The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1907-06-13
STORM and FLOOD
HIT Three States.
MANY LIVES LOST AND PROPERTY
DAMAGED IN ILLINOIS, in.
DIANA AND KENTUCKY.
U S
DEATH OF A o
York, New Minden and Duquoin, ILL.,,
GradyvilIe, Ky, and Points in
Hoosier State Suffer - Houses
Blown Away by Tornado.

HooSief state SuHer - House
Blown Away by Tornado.
various places in southern Illinois,
Indiana and Kentucky tell of severe
| storms which have caused loss of
life and the destruction of much
property.
Early Saturday the town of New
Minden, ILL.,, 25 miles southeast of
st. Louis, was visited by a tornado
which killed four persons and in
jured a score of others. At Grady
vile, KY, a cloudburst is said to
have caused the loss of perhaps 81
lives.
At York, ILL.,, rs or so houses were
destroyed, and a number of persons
are said to have been killed. Be
cause of the prostration of telegraph
wires details are not available.
The storm is said to have been
especially severn in southern In
diana, and at Farmersburg and Sui
Ivan much damage was caused by
wind and rain. Duquoin, ILL.,, also
was visited by the storm that caused
the destruction at York. A number
of houses were blown down, but no
lives were lost.
Many Killed in Kentucky.
Louisville, KY, June 10.-Twenty-
one persons are missing and the vii
]age Of G%radyville, in the southern
part OF the state, is almost destroyed
as the result of a %cloudburst, which
sent a volume of water down upon
the place shortly after midnight.
The bodies of the following had
been recovered up to noon,
Dr.. Nell, Mrs. Calvin Wilmore, Mrs.
Austin Wilnore, Miss Ada Wilmore.
Miss Mary W;lmore, Strong Hill, wife
and family, fairfield Moss, Miss Pearl
Moss, Miss Carrie Moss, Miss Irene
Moss, two sons of fairfield Moss,
Mrs. Mary Moss, Carl Nelson, Gar
land Nelson, Mrs. Keltner
Storm RACES for Hours.
The storm began about ten o'clock
Friday night and increased in intens-
ity until 1890, when it's height was
reached. The %cloudburst turned Big
creek into a torrent which quickly
overlooked its banks and poured a
great volume of water down upon
Gradyville. Nearly every house in
the place was washed away and those
who met death We're drowned or
crushed to death in their houses as
they were torn from their founda-
tons.
Columbia was telephoned for as
sistance and a large number Of citi-
zens left that place at once, but ow-
ing to the condition of the roads it
will require some time to make the
trip. Every stream in the vicinity is
out of it's bounds. The cloudburst
did serious damage aside from the
loss of life, all bridges in this vi
cinity being washed away and thou
sands of acres Of corn ruined.
Gradyville has a population of
about $50, and is 10 miles from a
railroad.
Four Killed at New Minden.
Nashville, ILL.,, June 10.-A tornado
swept e New Minden, seven miles
north, of this city, at six a. m. Satur.
!: day, killing five persons and injuring
several. A number of houses were de-
molished.
The dead: Mr.. and Mrs. Henry
Weihe and two children, and a child of
Carl Stuemeyer.
A score OF persons were bruised by
debris. The storm struck the north.
ern portion of the town and most of
the houses destroyed were country
cottages.
In the town the German Lutheran
church was badly damaged, the steeple
being blown down and the roof blown
off. The church bell was hurled
through the large pipe organ below,
badly damaging it. On the north side
of the church the parochial school was
demolished. These buildings were
practically the only ones in the village
proper that were damaged.
: Farmhousea Demolished.
From this point the tornado con.
tinued on and leveled about seven
more farmhouses. The Weihe house
in which the four people were killed
was about the last house struck. II
was completely demolished. The oc.
cupants were carried with the debris
of the house in the adjacent fields.
Physicians from Nashville and
Hoyleton we're hurried to the scene
A report has reached here that a
farmer driving from Hoyleton to New
Minden with a farm wagon and binder
had disappeared. 1t is believed he
was caught in the path of the storm
and carried to his death. Much live
stock was killed. At Covington con
siderable property damage was done
but nobody was hurt.
Second Time. Wrecked by Cyclone.
Eleven years ago New Minden wal
struck by a tornado and four or five
people killed and a score or more in
jured. At that time the tornado de
molished almost every building in the
village.
The telegraph operator at Duquoin
Ill, also reports a tornado passing