Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-03-22


according to reports received here
today.
W. J. Ricketts, was killed at Logans-
building was blown off and crashed
against his home. Four persons were
injured when three coaches on Glover
Leaf passenger train No. were blown
into a ditch near Marion, Ind. The
engine and tender remained on the
track A number of houses and fac
tories were unroofed in Marion.
The storm Frustrated wire service
throughout the northern part of the
state.
The property damage in the rural
districts was said to be heavy but
few definite details could be learned.
Silas Williams, Il, was killed when
his home near Jalapa, Ind, coilapsed,'
crushing him to death in his bed.
James Rector of Monon, Ind, was
killed when his home was destroyed
by the storm.
Chicago, March 22-Northeastern
gales bearing with them rain, sleet,
hail and snow accompanied by fire.
quent lightning flashes swept over
eastern Indiana, northern Illinois and
southern Wisconsin today. The storm,
which was of unusual violence cost
one life, caused many injuries and
great property damage. In Logansport
/. buildings were unroofed and the flying
wreckage caused the only fatality re-
ported. Several Illinois cities, among
them Kankakee and Beaversville, suf-
fered severely while Chicago sus-
tanned all the i'll effects of blizzard
except low temperatures. Not for
20 years had the waters Of Lake Mich
igan piled so high against the Chi
cago breakwater as today. Wave after
wave driven by the northeast sale
surged into the harbor and against
the piers. Railroad transportation
was delayed, street cars were held up,
windows were broken and shade trees
uprOOted in various sections Of the
city. The steampship Arizona, in
bound from Manitowac, was reported
safely headed with the wind toward
harbor. The steamer Puritan which
was on the lake when the storm was
at its height reached port at Holland,
Mich, in safety. Before 9 a. m the
storm abated in Chicago and hundreds
| Of men began removing the snow from
the streets.
One Fatality at Logansport.
Logansport, Ind, March 22.-Re-
ports received early today from the
region swept by a tornado last night
disclosed one man killed and probably
twenty persons injured. Some of them
seriously, and many thousands of dol
lars worth Of damage done. The storm,
which did not last more than ten min
utes, swept across the city in mar
row path. In the business district
roofs were torn off, windows broken
and trees uprooted. Trees falling
| across telegraph and telephone wires
severed wire communication. Street
car traffic was blocked by debris
heaped upon the tracks and the de-
struction Of electric light wires left
the city in darkness.
The roof Of the Slider Broom fac
tory was blown off and crashed
against the side OF the home of Ben
jamin Ricketts,, killing W. J. Ricketts,
and iniuring other members Of the
family. The west front gable Of the
old high school building was blown
down and the slate from the roof was
blown across the street, wrecking the
windows of the Baptist church.
An unidentified woman was brought
from Trimmer, Ind, where she had
been seriously crushed beneath a
heavy stove.
Houses Destroyed Near DanYille.
Danville. Ill. March PA storm
which attained cyclonic proportions
passed over Iroquois county, to the
north Of here, last night AS near as
can be learned from meager telephon-
ic reports, the storm seemed to CEN
| ter in Beaverville, about ten miles
northwest Of Watseka. where more
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