Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-12

seriously burned in attempting to e~xtrioat
Reardan from the wire.
The Peoria and Pekip Union r~oundhous
was blown down shortly after 10 O'Clock
In It at the time we're eight men. All es
capped without serious injury but samue
Spence. an Iowa Central engineer, who wa
caught by the falling wslls and ~receiveY
serious injuries to his back. He lie now a
the Cottage hospital and is in a seriou
condition.
Thirteen locomotives owned by the iii
nois Central, two owned by the lows Cen
trail, four owned by the Toledo. Peoria 4
Western and fve owned by the Big Fou.
were wrecked. ,
Rock Island Train wrecked!
The Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific trair
which left this city at IL 25. last night for
Chicago ran into a washout just above tn,
city. The engine is buried in sand and
mud and the baggage car turned over
Robert Atkinson, the engineer, was tn,
only person injured.
The roof Of the new warehouse at tn,
Corning & Co.'S distillery was blown OF, al
was also that Of the Clark distillery.
The roof Of the Harmed & Won Maur dry
goods store was blown OF and damage tc
the stock Of s25, 900 was occasioned BY
water. There was no Insurance. The store
Of Charles Cannon a Co.. gents. furnish
ers. was wrecked by water. They carried
no insurance on account OF water,
Shortly after IL o'clock q report reached
the police that the people living in DRY
Run. on the blum. were in danger Of drown.
ing, as they had been caught by the food
Rowboats were hauled to the scene at once
and the police took twelve persons from
their homes. They were standing on
pianos, with the water almost to their
recks. Within an hour all would have been
lost.
All communication with the outside world
vas destroyed for over twelve hours and II
was almost noon today when a wire was
secured between Peoria and Chicago and st.
Louis.
Communication Cut IN.
All street car service was stopped and
the FIRE alarm service was completely
knocked out. A tugboat and a steam launch
which have been plying on the river at this
point have disappeared since the first storm
and 1t is believed they are now at the bot
ptom Of Peoria lake. Their pilots have moi
been seen.
Three large dry goods houses in Peoria
were on fire at the same time after the
storm and the entire Are department Of
the city was on duty all night.
The Peoria & Pekin Union tracks are
washed way at Wesley City and no trains
can get into Peoria over the Big Four, I'LL
nois Central and Chicago, Peoria & st
Louis railroads.
The storm struck Morton, a small village
Hftaan rot1aa AoIaxv -. 80 nS..s n
man was killed by falling timbers.
A farmer named Ellison was killed while
attempting to save his horses. He wa.
found surrounded by the bodies Of six dead
horses. The damage to farmers is beyond
estimation at this time.
In Peoria the loss cannot be estimated
today. The damage to plate glass alone
will amount to many thousands Of dollars
The steamer Peoria, out on the IlHonis river
with an excursion party OF so women, was
caught by the storm while in the narrowl
several miles above Peoria. The steamers
orchestra played lively airs during the
progress of the gale and prevented a panic
Captain Sivley succeeded in landing the
steamer safely at 2:30 this morning.
Two TornGdoes in One Night.
PEKIN. III, June ia tornado passed
over Tazewell county last night. killing
three and fatally injuring two persons al
Kingston Mines, south Of here.
The dead are:
MRS. THOMAS MURRAY AND INFANT
WILLIE M'ELWEE, aged 3.
Patrick McElwee and wife were fatally
injured.
The entire east end Of that little vii.
lage of 1000 inhabitants was swept away.
The af0rnn afrnoE KfAotaf NeaI.z 49,
10:30 p. m. and lasted half an hour, caus-
ing SIS, 900 worth of damage. A second
storm did considerable additional damage al
1880 a. m. Physicians from Pskin, Glas-
ford and Mapleton were called to care for
the wounded.
Houses and barns were blown down in
Groveland, MINER, Dillon, Hopedaie and
Delavan, but so far NO loss of life In any
Of those places has been reported. The
most destruction seems to have been al
Kingston Mines.
Opposite Pekin the river overlooked its
banks and covered $4,000 acres Of corn,
which is believed to have been ruined.
JACKSONVILLE, H.. June lL-There
was a hard wind storm here last night, but
no damage to this immediate section has
been reported. Danvers, on the Alton
road, north OF this place. was reported
wiped out just after the Kansas City limited
train pulled out. At San Jose, this side
OF Danvers. a large elevator was blown
on the track. Meager reports show wide
spread damage in the country north.
other Smaller Losses.
LATHAM, Ill. June 1.-THE severe
storm OF last night washed out a bridge
on the Peoria division Of the Illinois Cen
trail. near here, and q freight, train ran
into the hole. The crew wal injured, but
not seriously. Comparatively small damage
was done. .,.>,-.s D..
LINCOLN. ILL.,, June 1I.-This city and
immediate locality was visited at midnight
by a severe and destructive hurricane,
Hard rain and lightning did additional
damage. Public buildings, factories and
residences we're unroofed and telephone
and electric street railway systems were
badly crippled. Most Of the streets are
blockaded with fallen trees and wires. The
villages OF Atlanta. LawndaIe. Elkhart and
others in this county suffered heavy losses
on elevators and other buildings. Small
grain Is damaged TO a considerable extent
So far no loss Of life is reported.
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