Rensselaer Republican, Volume 28, Number 1, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 September 1895 — LIVES LOST IN THE STORM. [ARTICLE]

LIVES LOST IN THE STORM.

Deaths Caused by Eaiti, Wind an<t> Lightning—Crops Destroyed. A tornado, accompanied by a genuinecloudburst, swept over Bloomington, 111., and vicinity. A ravine one mile southwest. of the city adjoining Miller Park, was filled with a ragingtorrent, which swept across and filled the valley traversed by the Morris avenue road. Twoladies of Heyworth, Airs. Riddle and- 1 Mrs. Roberts, With their infant daughters, were driving home, and while attempting to ford the stream their hors®' and buggy swe.pt from the bridgeinto the whirling waters. Both the children were drowned. * The women werehoroieally rescued by Henry Weber, whoplunged into the stream after them. When the storm struck the tents of Pawnee Bill’s Wild West show at the fair grounds a panic ensued, the 5,000 people rushing down from the seats. An accident occurred on the St. Clair River, near Marysville, Mich., during a squall and rainstorm in which four persons lost their lives. A picnic was being held at Stag Island, opposite Marysville, and Airs. Alichael Derufg, Frank Derufg, her brother-in-law,, and three young ladies, Aliss Celia Choniski, Alinnie hart and Edith Connors, rowed over early in the day. When the storpi was seen coming up they started hack for home, but when within 400 feet of the shore the sc a all struck the little craft and capsized it. Miss Sehyenhart, a girl of 15, clambered upon the boat, but the other three all got hold of Frank Derufg. For a while he held on to the. .upturned boat with one hand and made a heroic battle for life, but when one of the women, in her desperation, got hold of his free hand, he had to Jet go and all four sank. The Sehyenhart girl was rescued later by some boys. Blazing buildings and ruined crops showed a severe storm passed through Rock County, Wisconsin Tuesday night. Lightning caused a dozen fires, while many fields of standing corn were flattened out or washed away by the wind and rain. Three fires nre reported in the vicinity of Afton. and five are said tq have occurred about Evansville.