Show EIGHT PERSONS KILLED MAN HOMES DESTROYED Tornado Strikes an Illinois Town Passing Through the Main Resl Dence Portion Causing Fearful Fear-ful LoGS St IonlsA tornado struck the Irlllago of Sorento Ills thirtytwo miles northeast of St Louis Tuesday night killing eight persons Injuring hlrtyflvo others of whom three probably will die and doing a great amount of damage to property Forty houses were blown to atoms or car rled far from their foundations Everything In the track of tho tornado tor-nado was swept away Tho dead arc Mrs Thomas File 38 years old Mrs William Stewart CO years old William Mann GO years old Harrison Mann 18 years old four unidentified Tho four women killed were in their homes in different parts of Sorento All wero badly crushed The storm approached from tho southwest and swept through tho main residence portion of tho town Tho work of the vlnd was quickly done and then followed fol-lowed a heavy downpour of rain rhose who escaped Injury were for tho time panicstricken but finally tallied and set to work to rescue the Injured The people by lantern light In tho pouring rain searched through debris and dragged out tho Injured Suite residences wero swept away completely Those left standing were converted Into temporary hospitals lime property logs Is estimated at flOO00 |