, 1873-05-26
THE IOWA TORNADO,
The Terrible Cyclone in
Washington and Keo.
kuk Counties. :. !
Full Details of the Hur-
ricane Of Last Thurs
day Afternoon.
Miles Of Devastation and Ruin
---Creat Loss of Property.
Houses, Barns, Fences, Orchards,
and Forests Raced to the
Ground.
School Houses, Teachers, and
Scholars Whirled in tho
Storm. go,
Twelve Persons Killed and
Twenty-four More or
Less Wounded.
A Flock Of 1900 Sheep Carried OFF
and Mas he'd to Atoms.
The Village Of Lancaster, Keokuk
County Badly Wrecked. ',
The Hurricane on the Mississippi-."
Two Steamboats, Seriously
Damaged.
A Flock Of 1900 Sheep Carried OF
and Mashed to Atoms,
The Village Of Lancaster, Keokuk
.: County Badly Wrecked.
The Hurricane on the Mississjppi-.-
Two Steamboats, Seriously
Damaged.
Thrilling Description Of tho Storm
Kings Ride.

WASHINGTON, Iowa, May 24.-Ihe o@tehs OF
1ne tefralso 1ortaao WHICH s"op' o'ef nooAuA
ana washington couat'eS lm7s Anaiea"5 49, ~,
noon was but measfoly ae'alloa III tno 10 usp"lonos
eeht from nero OIL that oYe'ans' lho aan,aGo
aone seemed TOO great 10 DO feallzea' anu al-
tnouen tne staton'o'.'a n'aoe "e,o lAtun''b'
tney convey 10 1aea OF tho injury oono ,o ptop,
el1y' ana u 1uo n".nper oi peinonH h.io" "''o
"ouItaoo' ~ .uo uD'enoo - 'otognPu,o oo.
manieatlon Will t''o 'nsol'o,' no'nns aoila''te
coulo oo 1eArnou @lla A'ncu 'no ulsp"scnos SetI
noe up 4iom .a ~ "4.n .1 -" H. a,'anna
au1ecsl'ca saho.t'nou ~ ~ tnAao 4no .ss4oao
.lny noftlolo: t.au NV WIZ, " o 1ia g"ssn
nao Ino most Sas.a 1'nhstn"sioi,' Nv oou'a ~
nhvo p'o4uieu tno s'os a.S4'ou ana is1.A.
"tnln tmo nouta. nuIn "ul .,s "19 m', ae,s4 ~,
oe.o,o o1po1'1Aeou ~ .iteao t-,,,,.s.
eae 'nnaoi'an' tonou'oo.@ auDs ,'a,,e Z
1,,,s ~, t1..,, ~,
49, - ~ da.,aoo .... ~. .-,.tar", T;yo voar.
80" 80, 1,.,, ...... ,,,,;,,, a;d onva;,N
ar",,,a ;ni,rr t. +,o crona Ink tho tornodo ~
IT, 1n,,,ra5,,, 4, tho sa,,orost o,or r,,o,rn T.,
wn.,,;nnIon Gornt,;
,rnr Tv,,pvsr oo.o
M 5.uaoo whatovcr .raa , ;1ona % N voab,nrton
4he mint nearcat wharo tho storm 1afd it, do.
atroy;no honl hnin5 ohort 1r;,oa t1:4to.,t rho
roor r1,;o1, nceo,n,ean;ad t1,;a ~
tho snoer of nature waa tliatinctlv ],cnrd horo
and II ia aaid Nv farmora who 1jvo 10 mi1na awav
thot t,ov roori n ncc,,liar rnmh';nr noiao M
,con1d mt orofd conncctin, Il with tha aior;n
To eome thu noiso sountied 1tka :, heavy: freirht
tr.;n ~ ,iobt u,,on ovorv,,;,o was ro,oa;n1,
"-'4 ~ A''5.4'' " o'oA5 tn'"b wac 1otoo'a5
70 others' Ike mllaEotsy, with m occasional dis
charge of artillery. Scarcely any light
ming flashes Scro visible, and only
an occaa;ona, 1ond nan, IT 4h,,n1ar
80, !, ~. ..p ~" 'I =.
na7 nenu' 1ao t"'a 1ell III 'oito1'e, aos III
ofops, put IN sheeEe, there appearing TO pe o
lake Of wator in the atmosphere. Tho whole
country was flooded to the dopth Of several
,,,hoa . - ID foaro;I +,a oor,, a,~osd,, o,ontod
has been washed out Tho little creeks and
rivl1ots, which supply Skunk River, wore swollon
and oyorflowed their banks carrying away troos,
and causing the banks to cayo IN,
r,: tna 49,. .1sh ,r w fnh s,5 sfyha ,sr. ,,,,,.
Everything: except hofo ana thero T. niue or
two ovor which the whirhTlnd Heoms to; hayo
jumped, is desolate-looking. Scarcely "A house,
barn, shod or granary IL left. All were swept
away ~ % cloan 1s tl,o i,ro VIM winea mi thu Mark Mark
ENVY 10 useAn "s t,,o tn l''o "'pea ou1 suo ros1n
Side OF Chicago. "Iho exact starting point OF
tho storm is not known, butit Is beloved to hayo
been In Tcokuk County. probably @ few
mica 1yoat NJ t,oncauiar Which tovn It
Is said, waa totally damolislled. 1t advanced
IN another cAStery direction, passing nortl OF
TalIyraul about throo miloB, and south Of Koota
throyrh tho Gemnn aottIemont called Baden
salouen .no uonIan 0os''1uo 1,1": sauo 1~'.'4 ,
approaching tho limo OF WASHINGTON County
Mhoro 1t jumped district Of about eight miles,
alighting again about six miles northw est Of
Washington OIL tie farm Of frank Brown.
Remaining on tho ground for six Or eight miles.
tho earth here, it struck again in Middle Town
ship, whelo it's forcc WAS spent, aud 1t dlsap-
Those who SOW the commencement say they
first noticed an in'monao
which to Bomo resombiol huge hay-stack in
shape, and 10 others halloon With tho small
SOC beyond ita borders but, as it went BY, they
saw mud and boards flying in all directions.
Housos wore torn from tIoIr foundatona. Oh If
then wore ohaif. broken and twlstol into mill
lon fragments. nomo Of which ycro forced Into
tho rroamJ two or t,roo foci f,attio ,yoro l,fieJ
a., Carried some 1iatonco' md hmriad sd-lone
e. tho narth 0ro haisnr tIroo vonra iii wn9
tbrown inio i7;fch hcn5 t|rst M o,,!, ,~han fonn5
her Loaii ind neck yero Inr;a1 in thn In,,d, Ths