Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1897-06-22
STORMS ARE FATAL.
Big Barn on State Farm at Lin
coin, III. Blown Down.
FOUR BOYS LOSE THEIR LIVES.
Several Other Persons Are Injured
\ Loss OF Life and Damage to Prop
erty In Indiana-Many Fa-
tallties in France.

srty In Indiana-Many Fa-
talities in France.
1 IAncoln, ILL.,, June ia tornado
passed over the central and southern
part Of Logan county ut 3:45 p. m. Fri
day. The state institution for the
feeble-minded was damaged. A barn
on the institution farm collapsed.
Twenty-six persons were gathered there
for shelter. -Four were taken out dead:
Sylvester Baker, James O'Brien, Neal
Mckenzie and Castle LIE Baron, all boy
pupils from Chicago. Farm Superin-
tendent Jacob Wilmot was fatally hurt.
Lemuel Gleason, un attendant, was Sc
verely injured. Pupils Henry Berger,
William Withem and Willie Fisher were
hurt, Much damage was done to prop
srty in the city and country.
Az reports come in the severity OF
the storm increases. For day and
night previous there was peculiar
atmospheric condition. Storm clouds
assembled in the west, one section pass
Ing over the state asylum, tearing roofs
of the various buildings, uprooting
giant forest trees and twisting many
a. though they were pipestems. In the
asylum buildings were over 700 inmates,
officers and assistants. A panic was
prevented by concealing knowledge
from inmates. The other section of
the storm struck the asylum farm.
three miles away, wrecking huge COW
barn, in which 26 persons sought refuge.
The result is given above. Many per
sons effected singular and remarkable
escapes. The loss to the state, is fully
$4,000. The extent of the storm In
the country is unknown, but it is con-
coded to be extensive In loss to prop
erty, and there may be many lives lost.
The storm gathered suddenly, preceded
by mass of rolling and tumbling clouds
of white and black, ascending and de-
scending at intervals.
Joliet HIT by n Cyclone.
Joliet, ILL.,, June 19.-Jo1iet was In
possession of cyclone for one hour
Friday morning. The mercury had
fallen to 60 degrees and lovcrcoats were
necessary.
At nine o'clock 1t was dark as night,
the wind blew down trees and avn
ings, and broke plate-glass windows.
lightning struck houses in all parts OF
the city. One Of the curious phenom-
ena Of the storm was the alternating
blasts Of intense heat from the north
east with arctic blasts from the west.
People became panic-stricken.
Much Damage in Indiana.
i; Indianapolis, Ind, June 1s.-Later
reports received from both the north
iern and western portion of the state
indicate that Thursday nights storm,
which did not cease until morning, did
much damage. A telegram from Green
Castle says that reports from the coun-
try show that large quantities of valu-
able timber were destroyed, large trees
being twisted of at their roots Farm
fencing and stock suffered severely
and two large barns were destroyed
by lightning. One at Hambrick's sta.
ton, containing some valuable live
stock, was destroyed. At Rochester,
Brownsburg and Wabash the damage
was heavy to farm property. At Val.
lparaiso heavy hailstorm, accompanied
by high wind, caused a great deal o.
damage to all kinds of property.
i The west wing of the Paragon papel
mill at Eaton was blown in during The
storm Friday. -Four people are report
ed buried in the debris. The loss OF
property is $4,000. The roof on the
Eaton window glass works was lifted
of, and much damage to other prop
erty was done. In Muncie the storm
damage will amount to several thou
sand dollars. Several large roofs wer,
lifted. among them being that of tn,
Hannah building. The Albany Lumbe
company's sheds were blown down, tn
Albany bottle works was unroofed ant
'chimneys and stacks blown down. Tele
phones and telegraph wires are al
down. The Flint glass works wer
damaged, and the brick residence o
NJ. Stout was damaged by lightning.
Two Killed.
Opposite Irvington, KY, in Indiana
the residence of John Streehls, farm
er, was wrecked by the wind and his IS
year-old son instantly killed. A serv
ant girl was SO badly injured by tn
falling timbers that she lived but
few hours.
At English, Ind, the courthouse wa
damaged to the extent of $4,000. /
southbound Monon train eight miles be
yond Bloomington, Ind, was struck b.
lightning and the passengers shake
up severely. Conductor johnson wa
painfully injured, but will recover
Later as the train was nearing Gas
burg, Ind, it ran into large tree tina
had been blown across the track an
the engine was badly damaged.
In Jeffersonyille the damage wa
slight, while in New Albany it is est
mated that $4,000 worth of damae
was done to property, but no lives WEI
lost.
Oskaloosa, Ia, June ia small cy
clone passed six miles east of Oskaloos
ut noon Friday. The track was tw
miles long and so yards wide. Damag
was done to sheds, cribs, fences an
trees.
Ottumwa, Ia, June ia small c,
clone passed over Rose Hill, small vi
lage in Keokuk county, Friday afte
noon, touching the ground in sever,
places just outside the town. The dan
age dono was confined to trees and GU