The Oskaloosa herald., 1912-04-25
TWO SCORE DEAD
AND. 900 INJURED
Wind Storm and Tornado Sweeps
Over Illinois and Indiana.
LIST OF DEAD WILL INCREASE
Two Storms at the Same Time, One
in Northern and One in Southern
'iliinois---Every Building in
Town Of Bush Demolished.

show the list of dead increasing every
hour as telephone and telegraph com
munication is being restored.
Two score persons are known to be
dead, score are SO severely injured
they may die and 300 others hurt in
two tornadoes which swept over
southern Illinois into Indiana In the
other just before sunset last night.
Twelve were killed at Bush, H.;
seven at Willisville, names not obtain
able: three at Beddick, ILL.,, and nine
at Morocco, Ind.
Others may be found beneath the
wreckage of what was Bush, every
building being demolished. Forty
injured from this town alone were
brought into Murphysboro, where the
storm severely injured three late last
night. Names of the reported dead
are:
Nelson Hulse, Reddick. H., crushed
under his home when it was blown
down.
Mrs Nelson Hulse.
Daughter or MIS-. HuiSe.
Mrs. Charles Rice, Morocco, Ind.
Four children of Mrs. Rice.
Frank Rice, married son.
Mrs. frank Rice.
Miss Cassie Smart. Morocco, Ind
Infant sister of Miss Smart.
Those injured so seriously they
may die are:
Two children in the family of Mel
son Hulse of Reddick, Ill.
Charles Smart, father of the Smart
girls, who were killed at Morocco, Ind.
Charles Rice, head of the Rice fam.
lily at the same place which was
wiped out. m
Bruce Hanger, Morocco.
MOdde Hammel, Morocco.
Miss Conn, Morocco.
William Wilderbark, MurphysbOro.
Mrs. Wilderback tg
Mrs. George King. Murphysboro.
Henry Black, Grant Park, III.
Walter RedenbaHeh, Grant Park III.
- Vanderberg, sGrant Park, III.
Five-year-old sont of Mr.. Wander,
berg. #-. tsgq AZ Ssh
% Carl Rascher, GRANT Park. III.
W. All of the south and east part OF
Grant Para, H., was destroyed. Six
| persons We're so severely injured as "a
require mdical attention A German
church was demolished, the Ehler
buildings front was blown in and the
Curtiss Brick company's yard was
denuded of buildings
Two sections reported tornadoes at
the same time. Most damage, appar.
emily, was done by that which APP,
peared from Coal City, H. and swept
eastward. The other wrought its
devastation southeast of St. Louis, in
and about MurphysbOro, ILL.,, in Jack.
son county.
Wiped Out Village.
WaupOnsee. small village near
Coal City, ILL.,, is reported wiped out.
but no communication has been had
with the region TO verify the rumor.
Near Dwight, H., the Moody school
was blown down and farm buildings
demolished by the high wind. Scores
of persons in the surrounding country
appealed TO the telephone operator at
Dwight for aid before telephone ser.
vice was stopped by destroyed cleo,
trio lines.
| Telephone and telegraph companies
suffered heavily and farmers all
through the Kankakee region and
over into Indiana lost buildings and
hundreds of head of stock.
At Macon two farm houses were
destroyed. many unroofed and stock
killed
/ Coal City escaped with damages to
wires and chimneys, while Aileen
nearby. mad several buildings wreck
ed. r-
Two More Dead.
Murphysboro, H.. April 22.-Spe,
cial: Six of the injured brought hero
from Bush, died after being taken tc
tho hospital.
Care For Injured.
Murphysboro. Ill, April 22.-Spe
cial: A special train arrived here last
night over the St Louis. Iron Noun,
tain & Southern railroad carrying
forty-one persons who were injured
at Bush, H., by the tornado that
swept southern Illinois.
Twelve dead were found at Bush
and ii is expected that more will be
found when the debris is cleared
away.
The Iron Mountain station at Bush
was destroyed. as We're two rows OF
houses extending across the town.
The injured are being cared for in
local hospital.
Seven persons were killed at vii.
lisyille and sixteen houses were de,
mOlished.
Nine Killed in Indiana.
Morocco, Indiana, April 22.-Spec
ial: Nine persons are dead and TWEEN
ty Injured by the storm which swept
this section of the country, doing hall