New-York tribune., 1896-05-26
AWFUL WESTERN STORMS.
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blown doyH. family all in bed, all rescued; John
Hohn's house blown down, total wreck. no one
hurt: German Evangelical Church blown down,
total wreck home of A. Cookhouse tilted over
Johr Nesons house overturned; A. o. Cuiiom
house thrown from foundation; Christopher Stades
house partly blown down
At Irving Park the Baptist Church. at Hunting
ton-ave. and Irving Park Boulevard, was the most
pretentious structure to go down In the storm II
wrecked by lightning.
At Ravenswood McDonald's circus was tented
when the storm came along. and ripped the canvas
from the stakes. snapped the guy ropes and upset
the animal cages. An elephant got loose, but was
captured half an hour later
At Wilson and East Ravenswood Park the plate
glass windows In a drug store blown in and
board sidewalks went up into the air. coming back
to the earth in spinters. Shade trees. outhouses'
etc. demolished in all directions
At SummerdaIe one house was blown down, result
ing In serious injuries to woman who occupied II.
SO far as reported the injured are: Miss Reren'
stall slight bruises Peter Fox. wife and child seri-
ously bruised; Mrs. Albert Sweetzer. arm broken
bruised Albert Danish, seriously cut and bruised
While the storm was at is height h tS at 5s 9GDSk
ave occupied by James Densler, his wife and three
children was lifted from it's foundations by the
de THd and SlFrss I'd ike Rouse lit Of cards
ws wes caught and IN The the not only
Rockford H.. May 25.-Several people were kiiied
and many thousand dollars worth Of property de-
sroyel by a storm OF wind hail and rain when
swept upon this region last night. -Four pers.ns
were injured some fatally. The storm was the
most severe southeast OF the city. At midnight
tornado struck mile south Of Egan City. wreck
ing the home OF Mrs Isora Bird. and kiilng her IN
stantly. Her two girls and two boys were pao'y
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younger girl viii live BIZ ss,,sss sss wsrd rdesrdyed Er by
the storm DR. Hildebrand his we b ana ane bsing be-
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from e5 h the storm % 10 a serious extent than an
@ cy ar %IR Fsfa Sas of f'T ihen
snns following win tsSfl rapS opce 81
%Se % gSnnq SSt lf first Sf doors flooded PS nd
fsOs2ef es a2 MORA
srewn for miles with the wreckage OF tne Gaiora
Gaena ILL., May Ga food devastated Gaieha
last night. as the result OF cloudbuHt. Danger
signals called people from Their beds, ana tne
night was spent Efforts to save NE and proPerES rSe
low S GROUND together with the sudden rise Of the
Galena River turned the downto,wn ,n S' Main and
running rivers T FIsnSns an is scene Of devsa
ton The solid macadamizng OF me s'tse, g., an na
been wassd out bT1tes TO ne r arp% Washed
anS nfe RaSss Ht
Of sclid masonry torn out 6udnss , cafrsn rnm
from ther and dsgeS 9GrSss Streets several
homes were wrecked. among them that or >, \.
ctrIckland whose wife was dro" neu IN VIC I,ooI,
To,eyra nh ard telephone service Is much I'm
naired and considerable damage was done py
lightning.
EIen. H. May 25-Ths city was visited by tor
rado at an early hour this morning. The great
brick smokestack at the insane asylum was 'o"
n,o,o,v wrecked. and jack Kahoe was killed ana
buried beneath the wreck The stare baSy
70 iees "S bu, M one was seriously injured. Inc
roof of the Elgin Bicycle and sewing -Macnine n
Works was torn off and the building pracslcahs @ ,h
,neI A. ClIntonville, i'll one mile from mere 'ne
storm was severe. but II only s'ruch o"' '''" "
the town, wreckng a hour mill
Mount Carroll. Ill. May @.-The severest storm
ovor exnerenced in this section broke at H'%
o'clock fast night and lasted until O'CLOCK this
morning Carroll Creek rose twenty feet In halt an
hour passing the high water mark by hve feet. ne
NJ shirk Companys milldam broke. flooding me
electric light plant Iebkckers carriage manutac- i9
,orv the Mount Carroll tannery and all the buildings
along cisiena-ave and Mlll-st: The fire alarm was
rnng md people were rescued on rafts. Two hun,
dred feet Of the Chicago Milwaukee, ana 81 rsa so
vannah were washed out. and telegraph lines are
doun Plum River is six feet higher than ever
toown and iron bridges and fences all went down
n the eood The damage in Carroll County Is esti-