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Show Ti.craoi WKHA1C. : ; ' ' . i Other Storm3 Visit Various Tarts of the Country. A PORTION OF RED BUD, ILL., j 1 5 DEMOLISHED. t - i" . . ; Three People Are Killed and Twenty ; More ."Wounded. ' f A SCENE OF UTTER RUIN AND j DESOLATION ENSUES. I , , ' ! ' Debris Fly Through, the Air, Tree j Are Uprooted, Houses Raced and j f I Cieneral Conf union Is Created I v The Work of Rescue Proceeds lit Inky Darkness C hester Visited, and Three People Killed Arkaa. - ; 8is Touched. , ' . . - Red Bcd,, 111., Nov. IS. The cyclona which passed over this town yesterday com pletely demoralized one portion of ths eity, i wrecking ninety-three buildings, killing: three people, wounding twenty and causing s a loss of property to the amount of $150,000. v It was one of the worst storms , that ver passed over the state. 1 k ' The scene following the disaster was one of f utter ruin and desolation. ' The country waa : ' strewn with debris of all descriptions, trees i' had been torn up by the roots aud carried ) hundreds , of feet away, houses razed,' ; V from their foundations and scattered'. i I over acres of ground, household goods end wreckage of all descriptions were torn and mixed into an unrecognizable mass. The I work of rescuing the wounded and taking" I the dead from the ruins began immediately ' j after tho storm had ceased. The work was hindtied- by- tha Inky darkness and co okIt progress under the ... moment try .. , . 1 . flashes of lightning. It is ,,JiiJJ:srs several of the injured r-yet x.$,, die. In meny cases the people were left " s -unhurt in their beds while their houses were blown balf a mile away. One-half of the peonle of Red Bud did not hear the storm and" rested quietly In their beds until dawn. Had the tornado's track been 500 feet north, the business section of the town would have been destroyed. The mayor convened, the eouncil and the citizens called a meeting meet-ing and' relief committees were appointed to -. solicit assistance from the public. It is believed be-lieved that Red Bud, which has always beea prompt on all calls of distress from elsewhere, else-where, will not be forgotten. Contributions forwarded to the mayor will be placed good hands. OTHER CALAMITIES. I - . - . i A Landslide ia Ohio Reported, but Not Yet Verified. Datton, Ohio, Nov. 18. No trains arrived here over tha Pan Handle since 3 p. m. Thursday. A landslide near Richmond is the cauee. The wires are down and the r port cannot be verified. ? Three More Killed. Chester, 111., Nov. 18. The eyclono which, did so much damage at Red Bud dee, troyed considerable property here. Tho storm blew down a large tree upon the house of Harmon Ottenger, six miis noith ot -here, ana crushed, killing bis wife and two children. In Arkansas. , Durham, Ark., Nov. 18. A village ia Washington county waa totally destroyed by a cyclone at 3 o'clock yesterday morning. " Every honse in town except the school houa was demolished. . No lives were lost, but tha damage to property is great. ? Children and Matches. Hiawatha, Ks., Nov. 18. Two of Farmer Beetle's children found a match and set fixe to a stack of straw. Their clothing caught fire and they burned to death before any oca knew it. |