The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-02-09

ny the storm Wtthtn 81. Louis.
ST. LOUIS. Feb s.--The town Of Collins
Vile, ILL.,. twelve miles from St. Louis, on
the vandalia railroad, narrowly escaped
destruction by a tornado today. Nine per-
sons were injured In the immediate vicinity
OF the village, some of them fatally. and
there was much damage TO property. Min
ers who live In the outskirts OF the town
lost most by tho wind. A group of three
residences standing on hill were reduced
to splinters.
List of the Injured.
The injured are: Paul Quarandhi, aged
Is. severely bruised and burned. perhaos
fatal: Otto-ndderhole, II. arm broken, in
ternally injured. serious; Sophie Fix, IL.
skull fractured and bruised. thought to be
fatally injured: Newton Alderton. scalp
wound and bruised face, not serious
Theodore Lawrence. cut and bruised and
internally injured; Frank hobart. serious
ly bruised: son and daughter of Frank Ko-
bart. severely cut and bruised: Tony skal-
Ia wife and two children, badly bruised;
Badney Palette, scalp wound and arteries
First House Demolished.
About $50 a. m. the storm was first felt
al a point one mile south of Collinsvile
The first house demolished was that oc-
cupied by Frank hobart. He, his son and
daughter. we're buried in the debrit, and
II was some time before they were rescued.
bruised and bleeding. from the wreckage
From this place the wind swept to the
north. its path being west of Collinsville
about quarter of mile and the last
traces OF the storm is to be observed at
fightville. a manufacturing suburb, one
mile away.
Three Dwellings LeveIed.
After the hobart house group OF three
dwellings was feed by the wind. They
were occupied by John, Paul Marquette and
Philip Crossan and their families. All the
occupants escaped injury except John Mar
quette. His hurts from falling timbers are
not severe, but he is badly burned for
the debris caught firo from an overturned
lamp and the flames reached him before
the neighbors could rescue him. The Hight
vile Coal Mines Company building was the
next 20 be attacked. the immense smoke
stack being leveled to the ground and
the walls some what damaged. From there
the wind swept to the Vandalia tracks.
laying waste telegraph poles for the dis
tanee of a quarter of a mile.
Group of Buildings Demolished.
beyond the vandala tracks stood a
group Of large frame houses occupied by
the Lawrence, odderhole and Fix FAINT
lies. The storm leveed them and nothing
Is lef, save mass OF wreckagc. II was
here that MIR. odderole and MIR Lawrence
received their serious injuries and it was
here also that the members OF the Fix
family were wounded.
Marvellous Escape OF Children.
That the children were not killed is
marvel. Henry Fix and his sister So
phle, we're asleep In The same room on
the second floor. The house seemed to
separate and brother and sister were let
down. with their beds. TO the ground floor
There they we're found upon their couch
es. which had not been broken by the
fan Harry not injured in the least. bat
sophie crushed unicr a fallen timber.
Farmer save. "a Train.
Near Csn,eno H.. not FAR from Collins
vile. large farm house was completely
AfS*$PNftAs thh httA htA AAntlit
escaped. A mile and a half of telegraph
line was blown down and much dearlc
uiled on the track OF the NandRlia rail-
road. The farmer whose homo had been
destroyed. while our looking for his live
stock. noticed that the track OF the rail-
road was obstructed. and hurried 20 the
west a mile, Tagging the fast train due in
indianapolis at s.0 o'elock. II vas not
set daylight and the officers of the road
say the train would surely have been
Nreoksd but foF the though sfu,ness % the
farmer.
Much Damage In st. Louis.
Considerable damage 20 property IN va
rious parts % the city ana vicinity WAS
wFoasht between and a. m. by a wind
storm that reached velocity q sixty
miles an hour and vas IN the nature og a
tornado. The barometer fell 20 y y. The
lowest point ever reached IN this vsclaity.
according to the weather bureau
Previous 20 tho windsyorm terrific
thunder storm RACED for seVera, hours. the
rain laIlng ia torrents.
The rainfall was IS Inches
one Woman Killed.
MT. susie Thompson became entnrElsa
in a live wire which hat been blown Iowa
ana was killed
Buildings Fro.trated
tr the hurnei district. betreca Franklin
avenue. Morgan. Thlrd ana s.xth streets.