New-York tribune., 1873-05-24
A TERRIFIC TORNADO.
DESTRUCTION IN IOWA.
DESTRUCTION IN IOWA.
A sCuooLnoUsE AND SEVERAL DwgfIIHGs DD
MoLIsHED-sTvERAL PERSONS KILLED on H

MoiIsiED-sEyERAL PERSONS KILLED on IN
JuRED-HEAvY RAIL or Hsu-
WAsnINGToS, Iowa, May 23.-A terrific Cor
nado whlrwind, accompanied hy hail ana rain. passed.
over this county, about six miles north Of Washington
yesterday afternoon. Its path about half mile 10
width and n tore into Fragments svcrythisg IN u
eour.e Houses barns fences trees oAttIe aud huaan
beings we're oasght Mp and whkcd through the air like
mere toys and then dsshe the srouad With saeb vio
enco a. 10 produce instant dsstruclion.
Houses aud basns we're tofB lDo fragments and scaS
tered m All directlons and for mos aroand tue neds
are dotted with argn timber driven INTO the around a
an angle OF % degrees Tae cattle were actually driven
head-forcmost into the ground
One can scarcely conceive The devastation OF rear"
the force OF the tornado Already have beard Of u
m.houscs and many that were literally tor"
pleco aud others badly dnnaSed School was Ia secession
az scboo house miles nIrh Of here ana the "fba"e
tore the building 10 pieces and carried adangh'i o.
Henry Rothmo o. the OF "a years about quarter %
a mile from the school when found she wa quite dead
Miss smith, the teacher and siz or eight scholars were
inlurrd some of them severely The wife of Henry
Walters was killed Ma Glrdncr ans the son OF
Abraham Gibson ne at tle point Of death jacob soeA
seriously hurt
Mr. Biker was hurt 10 the back The family OF J.
Campbell near Keoa, were iniurei Mr.. MCCOY was
seriously hurt gentleman who near the tornado
reports at IL balloon taped with the small END
10 the ground, and moved the rate Of 20 miles ar
hour. II began IL fearful work nolr KeotA wAerv
demolished several houses ~ next hear o. about IN
miles northwest whero destroyed Two or three
houses; and passed Iortheasi, scattering 70 tho
four winds the ane residences and barns OF Alexander
Gibson, J. A. Babcock and J. c. Callinghnm. 10 aiso
leveed 10 the ground the dwellings OF d. Cancer, ane
H. Walters. Mr. Carringer ami hr. Kerr.
The lives Of many persons were saved by their hastily
getting into the cellars OF their sad havoc was
made with all kinds OF stock Prom the description OF
an eyewitness seems almost miracle that anything
in the track escaped alive II; says be could large
pieces OF timber hurled from the cloud though shot
from a cannon Han stone. fen that measured nine
inches In diameter. Some brought 70 this city, and
four hours after they picked up they s ~
large a. hens eggs. The roaring Of the tornado was
fearful and could have been easily heard ten niles AZ
this place, six miles away 10 perfectly appalling
sarpang anything ever heard except the dn
OF a terrific battle.
telegram from Keota last evening. says that i've
persons were killed about three miles fJm that place.
ose child to pieces The reports received thus
far are from few points along the line OF the ter
rble destroyer. and the amount Of damage cannot ba
estimated. but il must be many Thousands OF dollars
Many lives probably los, than those reported
and no estimate can be made " the stock killed Moth
Ing 50 terrible or violent has beaen tnis section
the country heretofore. aud ~ considered miracle
that 80 few lives were lost.
A METHODIST CHURCH BLOWN Down
CIycIgNAT. May %. "A dispatch from
Des Mones Iowa. says that the scyerest thunderstorm
in that region for years occurred yesterday. hne
houses were blown down novel FROM ther bases bJ
the wind. The Msthodss church VAS blown dcwn. An
unkuo gn Inao stop plag at farmhouse was killed IA
his bed by lightning.
FUKIHER LOSSES REPORTED.
KEOTA, Iowa, May 23.-The most terrific
storm ever this part OF toe state passed over
here Yesterday about o'clock p IL started, "A far
as heard from, 10 miles southwest Of here on Skunk
Bottom and Travelled TO within u miles Of this city,
sweeping everything before II. Up TO the present tme
four persons are reported killed. eight slightly hurt ana
eight houses three barns, saw-nin, and several
granaries. demolished. Between 200 and 80 head OF
| cattle we're killed Building material agricultural I'M
plements including thrashing machines reapers, &c,
were the entire loneth OF the storm The storm
did exceed in width from 100 TO 400 yards IL e
ported that town OF Lancaster 10 miles southwest
OF here in this county. Is In ruins.
THE TORNADO ENDS NEAR IOWA CITY.
Iowa CITY, May 2s--The great tornado OF Washington
County exhausted Itself ~ miles south Of this city
There high wind and lightning here, one house
being struck. No persons injured.