The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-05-20
I's LONG DEATH roll.
1.-TWO KNOWS TO MAvE PER-
- AND PROBABLY MORE
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.r.<se May sa.-Forty-two pegsone
4 "a S -, 10 have lost their lives. and
y<~-~s~hs oshers are reported dead. a.
a .s.rff az the tcfnadoes when oesas-
-. e -rrtsonx OF eastern Iowa. western
- snd northwestern Wisconsin last.
-. =. Aeads the llsr with nineteen fstaii-
- Tt,ev are a. follows:
-. mars JunctsOn-Mtchaei Hines.
$50 Naioney. James 4Aiensy' Hose
{ sSs5ssey. Mary Gail .,.
-. Tlemsen. two children Of Francis
..ss. a .. Hiider. William Grsem.
.... prertou-charies Festor. ArA
ss-slee Fora, two Flora children.
-. ou,xley-Wil,iam O'Aeara. child
H..ss Deaths are reported In Illinois.
<..s~~s. AZ Stsiiman valiey-M.chA<i
-1.~s urs Nelson. infant son Of tho Nes-
srSS iuliA johnson.
~ nyrou--William ReeA
- Adelins- Thomas Mullen, Snun'-
s Personalities small children "
". p.rpav-Mra. Frank Chichester.
IAnark-Nicheias Schultz, Samuel
-, Mr.. John Kessler, all inmates OF
rcnrty ssoorhouse. which vas destroy
E~s~ other inmates were fatally In
&=..cnean reports nine known deaths.
- rnconnrmed stories bringing the total
q So. state UP 10 thirty
~ dead. AT Antigo-lgnaces Hafr' rIeo
ni1lrrs. Goidie Sheldon.
m fenuangton--John FosburE. z. =.
:, zrlsier--Frsd Hanke. Mrs. Hanke.
4iSsft Hanke. Fred Hanke, jr.
a. Elmshusss--Ten reported dead -
hudher camp.
~ Heafrord Observation-Disclosures report
q 1ead a Goodyear's lumber camp.
~ storm In Iowa started near STAN
,n6sd and swept through the northeastern
uaft Of Cedar county, the southwestern
All 81 Jones county and, the northern part
of Jsckson county. Nineteen persons los.
th1ir iives and more than twice AZ many
~evs in,ured The property loss win prob
shav reach half million dollars In many
p.acex not building Of any kind was left
ssanding. Cattle. horses and hogs were
tsIIed 81 the hundred. In numerous In
stsuces, farmers lost everything they pos
stssed
The Iowa storm crossed tho Mississippi
YIvsr into Illinois, near Savannah. Con-
siderable damage was done on the Illinois
ssde befors the storm spent 1T force, Tho
second tornado In Illinois started near
gurman valley and swept northward,
wrecking farm houses and killing as II
went At T.anark the storm ended Its ca
yeer BY wrecking the county aimshouse
ana tilisng three inmates. Three others
pers fatally hurt. There were over fifty
inmates In the building when II went down
ana all were more or less injured.
The storm was more violent IN WILSON,
Gin thaa In any other places. but fortunate-
". Il originated In the lumber districts Of
the norfharn part. swept along the line OF
the eco road and spent Itself. Nine per-
cons ~ known to have been killed. Vague
Reports hrough. In by train crews from
"a gene OF the storm are that nineteen
bodies OF lumhermen from a camp near
Htsnford junction are now lying In the
railroad station az that place. II IL said.
sto that nine iumbermen were killed near
Eimhurst. but this report lacks confirma-
ton. The property damage in Wisconsin,
while quite heavy. VIII doubtless fan much
below that done In the farming districts
Along tho Mississippi. IN Iowa and Illinois.
a Forty-Mtie Track.
RHINELANDER. Wis, May ia CO.
c.onA passed from west to east OF Pierce
and Oneida coursies In northern Wisconsin
sbcat six o'clock last night. The track
o. The storm extended forty miles from
Brentwood Pierce. to Pennington, Oneida
county. both towns on the Sioux railroad
Al Pennington the roundhouse. depot ana
number Of houses were destroyed Two
men. Charles Fosherg, scotch foreman
and f. G. Beckman. car repairer, were
Killed. Eight were injured. Five wers
reported killed at Barxhaw. q small ium-
hersng town west OF hera.
ARDMoRE, ]. e.. May ia tornado
swept over the southern part OF Ardmors
&~&6 ge'F&1xsk fhtS
Two houses belonging TO Richard McI4ish.
eadly damaging the Wilmington hotel and
sserved off 10 the north. In Ardmore. III.
Perkins. his v.fa and three children
were injured Garry Perkins nine years
Cd. probably fatally. At Dorothy, fifteen
miles north. Frank Melton. a farmer, was
Killed. The tornado seems 10 have been
general over this section. Telegraph wires
IN every dircsion are interrupted.