Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-07-08
St. Charles, Mo-, Cincinnati
and Indianapolis Centers
Of Destruction.
FORTY REPORTED DEAD
Loss to Buildings and Farm
Crops Is Estimated at Sew
eral Million Dollars.

Cincinnati Ohio, July 8.-Twenty
people are known to have lost their
lives 5u the terrific wind and rain
storm that swept this portion OF the
Ohio valley last night. That this to-
tai Of fatalities will be increased in
the next few hours appears certain. as
no fewer than 10 of those reported as
missing are believed to be under the
ruins rf FIVE buildings that collapsed
On Sixth street west OF Mound
The estimate Of property damage in
Cgease5 as the day gets older, and
committee of business men have plac-
ed their figure at well above q million
mark.
The lst of dead includes 8 men Of
crew of IS of the Jowb0at Convoy
which went down during the storm.
The towboat Dick Fulton sank. Her
captain was drowned.
River Boat Capsized.
SIX of the twelve members of the
crew of the towboat Convoy reported
as missing. were located today They
had clung to pieces of wreckage freu
the boat when she went down and
foated several miles below the city,
landing on the Kentucky side of the
river. They remained there all night
and walked back to this city today
They reported that the other six men
disappeared when the boat went down.
The known dead include James T.
Allen of the Ohio Humane society;
William Hempeiman, a manufacturer
and Us deck hands and roustabouts,
drowned by capsizing Of the towboat
Convoy.
More than z score Of other persons
we're injured, many seriously.
Rescue work was stiIl proceeding
early today but it will be many hours
before q full list Of casualties is OBJ
Jaiuable
The plant of the Western Union Teie-
graph company on the fifteenth floor Of
the Ingalls, building was prostrated
Windows were blown in. admitting the
rain in such volume as to flood the Of
fce. reudng useless the dynamOs and
other equipment. A temporary panic
eusued among the employees, but none
was injured.
Heavy Property Loss.
The property damage is estimated
at between half a million and a million
dollars
As definite reports began TO come in
today from the suburbs, where teIe-
phonic communication was slowly be
sing re-estabIished, the list of the miss
ing. which at last reports last night
indicated between fifteen and twenty
was Increasing.
From the Kentucky side Of the Ohio
river in Newport. Covington. Fort
Thomas and Fort Mitchell, come re-
ports Of collapsed houses and suspend
ed street car service.
IN the outlying districts Of Cincin-
nau the property damage, which was
unknown last night. appears to be
heavy, particularly in the resident sec
tons of Clifton, Avondale and College
HilI
Race Horse Train Wrecked.
It was ascertained definitely today
that a special train on the Pennsyl-
Yania railroad with race horses from
the recent meeting at Latonia to the
eastern tracks. was wrecked at Ter
race park a short distance from this
city. Nineteen of what are considered
the best horses that raced at the La
tonia meeting. were killed. It was al
50 reported that two caretakers were
killed and 10 others injured. including
several Jockeys, The large racing
stable of z. Il. Bradley was on this
train.
Among the race horses killed were
Little Father. Fitzgerald, Blood Test,
Brick and Mortar; Margaret y, Brigs
Sister and White Wool Blind Bag
gage, for whom the owner is said to
have recently refused an offer of 500
oeo, and Prince Hermis. are missing.
Seven Killed in Missouri.
ST. Louis, No, July Reports to-
DAY from eastern Missouri which was
Sweut hv tornado late Yesterday,