Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1898-05-27
A IN A STORM.
Life and Property Lost by Tornado In
Town, Illinois and Wisconafn.

Life and Property Lost by Tornado In /,
Town, Illinois and Wisconsin,.
Storms of wind, hail and rain ravaged
widespread sections Of the Northwest. In
Eastern Iowa cyclones brought dcGth aud
disaster to scattered communities. and in
Illinois, Wisconsin and in Southern Kan
sas cyclones and high winds leveled frame
buildings. killed some stock and damaged
crops. In adj the afflicted sections wires
were blown down and early details of the
disaster were me.lger. Almost all the vast
territory mentioned IA rain soaked and
wind blown. The cyclones moved the
usual narrow paths of from eighty. rods
to eighty feet i'll width, and swept for IL.
distance of twenty miles or less.
The cyclone passed north of Clinton,
Iowa. between the towns of Charlotte
and Riggs, ut 4 o'clock in the afternoon.
doing an immense amount of damage and
killing ten people, us fur as reported. The.
storm, after leaving Upton, passed be-
tween Clarence and StanwoOd, swept,
south through Lost Nation and Elwood,
running north near Delmar. touched the
lower end of jackson County, and, cross
ing the Mississippi ut South Sabula, Iowa.
struck Illinois between Savanna and
Thompson. Trees were uprooted- and
buildings wiped out. The storm passed
two miles southeast Of Riggs, on the Mil
waukee Railway, and ruined everything
in its path from southwest to northeast.
In the vicinity of Cedar Rapids the cy--
clone first appeared one mile south Of.
Stanwood at $500 o'clock in the afternoon.
Great damage was done to property in
the vicinity Of Upton, Charlotte, Quig-
ley, Clarence, Elk River, north of Wheat
land, and near M%nquokcta. 1t is esti-
mated that not less than twenty-five peo--
pie have been killed, while the number Of
injured will not be less than fifty. Many
saved their lives by fleeing to cellars.
The cyclone which struck Preston.
Iowa, destroyed most Of the buildings in
the town and killed Charles Floy, his
wife and three children. The bodies OF
two Of the children have not been found.
In Rnggold County, southwest of Des.
Moines, the buildings Of j. A. Miller, east
Of Blockton, were swept away, and Miller;
and his daughter were injured. The lat
ter had both legs broken. At Maloy the.
schoolhouse and Chicago Great Western
depot were wrecked.
Two cyclones from southwest struck
the village of Stllman Valley. ILL.,, the.
larger going north, doing but little dam
uSts 1llS SIuitlIST OuG btTUCk IuS SOuII--
west side, passing across the town, level
ing ten houses, one church and several
burns and damaging a dozen houses. one
church, Il creamery md the Great West
ern depot. NJ. Nelson. his wife and two
children, and one johnson are reported
killed, and about twenty persons are.
more or less injured, none fatally.
In Joliet the wind md rain storm
cv.n,f ttrn,,.vh tho x.;%, n,1 Ill.,. -
the big tabernacle where Evangelist WEI
iams has been holding revival meetings.
A cyclone passed seven miles north Of
Sheffield, ILL.,, going in a northeastern di-
%rection. 1t first struck the earth near +.
w. Marrassy's farm, and destroyed ev-.
erything in its path for miles. Several
persons are reported killed. Paw Paw.
ILL.,, reports that n cyclone passed four
miles north of the town. Several people
were injured, and Mrs. Frank Chichester.
WINS killed.