| Show CYCLONE an illinois town left in bains SCENES OF DEAT i AND destruction two Thona end people killed by an earthquake in china feb 18 A terrible eath quake has occurred in the province of yunnon two thousand lives are reported to have been lost CHICAGO feb 19 tifft special from mount vernon illinois at about five this afternoon a cyclone struck the town and left it in ruins killed fifteen to twenty people and it is feared more than are known to have been killed will be found among the ruina of the buildings fires immediately broke out all over the city and the ruins spreading rapidly wing to damage donea to the engines by the wind the storm passed from the southwest and had a motion it washed down with fearful force abid fury hing first just south of tho city hall then it carried away the third and fourth stories of the mount varnon mill from there it swept on in the path yards wide the methodist church fell juat a few minutes after people bad left the sunday school room the commercial hotel lost its third story next the wind struck the beun ty court house and rendered it a heap of ruins by rare luck however the county records were caved crews block on the south side of the square is bevelled levelled level led the earth and under it waa found the body of jolin crew owner of the block formerly of chicago th roof arid second atory of stratton CO H handsome han deome store blew away the large two atory brick schoolhouse did not withstand the terrible shock any better nhsn the house in the track of the cyclone the large two story frame home of george waa picked up and carried about twenty fret and left unhurt while two brick buildings within deot were left in ruins the docs cannot be but nut less than half a million dollars worth of property had been destroyed by the cyclone or firo in that neighborhood the sky has cleared and no clouds give any eutima the disastrous storm of a few houra ago it is growing colder and many homeless will buffer if the weather becomes severe are coming in from the country and the torm io have swept everything for miles incalculable of life and great buffering will follow out gialo assistance ia given mayor G H harnell will receive aid and rave it to the proper committee A meeting of men wag held and a committee appointed to earn for the dead and the wounded and protect property as much as possible many who escaped with life hav nothing besides bei ides many are walking the with no home to go to the horth aide of the courthouse square is injured considerably no buildings wr wrecked there except howard Str attona th wounded are being card for by physicians in the best possible pos aible manar th railroad hopr were badly damaged and a great number of bouses people are out of dor who elivd in the of the storm tha dad and dying ar scattered throughout the city all dot of the remaining bouses hare been thrown open to the ies I es fortunate three fourth of the anesi portion of the city is ruined |
