Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-03-29
THE MIDDLE WEST
IS STORM SWEPT
Thousands of Dollars Damage
in Indiana.
A TORNADO IN MISSOURI
Sections in Illinois and Michigan
Also Visited.
pEK1N LOSS REACHES 100000
Homes Wrecked by the Ierr1nc
Wind and Inmates Killed.
Many Injured.
Sections in Illinois and Michigan
Also Visited.
pEK1N LOSS REACHES 100000

rNDJA>APOLIS. Ind, March "a
aa.,ng storm swept over Indiana early
today doing much damage to buildings
n,ires and trees Al Frankfort s'''
aa,,.,e was done. At Petersburg roots
uere blown off and stock was kliieo o'
..uino harms. Wires are down In all
r,s of the state and communication De
.o, .i,,es has been interrupted.
Near Anderson damage to farm ouiio-
inRs and stock by wind ana nsh'nine
.st,r, ated at 5000. The Eermillion scnooi-
house was unroofed. Nearl! an
down In the vicinity.
A. >,,,ncie and vicinity the storm was
the worst in twenty years. A mouse oc-
cupied by Joseph Hayden was oaom,, 1m
down and he was seriously lnlu5eu. nars rars
h,,ildinus were blown down. WINDOWS WEI
sbattered and fences and wires are do"h'
soI-TH BEND. Ind, March S-I ms ms
citW was visited today by one OF the mos
severe electrical. rain and wlnd stollatn -,
years. The electric power III, I'm The
alant u,as nut out of COMMISSION Inc
storm extended over southern Mlchleah'
Scatters a Family.
BEAR CREEK. H.. March 2S-Comhs
into Illinois last evening from the west
violent wind storm swept narro"
path more than half way across the sta'e
and left In its track damage running ciose
to a half million dollars in ruined houses'
harms and outbuildings. AS far as known
there were no deaths from the stornl'
Enough several persons were Injured Ihe
storm was accompanied Dy torrents VI
rain. which prevented a greater destruc
fion by fire from overturning lamps anu
stoves. e,, ,.h
In Warren county barns filled with
farm implements and hay were treated
as TOW balloons and today were only pies
of rubbish in many instances.
The greatest force of the storm was
felt between Morton and Deer faIh'
where some stock was killed
Two miles east of Morton the storm
struck the house of Carl Schick and COM
pIeteIy demolished It. hired man was
sleeping upstairs ana MS WE WE anu IL e' tha
downstairs. The man was hfted Win 'ne
he'd and carried a distance of l30 yards
and deposited. still lying on the mattress
in the middle of an oat field He escaped
without injury. The wife AND chllo were
carried into the yard by the wind ana also
escaped injury.
Farmhouses Blown Away.
kRKSvILLE, Mo-. March 2S-A de-
structive tornado swept the country near
NVillmathville, twenty miles northeast
last night, blowing away several larm
houses and killing two persons. The nome
OF Lawson f1dTTlSOH y" o.
wrecked and his child killed. Several
members of the Harrison family were IN
3ured ]. NJ. Greenslate. who was aHlicted
with paralysis died from the SHOCK SOON
after the tornado passed.
Telephone and telegraph wires are uo"h'
and IL is difficult to get details.
Many Narrow Escapes From Death.
MONMOUTH. Ill, March 2s.-A tornado
last night destroyed several residences
of ,iS ri
half dozen persons, none seriously. "A
church In the eastern part OF the county
is reported blown down. but the report
cannot yet be confirmed
PEORIA. Ill, March 2S-The storm
which swept this part OF the state iast
night did most of It's damage at fekln;
where residences. barns, outouiidlngs ana
one distilery were destroyed. The loss
will reach s1CO.OOO. Many narrow es.
canes from death occurred. Telephone ana
telegraph communication in the city prop
er Is out of commission. The old Fehr-
man distillery was blown down.
Two Women Killed in Michigan.
HOWELL Mich, March 2S-Two wom-
en- were killed during last nights storm
in a farmhouse twelve miles from here
near Hartland. They were Mrs. Peter
North and Miss Carrie Ellis. The bot of
lightning entered the house along an un-
used telephone wire ana killed Doth OF
them instantly. Several other persons in
the house were not injured.
KALAMAZOO Mich, March 2S.-In a
storm which ragged over this section Fri
day night, part of the dam of the Com
monwealth Power Company, one and a
half miles below Plainwel on the Ia anna
zoo river. went out, intlicting heavy dam
age. not Yet estimated The dam cost
$25o1C and was o. two thousand horse
power.
DETROIT. Mich. March 2s.-A tornado
near Jackson in the southern part of The
state. late yesterday afternoon. and a
blizzard with heavy snowfall in the upper
peninsula last night were the extremes of
a general storm that struck Nj Chigan
yesterday. The tornado did considerable
damage To farm property around Black
man and Woodville, northwest and west
of Jackson. Barns were split. windmils
destroyed and orchards uproOted, but no