Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-05-20

SIN - ATdiii OF GTciSGt lars 1Ofn ID
spiinters-Mcre Than Dozen Dead in
Ogle County, IIlS.-Poor House Wrecked
and Three Killed at Savanna-Iowa's
Dead Roll Includes Two Families.
Milwaukee. May pa specia! from
Rhnelander, Wis. says: The tornado
which visited this section Wednesday
night devastated everything in its path.
At Pennington, eleven miles east on The
500 read, the wind swept everythine
before it. The station. round house, he
tel and dwellings were destroyed ar
huge cars Of coal picked up bodily anu
thrown from the track. i list Of til
killed and injured sc far rs known Is
as follows: Kilied-John FosbuSr. sec
ton foreman: / c. Eecilr.an. car re-
pairer. These receiving serious liz
jurics are as follows. =. J. Wettiver.
conductor, head cut, hand broken ard
back injured; Mrs. Charles Hickey.
four-inch cut liz head. ankle sprained
and arm bruised: john Z Kibler. tele-
graph operator. head badly cut. Shout
Ger bruised, ankle laceraisL: John Ne
Donald. section hand. Tbs broken. fac
bruised. injured internally. An trgin-
Ger and fireman. both badly hurt, were
taken to Minneapolis.
Freak Ii Played with :. Train.
The night operator was in the station
building when the storm struck it and
had narrow escape. \ train ot loadea
freight cars standing on the sidetrac!
at Pennington was literally Gemplishe.
the storm seeming to have taken tn
tine to SO The entire length of il. tear
Ing tae cars fTcm their heavy trucks
and breaking them into @p!irtcrs The
pine forest about the town was laid az
low az standing wheat in 4 rain storm
covering the railroad tracks with timber
ana various debris, requiring derrick
10 remove it.
Ecs'rnys Il iosg;n: Camp.
Tho school house ia the town of Pc;l-
can was destroyed and several build
iHGs We're Inrspftd. In the town CT
Berlin the savnIl of Curtis q Y,lr
was unr"cfed and lumber scattered half
4 mile distant at GraniIe Heights
David rims yaWmill was wrecked and
the roo carried acrcss the Wisconsin
rive. The path Of the Storm EXTENDED
from 200 to SEQ feet in width Thrc-
men. George Chricty. John D!ckmanarG
". J. Empsy were brought down from
Camp Ruth, near Farahaw. where tho
camp Of the Alexander StCwart Lumber
company was destroyed ard George
Martell. OF Tomahawk, vas killed
George Chr;sty is very badly injured
and can scarcely recover. hickman.
whose home IS at Stevens Point. is also
seriously injured. Empey's injuries are
not considered serious
ca'.Esd BY Deati. and DcsoiatIur.
Rib Falls Wis, May 20-Death and
desolation mark the path Of the storm
through this Village Wednesday night
The dead are: Fred Hanke, aged GO:
Mrs. Fred Eianke. aged 81: Albert
Eankc. aged 81: Fred HanEe, Jr., ageG
i; Fred Wcbber. AGED 10. Oto Hanks
was seriously injured. and ia not ex-
pCcted 10 recover. He was cut on the
head and injured internally. Others in
1Ured were: VI. Weber. shoulder
broken: i. Lentz. cut on head The vino
Travelled in a nCYthwesterIy direction.
sweeping everything in It's rath and de-
st!oyiTg the farm buildings of W. Web
Der, +. Hisc. i. Ureker, H. schlebber
I. Han5e, y. Harkc, c. Radiant. II
LentZ and 4. Lentz. The German
Lutheran school building was reduced
to kinGl!ng wood and the German Luth-
Gran church was carried q long distance.