Kingston Mines, IL Tornado, Jun 1902 - Heavy Damage
Posted December 27th, 2009 by Audrey
THREE DEATHS AT KINSGTON [sic] MINES
Heavy Damage There and in Other Tazewell Towns.
Pekin, Ills., June 11. -- A tornado passed over Tazewell county last night, killing three and fatally injuring two persons at Kingston Mines. The dead.
Mrs. Thomas Murray and infant,
Willie McElwee, aged 3
Patrick McElwee and wife fatally injured.
The entire east end of the little village of a thousand inhabitants was swept away.
Houses and barns were blown down in Groveland, Minler, Dilon, Hopedale and Delavan. As yet no loss of life is reported from those towns.
Opposite Pekin the river overflowed its banks and covered 60,000 acres of corn, which is believed to be ruined.
The Daily Review, Decatur, IL 11 Jun 1902
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