Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1912-04-27
TORNADO TRAVELS
ILLINOIS-INDIANA
SEVENTY-TW0 PEOPLE KILLED
AND ITO 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.

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 70 Dead.
Chicago figures regarding the
results of the tornado that swept over
Illinois and Indiana, Sunday evening,
give ~ dead, nearly 200 injured, and
nearly 100 families destitute. More
than 100 homes were demolished, and
the property loss totaled several hun
bred 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 in
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 (unconfrmed).
Willisville, ILL.,, 3 dead, 20 injured
MurphysbOro, H., 3 dead, injured
Campus, ILL.,, 2 dead, 1 injured.
Kankakee, H., dead, 21 injured.
Morocco, Ind, dead, injured.
Freeman, ILL.,, dead.
District near Morocco, Ind, 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 100000.
Bush, a village of O6O 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 a hundred or more
are suffering from injuries as the result
of the storm.
The two storms met at a velocity OF
rs 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-fvt
other homes were wrecked, partly.
In addition to the dead and injured
accounted for, IS persons are missing