Lake Michis IN.
PEORIA. H.. Juno H. Mcagro reports OF q
terrible tornado Mt Galva. n small village forty
five miles north ~ this city On the Rock Island
and Peoria Nailrcal reached this CITY early
this morning. From what can 10 Learned nj
most tho entire village. which contained 2.OV
Inhabitants. has cen swept away. and there
is considerable loss OF life.
The storm was preceded Ey lightning, which
did great damage The TONI craturo fell rap
idly, and tho tornado followed tho electrical
storm. Many persons fed to cellnrs. aud
scores OF people wero found after the storm In
cistcrns and wells. whcro they had taken
refuge.
A later dosratch says tho Free Methodist
Church was entirely demolished aud tho con-
grcgation imprisoned in lis ruins. several
bein. seriously Injured. II Is miraculous that
any OF tho occupants escaped with their lives.
Many persons werc hurt at their homes or
upon tho streets by fyinG debris. liough's
and Barnctt's elevators are destroyed. At least
half OF tho business houses Rre unroofcd and
from 50 to 100 homes wrecked or destroyed.
The Hays planter factory was hndly damaged
and tho Milford heater factory partly dcmol-
ished. Tho Union Rink Is Il complete wreck.
People who came in to day from the district
say TINT there is loss 81 life. 1t is estimated
that twenty or more persons are dead :" iar.
however. IL has hcen Impossible to get par
ticuars or nance. rs the wires are all swept
away und there t. no communication with the
town. Train drspntchcls along tho limo OF the
railway say that an apl allnE sight was re-
yealed when tho sun rose this morning. Dead
bodies lie In Ito devastated fields. mingled
with tho ruins ot hUinrS.
The only wore, received to-day comes from
Lafayette Station six miles this side OF Galva.
1t was known that a number OF persons were
killed and iuur cd. but there was so much
confusion IN tho unfortunate town that the
numcs could not be learned. Every church in
the city was moro or less damaged. Tho
Hayes panp and planter works. which gives
employment to about 200 hands. was badly
damaged.
Reports Of tho destruction OF the town OF
Wenona, in Marshall county. have been cur
rent No definite nows from there has been
received.
In this city the electrical storm was the
worst seen in many years. and the Temporal
ture fell many degrees in few moments
The day had been intensely hot. In the even
ing n terrible rainsioru nondcd everything.
Eight telegraph lines run between this city
md Chicago belonging to tho Western Union.
and all but one Of them are down.
William II. Tricbel. passenger who arrived
here from Galvn at noon to-day. says the de-
vastation of property by last night s storm was
complete. but mraculously only ono life was
lost. man namcd Olsen took refuge in n
cellar and was crushed to death by falling
timbers. There were great many PEOPLE
bruised and manned. but not very seriously
injured. Scarcely.a store or dwelling escaped
damage OF some kind. and fully onc-third of
tnfy wa f,ty In No InF
from one to ten feet. Most OF the stores were
unroofcd and the unprotected goods deluged
CHICAGO. June 1.-THE storm Of yesterday
afternoon which swept over this city. taking
wigwan and. according to early reports. kill
ing two persons outright. was much more de-
struetive than first reports indicated. At
teen persons were more or loss injured. willis
1t will probably take hundreds OF thousands OF
aSda HSa1 tbs Ct tho fyd the
Charles j. Roberts Harvey Stewart, and three
unknown men.
- Burns. struck by brick. severe scalp
f. Erickson. caught under q falling pile OF
lumber and injured internally. He was re-
moved to tho County Hospital and will re-
Edward Housman. car cut of by falling
Max jacobs. leg broken by falling roof
Anna Klima. collar bono broken and shout
der blade fractured.
Maggi 10 klima. right hip and right foot
JOHN i.ial. blown to tho ground from roof:
skull fractured: will die,
James MrGlnn. left leg fra ctured by falling
lum Der at lumber yard. Ho was removed to
j. j.. i. O'Dcli. President OF tho Union Ma
ti2nal bank. nack Of head. forehead. and
Severing UIsen injured internally: may die.
Mrs. annie Paddy, struck BY lightning: no
MIA nS Sry T'I e anRs sprain n%h'''0h
Mis-. Sh"a. deep scalp wound caused by fall
Mag Wesley. badly bruised.
When tho storm struck state street its vio-
icn's ;a.npearca TO iia>c ben ut It's height:
toward the LAKE. rs srratrst inrr. Mnn az
pended between iwenty-third and Twenty
nth st street, m e d mmmn"r in which it
indicates that 1t had Il rotary motion, and was
arenl tornahn i was violent enough to tear
through tho air. and TO break telegraph poles.
While 1t lasted its path on state street was u
tie People nr,wc"n iwcn,y-thrd ami i iii,
ticth stco-ts w"r" in dread OF death eHry mo-
ment. TN the west side o. state street every
Telegraph pole for Blk blocks was snapped
nsunder
A seven story brick building at 2t1 West
Madison street was SO badly shaken thut it is
This falling Of tho TELEGRAPH and telephone
poles com plctely cMora!Ztd the news service
as well as business. Not click OF the sound
ers was heard in tho Western Union Office for
several hours l.inemrn wcie sent out immo.
dia;ely. however. and Il resumption Of the
service WAS brought about Ibis morning.
Tho Manuln"turrrS' Huiliin. ut the Worlds
Fair w.is damaged BY tho storm $1,000. The
portion Of tho north ond oi tho building. b"-
tween tho centre and northwest corner pavil-
ions. was blown down and almost entirely
ruined
The steamer Juliet. with the graduating
class Of the Northwestern University. arrived
At, the lock near the NorthWestern depot at
arranged Tor the celebrat ion Of class day. Tho
steamer with its, merry lloyd went up tho lake
e Waukecan. leaving Evanston after tho
become COMPARATIVELY calm. The run M was
unoyentful. The return trip was undertaken
ato:I5 o clock. and the little vessel stood out
two miles In the lake and had reached point
Off Forr Sheridan when tho second storm camo
on. 1t had been raining for som" time. but
the son was TO slight lat it was not felt.
Boil, cabins wosc filled with the monitors OF
the class and their friends. and tho pro.
grammo Of exercises was being carried out
without any inlerrnption. was not until tho
waves began to sweep over the deck that thoro
was any indication that there was danger,
suddenly. while n speech was being made by
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