The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-05-20
FIFTY-TWO LIVES LOST
REPORTS NOT YET COMPLETE FROM
THE TORNADO DISTRICT.
Fatalities Along It's Path from CIin-
ton County, Iowa, to WiscOm-
sin Lumber Region.

CHICAGO, May 19.-Forty-two persons
are known to have lost their lives and
twenty-eight others are reported dead as
the result of the tornadoes which devastated
portions of eastern Iowa, western Illinois
and northern Wisconsin last night Iowa
heads the list with nineteen fatalities They
are as follows:
Near Riggs Junction MICHAEL HINES.
MAGGIE MALONEY, JAMES MALONEY,
ROSE MALONEY, MARY CALL
r, Near Delmar-OBA ALLISON. PATRICK
dren of Frances Allison, A. d. HILDER,
WILLIAM GREEN
Near -Preston-CHARLES FLORA. MRS.
CHARLES FLORA, two Flora children.
Near Quigley = WILLIAM O'MEARA,
child of John Clark.
Fourteen deaths are reported in Illinois.
as follows AT Stilman Valley:
MICHAEL NELSON.
MRS. NELSON and INFANT SON
JULIA JOHNSON,
At Byron:
WILLIAM REEFS.
At Abilene:
THOMAS MULLEN,
- SCHUNTLER.
At Foreston-Three small children of
John Mass.
TER -'''' ia -'i> 10
At Nicholas Schultz, Samuel
T.,
county poorhouse, which was destroyed.
Three other inmates We're fatally injured.
Wisconsin reports nine unknown dead.
with unconfirmed stories bringing the total
in that State up to thirty seven. The dead
at Amigos
IGNAZ BARR
FRED BILLINGS.
COLLIDE SHELDON.
At Pennington
John FOSBURG.
e. G. BECkMAN
At Zeigler--
FRED HANKE.
MRS. Hanke.
ALBERT 4ANKE.
FRED HANKE, jr
AT Elmhurst-Ten reported dead at a lum-
Der camp.
At Heafford Observation-Disclosures reported
dead at Goodyears lumber camp.
The storm in Iowa started near Stan
wood, and swept through the northeastern
part of Cedar county, the southeastern part
son county. Nineteen persons lost their
lives, and more than twice as many were
injured. The property loss will probably
reach half million dollars. In many
places not a building of any description was
left standing Cattle. horses and hogs were
killed by the hundred. In numerous in
stances farmers lost everything they pos
seSsed. The Iowa storm crossed the Missis-
sippi river into Illinois. near Savannah
Considerable damage was done on the Hi
nois side before the storm spent its force
The second tornado in Illinois started near
Sulman Valley and swept northward.
Wrecking farmhouses and killing as il went
But the greatest loss of life was at the point
of origin where four were killed. At Lanark
the storm ended its career by wrecking the
county almshouse and killing three inmates.
There were over fifty persons in the build
ing when it went down. and all of them
We're more or less injured.
In Wisconsin the storm was more violent
than anywhere else. but fortunately it orig
mated in the numbering district of the north
err counties. swept along the line of the
500 road and spent its force in the piner-
les; Nine people are known to have been
crews from the scene of the storm are to
the effect that eighteen B bodies Of lumber
men from a camp ra hsaa heaIord Junction
place. II is said, too. that ten lumbermen
we're killed near Eimhurst but this report
also lacks confirmation; The property dam
age in wisconsin, while quite heavy. will
doubtless fall much below that done in the