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Newspaper
Dixon Sun
Location
Dixon, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1883
Page
2
A cyclone leveled Southport Indiana school and homes while farms suffered. A Franklin Mass servant faced poisoning charges but was detected. Missouri and Kansas issues cover education and agriculture. Storms, floods, and wrecks disrupt Missouri to Illinois with deaths and damages.
The Ohio Brewers and Maltsters Association met in Cleveland on the 15th denouncing the Scott law and authorizing their president to hire counsel to test the statute in the Ohio Supreme Court. They also urged voters to support candidates not pledged to enact laws that harm their business.
The London Times notes in its 15th issue that the United States collection at the Fisheries Exhibition stands out for variety and completeness, unmatched by foreign contributors.
Widespread fires burn four thousand acres near Concord New Hampshire and devastate woodlands near Taunton Barnstable and Gorton Vermont causing substantial property losses. Other items note a Philadelphia area railroad shop fire and large cyclone damage across Wisconsin Illinois Michigan with many deaths and injuries.
Severe cyclone devastates Racine and surrounding areas on May 19 killing at least twenty five and injuring around one hundred. Destruction includes North Main and English streets, Milwaukee street barns, factories, and buildings. many residents trapped or missing and several families fatally harmed.
May 19 reports describe a south east funnel cyclone affecting Harvard Sangamon and Chicago areas. Structures demolished in Chemung Lawrence Kennedy and Rogers properties. multiple injuries and two deaths including Patrick Corrigan and William McGuirk. Springfield and Chicago experienced extensive damage with injuries. trains and stalls collapsed at a railway exposition site.
Dispatches from Illinois and Iowa report extended rains causing much of the planted corn to rot in the ground, threatening yields. The reports describe widespread damage across multiple counties and note farmers facing losses and delays in planting.
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