Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1902-06-12
Path of Destruction loo Miles
Wide and Fully 200
Miles Long.
A DOZEN PERSONS WERE KILLED
Property Loss Will Aggregate Moro
Than Million Dollars-city Of
Peoria sustains Serious Damages.
Three Dead There.

Bloomington, His, June 12.--l
Stretching across a 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 it's mark clear across the face
of Central Illinois, a cyclone Tuesday
night inflicted property loss which
will aggregate millions of dollars and
cost dozen lives. The brunt of the
storm fell upon Mclean and adjoin.
ing counties. Lightning was inees
SAINT for two hours, but was marked
by absence of thunder claps. Wind
reached a city 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
and telephone lines for IL hours has
made it impossible to secure the full
details of the disaster. 1t is now
known that while the fatalities in
Mclean county were but three in
plumber, scores of persons were seri.
ously injured and hundreds of SNrrow
escapes from death were reported |
Not 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
Tuesday night and again at 2 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
tlon to the size of the town was at
Kingston Mines. a small mining town
20 miles below Peoria. There three
people were killed outright and l
We're injured, three fatally The
killed are as follows:
The Dead.
Mrs. Thomas Murray
Infant child of Mrs Murras 4
Mrs. Robert McElwee.
ne Fatally injured.
The fatally injured are:
Infant child of Mrs. McElwee.
Robert McElwee.
Thomas Murray.
Others injured.
The 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
the 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 1t 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 a very serious condition. |
Twentyfour locomotives were almost
totally wrecked.
The Chicago, Rock Island and Pa
eific train, which left this city at
11:25 O'Clock Tuesday night for Chi.
cago, ran into washout just above
the city. The engine was buried in
TUNED over. Robert Atkinson, the
engineer, was the only person in.
jured.
Other property was damaged in this
vicinity. ere 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 flood. Rowboats
were hauled to the scene at once and
tue ponce LOOK 10 people from tneli
homes. They were standing on
pianos with the water almost to their
necks.
tugboat and a steam launch,
which have been plying on the river
at this point, disappeared since the
first storm, and it was believed last
right they are at the bottom of
Peoria lake.
Their pilots had not been seen
Tho storm was general and extended
IS far east as Bloomington, where II
vas even worse than at Peoria.