Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-06-12
There three people Were killed outright
and 10 were injured. three fatally.

There three people We're killed outright
and 10 were injured. three fatally.
George Reardon, an enploye of the
electric company. was caught by live
wire and died instantly. George Ash
lock. another Iineman, was seriously
burned in attempting to extricate
Reardon from the wire.
The Peoria ard Pekin union round
house was blown down soon after 10
o'clock. In it at the time were eight
men and all escaped without serious in
| jury, excepting an Iowa Central engin
| eer. who received serious injuries to
his back.
! Thirteen locomotives owned by the
Illinois Central. two by the Iowa Cen
trail. four by the Toledo. Peoria and
Western. and five by the Big Four, were
almost totally wrecked.
| The Chicago. Rock Island and Pa
citic train which left this city, at 11.zo
O'Clock last night, for Chicago. ran into
Il washout just above the city. The en-
CINE is buried in sand and mud and
the baggage car turned over. The en-
gineer was the only person injured.
The roof of the new warehouse at the
Corning &. Co. distillery was blown on
as was also that of the Clark diStillery.
| The roof of the Harmed q Van Maur
dry goods store was blown off and
damage to the stock of $4,000 was oc-
casioned by water. Charles Canon 81
Co.'S store was wrecked by water.
Shortly after II o'clock q report
reached the police that the people living
at Dry Run were in danger of drown
ing. RowhoatS were hauled to the
scene at once and the police took IL
people from their homes. They were
standing on pianos with the water al
most to their necks.
All communication with the outside
world was cut off for more than i
hours and it was almost noon, today,
before a wire was secured between
Peoria and Chicago and st. Louis. All
street car service was stopped ana the
tire alarms were rendered useless.
A tug boat and steam launch, Wnich
have been plying on the river at this
point. have disappeared since the first
storm and it is believed they are now
at the bottom Of the Peoria lake.
Their pilots have not been seen.
The storm was general and extended
as far east as Bloomington, where il
was even worse than at Peoria
|
age will amount to hundreds of thousands
of dollars Every railroad entering the
city is crippled. Telegraphic communlca-
zion was cut off and not resumed till II
, O'Clock today. Telephone connections
with the outside world are completely
severed.
Factories throughout The city are com
! rletely crippled and almost every smoke
| ctr val \
system was put out Of business for sew
eral hours. but at noon, today, operation
was partially resumed.
, The storm was most destructive al
Kingston Mines, a small mining village
four miles from Pretoria. The record OF
the storm there is appalling. An electri-
cal storm swept over the village first
followed By the tornado. The path Of
the storm was 2vj feet wide and it sweep;
everything before il. Three lives wer,
lost and several others will die from thu
injuries received. Sixteen persons wcre
Sc riously injured. Sixteen homes were
completely demolished. as was the Meth
odist church and the engine house, black
smith shop and barn at Newsam Bros.
; mine The total loss to property will cx
coed $4,000
The home OF Thomas Murray was mex
in the storms path and besides literally
wiping the little home from TIE face o.
the earth, the wind took the lives Of Mrs
: Murray and child and left the father il
a dying condition. Mr.. and Mrs. Nc
Ewee were in their home, which was de
; molished. They were preparing to re-
tire. Their child was killed in it's moth
er's arms, while she was fatally hurt anu
the father will die.