Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1915-07-14
TORNADO SWEEPS
THROUGH ESTATES
Thirty Three Dead at Cincinnati,
Seven in Missouri.
INDIANA AND ILLINOIS HIT
Twenty Buildings Wrecked In Ohio
Town-Seores Of Persons Miss
ing-Train Blown From Track
at ST. Charles, Mo.

Chicago. July s.-Meager reports
filtering into Chicago over badly dam
aed lines of communication indicated
that the death list in the tornado and
storm that struck five middle western
states Wednesday night may reach
200. Twice that number have been
unaccounted for in Ohio, Kentucky,
Indiana, Illinois and Missouri.
Thousands of houses were reported
10 have been leveled and property
damage of enormous proportions was
inflicted on the storm-swept sections.
The greatest damage was done in
Cincinnati and Ohio river towns in
that vicinity. The latest authentic re-
port from Cincinnati said that 80 per-
sons were known to be dead there.
and that 1t was feared that the death
list in that city alone would reach
nearly 100. Meager advices from Mil
ford and Terrace Park. o., and Gov
ingon, Newport, Bellview. Ludlow and
Dayton, Ky, indicated that several per-
sons were killed in those cities. An
inestimable amount of property was
destroyed.
The storm smashed down upon st.
Louis and St Charles county, Mis-
souri,. An unconflrmed report stated
that seven persons were killed in st.
Charles county.
A report that could not be confirmed
stated that two persons were killed
in Lawrenceville, Ill, and that seven
were killed by falling timbers when
the storm struck Russellville.
AT Vincennes. Ind. one and Law
renceburg. Ind, one person was re-
ported killed in each city.
st. Louis, July "a tornado and
cloudburst which swept st. Louis and
St Charles county late Wednesday aft
ernoon caused damage which may ag-
gregate several hundred thousand dol
lars. isolated several small towns, blew
part OF a passenger train clear of the
right of way and deluged parts of this
territory with four inches of rain in
half an hour.
Railroad men brought to ST. Charles
a rumor that the village of st. Peters
had been blown. away and that 40 of
its several hundred inhabitants had
been killed.
st. Charles suffered most from the
tornado, an area of more than one hun
dred square blocks in this city having
been more or less damaged.
Between Gilmore and Wentzville the
tornado struck Wabash passenger
train No. 8. bound from st. Louis to
Kansas City, and hurled the mail. COM
bination, chair and dining cars clear
of the track. The five passenger
coaches left on the track were coupled
to the engine and the train proceeded.
Two mail clerks were injured.
The damage at st. Charles alone Is
estimated 81 Yearly s250,000. The st.
Charles Borromec church, recently
erected at a cost OF 100000. was
RACED, the roof and west wall of the
Second Baptist church were blown
away. as were the roof and south wall
of the ST. Josephs hospital. More than
fifty residences were partly wrecked.
Instruments at ST. Charles showed
wind velocity of 80 miles an hour dur
ing the tornado.
Terre Haute, Ind, July 9.-Law-
renceville, ILL.,, so miles south of Terre
Haute, was visited by u terrific wind
storm. Two persons were killed and
about fifty houses were destroyed. 1t
is estimated that the damage will
reach nearly 100000.