The silver blade. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1895-1903, 1902-06-13
CYCLONE N CENTRAL STATES.
STORMS IN IOWA AND ILLINOIS.
Many Deaths Occur and Much Prop
crty II DestrOyed-Small Towns
Suffer Most-The Crops Are Dame
aged and Many Bridges Are
Out.

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Out.
Bloomington, ILL.,, june l3.-Death and
destruction followed in the wake Of the
worst tornado that has ever visited CEN
tral Illinois. The wind wrought ruin and
woe, and the property loss will be tens Of
thousands Of dollars. There is no way Of
really estimating the loss at present, owing
to the uncertainty as to the effect upon
the growing crops which, it is feared, sui
fered heavily. The addest feature was
the killing of three young women at
dance at the town hall Of Merna, vii
lage 10 miles east Of this city. There was
party Of $50 young men and women It
the dance in the hall when the tornado
struck the building, about IL o'clock.
Everybody rushed for the door. A num-
Der Of young men held the doors to pre-
vent the people from escaping, fearing that
they might be killed or injured if they
got outside. About half Of them, however,
escaped, and then the building collapsed.
The others were buried in the wreck.
Three We're killed and 40 or so others in
jured, some of them seriously.
The dead: Miss Lena Jahagam, Mrs.
Edward Martin, Miss Annie Kelly.
All are daughters Of prominent farmers
in the vicinity. The bodies were horri-
bly, mutilated. A number Of young men
and women were taken from the ruins in
an unconscious condition and are still in
that state and it is feared there may be
other deaths.
Merna got the brunt Of the storm, and
many of the finest houses and barns there
were destroyed.
small towns in the country. It is be-
lieved several of them have suffered more
or less damage.
At Clinton the Chicago l. Alton round
house was demolished, but no lives were
lost.
At San Jose grain elevator was blown
across the Alton tracks, entirely blocking
traffic.
At Barnes an elevator was blown down
and many farmhouses are reported seri-
ously damaged.
Three Are Dead.
Pekin, ILL.,, June PA tornado passed
over Tazewell county last night, killing
three and fatally injuring two persons at
Kingston mines, south Of here
The dead: Mrs. Thomas Murray and
infant; William McElwee, aged 8.
Patrick McEiwee and wife were fatally
injured.
The entire east end of Kingston, vii
lage of miners, of 1000 inhabitants, was
swept away. The storm struck the place
about l0:3O p. m. and lasted half an
hour. A second storm at l: 80 this morn
ing did considerable additional damage.
Physicians from Pekin, Glassford and
Mapleton were called on to care for the
| wounded.
Houses and barns were blown down in
Groveland, Minerva, Dillon, Popedale and
Delayan, but so far no loss of life in any
of these places has been reported. Kings
ton Mines seems to have received the
brunt of the storm.
Opposite Pekin the river overfowed its
banks and covered 6OOO acres of corn,
which probably has been ruined.
Heavy Damage I'm Iowa.
Des Moines, Iowa, June l2.-Grinnell
reports that the town of Laurel, Marshall
county, was severely damaged by tor
nado last night.
Laurel is in jefferson township, Mar
shall county, and has population Of not
to exceed 100 people.
Meager details Of the storm that passed
over central Iowa have been received. It
is reported that no lives were lost, but
some of the principal buildings of the
place were destroyed.
p Osceola reports considerable damage
from the wind.
Damage In the Country.
Jacksonville, ILL.,, June le-There was
a hard windstorm here last night, but no
damage to this immediate section has
been reported. Danvers, on the Alton
road, north of this place, was reported
wiped out just after the Kansas City linn
tied train pulled out. Meager reports
show widespread damage in the country
north.
Lives and Property Lost.
| Peoria, ILL.,, June l2.-The storm at Pc
oria was very destructive. Many lives
were lost and the property damage exten-
sive.
No Lives Lost.
Burlington, Iowa, June l2.-Burlington
has been practically cut off from tele-
graphic communication since o'clock
last night
Sidi All II Dead.
Tunis, June l2.-Sidi Ali, the bey Of
| Tnnis died Wednesday morning Sidi ALI