The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-07-24
EPT OF A CYCLONE.
e, Storm Sweeps Through
Central Illinois.

g, Storm Sweeps Through
Central Illinois.
..,,sa at strcntor and Four at
,,-uany others Are In
-,,-Grent Damage to
property.
,or Ill.,. July 1s.--At least five
f e. we're killed, more than a score
~, # not fatally injured, and a
us.. ,oss of 100000 is the result Of
e " which swept through streator
pa a'.Jock Friday evening. The dead
award Bivens, William Brown,
noyIa. Charles Snyder and A. G.
y Of the dead, Bivens, Brown
e".ro we're killed at the racetrack,
ne new grand stand was blown
anto a crowd which had sought
from the downpour. Most OF the
- we're taken from the ruins of
etructure. Purcell was night
Imam at the Vulcan Western
!. ,nd had not been on duty five
-. when he was killed. st. Mary's
Et.1 is filled to the limit and many
10 homes were thrown open to
tor the injured. 1t is, impossible at
lime to give anything like an ac-
list of the wounded.
vony Buildings Destroyed.
J storm, which came from the
vest was about one-quarter of a
wide. and in its path everything
event. This includes the Vulcan
erp works, the buildings being
ID three years ago at a cost exceed
100000; the Stauber pants factory.
e 100 employees had left the build
We minutes before it was struck.
tbree-story building, with all its
ipery and stock on hand, amount
$4,000, is a total loss. The Dick
I'm schoolhouse, baseball park
b%mphitheater, Electric park, with
buildings, numerous private res
Is, schurmann's big icehouses and
therein-are all down.
! splendid buildings OF the Streator
e association and which would
been completed within two or
days are a total wreck. This in
the amphitheater, judges stand
he immense barns. 1t was here
he greater number lost their lives,
t one Of the dead being race horse
Nine trotting horses were killed,
of the town a couple Of miles, in
airy farm of A. j. Daugherty, his
md three children and a man en-
d on the farm were all dangerously
the residence being blown to
other Towns Suffer.
ington and Campus, two small
on the Wabash railroad line,
led severely from the storm. At
gton several houses were utterly
lished and four people were seri-
injured. At Campus one man
FILLED, while two others sustained
es which may prove fatal.
Four Killed at Mendoza.
Pdota, ILL.,, July ia cyclone
struck here at 5 o'clock Friday
ns cut a sWath a block wide
gh the central portion of the
%wrecking almost every building
path, -Four persons are known
e been killed and at least a score
fsly injured. The dead are:
Boesdorf, Ora Lundy and two
Frs named Schanmel.
storm started southwest of the
and extended for fifteen miles. It
up suddenly, but those out of
could hear it fully five minutes
1t broke, giving them ample
o get into cellars. The campus
ADVENT college is a wreck, be-
mass OF trees all twisted. Sew
the wounded are not expected
Many living in town and
~ have lost horses and cattle,
ozens OF buildings were wrecked.
Loss of Life In Indiana.
annapolis, Ind, July ia severe
swept through northern Indiana
Flaay night, doing immense dam
HE and property. -Four lives
ported lost and a score or more
! north of Lafayette, but details
eager, as all wire communication
Pen cut off.
"ih Blown from the Track.
Pmlngton, ILL.,, July a8.-A wind
swept central Illinois Friday
and caused damage in Mclean
10 wires and buildings. Many
buildings were blown over. Near
poles and wires were blown
destroying communication, and
IRE train of freight cars on a SID
$, blown over. II /.
lar ana Woman Hanxed.
: McAlester, !. T., July4l8.-Doras
. was hanged here Friday for the
ol Annie Wiliiams,.a seven=
- girl. She mounted the scaffoid.
- .fsmqr. Charles Barrett was
Nusso 1pfthe murder oxyohn Hem,
an'aged-shan khd6nAhe shot
ambush. Robbery was the mo;
;4nvepteEgDfes. !
aoro, Conn, July 18.-Clement
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