TORNADO IN ILLINOIS.
THIRTY-FIVE PERSONS KILLED. By Telecraiih-Prcas Aesociation-Conyrieht Chicago, April 22. Thirty-five persons wero killed by a tornado in Illinois. A Nofth-western Indiana village, named Bush, was completely destroyed. Miles of telephone wires were blown down, and a farmhouse lifted bodily. Tram trolly lines fell in many cities, and several persons were electrocuted. One party took refuge in a deserted house, but trees fell, crushing tho structure, and all the party, numbering five, were killed.
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Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1422, 24 April 1912, Page 5
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