Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-04-30


preached the fury of cyclone, burst
on this city at G:05 o'clock last night,
bringing death to at least three per-
sons and cutting the city off from di
rect outside communication for nearly
two hours.
The center of the storm was on the
south side of the city. Here laborer
was killed and nine We're injured
when the roof of the Grand Crossing
Track company's plant was blown off.
A cottage at Seventy-ninth street and
Ellis avenue was blown down, and it
was reported to the police that two
men were killed and a woman and
child seriously injured.
Telephone and telegraph wires were
cut down on all sides of the city. 1t
was the most complete prostration of
the wire service in II years.
Traffic was impeded and the surface
and elevated lines and suburban trains
were delayed. Two inches of rain fell
here and in neighboring cities. Many
persons We're injured by flying boards
and knocked down by street cars and
wagons.
Damage in Peoria. ---z-a-..
Peoria, ILL.,, April 30.-A wind and
electrical storm passing over this city
at $50 O'Clock yesterday afternoon
unroofed the Chicago, Burlington &
Quincy freight house, damaged the
union depot and caused much damage
to shipping on the Illinois river
On farms surrounding Peoria thous.
ands of dollars worth of damage was
done to orchards and property. Tele-
phone and teiegraphic communications
were down for over four hours.
Damage Over Iowa.
Des Moines, April 30.-The heaviest
wind storm of the year struck Nevada
an1 Clinton last evening, unroofing
houses and smashing windows by the
hundreds. The hail at Nevada did enor-
nous damage to budding peach trees
The storm was preceded by intense
darkness.
At Rembrandt, stores were wrecked
land many dwellings unrOofed. AT
Sioux Rapids, houses were unrOofed
and at Alta every store in the main
street was injured to some extent. In
the vicinity of Iowa City much damage
was done by hail and wind The storm
did little damage in Des Moines, but
wires are down in many directions.
l Prison Wall Blown Down.
South Bend, Ind, April 30.-SiX hun
Df - oet !,
fern Indiana state prison at Michigan
ICity was blown down at 7:15 las
might by cyclone. The prisoners
were all in the cells at the time, ant
lany possible outbreak was prevented
by the prompt action of Warden Reid
who placed patrols in the corridor:
with orders to use rifles to put dowI
Iany attempt to escape. No effort wa!
made to effect delivery. Company
of the national guard has received al
order from Governor Marshall to pro
ceed to Michigan City to preserve OF
der. No lives were lost. by the fallin,
wall and none was injured.
L Damage to the south.
st. Louis, Mo-, April 30-Report
which reached here last night tell O
| the destruction of many window pane
from hail. rain and wind in eastern
Missouri and southern Illinois, Man
windows were broken at Lamar an
Rolla. Mo-, and the hailstones wer
iof enormous size.
Duquoin and Alto Pass, ILL.,, repor
. heavy rains and hail.
The storm was general throughou
southern Illinois
Much Hail Fell.
Hot Sprinks, Ark, April 30.-A te
r lrific rain storm swept over this Sc,
t tion from the southwest last nigh
+ bringing down hail which it is believe
n has destroyed much of the new bu,
s ding fruit. The extent of the damag
/ in this city SO far as known is col
: fined to flooded cellars in the dow
D ltown district, but the indications poir
: Ito greater storm having swept soutl
s slwest along the Ouachita river.
e Fourteen Hurt In Tornado.
Knoxville, April 30-Fourteen pc