The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-05-29

roma his waist.
Mr.. David Kanter's farm was swept az clean as
fences were blown away. Fully forty acres OF land
blown into and distributed along q hedge, as II
some human art had contemplated inventing
combined fence ana ieedng place, Inc FAMILY TOOK
though the wind whisked on the superincumbent
house AZ . parent might remove the bed clothing
Mr.. Alexander Gibson had the finest house and
outbuiidings in the county. The wind blew the
barns to bits. The house was in two parts. One
OF these was turned quite round, the other
SCARED AWAY LIKE BIRD.
dropping the nve inhabitants into the cellar. or
these Miss Gardner, one Of the handsomest Young
LADIES in the State. was SO badly crushed that, IL
she RECEIVERS, she viii be crippled for life. A hired
dashed against trees an in st tne orcnsrd: the
former had an arm and leg broken, the latter
was ,t fatally injured about the head. Two invalid
children, who had been put INTO q feather bed for
security were saved. though the wind carried
them nity or sixty yards away and covered them
LEFT in the orchard. The wind shelled the ear
corn IN the cribs and scattered II everywhere
Hall a dozen fatted cattle, which were awaiting
the butcher were blown into swamp, and one
mad the whole OF its
HEAD AND NECK DRIVEN INTO THE EARTH.
was blown some hundred and twenty rods.
Mr.. Babcock's house and barns were carried
away. With the furniture went $500 in bills and
81 500 in notes. The apple trees were torn out by
hundreds, and lot Of locust trees, some four feet
in circumference, broken on as neatly as n saw
had been used TO cut them through just above the
Mr.. Henry walters farm was swept clean. A
COOK stove was blown halt mile away. Mrs Wal
ters had five children, including infant twins. The
house in its fall broke Mrs. Walters neck and one
OF her babies was crushed to death in her arms
The other three children attended the Huddles-
ford school, Just across the road Here there were
Smith The approach OF the storm was Observed
by Minnie Rothmer girl OF twelve who was
standing at the door. She started to run home;
hnf Ia n 10 chi
PARALYzRD BY TERROR.
gathered in helpless cluster about their teacher.
house to atoms and threw the inmates into the
road.
The teacher was seriously injured.
Julia Conner, a girl OF sixteen, had her shoulder
broken.
Two of the Walters children were 50 badly hurt
that their recovery Is not expected
Rallie Gibson had r0una hole made through his
cheek and his head laid open pv board.
The little girl Rotnmsrs who sta to run
quarter OF mile and then flung to the earth and
Killed. She was rather
than a child, for, literally, there was not an I'M
broken bone in her body.
may be mentioned the wrecking OF Mr.. Waters
house and the probably fatal wOundng OF his
mother by a broken board that penetrated her
thigh; the blowing OF a teamster named Baker, his
wagon and team, clean over fence; the nproot-
ing or some tOmbstOnes in cemetery near Lam
which an economical German woman had hidden
In the roof OF her house, and the complete destrnc
ton OF large flock OF sheep at the same place,
which were tossed mp into the air till, as an eye
witness affirmed. they Cooked like SO many
birds.u
A WOMAN DIsEMBowELLED.
or all the terrible deaths though it was merci-
fully instantaneous, that OF Mrs. EAglerdinge, who
lived about i've miles from Kiota. was the most
horrible. She was sick in bed with her baby when
the storm came ON and blew the house away. AS
it rose two or three OF the larger timbers must
have been driven against her bed with the swift
ness OF cannon balls. One cut the top OF the childs
head or and carried away part OF the brain. Two
others struck the unfortunate woman in the alb
domen and neck, broke her into fragments, as II
she had been torn asunder BY four wild horses or
tons Of the trunk went one way part OF the chest
the stomach and one arm another; the other arm
and the head, neck and fragment Of the bust were
found long distance nom the other ghastly relics
OF humanity.
THE TOTAL LOSS
is varousiy estimated In money at $4,000 to
$4,000 including thirty-fve houses, ECO sheep
$500 hogs, 100 head of cattle, forty horses and all
the crops along the track OF the storm. The list OF
killed and wounded shows twelve persons dead
ana twenty mine wounded. Detailed reports have
yet to come in from keokuk county, and several OF
the wounded cannot recover, so that from eighteen
to TWENTY-FIVE names Will probably be on the death
roll.
ForsER HURRICANES.
THIS is " sdG n.-Gs.--s. destructive tornado,
especially in the matter OF human life. that has
ever visited Iowa, though such storms do not un-
frequently occur in this vicinity. Tornadoes are
reported in ls4s, 1860, and 1862 and there was a
heavy hail storm in 1861 but, these storms have
generally been confined to the forests the loss OF
lie and property has hitherto been ncons;derable
Wind storm in Kentucky.
LOUISVILLE, May rs, 1873
storm passed over this city yesterday after
noon doing considerable damage. The wind lifted
several roofs and uprooted shade trees in all direc
tions. The lightning struck the chimney OF