Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1892-06-15
IN CHICAGO.



CHICAGO, June 10. "A small sized
tornado ragged in this city between and
a o'clock Monday afternoon. The rain
fall was terrific the food of water in
many places being SO dense that it was
impossible to see buildings across the
width of a street.
The full force Of the wind struck
the southwest corner of the Home
insurance building occupied by the
Union National bank and blew in three
large plate glass windows.
j. j. p. O'Dell, president Of the bank,
was struck on the thigh by n fragment
of glass and severely cut. The other
occupants of the bank escaped unhurt.
Several smsll plate glass windows in
other parts of the building were de.
molished, and many Of the young
women employed in the Office tainted.
wigwan Top Destroyed.
The great canvas canopy over the
Wigwam, in which will he held the ma
tiOnal Democratic conversion next week,
was torn to tatters and SO utterly ruined
that the contractors determined TO have
done with it and use instead timber
roof.
Electricity DcmOralizcd.
The telephone, telegraph and electric
light systems were almost totally de-
moral2ed. Poles and wires were torn
down and general havoc was caused
The poles fell across the South Side
cable tracks, and together with other
debris, blocked the passage Of The cab @
trains for over an hour, Many houses
Were unroofed and otherwise damaged.
StrucI, aCirous.
The Rentz d Santley circus tent and
poles at the corner of Twenty eighth
street and Wentworth avenue were
RACED to the ground aad the performers
compelled to seek shelter in noighbOr-
ing houses. A number Of small
children were in the tent and became
panic-stricken. but the attaches OF the
show succeeded in getting them ont in
safety.
Buried In the Ruins.
A one-story brick cottage at 1896
Whipple street was totally destroyed by
the storm, and its three inmates, Mrs
Frank Klima and her two children,
buried beneath the ruins, One of the
children was killed.
A portion of brick building being
erected at 800 Oakley avenue blew
down, burying GustaNc Earring, a car
penter Earrings skull was fractured
and several bones broken. II is thought
that he will die from his injuries.
Armours elevator "D' ON Morgan
street was struck by lightning and u
portion Of it destroyed. In the ruins
was found the body of Charles j. Rob
crts, fireman, who had been ut work in
the boiler room, crushed under a heavy
iron door.
Hont Cnps;zrd.
Twenty minutes before the storm
broke forth loat with three men IN it
was noticed ON an almost even line with
the south pier, about five miles ont N
the lake. After the storm had passed
the lake was swept TO the horizon with
long distance glasses, but no trace of the
craft could be seen. A steam launch
afterwards found the boat capsiZcd and
the three men missing. Without doubt
the three men lost their lives.
Following is corrected list of
killed and injured
The KILLED.
Gustavc Doering,
Emma Klima
John MiChOn.
Charles ] Roberts.
Harvey Stewart.
Three unknown men.
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