Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-06-12
IN CYCLONES SWEEP:
THE EFFECT IN ILLINOIS
The Section of the Center of the State
Hit By Rotary
Terror
LOSS OF LIFE WILL REACH A DOZEN
While Many More Are Wounded, Quite a
Number Being Fa
tally.
LOSS OF LIFE WILL REACH A DOZEN

Bloomington, June 12.--Wire com
munication through Mclean coun ~
is being resumed and additional de-
tails of Tuesday nights tornado are
coming in. One more death is added
TO the list of victims. Cora Rey-
nolds, the 2-year-old daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. j. ~ Reynolds, residing
east of SaybrOok, was struck by fly
ing missiles and her skull fractured.
Her mother was seriously injured,
and lies in u critical condition with
little hope of recovery. The resi-
dcnce was completely demolished.
y train of empty box cars on the
Lake Erie 81 Western railway was
carried three miles, colliding with an
east-bound train near Elliott. At
Ellsworth, on theN same road, ca
boose was turned completely over.
and Conductor George Stevens, of
Rankin, was seriously injured. At
Emdon the new Lutheran church was
completely destroyed.
Chicago. June 12-Meager returns
received here tell of Il destructive cy-
clone Tuesday night which swept
from the southern boundary of Wis
consin through central Illinois as far
south as bloomington, with ramifica
tions west of the Mississippi. At Mer-
ma, Ills, three lives were lost and
twenty people injured. Laurel, little
town in Marshall county, la. is said
TO have been wiped out by the fury
of the storm. Bloomington. Ills. was
hit severely. and buildings in all parts
Of the city were seriously damaged and
traffic blocked, but no lives lost. Wires
were blown down in every direction
and it was with extreme difficulty that
any information was secured.
Ten Dead at Peoria.
Peoria, Ills, June 12.-PeOria was
swept by the worst storm in years
Tuesday night. 1t struck the city trav-
cling ut the rate of eighty miles an
hour. At least ten people are dead
and several others will die from their
injuries The property damage will
amount to hundreds of thousands of
dollars. Every railroad entering the
city is crippled. Factories throughout
the city are completely crippled, as
almost every smOkestack is down. The
street railway system was put out of
business fer several hours. but oper-
ations have been resumed at this writ
ing.
Three Dead at Kingston Mines.
The storm was most destructive at
Kingston Mines, a small mining viii
lage four miles from Peoria. An cleo
trical storm swept over the village
first, followed by the tornado. The
path of the storm was 200 feet wide,
and it swept everything before it.
Three lives were lost and several
others will die from the injuries re-
" injured. Sixteen homes were COM
pIetely demolished. as was the Method
ist church and the engine house. black
smith shop and barn of NewSam Bros.
at their mine. 1t was perhaps fifteen
minutes after the commencement OF
the electrical storm that the wind
came. bringing with it the awful
wreck and ruin
Havoc to Life and Properly.
The killed are as follows: Mrs.
Thomas Murray. infant son of Mrs.
Murray, and Mrs. Robert McEIwec.
Fatally injured: Infant child Of Mrs.
McElwee, Robert McElwee and Thos.
Murray. Others injured: Mrs. Mocha.
Roy Bitner. Jud Marsh. Cora ROsbOt-
tom. James Lacock. Mrs. Frank Bra-
zina and Mrs. heefe. George Rear
dan. an employe Of the electric COM
pany. was instantly killed yesterday
while repairing the storm damage at
Glen Oak park. He was caught by a
live wire. Following is the property
destroyed at Kingston Mines: Newsam
Bros barn. coal-dump. engine house
and power building.-and the following
residences: James McCune, Frank
Brazina. Frank McCune. Mrs. Mocha.
Lemon Baker. Mrs. Smith. James La
cock. G.. Clark. c. NJ. ThOrp, II. As
ball. Thomas Murray. J. n. GlasfOrd,
Tnh Il oil I nrrfc 70
NJ. f. church was completely wrecked.