Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1876-07-14
The Iowa Storm.
Further Particuiars-75 Lives Lost

Furthef Farticuiars-7o Lives Lost.
On Fourth page will be found an ac-
count of the storm disaster in Iowa.
Later advices show that the loss of life
and devastation of property caused in
Iowa by the fearful storm of Tuesday
night, were greater even than at first re-
ported. In addition to the AZ persons
drowned at Rochdale, Is (some reports
say 400 were killed in Warren county
alone, and or in Madison county
The dead are mostly the wives and chill
dren of farmers, whose names owing to
the interruption of communication, can
not be obtained. Probably $50 houses
were destroyed and as many more badly
injured. The destruction of crops,
fences and animals was immense. A
circus is water bound at Indianola, and
train on the Des Moines and Indian
ola railroad, which left Des Moines last
evening, is water bound between the
NOTLn anu Nluul6 TlN6TS.
In two instances at Rochdale, entire
families, one of five and the other o.
seven persons were drowned. Charles
Themmech leaped off the roof of his
floating house, II feet, into the flood
and finally reached shore. Several per.
sons were drowned in their houses, theil
bodies being found in the compact de
bris among trees on shore and dowr
stream. Half of them were buried il
mud, with perhaps one hand or foot O.
a part Of the face exposed. j. Becker
his wife and two children were drowned
Becker had but part of one arm, having
lost both hands in thrasher some year
ago. The wife took the girl to her be
som, the father took the boy with tn
stump of his arm, and all were foun,
dead thus embraced. One boy of eley
en- seized his brother by the hair whe
floating down the stream both reache
tree, and, clinging to the limbs til
morning, were saved. The store of
J man named Harris, went last, and hi
family all took refuge in the attic. Cling
ing to the rafters and beams, they stoo
in water to their armpits for three hour
: till the food subsidized, and all were say
ed. Their escape was marvellous. Char
I. les Kingsley, keeper of the Roehdal
/ house, lost his wife. They sought t
climb on the roof through a window
7 he succeeded, and took hold of his wife
arm to help her up, but the house fe
r together, and as he foated away h
r wife's arm broke across the windo
f frame. He was saved. There WEI
e twelve persons in Beeker's house, eigl
+ of whom were drowned. James Pearc,
e his wife and two daughters were all los
Peter Becker, his housekeeper, and fiy
children, his entire family, were browne
Martin Carrie was in a saloon, and fro
! the window saw his own house crusht
like an egg shell and his wife and ty
little ones thrown into the torrent. A
were drowned. He was found ne,
! morning fifty rods below, clinging to
= tree.
! The dead were buried on Thursda
= In two instances entire families we
laid away with not relative near.
several other cases only one child is lie
and it is not old enough to comprehel
N its dreadful orphanage. Several we
N buried by the county authorities, the /,
J. tates of the deceased having been Z
v stroyed. Many thousands of peop
$, from Dubuque and the surroundil
lie countries have visited the scene of L
is catastrophe, and the roads in all dire
a. tions are yet lined with visitors.
8 = The silver mines at Hartland a
s. developing favorably, and at prese
s. ten men are engaged taking out ore.