Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1907-06-14
RUIN AND DEATH
IN PATH OF STORM.
SCORE MISSING AFTER CLOUDBURST
WHICH ALMOST DESTROYS
GRADYsvILLE, KY.
MANY TOWNS SUFFER.
Various Points in Southern Illinois, In
diana and Kentucky Report Dam
age and Loss of Life

caused some loss of life, and the destruc-
ton Of property.
Early today the town of New Mindcn,
ILL.,, twenty-five miles southeast of st.
Louis was visited by n tornado which
killed four people and injured Il score.
At Gradyville, Ky, cloudburst is
said to have caused the loss of from ten
to twenty lives and washed away Il mum
Der of residences.
At York, ILL.,, last night twenty-five or
thirty houses were destroyed and mum
Der of people are reported dead.
The storm was especially severe III
southern Indiana, and at Farmersburg
and Sullivan, much damage was done by
wind and rain.
DuQuoin, Ill.,, was also visited last
night by storm and a number of houses
were blown down.
Score Dead in Kentucky Town.
LOUISVILLE, Ky, June S-A number
of people are missing and the little viii
lage of Gradyyille 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 sleeping
hamlet shortly after the midnight hour.
The bodies of the following had been
recovered up to noon:
DIR. NELL.
MRS. CALVIN WILMORE.
MRS. AUSTIN WILMORE.
MISS ADA WILMORE.
MISS MARY WILMORE.
STRONG HILL wife and family.
HARTFIELD MOSS.
MISS PEARL MOSS.
MISS CARRIE MOSS.
MISS IRENE MOSS.
Two sons of fairfield Moss.
MRS. MARY MOSS.
CARL NELSON.
GARLAND NELSON.
MRS. KELTNER.
Nearly Every House Wreck.
The cloudburst turned Big Creek into
a torrent which quickly Overtlowed it's
banks and poured water down upon
Gradyvile. Nearly every house in the
place was damaged and those who met
death drowned or were crushed to death.
Columbia was telephOned for assist
ance and large number of citizens left
that place at once, but owing to the con
dition of the roads, it will require
some time to make the trip. Thousands
of acres of corn were ruined.
Gradyville has population of about
$50.
Four Dead at New Minden, Ill
NASHVILLE, H., June S.-A tornado
swept over New Minden, seven miles
north of this city last night, killing four
persons and injuring several. A number
of houses We're demolished.
The dead:
MRS. HENRY WEIHE and two children
Child of Carl fStuemeyer
The injured:
Henry Weiie.
Mrs. Carl Sluemeyer, may die.
Herman Weihe, arm and leg broken and
Ten-year old child of Henry Heseman, alb
dominal injuries.
A score Of others were bruised by
debris. The storm struck the northern
portion of the town and most of the
houses destroyed were country cottages.
The German Lutheran church was dam
aged. The church bell was hurled
through the large pipe organ below. On
the north side of the church the parochiaI
school was demolished. These buildings
were practically the only ones in the
village proper that were damaged.
From this point the tornado continued
on and leveled about seven farm houses.
The Weihe house, in which the four peo-
pie were killed, was about the last house
struck. 1t was demolished. The Occu-
pants were carried with the debris of the
house in the adjacent fields.
A report has reached here that a farm
er driving from HOyleton to New Min
den 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 livestock was
killed
At Covington considerable property
damage was done.
Eleven years ago New Minden was
struck by a tornado and four or five peo-
pie killed and q score or more injured.
At that time the tornado demolished
almost every building in the village.
Tornado at York, Ind.
TERRE HAUTEj. Ind limo g
Meager details from West York, Ill. tell
of a tornado which visited the village
of York, located on the Wabash river.
southwest of this city, last night. The
known dead:
ROCK, HENRY, aged so, found crushed
to death in his garden.
PINKSTON, MRS. MALINDA, aged d.
found dead in the branches Of a tree, some
distance from her home.
The number of injured is placed at
thirty. Forty or fifty houses have been
demolished The tornado struck the vii
lage shortly after the supper hour and
ragged for several minutes
At Farmersburg and Sullivan, Ind,
bridges and culvertS We're washed out
and crops injured.
Damage at Duquoin, Ill
DUQUOIN, H., June S.-Duquoin and
the west portion of Perry county We're
swept last night by the most destructive
tornado in many years. At least 100
residences were wrecked. Many houses
We're lifted from their foundations and
mine tippleS were partially blown away.
TURKISH VILLAGE DESTROYED.
Serai Is Wrecked by Severe Earthquake
Shocks