Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-07-21
STORM SWEEPS
SECTION OF State
At Least Five Lives Lost In Tornado
at Streator, Ill, and Much
Property Destroyed.
THREE Of THE VICTIMS MEET
DEATH At the RACETRAcK

Cyclone strikes Central Portion Of
Mendoza Wrecking AlRost Every
Building In Its Path and Killing
Four Persons-Damage By storms
Elsewhere.
Streator, ILL.,, July 20.-At least i've
persons were killed, more than score
seriously II not fatally injured, and
loss of $500 900 is the result Of
\ tornado which swept through Streator
1t six o'clock Friday evening. The dead
IRE: 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 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 i've
minutes when he was killed.
Many Buildings Destroyed.
The storm, which came from the
southwest, was about one-quarter Of q
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 $4,000: the Stauber pants factory.
where 100 employees had left the build-
Ing I'VE minutes before 1t was struck.
The three-story building, with all Its
machinery and stock on hand, amount
Ing to 100000, is total loss. The Dick
ermann schoolhouse, baseball park
and amphitheater. Electric park. with
all Its buildings, numerous private res
licences, Schurmann's 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 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 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 MendOta.
Mendoza, ILL.,, July 20.-A cyclone
which struck here at 5 o'clock Friday
evening cut swath q block wide
through the central portion Of the
town, wrecking almost every building
in its path. Four persons are known
to have been killed and at least score
seriously injured. The dead are:
Cora Boesdorf. Ora Lundy and tive
brothers named Schanmel.
The storm started southwest Of the
town and extended for fifteen miles. II
came up suddenly, but those out OF
doors could hear it fully 1ve minutes
before it broke, giving them ample
time to get into cellars. The campus
Of the Advent college is a wreck, be.
ing mass Of trees all twisted. Sew.
eral of the wounded are not expected
to live. Many living in town ani
country have lost horses and cattle
and dozens Of buildings were wrecked
Storm Damages Crops.
La Crosse. Wis, July 20-Reportl
were received here Saturday morning o
a severe rainstorm which swept oyel
the country 20 miles south Of here lat,
Friday afternoon. washing out man,
small bridges and doing damage t.
crops
Near Clayton, Ia, on the Dubuqu,
division OF the Milwaukee road
freight train narrowly escaped goinl
through bridge which had been partl,
washed out. A couple Of washouts oc
CURED on the Burlington between her
and Prairie du Chen.
Damage In Indians.
Warsaw, Ind, July 20.-A sever
storm and heavy rainfall early Satur
day destroyed thousands Of acres o
growing corn. Whole fields east OF thi
place, In an area with radius Of si
miles, were ruined.
Storm sweeps Cleveland.
Cleveland, O., July 20.-A ferc
storm Of wind and rain swept over thi
city early Saturday. causing much dam
age to trees and shrubbery, while tele
graph and telephone wires were pros
trated at many points. A heavy sea wa
kicked up on Lake Erie and allincom
ing passenger steamers arrivedfrom on
to three hours late as result Of tn
storm. A total of 1.66 inches OF rail
fell within three hours, while the win,
blew at the rate of 40 miles an hour.
Heavy Loss by Fire.
Auburn, N. Y, July 20.-Fire whicl
started in a large frame building Il
Garden street shortly before midnight