Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 137, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 June 1912 — Cyclone a “Scenic Railway” for Horse [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

Cyclone a “Scenic Railway” for Horse

QT. LOUIS.—As tihe shock caused by ij the appalling loss of life from toe recent cyclone In southern Illinois disappears, people are beginning to remember the strange things it did. As the twister swept on its course about a half a mile from Dale it playfully picked- up a dwelling belonging to Isaac Harwood pud set it down beside the foundation, performing the l|g£t so neatly that it did not.stop-toe family dock or Jar vases, off of shelves. t > : A horse belonging to a farmer named' Erby, .living near Dale, was tracked for some distance by the pieces where Its feet occasionally hit toe ground. It finally was found .flattened against a tree, and partly wrapped around it The cyclone to and around Wllllsvllle was more destructive than at Dale and equally toeakish. Approach ing the town it bounced over toe ground like a ball, tearing hole* in UOT*of tZ Unm where Ui« lt~ of

David Thompson, James Thompson and Mrs. Rhoda Haskins were lost it ripped up about a dozen housee and then rose and passed over several blocks before It touched again. The escape of ten families from death in their demolished houses was marvelous. They were carried tolw with the flying timbers and rolled over and over in the wreckage. Some were -found clasped in each other’s arms several hundred feet from where their homes had stood. « The path of toe cyclone was about 300 yards wide. Those who saw the approach of the c funnel-shaped , cloud in time were able to save themselves by running to one side' or the .other pattt.