DESTRUCTIVE TORNADO
EXTENSIVE DAMAGE AT ILLINOIS. United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright. (Received April 23. 11.4.5 a.m.) VANCOUVER, April 22
Thirty-five persons were killed during a tornado in Illinois and North-west Indiana. Tho village of Busli was completely destroyed. Miles of telephones were blown down, and a farmhouse was lifted bodily. Electric-car linos fell in many cities, and several persons were electrocuted. One party took refuge in a deserted house, but falling trees crushed the structure, all of the party, numbering fivo, being killed.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 10442, 23 April 1912, Page 2
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83DESTRUCTIVE TORNADO Star (Christchurch), Issue 10442, 23 April 1912, Page 2
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