West Virginia daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1894-1902, 1902-06-12
Path Of Destruction 100 Miles
Wide and Fully 200
Miles Long.
A DOZEN PERSONS WERE KILLED
Property less Will Aggregate More
Than a Million Dollars-City OF
Peoria Sustains Serious Damages.
Three Dead There.

bloomington, lllS., June IL
Stretching across pathway 100 miles
in width, and devastating territory |
fully 200 miles long, extending from
Livingston county on the north to
McCoupin county on the south. and
leaving its mark clear across the face |
Of Central Illinois. cyclone Tuesday |
night inflicted property loss which
will aggregate millions of dollars and |
cost a dozen lives. The brunt of the |
storm fell upon Mclean and adjoin- |
ing counties. Lightning was inces'
SAINT for two hours, but was marked
by absence of thunder claps. Wind
reached a velocity of 100 miles an
hour and in its track were left de-
struction and death. The visitation
was the worst ever recorded in the
history of Central Illinois. Almost
complete interruption of telegraph
end telephone lines for IL hours has
made it impossible to secure the full
details Of the disaster. It is now
known that while the fatalities in
Mclean county were but three in
number, scores of persons were seri-
ously injured and hundreds Of narrow
escapes from death were reported.
Not a village or city of Mclean coun
ty escaped, and from every district
comes the same report of destroyed
buildings, injury to growing crops
and RACED fruit and shade trees.
Much Damage Done at Peoria.
Peoria, Ills!, June 1.-THE double
storm that struck Peoria at 10 o'clock
Wednesday morning was the worst
Central Illinois has experienced since
1843. Rain fell in torrents and the
damage caused by the high winds
could not be- estimated last night.
Probably the worst damage in proper
ton to the size Of the town was at
Kingston Mines, small mining town
~ miles below Peoria. There three
people were killed outright and 10
were injured, three fatally. The
killed are as follows:
The Dead.
Mrs. Thomas Murray.
Infant child of Mrs. Murray.
MIS-. 1NODSIl MCL1WOSs .
The Fatally Injured.
The fatally injured are:
Infant child of Mrs. McElwee.
Robert McElwee.
Thomas Murray.
Others Injured.
Tie others injured are:
Mrs. Mocha.
Roy Bitner.
Jud Marsh.
Cora Rosbottom.
James Lacock.
Mrs. Frank Brazena.
Mrs. Keefe.
George Reardan, an employe of the
electric company, was instantly killed
yesterday morning while repairing
tie storm damage at. Glen Oak park.
He was caught by a live wire and
died instantly. George Ashlock, an
other lineman, was seriously burned
| in attempting to extricate Reardan
| from the wire.
Locomotives Almost Totally Wrecked
The Peoria and Pekin union round
house was blown down soon after 10
O'Clock Tuesday night. In it at the
time were eight men and all escaped
without serious injury, excepting
Simon Spence. an Iowa engineer, who
was caught by the falling walls and
received serious injuries to his back.
He is in very serious condition.
Twenty-four locomotives were almost
totally wrecked.
The Chicago. Rock Island and Pa.
c;fic train, which left this city at
11:25 o'clock Tuesday night for Chi
cago, ran into a washout just above
the city. The engine was buried in
sand and mud and the baggage car
turned over. Robert Atkinson, the
engineer, was the only person in
ju.ed.
Other property was damaged in this
vicinity, enc store being entirely
wrecked by water.
Water to Necks Standing on Pianos.
Shortly after IL o'clock Tuesday
night a report reached the police that
, families living at Dry Run were in
danger of drowning, as they had
been caught by the food. Rowboats
were hauled to the scere at once and
the police took II people from thei7
homes. They were standing on
pianos with the water almost to their