The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1897-06-22
a TORNADO
Hoes considerable Damage to Property
in ulinoisLFour Inmates of the Feeble
Minded Institute Killed and MANY

-<oes CONSIDERABLE Oa mage to Property
IN uiinois.-Four Inmates of the Feeble
Minded Institute Killed and MANY
Others Wounded.
LINCOLN, ILL.,, June ia tornado
which passed over the central and
southern portions of Logan county
Friday afternoon destroyed thousands
OF dollars worth of property and com.
pietely demolishedothe immense COW
barn on the farm of .t:o state institu-
zion for the Predetermined. Twenty.
SIX persons seeking refuge from the
storm were buried in the debris. Four
OF the refugees, boy pupils from Chica-
go, were taken out dead. Five others
were severely injured, one of whom,
the farm uperintendent will probably
die.
At 3:45 Friday afternoon, a tornado
was seen approaching the city from
the southwest. The state institution
Tor feeble minded, containing over zoe
inmates, seemed to be directly in the
path of the storm, and stringent meas.
ures were quickly taken to prevent
panic. The roofs of several of the
buildings were carried away and
much damage was done about the
grounds, but the 700 inmates were
under perfect control of the attend
ants and the threatened panic and
great loss of life was averted. The
tornado passed on to the northeast.
touching next on the farm and stock
barns connected with the asylum
three miles distant In the cow-bar1
were huddled 26 persons, including the
superintendent of the stock farm, ia
cob Wilmot, "a pupils and an attend
ant The barn was wrenched from its
foundations and torn to pieces. -Four
of the pupils were instantly killed.
The others, with the exception of the
superintendent, escaped serious in
jury and were shortly rescued from the
de bris.
The tornado passed on to the north
east doing great damage, the extent of
which is as yet unknown. The storm
divided into sections and covered a
wide territory. 1t is feared that the
loss of life will be greatly enlarged
when reports are received from out
side the city.
LINCOLN, Neb., June 49, Violent
windstorms prevailed over wide dis
trict in Nebraska late Thursday night
and early Friday morning. In Lin
coin some damage was done. At Mum
roe, west of here, the storm approach
ed the violence of tornado. Hardly
chimney is left in the town, and
many roofs were taken off. The house
of Peter Tobin was totally wrecked
and Mr.. and Mrs. Tobin injured Nor.
folk suffered from the storm in the
way Of unroofed houses and small
buildings blown away. Two men were
injured, but not seriously.
SEDALIA, Mo-, June 1S.-The town
was visited by fierce electrical and
wind storm Friday evening. The
power house of the Sedalia electric
Railway and Power Co., was struck
by lightning and all of the dynamos
ruined, leaving the city without lights
Friday night and stopping the cars on
all of the six car lines. A number of
buildings were twisted off their
foundations, while fruit, shade and
ornamental trees in all parts of the
city were broken down.
CHARLOTTE. n. G, June 19-At 6
" S1OCh O"CllinS CySAOAC
swept over West Durham. The Bap-
fist church was blown down. The
large storage house of the Erwin cot
ton mills was blown down and the
stock of cotton clothes stored there
was soaked with rain. The loss is
considerable. No fatalities were re-
ported.
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, June ia Sc
we're storm passed over eastern Indiana
Friday noon. Dispatches from Mum
Gle and other points reported damage
to factories and houses aggregating
$50, 900 or $40, 0OO but no loss of life.
Rumors were current that several
people were killed, but the reports
lack confirmation. The principal dam
age was at Eaton and Albany, Ind.
WINNIPEG, Man., June 10. dispatches
from the west report serious floods
and a cloudburst west of Calgary in
the Rocky mountains. The suburbs
of Calgary are submerged, SO families
made homeless and several bridges
washed away. There has been no
loss of life, but the damage TO property