Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-06-08
NEW MINDEN STRUCK
Floods in Kentucky Take Many
Lives and Cause Great
Loss.

[ Terre Haute, Ind, June S.-The vii
lase of York. H.. was destroyed by A
cyclone last night Several were kill.
ed and scores injured. Twenty-Five or
thirty houses were destroyed Details
are measer. Wires are down.
On the Wabash.
/ York is located on the Wabash river
southwest of this city. The known
dead:
Henry Rook. aged 50.
Mrs. Malinda Pinkston. aged As
Members of the families of the two
victims We're more or less injured. The
number injured is placed at 80. \
special from West York stated owing
10 wires being down and bridges wash
ed away communication with York
was impossible II was further stated
40 or 30 houses were demolished.
Ragged Several Hours.
/ The cyclone struck the village short
ly after supper raging for several min
utes. Reports from points south of
4 There in Indiana say the storm was SO
we're and several inches of rain fell to-
day doing big damage Ma casualties
are reported
New Minden, Ill.,. Struck.
| St. Louis. Mo-. June S.-A telegram
from Nashville, H., says tornado
struck New Mfnden. IT.. ear1y-today.
killing four and injurng a score Tie
dead:
j.. MRS. MARY WEIHE. two children.
| CHILD of Carl Stuemever
Injured:
Mrs. Carl Stuemeyer: may die.
: Herman Weihe.
Child of Henry Hesseman.
A score of others were bruised
Nest of Damage in Country.
The storm struck the northern por-
ton of the town. Most of the houses
destroyed were country cottages. The
= German Lutheran church was badly
damaged. The parochial school was de-
molshed. These buildings were prac-
tically the only ones IN the village
lproper that We're damaged
: From this point the tornado continu.
ed on and levelel about seven more
farm houses Much live stock was
KILLED. AT Irvington considerable prop
t erty damage was done, but nobody was
hurt
E CIoHdbursf in Kentucky.
: Louisville June S.-A telephone
message from Grennsburg reports
cloud-burst at Gradyville. Ky. early to-
J. day in which ten or fifteen lives were
lost. Five bodies were recovered.
o Eight houses are reported washed
:, taway.
Over Score Missing.
Twenty-one people are missing at
lGradyville The storm began at 10
). last night and increased in intensity
until after u, when it's height was
{" reached. A cloudburst turned a big
creek into torrent which quickly
II overhowed its banks and poured a great
u volume down upon Gradyville.
a Nearly Every House Gone.
;s Nearly every house in the place was
i washed away and those who met death
II were drowned or were crushed in the
a. houses as they were torn from their
d foundations. Every stream in the vi
III cinity is out its banks. The cloudburst
pr did great damage aside from the loss
20 of life. Gradyville has population of
about $50. and is Is miles from a rail-
IN road.
at Storm Covered Wide Area.
~ Lexington. KY. June S.-A cloudburst
re over central and eastern Kentucky last
n night did great damage by destroying
he fences, bridges and other property
d Lowlands along the rivers and creeks
IL are reported inundated.
-, Big Loss In India.
IN Bombay. June S.-An estimated loss
of of from s3000,0 900 to $4,000. 600 was
at caused by a cyclone which swept owe:
m Kurrachie June 6.
tie Quake Destroys Turkish Village.
tie Constantinople, June S.-The villaec
his Iof Serai so miles east, was destroyed
Ia by an earthquake yesterday.
cd Judge Baum Has Pneumonia.
We Springfield, H.. June S.-Judge James
nd B. Baum of Galena, judge of the appel