Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1902-06-16

day morning was the worst central
Illinois has experienced since l843.
Rain fell in torrents. The damage
caused by high winds is inestimable.
Probably the worst damage in pro
portion to, size of the town was at
Kingston Mines, a small mining town
twenty miles below Peoria. There
three people were killed outright and
ten injured, three fatally.
Killed.
Mrs. Thomas Murray,
Infant child of Mrs. Murray,
Mrs. Robert McElwee.
Fatally Injured.
Infant child of Mrs. McElWee.
Robert McElwea,
Thomas Murray.
Others Injured.
Mrs. Mocha,
Judge Marsh,
Cora Rosebottom,
James Lacock,.
I Mrs. Frank BTazena,
Mrs. keefe.
George Reardan, an employee of the
electric company, was instantly killed
yesterday morning while repairing
the storm damage at Glen Oak park.
He was caught by live wire and died
instantly. George bshlock, another
lineman, was seriously burned in at
tempting to eXtricate Reardan from
the wire. The Peoria and Pekin union
roundhouse was blown down. In it at
the time were eight men; all escaped
without serious injury but Samuel
Spence of Iowa, a Central engineer,
who was caught by falling walls and
received serious injuries to his back.
Thirteen locomotives owned by the
Illinois, Central and two by the Iowa
Central, four by the Toledo, Peoria
and Western and five by the Big Four
were almost totally wrecked.
At Morton, Tazewell county, Ed
ward Beman was caught beneath the
falling timbers of barn and instant
ly killed. A number of cattle were
killed near there.
The Chicago, Rock Island and Pa
cific train which left the city at H.
Tuesday night for Chicago ran into a
Washout just above the city. The
engine was buried in the sand and
mud and the baggage car turned over.
Robert Atkinson, the engineer, was
the only person injured.
The roof of the new warehouse of
Corning & Co., distillery, was blown
off, as was that of the Clarke distil-
Of II p
Maur drygoods store was blown off
and $4,000 damage to stock coca
stoned by water: Charles Cannon &
cOmpany's store, gents furnishings,
was whecked by water. Schipper &
Block lost considerable. on account of
that, people living in Dry Run were in
danger of drowning, as they had been
caught by the flood. Rowboats were
taken to the scene at once and the pO-
lice took twelve people from their
homes. They were standing on pianos
with the water almost to their necks.
Within an hour all would have been
drowned. All communications with
the outside world was destroyed for
over twelve hours. 1t was almost
noon when a wire was secured be-
tween Peoria, Chicago and st. Louis.
All street car service was stopped
and the fire alarm service completely
knocked Que. The tugboat and steam
launch which had been plying on the
river at this point has disappeared
since the first storm. 1t is believed
they are now at the bottom of Peoria
lake. Their pilots have not been seen.
The storm was general and extended
as far east as Bloomington where it
was even worse than Peoria.
Damage at Clinton.
Clinton, ILL.,, June 12.-One of the
most destructive wind storms ever
known here swept over the city at II
Tuesday night. The most serious
damage to buildings was the blowing
off of the roof of the new electric
building. 1t is brick, 40 by 60 feet.
The cupola on the Presbyterian
church was blown off. Hundreds of
trees were blown down and telephone
and electric light wires are in bad
condition.
Loss Quarter Million.
Springfield, H., June 12.-Advices
from the storm at Bloomington re-
ceived by passengers alighting from
Chicago and Alton trains and short
scraps of kilograms place the property
loss at $250,O00. No loss of life is
yet reported, but there is a long list