Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-06-11
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Is Destroyed.
Was Wof6 Of Tornado Burlington CM Off From 7ele.
graphic Communication - DanpesS is Wired Om--
death and destruction Folio1o in The Wake of The Storm
IN Illinois, Sad Death Of Young Dancers

Des Molnes. Ia June 1l.--Grinnell
reports that the town Of Laurel, Mar
shall county was destroyed by a tor
nado last night
Owing TO the wires being down It Is
Impossible to secure definite knowledge
as to the facts.
Laurel is in Jefferson township Mar
snail county, and has population OF
not to exceed 100 people The only
means OF communication with the
town from the outside world is by way
OF the telegraph line, being located on
short branch OF the Iowa Central
railway. Messages are now being sent
TO nearby towns In the hope OF secur-
Ing some information.
Very meagrc details of the storm that
passed over central Iowa have been
received. II Is known that the storm
struck the town Of Jordan. a few miles
east OF Boone. Ii IL reported that no
lives were lost but that some OF the
principal buildings OF the place we're
destroyed.
Osceoa reports considerable damage
from the wind
Word was received from Laurel at
noon to the effect that the town had
not been swept away. but had sur
fered considerably from the effects OF
the strong wind The extent of the
damage consists OF several roofs being
blown on, and no one injured
BURLINGTON QUIT OFF.
Burlington, Ia, June ll.-Burilngton
mas been practically cut off from tele-
graphic communication since 9 o'clock
last night. Last nights storm was the
worst In years and was attended By a
most thrilling electrical display. There
were no lives lost in this city. Two
hundred thousand feet Of lumber broke
from It's moorngs above the city and
Heated down stream.
Much other damage 10 property re-
suited The steamer Chef broke I'm
half and sank, but no lives were lost.
Rob Roy pleasure craft, was dam
AIMED badly and washed ashore. Parg-
es and boat houses were filed with
water OF blown high ON the bank.
There are many reports OF damage
In the surrounding country, but details
are lacking.
DANVERS WIPED OUT.
Jacksonville. Ills, June l1.--There was
a hard wind storm here last night but
no damage to this immediate section
has been reported. Danvers on the
Alton road. north Of this place. was re-
ported wiped out just after the Kan
sas city limited train pulled out. Mea-
gre reports show widespread damage In
the country north.
EXCURSION TRAIN HIT
Corwith, Ia. June li.-A tornado
struck an empty excursion train on the
Iowa Central FIVE miles east OF here
last night ana blew three cars from
the track while the train was running
80 miles an hour The engine and
two last coaches remained on the
track. No one was hurt.
DEATH FOLLOWS THE STORM.
bloomington. H., June ll.-Death
and destruction followed last night In
the wake Of the worst tornado that
has ever visited central 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 up
on the growing crops, which II Ia fear
ed suffered heavily. The saddest fea-
ture was the killing OF three young wo-
men at a dance AZ the town hall of
Merna, village ten miles east OF This
city. There was party OF $50 young
men and women az the dance IN the
han when the tornado struck the build
Ing about II o'clock last night Every
body rushed for the door. A number OF
young men held the doors 10 prevent
the people from escaping. fearing that
they might be injured or killed II hey
got outside About half Of them. how
ever. ESCAPED and then the building col
lapsed. The others were buried IN the
wreck. Three were killed and forty or
fifty others injured. some Of them SER
lously.
THE DEAD.
Miss Lena Jahagam.