The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1892-07-14
FROM JOY To MOURNING.
SID END OF A PLEASURE PAsrY.
A Score OF Souls Uahered Into the vast Un-
known In tho Twinkiing OF an Eye-A
Cyclones Deadly Work.

PEORIA. Ills, Jul y i3--The waves Of the
Illinois river now roll over the forms OF
score of people who only few hours ago
were enjoying themselves to the fullest sx-
tent. At 10 O'Clock last night . cyclone
swept over. the city. leaving death and de-
struction in its wake.
The most serious and appalling disaster Of
the night was caused by tho capsizing Of the
pleasure steamer Frank G. Folsom: at the foot
OF Caroline street. At Lake View Park. q
milo above the city, representation Of Pom
peil was given. For this occasion the
Folsom. Pekin boat. came up with forty
people A landing was made here and two
or three couples joined the party. Fifteen
others also got on board the boat at tho Park,
so that the passenger list reached fully sixty.
As the boat came out or the landing and
started down the city il was struck by the
cyclone and turned over Ii was little mid.
way IN the river and sank rapidly.
CRIES DROWNED BY THE TENPEsT.
Owing to the tenn pest the cries of tho pas.
sengers could~not bo heard. Word was con-
veyed TO the police-statiOn and every man
ordered TO the scene. Small boats were put
off to the Folsom. the hull of which could DO
seen when the river was illuminated by the
vivid lightning, and four persons we're taken
off 1t by the first boat out. 1t Is known that
there were over dozen in the cabin OF
the ill-fated vessel. When the boat careensd
over every one rushed TO the sinking
side 10 escape the steam and many of them
were washed overheard. One man who has
just been brought OFF says lie saw several
women fastened down under the wreck. and
they were cooked to death by the steam.
Every time the boat careened some OF the
pQtQ oil tn ha ratla
release their hold and disappear ia the
waves.
THE WORK OF RESCUE.
There are eighteen dead In tho Folsom ac-
cording TO tho count last made. Only about
one-half of these will be found in the cabin Of
the boat. for the others were swept OFT the rail
into the river. Everybody in the vicinity
has thrown omen their houses and the work
of rescue is going on rapidly. There are now
eight bodies at tho morgue. Five Of them
are women and only three have been identi-
fed. They are those who were caught near
the escaping steam, and their features are
burned until they are unrecognizable.
ANOTHER DESTRUCTIVE CYCLONE.
SPRINGFIELD o.. July lS--At 1880 o'clock
O cyclone struck the city coming from the
southwest, and literally demolished almost
the entire south end Of the city, leveling
many houses almost to the ground. The loss
Will foot up. IL In estimated. ABOUT $zoo,OW.
1t is miraculous that nobody was instantly
killed The electric light. telegraph and
telephone wires are down, streets are filled
with fallen trees and getting about town
is dangerous Several people were badly
injured. Those worst injured are Mrs. Leech,
who was badly bruised her sons, Cooney and
Jacob, limbs broken and badly bruised.
Cooney WAS pinned under the house for half
an hour and may die. Two little Leech girls
waya badly cut and bruised Jacob Neff waa
seriously cut Mrs. Mary Eshenbrenner fell
under stove and was badly injured. J. II.
Roberts is injured internally and likely 10 die.
James kinle is internally injured. Over two
hundred houses were damaged, many being
blown down.