The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-08-20
HEAVY PROPERTY LOSS
INFLICTED UPON MANY
CITIES BY WIND and RAIN
One Fatality Reported at
Observation-Disclosures
Injuries.

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Rain and wind played havoc
throughout the state in dcvns-
tating storm, bordering on
tornado which swept across n
large area late yesterday, leaV-
ing toll of injured persons
and property destruction in its
wake Janesville reports one
fatality. and boy caddie at the
Madison golf course is said TO
be near death. Traffic came to
a halt here, with wires down.
Many cities were plunged in
darkness. At this time it Is I'M
possible to estimate the finan-
cial loss. The report of more
deaths is expected.
Entering the state at the north
western border, it apparently fol-
lowed a diagonal line and made it's
exit at the southeastern corner. At
no place in its path through Wis
consin did the storm appear 10
center, the burden being scattered
among the villages, towns and cities
where it hit.
Sheboygan county reported the
heaviest property damage and larg-
est number of injured. Hundreds
the county fair in pro-
gress at Plymouth were caught
without shelter and a dozen were
taken to the hospital
In Sheboygan warehouses were
lifted across the arteries OF d power
company and three nearby towns
were plunged into darkness.
Yachts Capsize.
At Oshkosh, another point hit
hard, Is racing yachts participating
in a regatta were capsized and their
sailors hurled into the cold waters
ofLake Winnebago. They were res
cued after being numbed by expos
Hre.
The main building of the Golf
club at Madison collapsed and bur
led 10 caddies in the ruins. One of
them was probably fatally injured.
Scores of trees were uprooted and
several buildings struck by light
ming at Kenosha. All means of COM
were demoraIlzed and
the towns of Burlington, Elkhorn,
Browns Lake and Waterford, were
plunged into darkness.
In Milwaukee the storm tempOr-
dIlly hEOChctl CuL SN1t tCL NttL Il am
and interurban lines and impaired
telephone and railroad
service Many trees were uprC@ted
and a building was struck by light
ming
JanesvilIe Fatality.
JanesVille, Wis, Aug. 20.--One
man was killed and several slightly
injured by a storm of cyclOhic pro-
portions that struck the city late
Yesterday. Lewis Delbert Hayes,
rs, living in the edge of the city.
was killed when a tree fell in his
back yard.
small buildings in great numbers
we're blown ever. More than 80
,rees were threw down aGl Traffic
blocked. The street department
worked all hlLt to clear away ihe
Iebris.
Zion City Damage.
Zion, Ill. Aug. 2Q.-The storm
which swept northeastern illinois
last aight, parlIIily unrOofed Shiloh
the church of Ailbu-
Glenn Eoliya OveTseer of ZiOL CITY,
wrecked the lights of the Zion City
ieparune- I store, owned by Vo!iya's
Christian Catholic Apostolic church,
and tore DOWN eight of the huge
sign boards which the oVerseer re-
erected attacking rival relig
ious organizations.
One OF the signs demolished was
located IN the main street directly
across the street from a 20-foot
Signboard advertising smnkl'
tobacco, which the independents
had appropriated from railroad .
right of way and erected in tobacco .
less Zion. BY some freak OF the
storm the tobacco sign was undam-
aged.
Kenosha, Wis, Aug. 20-Belated
reports of the Friday night storm
reaching Kenosha today, indicate
that damages which total thousands
of dollars, resulted in the western
part of Kenosha county
The wire connections TO the west
ern end of the country will not be
restored until late this afternoon.
Crushes Dam.
Racine, Wis, Aug. 20.-Tidal &
wave action during the night was
responsible for the crushing in OF
the large cofferdam on the east side
of the river at the site Of new
bridge, the sinking Of fruit boat
owned by local company and the
of a motor-boat tied to
the dock in the harbor.
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