A Terrible Disaster
— « _ By Electric Telegraph. — Copyright. LFIB UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION.] New York, February 20. Intelligence has been received of a disastrous cyclone which swept through the State of Illinois on Sunday afternoon. Half of the town of Mount Vernon, the capital of Jefferson County, was destroyed, and the ruins taking fire, an awful panic ensued. The flames spread with wonderful rapidity and a great many persons were burned to death. Fortunately for the safety of that portion of the town which had escaped the full fury of the cyclone, a heavy rain set in and quenched the flames. Over 100 people were killed, and fully 200 injured by falling houses, &c. A good deal of destitution prevails, many families having lost all their possessions.
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Feilding Star, Volume IX, Issue 87, 23 February 1888, Page 2
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125A Terrible Disaster Feilding Star, Volume IX, Issue 87, 23 February 1888, Page 2
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