Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1912-04-25
TORNADO TRAVELS
ILLlNOIS-INDIANA
.SEYENTY-TWO People KILLED
and 10 INJURED, IS ARE
FATALLY HURT.
Villages Wiped Out-Houses Unroofed-
Telephone and Telegraph Wires All
DOWN. Storm Sweeps Path One
fourth of Mile Wide Through Farm
Districts of Illinois and Indiana.

fourth of Mile Wide Through Farm
Districts of Illinois and Indiana.
Thirty-two persons were killed, half
a score were injured so severely they
may die, and hundred and fifty others
were hurt in two tornadoes which swept
over southern Illinois in one instance,
and across northern Illinois and Indiana
in the other, just before sunset, Sunday
night. Fifteen were killed at Bush
ILL.,; five at Willisville, three at Reddick
ILL.,, and nine at Morocco, Ind.
Others may be found beneath the
wreckage Of what was Bush, every
building there being demolished. Forty
injured from this town alone were
brought into Murphysboro, where the
storm severely injured three last night
The most damage appears to have been
done by the wind, which appeared from
Coal City, ILL.,, and swept eastward
The other wrought devastation south
east of st. Louis in and about Muir
physboro, ILL.,, in Jackson county.
THE DEAD.
Mrs. Charles Rice, Morocco, Ind.
-Four young children of Mrs Rice.
Frank Rice, his wife.
Miss Cassie Smart, Morocco.
Infant sister of Miss Smart.
Mrs. Nelson Hulse. .
Daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Hulse.
Two other children in the Hulse fam
lily were injured so seriously they may
die.
Latest Reports Show ~ Dead.
Chicago.-Latest figures regarding the
results Of the tornado that swept ovel
Illinois and Indiana, Sunday evening
give 72 dead, nearly 200 injured, and
nearly 100 families destitute. More
than 100 homes were demolished, and
the property loss totaled several hun
dred thousand dollars.
Greatest damage was done at Bush
Willisville, Murphysboro, Campus, Free
man and Kankakee, ILL.,, and Morocco
Indiana. =
Governor Deneen and Adjustant Gen
eral Dickson arranged today to extend
state relief to the stricken district il
Illinois.
The dead and injured were. distribut
ed as follows:
Bush, ILL.,, IS dead, 100 injured.
District east of Bush, Ill, dead, &c
injured.
Marion, ILL.,, II dead (unconfirmed).
Willisville, ILL.,, 8 dead, 20 injured.
Murphysboro, ILL.,, 8 dead, injured
Campus, ILL.,, 2. dead, 1 injured.
Kankakee, ILL.,, dead, 81 injured.
Morocco, Ind, 9 dead, 1 injured.
Freeman, ILL.,, dead.
District near Morocco, Ind, 2 dead.
Two Storms Meet.
st. Louis.--Late reports from the
storm swept territory of southwestern
Illinois tell of more than so dead, zoe
injured, and property damage estimated
at 100000 to $4,000, 900.
Bush, a village of 06O persons. in
Williamson county, suffered heaviest
The two storms which wrought such
havoc in central and southern Illinois
met at Bush at p. M. one coming from
the west and the other from the south
east.
Fifteen persons were killed, three
died of injuries, and hundred or more
are suffering from injuries as the result
of the storm.
Inc two storms met at velocity of
IS miles an hour, and in few minutes
BUSH was in ruins. The property of
the Western Coal and Mining company
was destroyed, as was the postofice,
general department store, hotels, res.
taurants and 40 dwellings. Thirty. five
other homes were wrecked, partly.
In addition to the dead and iniured
accounted for, Is persons are missing.