Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-07-22
WORK OF A CYCLONE.
A Terrific Storm Sweeps Through
Central Illinois.
Five Killed at Streator and Four al
MendOta-Many others Are In
jured-Great Damage to
Property.


StreatOr, Ill, July 18.-At least five
persons were killed, more than score
seriously if not fatally injured, and
property loss of $500, 1000 is the result of
a tornado which swept through Streator
at six o'clock Friday evening. The dead
are: Edward Bivens, William Brown,
Harry Doyle, Charles Snyder and A. G.
Purcell. Of the dead, Bivens, Brown
and Doyle were killed at the racetrack,
where the new grand stand was blown
down onto a crowd which had sought
shelter from the downpour Most Of the
injured were taken from the ruins of
this structure Purcell was night
Waterman at the Vulcan Western
works, and had not been on duty five
minutes when he was killed. ST. Mary's
hospital is filled to the limit and many
private homes were thrown open tc
care for the injured. 1t is impossible at
this time to give anything like an &C
curate list of the wounded
Many Buildings Destroyed.
The storm, which came from the
mile wide, and in its path everything
was swept This includes the Vulcan
Western works, the buildings being
erected three years ago at a. cost exceed
ing $150,000; the Stauber pants factory,
where 100 employees had left the build
ing five minutes before it was struck
The three-story building, with all it's
machinery and stock on hand, amount
ing to $4,000, is total loss The Dick
ermann schoolhouse, baseball park
and amphitheater, Electric park, with
all its buildings, numerous private res
licences, Schurmanns big icehouses and
stock therein-are all down.
The splendid buildings of the Streator
Racing association and which would
have been completed within two or
three days are a total wreck. This in
cludes the amphitheater, judges stand
and the immense barns. 1t was here
that the greater number lost their lives,
all but one of the dead being race horse
men. Nine trotting horses were killed.
West Of the town a couple of miles, in
the dairy farm of A. j. Daugherty, his
wife and three children and a man en-
ployed on the farm were all dangerously
hurt, the residence being blown to
atoms.
Other Towns Suffer.
Emington and Campus, two small
towns on the Wabash railroad line
suffered severely from the storm. At
Emington several houses were utterly
demolished and four people were seri-
ously injured. At Campus one man
was killed, while two others sustained
injuries which may prove fatal
Four Killed at Mendoza,
Mendoza, ILL.,, July 1S-A cyclone
which struck here at o'clock Friday
evening cut a swath a block wide
through the central Yortion of the
town, wrecking almost every building
in its path. Four persons are known
to have been killed and at least a score
seriously injured. The dead are:
Cora Boesdorf, Ora Lundy and two
brothers named Schanmel
The storm started southwest of the
town and extended for fifteen miles It
came up suddenly, but those out of
doors could\ hear it fully five minutes
before it broke, giving them ample
time to get into cellars. The campus
of the Advent college is a wreck, be-
ing a mass of trees all twisted. Sew
eral Of the wounded are not expected
to live Many living in town and
country have lost horses and cattle.
and dozens of buildings were wrecked.
Loss of Life in Indiana.
Indianapolis, Ind, July 18-A severe
storm swept through northern Indiana
late Friday night, doing immense dam
age to life and property. Four lives
are reported lost and score or more
injured north of Lafayette, but details
has been cut off.
Train Blown from the Track.
Bloomington, ILL.,, July 18-A wind
storm swept central Illinois Friday
night and caused damage in Mclean
county to wires and buildings. MANY
small buildings were blown over. Near
Gardner poles and wires were blown
down, destroying communication. and
an entire train of freight cars on sid
ing was blown over.
Man and Woman Hanged
South McAlester, l. T., July 18.-Dora
Wright was hanged here Friday for the
murder Of Annie Williams, a seven
year-old girl. She mounted the scaffold
without tremor. Charles Barrett was
also hanged for the murder of John Hen
poccy an aged man whom bo cbo+