Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-08-07
Great Damage Done to
Crops and Buildings
Over a Wide Area.
SEVERAL PEOPLE DEAD
Hinnebago County, Iowa, Said
to Have Suffered Most
Severely.

St Paul, Aug. "A special dispatch
from Albert Lea, Mimi, says: "A tor
nado swept across Winnebago county,
Iowa, late yesterday afternoon, and al
though reports are conflicting, only one
person is known to have been killed in
Joice, village which was destroyed
Several were injured
Some reports say 90 were killed. The
course of the storm was northwest to
southeast. The destruction of property
is said to be great. The Minneapolis &
St Louis railroad is out of commits
sion and trains are run over the Rock
Island tracks.
Covers Three States.
st. Paul, Mimi, Aug. Rain. hail
lightning and severe wind storms the
latter approaching in severity Il lorna
do late yesterday afternoon did dam
age in Minnesota, Wisconsin. anj
northern Iowa, which at present is IN
calcuable owing to telegraph and tele
phone lines being in such Il cripple
condition details are difficult to obtain
The storm was scarcely felt in the twin
cities. In the vicinity OF Winona All
from there through the state southwest
into Iowa damage wrought by VIM
was great.
Buildings UnroOfed.
At Winona 20 or 80 more building.
used for manufacturing purposes an
warehouses were mroofed. The dam
age is placed at 100000. All wisC
communication east and south of here
is cut off since the storm.
At Green Bay n train was partial,
blown from the track between Marcn
land and East Winona. The train ha,
stopped and two cars were picked NJ
and dropped in a ditch. Three person
were injured.
Wires Badly Damaged.
Chicago, Aug. 7.-Because of sever
local storms in various sections of tn
Mississippi valley during the last j
hours, the telegraph companies hav
lost most of their wires west, south
west and north.
The storm in the city was one OF tn
most severe in recent years, the win
attaining a velocity at times of full
GO miles per hour.
Two Killed by LightninG.
Pana, H., Aug. IA heavy thunder
storm swept over this section las
night. Lightning killed Frank Her
derson and Peck Roberts. Great dan
age was done to crops by hail.
Three Dead at Mason City.
Mason City. Iowa. Aug. 7.-Thro
persons were killed, four injured, an
thousands of dollars of damage don
throughout this section of Iowa last e'
ehing by a tornado.
Tornado Sweeps Knox County.
Galesburg. H., Aug. "A tornad
passed diagOnally across Knox count
yesterday afternoon, accompanied b
vivid lightning and a heavy fall of han
and left in it's trail ruined crops an
damaged buildings No lives were lo
but number of small animals wei
killed by hail. The storm develope
in the vicinity of Oneida and pass
southeast In Oneida several store
were unroofed and small building
overturned. There was also consi
cradle damage in Williamsfeld ar
Dahlinda. in Henry county. The dar
age to crops is estimated at thousant
of dollars.
Illinois Capital Suffers.
Springfield. Ill, Aug. IA terrii
rain storm accompanied by a his
wind, lightning and thunder occurr'
in this city and through the count
yesterday afternoon. The entire sire
lighting system is disabled, and Il
city is now in darkness. A large nul
Der of trees were blown down, tel
graph and telephone service is int
rupted and the interurban cars we