Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-06-11
Mrs. Edward Martin.
Miss Annie Kelly.


Miss Annie Kelly.
All are daughters Of prominent farm.
ers In the vicinity. The bodies wers
horribly mutilated A number OF Young
men and women taken from the ruins
in an unconscious condition are still
In that state aud II is feared there
may be other deaths.
Merna got the brunt OF the storm ana
many OF the finest houses and barns
there were destroyed.
The storm reached Bloomington about
IL p m, commencing with furious
electrical display. Rain accompanied
the wind and the business district suf-
fered severely. Many plate glass win
dows were blown in aud stocks of goods
were badly damaged. Hundreds Of big
trees were broken of at the trunks and
the streets were almost impossible.
Telegraph and telephone poles were
snapped In two and the trolley wires
added 20 the blockade Buildings all
over the city were damaged but no
lives were lost, nor was anyone SER
iously Injured. A man was blown 500
feet but escaped with slight bruises.
just on the eve Of commencement. the
roof OF Wesleyan university was blown
on and the Interior was damaged bad
ly by water.
The railroads report damaged tracks
due TO washouts and a number OF
freight wrecks due to telegraph poles
falling on the tracks. So far as now
known, no one was killed or injured
In this manner.
Efforts are making to reach the small
towns In the country. II is believed sew
eral OF them have suffered more or less
damage.
AT Clinton the Chicago & Alton round
house was demolished, but SO far as
known no lives were lost.
AT San Jose a grain elevator was
blown across the Alton track, entirely
blocking traffic
AT Barnes an elevator was blown
down and many farm houses are re-
ported seriously damaged
MORE VICTIMS.
Pekln. H.. June liza tornado passed
over T6sewel county last night. kill
Ing three and fatally njuring two per-
sons at Kingston mines, south Of there.
THE DEAD,
Mrs. Thomas Murray and infant
VIM. McElwee. aged g.
Patrick McElwee and wife were IA I
tally injured.
The entire east end OF Kingston, a
village of miners OF 1000 inhabitants,
was swept away. The storm struck
the place about 1920 p. IN, and lasted
half an hour, causing $4,000 damages
A second storm at 1880 this morning
did considerable additional damage.
Physicians from Pekin. Glassford and
Mapleton were called TO care for the
wounded.
Houses and barns were blown down
in Groveland. Minerva. Dillon. Hope
dale and Delavan, but so far no lives
were lost in any OF those places has
been reported. Kingston mines seems
to have received the brunt OF the
storm.
Opposite Pekin the river overlooked
its banks and covered 5000 acres OF
corn, which probably has been ruined.
CORRECTED LIST OF KILLED.
Detroit, MINI. June li.-A corrected
list OF the killed In the tornado OF Mon
day follows:
Mrs. f. c. Berg and four children OF
Andrew Hum, two girls aged 10 and II.
and two boys. aged 10 and l6.
Five other Hum children were more
or less seriously injured. Mrs. Hum
was probably fatally hurt Hum him.
self was unscathed. In all 30 farm
houses and barns were totally de-
stroyed.
VERY BAD AT PEORIA.
Peoria, ILL.,, June 1.-THE storm Vt
Peoria was very destructive. Many
lives were lost and the property dam
age extensive. The mercantile loss
win be hundreds Of thousands OF dol
lars. A Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific
passenger train was caught In a land
slide, and the engine and mall ear
buried. All train service. Is delayed,
many tracks are washed away and
thousands OF acres Of corn are
a total loss one man was
Killed BY live wifes and two were IN
jured. There has been serious damage
20 shipping in the river.