Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-06-08
MANY MEET DEATH
IN GREAT TORNADO
IL MIDDLE WEST
Scores of Buildings Blown Down
and Great Destruction of
Property in Three States.
CLOUDBURST AT GRANVILLE
Twenty-0ne Persons Are Missing and
the Village Is Almost Totally
Destroyed.
NEARLY EVERY HOUSE RUINED
Four Persons Are Dead and a Number
Injured in the Town of New
Minden, Ill.-Havoc in Storms
Wake in Illinois, Indiana
and Kentucky.

CHICAGO, June S.-Dispatches from varl-
Gus places in southern Illinois, Indiana and
| kentucky tell OF severe storms OF tornado
| severity which have caused much loss Of
| life and the destruction of much prop
| erty.
Early today the town of New Minden,
| H., twenty-five miles southeast OF st.
| Louis, visited by tornado, which
| killed four persons and injured a score Of
others.
| At Gradyville, Ky..a couldburst is said
to have caused the loss of from ten to AZ.
| teen lives and washed away eight resi-
dences.
| At York, H.. last night twenty-five or
| thirty houses were destroyed and num-
| Der of people were killed Because of the
loss of telegraph wires. exact details are
| not available.
The storm is said to have been especially
severe in southern Indiana, and at Farm
ersburg and Sullivan much damage was
done by wind and rain.
Duquoin, H., was also visited last night
ton at York. A number of houses were
blown down, but no lives were lost.
Cloudburst at Gradyville.
| LOUISVILLE, KY, June S.-Twenty-ono
persons missing and the village Of
Gradyville, in the southern part Of the
! state is almost totally destroyed as the
result of a cloudburst which sent a volume
of water down upon the hamlet shortly
| after midnight
| The bodies of the following had been
| covered up to noon: DR.. Nell. Mrs. Calvin
Wilmore, Mrs. Austin Wilmore, Miss Ada
Wilmore, Miss Mary Wilmore, Strong Hill,
wife and family; fairfield Moss. Mrs. Mary
Moss, Miss Pearl Moss. Miss Carrie Moss,
Miss Irene Moss, two sons of fairfield
Moss, Carl Nelson, Garland Nelson, Mrs.
| Ketner.
| The storm began about 10 o'clock last
night and increased in intensity until half
past H. when its height was reached
Nearly All Houses Washed Away.
| The cloudbursr turned Big creek into a
torrent which quickly overflowed its banks,
pouring much water down upon Gradyville.
Nearly every house in the town was
| washed away, and those who met death
were drowned or crushed to death in their
houses as they were torn from their foun-
dations.
| Columbia was telephoned for assistance
| and a large number Of citizens left that
place at once but, owing to the condition
of the roads it will require some time to
make the trip. Every stream in the vicin-
| ity is out of its bounds. All bridges were
washed away and thousands of acres OF
corn are ruined.
Gradyville has a population OF about $50
and is eighteen miles from a railroad.
Tornado at York, Ind.
| TERRE HAUTE, Ind, June s.-Meager
details from West York, ILL.,, tell OF a de-
structive tornado which visited the village
of York located on the Wabash river,
southwest of this city, last night. The
| known dead:
Henry Rock, aged fifty, found crushed
to death in his garden.
Mrs. Malinda Pinkston, aged forty five.
found dead in the branches of tree, some
distance from her home.
Members of the families or the TWO VIC
| tins were also more or less injured.
! The number of injured is placed at thirty,
| but a detailed list has not been secured as
yet.
| dispatch from West York today stated
| that owing to wires being down and bridges
| washed away communication with York
was impossible. 1t was further stated
| that forty or fifty houses had been demoi-
ished.
| The tornado struck the village shortly
| after supper hovr and ragged for several
| minutes.
Reports from points south of here, In
| Indiana, say that the storm was severe, and
several inches of rain followed. doing big
damage. AT Farmersburg and Sullivan,
bridges and culverts were washed out and
growing crops injured. The electrical dis
play was unusual, though casualties are
reported.
Four Dead in One House.
NASHVILLE, H., June S.-A tornado
swept over New Minden, seven miles north
of this city, last night, killing four persons
and severely injuring several others. A