Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-07-18
Destructive CyCIon e
East of Rock ISL
and.
COSTS MANY LIVES
Henry and Adjoining
Counties Scene of
Havoc.

Streator, ILL.,, July 1S.-A tornado
killed five persons. injured a score of
others, and caused property loss of
$2,OOO,0O0. The dead are: Harry
Doyle, Nels II. Bivens, X. Purcell,
Charles Snyder and an unknown ne
gro. All but Purcell were killed at
the race track. New buildings had
just been erected, and the races We're
to have been given week after next.
Not a building is left standing. All
of the buildings at Electric park were
destroyed and the fence and amphithe-
atCr of the ball park We're blown
away. Staubers' pants factory was
blown down and all the stock was
ruined.
The Indiana, Illinois and Iowa
bridge, costing $1,OOO.OOO, is nearly
half gone, the hoisting works and
buildings at Spring Hill shaft were
ruined, many buildings in Kangkley.
four miles west of Streator, were
blown down and several persons were
injured
Many buildings in Kagklins, four
miles west of Streator were blown
down and several persons we're injur-
ed there. Many houses were unroof-
ed and otherwise damages done. Tel
ephOne and telegraph wires are near
~ all down and details are meagre.
The following are reported fatally
injured: @George Doyle, Mrs. Doyle,
Bessie Boucher. Charles Snyder, Fred
Cronc. fractured skull Mrs. Crone,
Mrs. Smith, Miss Smith. Capt. Pea
body and wife, Ralph Boucher. Mrs.
Henry Peas and baby, George Hunter,
George Doyle's little child; three chill
dren of y. j. Daugherty and a man
employed on the latter's farm. y
score or more are reported to have
suffered broken bones.
Factory Blown Down.
The factory of the Western Vulcan
works, which was destroyed, was
erected at a cost of S15O,OOO. Not a
wall is left standing. About fifty men
were employed there, but all had
stopped work for the day about an
hour before the storm. Only one
man, Richard Purcell, the night
watchman, was in the factory, and he
was killed. y quarter of mile north
east was Adolph Stauber's clothing
factory. This factory also was razed.
About 100 people are employed there,
but all had left half an hour before.
In passing on the tornado caught a
number of small houses, wrecking
some, turning others half way around,
twisting huge trees and breaking
them off at the base. The baseball
park. street railway park and the
driving park were in its path. \ $1R-
900 amphitheatre was in course of
construction at the driving park.
The storm took in these three parks
and destroyed buildings, fences and
grand stands. At the driving park so
! carpenters had just dropped work.
There four persons were killed out
right and Is injured. Nine horses
were also killed.
At the dairy farm of \. j. Daugher-
ty on the edge of town the house was
blown over and several who were in
it were badly injured.
In Bureau County.
Princeton, ILL.,, July 1S.-A cyclone
passed through the northern part of
Bureau county yesterday afternoon,
damaging crops, farm buildings and
residences. The residence of Henry
Smith. six miles north of Sheffield.
was wrecked and Mr.. Smith and his
sister were both badly injured
The storm originated near Mineral
and passed south of New Bedford and
ManIius and on the northern outskirts
of La Moille. At the latter place nu-
merous small buildings were wreck
ed.
Four Killed at Mendoza
Mendoza, ILL.,, July 1S.-Four per
sons were killed and 10 others seri-
ousIy' injured by a tornado which
struck the northern part of this city
The path of the storm was about
eight miles in length. Everything in
the storms track was leveled to the
ground.
The known dead are: Cora Boies-
dorf. aged Is; Ora Luny, aged 10; -
Schamel, a boy, aged 10; - Scha-
mel, a boy, aged 4.
The injured are: Mrs. John Wirsch-
en-, Miss Wirschen, Mrs. Oscar Mill