Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-06-19
TORNADO VICTIMS
Four Dead Under a Collapsed Barn
at Lincoln, Tile.
INMATES OF A STATE INSTITUTION

And All Boys-Fsrm superintendent IA
tally and Several Others Moro or I.sss
Severely Wounded - Heavy Damage
Done I'm the Vicinity - Indiana Also
swept by the Cyclone-Nebrasks Towns
wisd-swept-Many Persons Killed and
Great Destruction Done by storm Near
Paris, France.
Lincoln. Ills, June 10. - A tornado
passed over central and southern Logan
county at 3:45 y. m. yesterday. The
state Institution for Feeble Minded was
damaged. and barn on the institution
farm collapsed on twenty-six persons.
-Four were taken out dead: Sylvester
Baker. James O'Drien. Neal Mckenzie
and Castle lie Baron, Neal Mckenzie
Chicago; Farm Superintendent wilmot
was fatally hurt: Lemuei Gleason, an
attendant. was severely injured, and
Pupils Henry Berger. William withem
and Willie Fisher injured. Much dam
age was done to property both in the
city and country.
The storm clouds assembled In the
west. ono section passing over the state
asylum. tearing the roofs of various
buildings. uprooting forest trees and
twisting many as though pipe-stems. In
the asylum buildings were over 700 in
mates-ofticers and assistants. Panic
wns prevented by concealing knowledge
from the inmates. The other section Of
the storm struck the asylum farm,
three miles away. wrecking a huge COW
barn In which twenty-six sought refuge.
Nearly fifteen persons 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 conceded to be great in loss to
property. and maybe many lives are
lost. Tho storm gathered suddenly,
preceded 10y a mass of rolling and
tumbllng clouds of white and black,
ascending and descending at intervals.
The coursew from southwest tonorth.
east after. passing Lincoln.
Heavy Damage In Indiana,
Indianapolis, June 19.-I.ater returns
received from both the northern and west
ern portion of the state indicate that
Thursday nights storm. which did not
cease until yesterday morning. did much
damage. A telegram from Greencastle
says that reports from the country show
were destroyed. large trees being twisted
off at their roots. Farm fencing and
stock suffered severely, and two large
barns. valued at $1,000 each, were de-
stroyed by lightning. One at Ham
bricks station containing some valuable
live stock was destroyed. At Rochester,
Brownsburgh and Wabash the damage
was heavy TO farm property.
TOur PerpOns Hurled In Rulua
The west wing CT the Paragon paper
MIL at Eaton was blown in during the
storm. -Four people are reported buried
in the debris. The loss on property Is
$4,000. The roof OF the Eaton window
glass works was lifted of and much
damage on other property was DONE
At Muncie the Albany Lumber COM
pany's sheds were blown down, the Al
bany bottle works were unroofed and
chimneys and stacks were leveled. Tele.
phone and telegraph wires are all down
The flint glass works were damaged and
the brick residence Of NJ. Stout IL dam.
aged by lightning. Al English the court
house was damaged TO the extent Of So.
000 A south bound Monon train. eigh,
miles beyond bloomington. was STRUCK
by ughtning and the passengers shaker
up severely. Conductor johnson wa.
painfully injured. but VIII recover
Later. as the train was nearing Gas
burg II ran into q large tree that had
been blown across the track, and tn,
engine was badly damaged. In New
Albany n n estimated that $4,000 worth
OF damage was done to property, bu
no lives were lost.
Blew Away Roofs and Chlmneys.
Lincoln. Neb.. June f9.-violent wind
storms prevailed over q wide district II
Nebraska late Thursday night and early
yesterday morning. In Lincoln som'
minor damage was done. At Munroe
west of here. the storm approached thu
violence OF tornado. Hardly o chimney
is left In the town and many roofs wert
taken on. The house OF Peter Tobir
was totally wrecked and Mr. and Mrs
Tohin siightly injured. Norfolk SUI.
fered from the storm in thesway OF un
rooted houses and small buildings blown