Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1902-06-26
NUMBER OF PERSONS DEAD
Storm in Indiana Much More Destruc-
tive Than Was at First
Reported.
Latest Reports to the Effect that
From Ten to Eighteen
Persons Perished. .
Damage to Telegraph and Telephone
Wires Throughout the State
Is Immense.

indianapolis, June ga special to
the News from Greenfield, Ind, says:
A terrific storm swept over Hancock
county during the morning, taking in
Maxwell, Wilkinson and Pendleton.
It blew down houses in all of these
towns and from ten to eighteen peo-
pie are reported killed. Three men in
the chain factory in Maxwell are sup
posed to be killed. In funeral pro-
cession at Cleveland, Ind, eighteen
horses are reported killed. At Maxwell
a grain elevator was blown down as
well as the chain factory. Several
people are supposed to be killed at
Pendleton. Nearly every house in
| Cleveland was blown down. A. V. G.
Sample of this city is reported fatally
| injured. The roof was blown off the
| Hollweg-Reese bottle factory in Green
| field. ... ......
| All the physicians in Greenfield went
to the stricken towns. Greenfield is
on the Pennsylvania road, twenty miles
east of indianapolis.
At McCordsville, Ind, trees were re-
ported blown across the track of the
Union Traction company, completely
stopping the traffic, and since 10:15
a. m. no Gas Belt traction cars have
reached or left Indianapolis. At Lin
den, Ind, the plant of the Greer-Wi
kinson Lumber company was wrec;:ed,
it's lumber house. being unroofed. Leb-
anon, Ind, reported that an immense
tree had been blown across the tele-
phone wires, destroying for time all
outside communication.
The first intimation which Indianap-
oils had of the storm was at 8 o'clock
when the sky became suddenly over
cast. In less than an hour the sun was
again shining.
Lines of Communication Down.
The local telephone and telegraph
companies suffered severely. In the
/ Bell 'company's system all wires south
of Chicago and west of Cincinnati
were laid fiat and the only way Chi
cago could be reached was through St.
Louis. No connection could be had
with Terre Haute and Louisville, but
for hours the greater part of Indiana
was cut off and no cities north or east
could be reached.
The greatest damage to the Inde-
pendent company's system was re-
ported in Hamilton county. The Union
Traction company, in this city, re-
ceived a message shortly before noon
saying that several people were re-
ported killed at McCordsville, Ind,
and that traction cars were tied up
from here to Anderson. In many places
trees were blown across the track and
it would be hours before the tracks
were cleared.
A telephone message from Broad
Ripple at noon reports that the Y. M.
G. A. camp has been destroyed. No
body was injured. All the tents are
down and the campers had to run into
the open to avoid being killed by fall.
ing trees.
Passengers coming in on the Cleve'
land division of the Big Four report a
wide waste of destruction and devas
tation between here and Anderson
thirty-five miles northeast. Houses
barns and trees are leveled. Notwith
standing these conditions no definite
information concerning casualties has
been received. The interurban lines
are crippled and much of the damage
is in the remote districts. Incoming
passengers say that the loss of life
must have been heavy as escape from
many of the wrecked houses appeared
well nigh impossible.