St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1873-05-30
The Iowa Hurricane.
MANY PERSONS KILLED AND MI RED.

MANY PERSONS KILLED AND NIL RED.
Fuller reports of the hurricane which
passed over central and eastern ioWa'
Thursday. show that ii was one OF the
most violent storms on record. Al lIe>
Moines it was the scvercst thunder
storm known for years. Nine houses
including the Methodist church, were
blown down or moved from their bases
hV the wind. An unknown man, stop
ping at Il mouse. was Killed Ill Ills
bed by tightening. Farther east, III
Washington county. the tnnN of the
storm. which was here Il terrific tornado
nr whirlwiud. accompanied 10y haul ana
rain. WAS still more severe. Ii" storm
passed over Il section OF Ill" county
about six miles north OF the city OF
Washington. in the afternoon. lis path
being about half Il mile III width. and
it tore into fragments everything III It's
course. Houses. barns. fences. trees.
cattle and human beings were caught
up and whi>kcd through the air like
mere toys. and then dashed I" tn"
ground with such Violence ~ 1" pro
ducc instant destruction. Houses amt
barns were torn into fragments amt
scattered in all directions. and. Tor
mile, around. the fields are dotted with
large thinkers driven int" The ground at
an angle uf 50 degrees. II l. sad that
cattle were actually driven licAd-foIc-
most lnto the ground.
one can scarcely conceive the ucNdH-
iatinn ur realize the fierce of the t"rIia-
do. Already reports nave been re
c,iNrd OF Is Ean-hou>r~ and many
har..> that were literally tom /" pieces.
and others badly damaged. school was
in session at Il ~rho"i- house ~IN miles
north of Washington. and the tornado
! tore the building /" pieces and carried
/ the Il-NcaI old daug:rtcr of Henry
I Rnthmrl about Il quarter at Il mile from
the school. where She was mashed /" Il
jelly. Miss Smith. the teacher. and >iN
al eight >chnlar> were injured. some "t
them severely. iiIc wife of Henry
Walters Wa- Killed. \ Miss Gardiner
and the son at Abraham Gibson lie at
the point of death. Jacob Seek WAS
seriously hart. y Mn. Baker WAS hurt
in the back. The family of }. Camp
bell near Kcnta We're injured. Mrs.
Mccoy was seriously hurt.
. \ ""utl.man VIII, va l4""i the tor
madn. reports shat il was haloom->hapcd.
NOV ed ut the rate of % miles an hour.
IT began it, fearful work near kcUta.
where it demolished several houses.
1t Is next reported about six miles
northwest. where 1t destroyed two or
three houses. and. ~ it PASSED on north
east. scattered To the four winds the
tine residences and barns OF Alexander
Gibson. j. y. Bahcuck and j. {. Calling
nam. II ais" lcvelcd to the ground
the dwellings of ID. Cancer. +. and II.
Walters. Mr.. Caning,I and MI Kerr.
he lives "t many persons were S.lN ed
Icy their hastily getting int" the cellars
of then HOUSES. Sad havoc WAS made
with all kinds of stock.
From the description ot an cye-wit-
ness ii seems almost Il miracle that any
thing in the track escaped alive. He
/ says he could see large pieces of timber
. hurled from the cloud ;t> though shot
from cannon. Hail stones fell that
measured nine inches in diameter. Some
were taken 1" Washington. and four
huunS after they were picked MP they
were still as large aS hens eggs. The
roaring of the tornado WAS fearful. and
cGuld have been easily heard ten miles.
Vt Washington. six mile away. il MAS
perfectly appalling. surprising III terror
anything ever heard except war and re
din Ut Il terrific battle.
y Telegram from Kcota. SAYS that
five persons were killed about three
miles from that place. One child WAS
torn to pieces.
\ midnight dispatch from Washing
ton. states that the loss of lite and prop
"lty i much greater than was at first
reported. sin more persons have died
since yesterday morning. and there are
many others whose lives are dcSpHircd
OF. I'm enormous amount of property
has been destroyed. Only one house is
ieft standing i'll the town of Lancaster
\" one Is reported killed at that place
though many were seriously injured.
Between POO and 300 head of cattle were
Killed i'll the neighhorhood of keota.