The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1903-04-16
HAVOC OF STORM
CYCLONE IN ILLINOIS LEAVES
DEATH AND RUIN IN ITS
WAKE.
CASUALLY list MAY BIT lARsf
SWEEPS THROUGH THREE coun
TIES, CAUSING GREAT
DAMAGE.
RIVERS IN PHTSBURG SIREfIs
HEAVY THUNDERSTORM FLOODS
THE CITY, CAUSING LOSS OF
PROPERTY.
RIVERS IN PHTsBURG sTRftTs

Springfield, ILL.,, April IA cyclone
yesterday afternoon swept across 10
gan, Dewitt and Piatt counties, leay.
ing death and general destruction in
its wake. One child was instantly
killed, it's mother was fatally injured
and several persons more or less seri.
ously hurt.
The fatalities occurred at the HASA.
darzar settlement in Piatt county,
three miles from Atwood The Haig.
darzar home was completely demol.
ished. Mrs Clifford Haisadarzar.
with her daughter in her arms, was
hurled across the street The child
was instantly killed and the mother
received fatal injuries. The home Of
Rev. ]. B. Martin was partially de-
stroyed and the occupants miraculous
ly escaped.
The storm first struck the earth at a
point four miles east of Lincoln. fol.
lowing along Deer creek and sweeping
the stream dry of water. The home Of
Samuel V. Baldwin was totally &c.
stroyed. Mrs. Baldwin and two farm
hands sought refuge in the smoke
house, which was blown several hun.
dred feet with the trio inside All
were painfully hurt.
1t is expected that further reports
will swell the casualty list.
Furious Storm at Pttsburg.
Pittsburg, Pa, April 14.-With ter
rifying swiftness a thunderstorm,
which came up from the west last
evening, crashed over Pittsburg. pour.
ing miniature rivers through the
streets, flooding cellars and inflicting
damage that will reach thousands OF
dollars: One man was killed by light.
ming and many buildings were struck
Irwin l.. Kitson Of Dublin, Pa. while
walking from one building to another
at the Dublin insane asylum. where
he is employed, was struck down by a
bolt. He was dead when picked up.
The congregation of the Christian
church in Center avenue, was storm.
bound. The street for blocks was
flooded. The street car traffic was al
most entirely suspended in the resi-
dence portion of the city. In Wilkins.
burg the cIoudburst poured through
the valley The people were driven
into the second stories of their homes.
The loss of property in the thirty
seventh ward was great house IN
Coal street was almost swept from us
foundations. Street car tracks were
lost under two feet of water. Thou
sands of feet of lumber were carried
away from Hill street yard OF the
Pennsylvania railway. A signal tower
of the Pennsylvania railway was
struck and the adjoining passenger
station was fired.
A Foamine Mass of Water
A telegram from Imperial says:
Rain began falling in torrents last
evening and continued one hour, &C.
companied by one of the most severe
electrical storms of the season. In .
short time the Montour valley, which
point is very narrow, was foamins
mass Of water, and timber from neal.
, by lumber yards filed and obstructed
it, The tracks of the Montour ralf
road, which runs parallel with the var
ley, were carried away in many places
Farmers in the valley viii suffer grea'
loss, as many fields were almost ready
for planting.