The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1873-05-30
THE GREAT STORM.
" H At IT DID FOR iowa
DOZEN PERSONS KILLED yfOJ,Sys
DEMohs>sfED AND OTHER PRO
FERTY DAMAGEn.
ADVENTURES ~ TiiE STORM
'ffnm the Muscatinc journal, Nav "a. !


'ngion and kCota, in this State. Yesterday
afternoon. The first report was that eight
PERSONS had hccn killed at the former und
,"ur nj the latter place. .As near * aen he
icarhed the following ate The particulars:
Al aopnt O'Clock q portcntolls black
eiolitl oN"rSpread the heavens TO the VEST
""Iu, anu muttering thunders told of fear.
i,' colnnotlon OF the elements. Suddenly
me storm burst with great fury upon the
carth, the wind Ievclling houses, farms, trees.
ni,h FENCES III It's course from west to ra,t
Il" me ot the storm was about 4 euastnr
OF mile wide. -Four miles north Of wash
lnSiol the tornado struck schoo-housc
Med VIII, children. The house was carried
( entirely away, and all its inmates were more
or less injured. Two persons, Mrs. Henry
Waters and Miss Rithmore, were killed.
Thcc Of the children had not been found at
last accounts, and were supposed to have met
Il horrible death. but in what p,rri>u manner
could not br determined. Five others in the
neighhorhoo:;. lntludin. rhc schorl children,
| NJ" reported fatally injured. Altogether
&bunt sixty persons were in'nird bv this
dreadful visitation. A churcn near the
| >chool-house. in which funeral services were
| being held, was fortunately spared. 1t IS
| reported that in some places so fierce and
| strong was the wind that it ploughed up the
| ground to the depth of six inches. A. soon
a> the new, reached Washington nearly all
! III" vehicles in the place were put to service
| 10 take persons ~ the >cCue oi the disaster.
| and every possible rclIct WIS given tn" s,it-
| 'rrci>. At kcota. in krokuk county, four
| teen miles west OF Washington. the storm
WAS also quite severe. Four persons are
! reported killed and several injured. but no
particulars are given.
Since the foregoing WAS put in type the
| following special dispatch was received (at
| 1870 i. NJ:
WASllNGTOS. Iowa, May ga terrific
| tornado Of wind, accompanied with hail and
! rain. passed over this county about >lN miles
north 81 Washington Thursday afternoon.
| Ii WAS about "nc-balf mile IN width. Ii tore
| Into fragments everything that calnc in il
| course. Houses, barns, fences. trees, cattle.
and human beings were caught up and
! whillel through tie air like mere toys, and
| then dashed To the ground with such yiu-
| lcnce n. 10 pr"duc" instant death to all ami
mat" beings. The heu>e~ and barns were
torn 10 fragments aud scattered for miles
| around. Ah"ady We have heard of thirteen
| iarm.hu,l>r> aud MANY barns that were lite.
| rally torn 10 pieces, and many Others badly
| damamCd.
School was in session at a >choo-housc six
miles Gurlh rt this city. The tornado tore
the building 10 pieces. aud carried little
daughter OF Henry Rothwcl fourteen yeas
| Of agrl about Il quarter Of Il mile from the
>chool-hulI>r. v ben found she WAS mashed
10 Jelly. Miss Smith, the teacher, and six
or eight scholars were hut-sume badly.
The wife of Henry Waters was killed. u
Miss Gardner ard Il son "t AlcXandcr Glib
son are not expected 10 live. Jacob S"cck
WAS seriously hurt. Mr.. Baker was badly
hurt in the back
Several OF the family of +. Campbell. near
krota. were wounded. Mrs. Mccoy was
seriously hurt. An eyewitness who was
near the tornado. several miles north, when
IT passed. reports that it was billoon-shapel
with the small end 10 the ground. and that
II moved IA; the Iatc of about twenty mikes
| an hour.
II commenced its fearful work near kcota.
where il demolished two or three buildings.
We next hear of il about six miles north
west of this city. where il destroyed two
| more and rs it passed OH northcaSt it lcycllcd
six or seven tine GwcIing-housc> and barns.
! Many persons lives were saved hy hastily
getting INTO their cellars. Sad havoc was
made with all kinds OF stock. The roaring
| oi the tornado was fearful, and could have
| been heard easily ten miles. At this place
| six miles away ii WAS perfectly appalling,
| SURPRISING in terror an, thing We ever hc:tlu
except the roar of Il terrific battle. Hail fell
| that measured nine inches in circumference.
4 telegram from kroia last evening states
| that five persons were Killed about lhlce
| miles nom that place. One child was tom
| 10 u;c,rS. our reports are from only few
la, E,,, ~ a s.IIlJ
and we cannot estimate the amount Oh
DAMAGES. b,t il must he many thousands of
dollars. Many more lives. probably, were
lost than those reported, ana lio estiil''c '''i'
bt made of the stock Killed.
ADVENTURES IN THE STORM.
+. Kaufman. Esq. was the suhlect OF
many I'M anxious thought and inquiry 'hls
morning. and he probably realizes now, II
ne never did before. that he has Il few trlenus
herraboliS. Ii came about from report
that he narrowly escaped drowning M rap
poose creek Yesterday during the storm. we
h,.,cued ia interview him on hearing the
ruuior. and found that it Was consluerap'!
eyapr,lated. II seems he entered the stream
with hirh rubber boots tor the purpose o'
s,viup his fence, when, the water cornlns.
above his boots, they filled, and he iou'is'
himself waist deep in Il rushing torrent,
almost unable 10 move. lie Fortunately
! happeued 10 be n ear the Ccdar-Sticcf Ioo'-
| bridge over The creek. which he stlccreue,'
in reaching. when he drew himself out ol MS
wet and dan gcrous quarters without fIoupe.
| He don't thluk he was itl-any danger, hni
| still isn't anxious to 70 through the same eN-
peIicncc every day.
The steamer Victory, which passed up
| h,l. IN q
| of il in the storm during the afternoon. Her
| officers. on noting the approach OF the
| storm. ran the boat alongside ot an island
onuosjte Buffalo. twenty miles above. Sooner
than eyuclcd the wind struck her, aud
| .nn,;n.r with terrific force, the pilot-bcIse
.,ul i, nart of the cabin were tom loose and
| hIoyn into the river, and the cblmneys
| throvn down. Tie most remarkable part
nf tho affair was that both pilots were car.
rjed with the plot-house into the RIVER and
esc,ncd mburt, alightiug without INJURY
and swimming 10 the island. The damages
ur,. u,ulc :, rious and will entail il heavy eA-
pen>c for repairs.
| THE STORM ~ MuSCATlNh.
Considering the violence of the storm yes
te4day afternoon, Muscaline escaped i9,'u
natcly, n she usually does. ]honSn ~
| pnose and Mad creeks were coaVcrleu ihto
| luaiin" torrents. and Iowa avenue lhauiStu
| in her periodical flood, the damage III Tue
city was comparatively light. A hent undei
| Third-strect bridge over Parpoosc creek
| was undermined and the structure rendered
unsafe the EiSlth-strcet bridge over the
same stream WAS slightly damaged; several
fences aud lot Of plank and timber used III
| bulwarks along Puppoose we're swept away
| ,,,.,x, Il c6 aud l.1liut filled A