Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-05-26
Into the Mississippi, where they were piled
up and manyswrecked
The Whole VaIpex S-.ut Cr.~u

n
W ""u "i4ny 'wrAu'
The whole valley swept Clean.
Luh@r !arus were swept clear of great
piles OF lumber, not board being left.
Houses were lifted from foundations and
went down the current, and heavy timbers
were torn up and broken like r,,-bs The
whole valley from Bn,. to Nor,b NcC,s,.,r
WAS swcpt clean Of pearlv ex.rx,bing
scarcely n stick os ,;nh.- or rn.rt ~ .nv
,;ra ,,..;u. ,.,. ..,.- - .
-, - 'i n -,
"'e' UT i"i'roiu !arus, 'ho
country showing on every hand signs OK
tne Hrrioie WORK of destruction AT NC
ueeor, TWO miles below, the water was
al over the main street and hiied cellars
anu co'ereu the hrst noors win mua anu
water ana did consicerable damage
Calamity Mt Durango Hamlet.
Sunday nights storm was bad enough
In the vicinity of Dubuque. An appalling
disaster happened at Durango "a small
hamlet on the Chicago and Great Western,
eight miles north. where five rsrsons were
s;5,., lei, ha. :. ah;i,,-o, ,,a., ,soa.,,.,,
Relieving II uossible she might be called
she went To the depot. but the storm he
came worse. and fearing the safety of the
little ones she returned home and brought
family there were in the depot Peter Moss,
james Oilon, brakeman Tom Grifiin,
49,, NJ SA,rn r'an' ant ,a:, nay i.hur1cA, T%
cn,,;r,,,,, 60 tari ;u ,orran,s .,d as H.
floor rose the little frame dc NOT tottered
r,.r.. o,. n,
7. ,,.s I;f,n5 fror, g., fonrd.,;or s
ro.,o,, int ,ho ,,o;n 1banroi of ,ho -
IT., L,,,,,,.o,, -, ,,Io,,. q, -. -.
49,, ,..,.'.o,,,,I q, 90 "a. A. H. -.
nu 80, 80. ,.'' ,;,.t,, 80. 70. o - ~
-, nonf,,s;en ,,.';,o1 az" .he
sn;,a;,s, .anaona, prnho,nn IT., c.;S
a., -, ~, ,Jd',,, -, and ,,,,,r, ;,,.a
H., al Thn Lr.tan,.n ~ ant .h;,S -.
ha,. mo. a,,nost ;,,s,an. da.,h TN"
o,b.r children Of Nrs Ciart wcre on tbo
side of tbc dcnot which went do,vn and
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,inuc ;,s tourney down tho strc,m tb.
,hrc. ch;Idr.n w.ro m;sS;n, Tha r.,
m,indcr were rescued
DES MONIES, May 26.-1he killed in the
Valeria cyclone are as follows: In Polk
county. near Bondurant and Santiago
stations on the Chicago and Great West
crn-R,bcrt Roilie Jr Nrs Robert
p,;,;, >,;ss lii. p,;,;o Joh, p,;,;o
.n.,-,-L A., n-,--,-,
i'''' N 'e,
TWO erahuciiiurch vi 'he Doienp'uehs'
John MAXWELL tkilieu Dy nghtnlng).
Killed in jasper county-Charles Phalen,
Sr, Charles Phalen, Jr., Dcnnie Phalen,
Susie Phalen, Mike Phalcn, Mollie Phalcn.
Clarissa Djckie. Martha Dickie. Charles
Enkins. and Mrs. shell
The following are among the seriously
injured. half of whom IL is estimated NAV
die: In Polk county-W. T. Scott: Mrs.
A. 7. Edwards. hin broken: Oliver Yates:
two children Of Mrs. Edwards: Robert
Bnii.r. fato,lv iuid Jarpeve uountv-
Mrs Charles PhSi6ff and Willie phalcp.
fatally: Dug Eakins. Mrs. Dug Eakins.
solomon Dickcy. Mrs. solomon Dickcy.
Nellie DeNry' ,inrvey r',cock' ~ Mrs' har-
Ssy W,r, rIh @sh,rn "oms'y onS ch,,d 'of" anu MIS-
If II will, be observed THAT there mr.. m,pv
phelnns in the death roll. The wbole
family was wiped out Of existence. To-
gcther with all its possessions. A pitiful
tried to hold the door against the storm
vcrr Come strange pranks pl,vcd near
y,Icria An old man holding a b,bc xvn.
lifted up and dropped in an adjoining
field without the least injury being done