Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-05-26
Twenty People Killed and as Many More
Seriously Injured.
.ronM SWEETS OVER ILLINOIS.
-. mos Great Damage 10 Property.
,.cr,thfng Ia las Pathway Being
.,-o,cd-Dcnth and Destruction
Also I'm Michigan I....t

.I.r lf whom VIII certainly oit.
storm started iu two divisions
.,.rye miles north OF Dcs Moines,
.sr,ine points being nine miles apart
... divisions progressed they gathered
.-.. and gradually conyereed until they
.o.o miles east of Aukcry and here
developed first the cyclone form, with
..r and tremendous force and roaring,
electrical disturbances. From this
- e,.r for nearly twenty miles the
.f ire storm is a path Of destruc-
.rr. greatest loss of life occurred
Odd. track of the storm from Bondurant
.t. northeast. Nothing was left In its
. D. uaesed for several miles through
r.. forest with oak trees feet in
.+.- Not one that was struck rs
....rr AN were snapped off short or
.... up bg the roots. Houses struck by
.. storm disappeared utterly.
rl. r..a covered by the cyclone proper
d.. most places from forty TO fifty rods
... Th. storm perpetrated all the re-
...rlI.. freaks that cyclones are famous
.- Those who heard it early saved
..u-.I,5. by getting into their caves or
r.r. boo other places whole idnlhes
..-. kI0d or terribly injured ana theT
property destroyed .-.,,,.,.
-FOUR PEOPLE KILLED.
typical bit Of destruction was at me
r.Her home, northwest Of BondutahI
r..r. were in the house nine people lour
a. f..m were Killed. and the rest injured
,. badly that it Is douutlul li any vi '"'"i
v..I recover. .,.
Two minutes after the storm suuCh
..., frafa nf the house. I'm the
cellar were piled the chimney ana luiil
. THE house was torn TO piece, we
l.lr's into splintcfs. lAey were sea- "
.. l. uf. uo trace can 't lou"u SAW
lr. and there Tor mlle east e...., ,.
.U, bodies "I i-' Fi'.,l -,,,.'ii ,,,,,
t fields. Wheit were "''o ..'''.,' ~,
la.e- or o'l' 'u uol l1,'' wv
''. "i iN "uo"l '.s '-....ricrc. AZ tho
IHs aiso was 'n1 ,,-,. STrtber
h' "i e''I l,'' 1,,.,,',,,,t,,1.,, botb
h..'. Nl' ""N -"''' .i..,,.I n-e bousa
i..Hl i' Se.ra o,'' ,,.,,, eo, ~
I'n boy lheoioIe May ,.'' ILL., - ,o,,
He'shooi. me n''5e ".I7. "" '.,rc l,,,Iod
'.a,y. aun .ng ',i, t,5 t..tt, ar,os brot,en.
mr. 'leiu1u-" ',1N a., a,a ee,oraI
N,aI l...l'1' i.rti.cr ,rhe woman was
,,-i-a5 ,,bc,, ,,ere NOT fouud until
...lIoc,, in tho morning
t@..r,tt,rrt,s ~ ILLINOIS
,..l.,,,,r',r m ,,.. oq SovoraI
"D'Ni Dl'''' 49, - - thousand
I.u,rs. worth of propartv Was destroyed
f..a storm of wind. nan and rain which
.vopt upon this region last night. Four
u.rsons were injured. some fatally. The
Storm WAS the most severe southeast OF
tse city At midnight "a cyclone struck
one mile south Of Eagan CITY WrecAlhB
tHc residence of Mrs. Isora bhd, anu
killing her instantly. litI TWO tl'l9 "i'I
1870 boys were badly hurI ne olutI
-r's arm was fractured ana she W1s Vas
Internally injured. IL ls not pei'eNeu 'no
younger girl viii live. B'g ueeS "eIe
torn from the edrth' crops l''''Vu' @',u %
.rfhoGses destroyed 10y me STORM ~
iHI'iiandt ms VIC anu u'"6"lSI W.
hU.i near Monroe 'thtIe' lH' "le DVi''7
nheadei by Hyl"t ueaill' % aH"
MART lost heI li', I' '-'',. 80 me
....,9 tn a. serious extent.
I, tbis cltv the storm ragged for more
tr.r an hour films the air with balls of
electric 0re and flashes OF lightning fol-
I...I with frlehtful rapiduy. The city.
f.V.tDr. escaped the destructive force OF
Oh. Storm the chief damage being TO
house. struck by lightning first floors
arI Easements Hooded, and telephone
rr.. The railroads into the city are
O..|lctod by wdshouts. The tracks are
s|.Hu Tor miles with Wreckage OF the
storm.
CLOTDBURST IN CHICAGO.
CurcAco Ill. Nav l5 storm OF
81 ..,. th',o5or and LIGHTNING struck
r...s. a. D o.clocl, this morning. The
vr5 M times attained the velocity OF
hurricane. and the lightning was in
...rt quantity Of water fen I'm less
l...Iurst. The sewers were unable 10
.rv DO off. Easements all over the city
r.r. flooded The press-rooms of the
r.r.r- were flooded by water backing up
..m tae sewers, and iire-engnes had to
called Co pump 80 out Minor damage
rom wind and lightning Is reported ,ioll rom
over the CITY, nut no Ia''i''ies ""''
,l.,.'' ','' ,,,.u-1, ~ IOWA
i'' i''i ~ .,...,
" 'itL'oH- lA.' May "a ]" '"i 80.
devastated TINS Guy aHu Sgu'.'' ~
rIEht For ten miles every 'u6 ~
rus AN the afternoon the CLOUDS
" -ather.ng ana about ci'cK 'he
m burst in lis iury' soon ueiusl'.s
W valley 10 swept every 'l'Hs D'loic
rA bodies nave beeh louhi' anu h'"1
are missing.
small stream called hioody Iu"
passes through the town. some OF inc
ftun.te victims are supposed TO nave
..n carried out into the Missi-sippi riNei
which the Bloody run cmpues AT
>-H McGresor
t..l, tom miles OF track OF the Chicaso'
kD. and ST. Paul railroad were
away 4 large number Of ueisnl-
We're standing ON me track III the
@ They are piled in shapeiess masses
h. valley somo.of them being car