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Show ANOTHER l'Yll.O.K. A Villas lu llliiiuls W1hmI till' t!i- lai c j ol the Kartli. Joi.ikt. Ills.. June M.--A funnel-; funnel-; shaped cloud passed through the village of Chatmaiion at 11 o'clock last night, doing immeuso lamage ami killing ami iijuring. it is understood, quite a number num-ber of people, i'hannaiion is a tow n of about 1,000 persons, nine miles south of .Joliet with no railroad or telegraphic j facilities. ! A large strip of country-was devastated. devast-ated. Reports indicate the li-t of killed and wounded as large. Physicians were sent from here to relieve their sufferings. From meager information at band it seems the most damage was I in the country around ( hanuanou anil I hut a majority of the casualties oe curved outside the tow u. Although the place is not far from here, there is little iiope of getting anything delinile Ironi there, owiug to tliii bad condition of the roads. While it is believed the reports so far received are exaggerated, the belief is prevalent that great disaster has occurred. oc-curred. At 'i a. in. nothing had been heard from the parties who left here for that place. axotiik.k liKl-our. .Im.iK r. Ills,, Juno 11.- It was learned today thai no lives were lost by the ey-chme ey-chme at 'hainianon last nighl.' Many buildings were moved from their foundations, foun-dations, innl trees and mil houses w ero levelled. The lightning and thunder w ere terrilie and the people w ere crazed w ith fright. |