The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-22
Storm Sweeps Over Part Of IIIf-
nOis and Indiana.
Nearly 200 Injured and Much
Property Destroyed.
HARDLY A HOUSE is LEFT
In the Village of Bush, Where
1S Are Dead.
At Morocco, Ind, Nine Are
Crushed in Their Houses.

Chicago, April IA tornado which
late Sunday swept over central and
southern Illinois and northwestern In
diana killed at least 35 persons and
injured nearly zoo others according to
! advices received here early today.
Miles of telegraph and telephone
wires were blown down. farm houses
were demolished and IT is probable
that the death list will be Increased
when communication is restored with
all points over which the tornado
passed.
While there is no means of estimat-
ing the damage by the store. it is Ger
tain to run into hundreds OF thousands
of dollars.
At Bush, a village in Williamson
county the greatest loss of life occur
red, eighteen persons having been kill
ed and more than forty injured. Near
ly every dwelling in the village was
either destroyed or damaged Most OF
the dead were foreigners who worked
in the coal mines near Bush.
At Morocco, Indiana, nine persons
lost their lives by being crushed in
the collapse of their houses.
At Grant Park, Ill. half a dozen
persons were injured and damage
amounting to more than 100000 was
caused by the tornado.
The family of Nelson Hulse at
Campus, a village near Reddick. was
oldest daughter wers killed and two
other children were severely injured.
Trolley lines throughout the storm
swept district suffered heavy damage
owing to the destruction of the poles
The loss of life in the towns which are
in communication with the outside
world follows:
Bush, Ill, IS dead. 40 injured.
Willisville Ill, dead. 40 injured.
Campus, ILL.,, 3 dead, injured.
Morocco, Ind, dead, 2 injured.
Two Storms Reported.
ST. Louis, April 22.-Reports reach
ing here early this morning from towns
in the storm-swept territory of south
western Illinois tell of 23 deaths, a
hundred injured and thousands of dol
lars damage to property. including
wire and rail traffic. Eighteen persons
were killed at EIsh, a village of 600
in the northwest corner of William
son county. Forty-one injured persons
were taken to Murphysboro in a spec
ial train, the crew of which said only
a small portion of the village had
been searched
The st. Louis, Iron Mountain &
Southern railroad shops at Bush. were
demolished and many residences de-
stroyed.
Five persons are known to be dead
at Willisville. town of 5000 in ths
southwest corner of Perry county.
-Four persons were injured, one pro-
badly fatally just north OF Murphys-
boro. Heavy property damage, but no
loss of life was reported at Duquoin.
Residen of the stricken area de-
clare there were two distinct storms.
one striking at $3.50 o'clock and the
other shortly before Z
Killed on Way Home.
Kankakee, April 22.-Mrs. David
Jay. who with several friends was re-
turning from Kankakee Sunday night
to her home eight miles west of here
was killed by the tordano and others
in the party were seriously Injured
They had taken refuge in a deserted
house.
The wind tore off the roof and
threw down some of the walls Mrs.
Jay was instantly killed by a heavy
timber