Jasper County Democrat, Volume 15, Number 7, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 April 1912 — Nothing New From Cyclone District [ARTICLE]

Nothing New From Cyclone District

There is not much new to repsori about the cyclone which did so much damage at points in Illinois, over about Morocco and -in Union tp., this county. Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Healy and August Makus.j who were among those most seri-i cuslv injured, are reported to be doing fairly well at this writing. Healy .was •. everely bruised up all over ai d received numerous cuts front glass- and flying debris, whi.e Mrs. Healy s collar bone was broken and one rib She was. also quite badly cut and bruised, and was threatened with pneumonia resultant from the shock and ex-

posure. Their house was picked up and whirled about like a top and they were finally thrown from the building and alighted on the ground unconscious, in which condition they remained for perhaps an hour or more. The heavv rain finally revived them, and their calls for help brought her parents, Mr. and Mrs. August Makus. who live nearby, who took them to their home where they are now. As an instance of the powerful suction of the cyclone which devastated their home, the iron pump which stood in the yard a short distance from the dwelling was torn from the ground together with perhaps fifty feet of piping and literally broken in pieces and scattered over the yard. August Krueger, who received a bad cut on the chin, which required several stitches to close, is reported as doing as well as could’ be expected.