, 1874-07-20
TILL IOWA TORNADO,

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| Some incidents OF its Ravnzca.
NIL. fron, ,i' Ms Watertos ttal Courier. Jutp io
wind aud rasn OH tho afternoon OF WodnoHday,
July 8. which Uas tue most sovora In itsolf, and
moro anaatrous In its results, than nny over bc-
fore known iii thiu locality. !. !.
| Tsa observed 10 fall, aud aoon aftor tho Htocpla
on tho rreabyterian Church wan going
through tho air, tho bali giving ono nolonn toll
VI. made tbs frlghtfu plunge.
The Courier. building Il Of stone, and Ia ono Of
tho tompont 40 the leaf quivera In the brpezs.
Boards, shingles, sitltng boxes, sigus, awnings,
md bits Of wrerk wors swept along tho stroot at
arhpid gatt: Tho roof OH ths wcHtorn portion
| OF Bneohloy'a Block volunteered to AFFORD uB ~
itom a. 1t careencd over into Mill street, And III
thoro oamo lull In the tenlpost It was diaoov-
ered that tho City Mills sud Woolon Factory
vera partly ronAoaH.
Tho went altle Of tho olty Bultorod tho most
ssverely. Fully one-half Of tho root on the
Burlington, Cedar 1tapids d Missouri Hallway
nas torn on bodily. carried across tbs main
track. passed over tho froighs-carS standing oil
otlics Of Smith BrotLors. aud landing next to =
fenco asvarsl rods distant. Tbs depot Is two-
story frame structure, the socoad story being
occupied ~ T. y. Tuthill. tho agent, aud his
while tue southern aud central rooms nero oc-
/ eupled by the family an lyinE-roomB. tbs
storm struc1 tho building from tho north,
taking tho. roof for full half ths length OF
tue baby'a olib In IT. accustomed paoo when tho
| hu,rlcane camo, but a. tue roar Of the storm WAS
| heard tho babe WAS taken to it's mothers arms,
,sat nna not r. moment too soon, toy, - the roof
lifted 5 ths chimney fo1 tho brick falling r'h IN
Where tho baby was aweetly sleeping but
moment beforel That homo was 1ootisss, tho
storm Of rain and hail was beating remoreelessy
ln but there was Joy and gratitude in that family
roAr of tho elonlonts.
Tie spi1s Of tho Episcopal Church (st. M.rk'e)
wss blown down, carrying NTH 1t tho tower,
aud removing the base Of tho tonor Sons
| about $1,000.
-. On Bluff street, a tree full foot in diam
eter Mas torn out by the roots and foil near BY.
| r. ?: Fowler q tobacco warehouse, two-story
building 25x60. was blown down. Several bo1og
Of tobacco wers stored thers At thu timo, but tue
roof in falling, covered the boxes 10 that tho to-
bacco Was not eoriouBly iniurcL His loas IL
quite serious.
The roof Of tho seminary building WAS sous-
| what damaged, and several dwellings In that
| portion OF tho city wore more or less injured.
md the loss Of handsome allade-traea and valued
Bhrubbory IL frreparablo.
Tho Woolen Mills aro badly damaged The
roof on the north half was blown Off and carried
ssveral rods down the river bank, aud the gable
! end was blown in.
Tile City Mills met With serious disaster.
portion Of the roof going on In the gA1s, loavlng
storm. Damages heavy, but ths energy and
pluck Of the proprietora Will soon mako amends
| for the loea. The roof TaB carried several hun
dred yards down stream. Considerable damage
was done TO Theat M a and -four, and ths loHs mill
Tho cheeae-faotory was badly damaged. A
| portion Of tbs roof vas carried down stream and
the gable-end Of tic stone building was blown
IN. Ths hecond door foil in, and Two long atelyos
hoayily ladon With chessa ware carried down in
| the ruin. Damages, $3.50.
Ono OF the most singular freaks OF tho storm
| was In lifting ont tbs bofry Of ths Presbyterian
Church. The steople Was loosened from liz base,
aud oarriod 40 foot into the street. ths spire fsli
ing BACK toward ths church. Siugulariy enough
the boil is not injured, but 'the iron franc il
broken. and the tower is badly demorazed. Tho
front Of the church ia somewhat injured. Il will
]tBhape us 1t was bofore.
Tia towor On The Bnpttst Church has = lamo
back and loans to tia southward, and will prob
ably have to be taken doYn,-a work TINT ought
In that noighborhood.
Nllmberless roofs were wronched and hun-
dreds Of houses aud barns wers damaged more
or loss. details Of which NC have not on hapd,
and the injury to fruit and ahada tree4 IL large.
The north end wall Of the foundry connected
With The Waterloo Agricultural Works mas blown
IN, and tho roof aud heavy plasss we're torn on
aud scattered over tue ground hundreds Of feet
from the building. A heavy plate, a timber l0x12
and l6 feet lonR maa biowl clear over ths resi-
dsace Of ". O. Brown. and now lies beddod in
the earth noar tls houss whero it fell. Mr,
brown aud his wife were engaged in holding in
Windows on the north bido Of the hoIso,
bhas bsds 'th9%s protected 70 BY Eood heavy
q Il. root from The H1sa Asreultars, p%S5iS p%arR:
came crashing againat the front Of tho house,
carrying away part If tlis yorandah ono raftor
ing window, demolished shutters, sash, glnas,
aud everything in its way. At this mo,ilcnt 3
roll ot tue tlu root as largs ~ hugar-hogshoad
numbered against the house and fell in a nolgh-
boring garden. This added considerable inter-
eat to tho occasion. aud although tbs intorest
whs increasing overy moment. ut tho risk OF los
ing conslderabls part Of tbs play, they con
c!uded to adjourn to tho cellar. There are
fest In Dir. Browns front yard.
lii tho neighborhood 8 milos northonst Of
town Tho gale Was furious; blowing down fences,
treos. buildings, and ciops, suesping everything
boforo it II If with tho hcaoll4 Of destruction,
Deacon Halls new house WAS uuroofel, and his
family had a uRrr0W escape with their lives,
The house was drcuched with rain, destroying
and injurinR much Of Ills household goods. His
barn MAS blown down, and man named Lester,
who was In tho barn at the time had QUO leg
biokeut was cut on the head. aud otherwise
seriously injured by the falling timbors.
4 singular feature Of the storm mas, that
whilo |. aeomed to strike Waterloo almost square,
" from the north. 1t was blowing gallo directly
from tie west, At q point 3 mlas north Of tha
city. In East Waterloo Township tho storm
seenod to commence its work Of destruction
near the farm OF Jake Albert, somo miles
North Of the city. tho wind blowing hurricane
ftom tho nest, marching eastward at tho rate Of
100 miloa an hour. moving \ clean bwashe
Nhoreror 1t struck the Garth. Albert'a buildings
wero badly damaged and hia crops tlattenod to
the ground. The next fnrm east ia owned By
Arad Hail. Hts houHo wxa utterly destroyed,
outbuildngs and fanoos blown down, and, what
III wonderful to relate, mono Of the family moro
aeriouHy injured. -
A u!lle directly east Of Halls place Ia q. A.
Farwell'a farm. On that farm stood story &nl
a llslf dwelllng Is by Al, With small.wing. 1t
waH occupied at the time OF tbs storm By Leyi
Wambaugh and family, aud ona Of the no,gh-
bors, Mrs. William Harling aud ohid woro also
present. hlr. Wambaugh saw tho storm ap-
proacliug, aud warned tho family 10
90 into tho collar, ho having, takea tho
precaution to aoolre tho windows aud
doors. Tho two women and children
hurried inso The cellar, aud ar. Wambsngh MAS
'xaA taken up bodily into tho ar, and carried =