CYCLONE AND FIRE.
Nkw York, Feb. 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 mtny persons were burned to death. Fortunately for the safety of that portion of the town which bad escaped the full fury ef the cyclone, a heavy rain set in and quenched the flames. Over one hundred people were killed, and fully two hundred injured by falling houses, etc. A good deal of destitution prevails, many families having lost nil of their possessions.
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Temuka Leader, Issue 1702, 23 February 1888, Page 4
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120CYCLONE AND FIRE. Temuka Leader, Issue 1702, 23 February 1888, Page 4
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