The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1876-07-14
THE IOWA HORROR.
Further News from the Pathway OF the
Death-Dealing Storm
SEEKING FOR THE DEAD.


CHICAGO, June 6,-Later dispatches
from Dubuque, Iowa, gave the follow
ing list of those WHO We're lost in the
storm ut Rockdale, Iowa: Joseph
Becker. Ellen, his wife. and two chill
dren; James Pearce. Emma, his wife,
and two children; Peter Becker and
five children: also his hOusekeeper and
her two children; John Klassen, wife.
and five children; Peter Knapp, wife,
and four children; Mrs Kingsley,
Thomas BlenkirOn, Oliver Blenkiron,
VIM. Bradbury, and Richard Burke
thirty nine in all.
Altogether the scene was one to
touch the heart of stone. Thousands
of people have visited the scene during
the day, and people are going and
coming constantly. The neighbors
with kindly alacrity opened their
doors to such of the afflicted as re-
manned, and offered every comfort in
their power. The bodies of the dead
were washed by kind hands. and many
of them taken into the dwellings near
b..
The members of the Board of Super
visors were early on the ground, work
Jag like Trojans 10 recover the dead
and give care to the living. Coroner
Coakley has impaneled a ju-y, and
was about beginning an Inquest as the
reporter left. Thirty one bodies of the
wounded have been recovered. Fur.
ther search will be continued until all
are found VIM. Walters, WIN. Coates
and the Board Of Supervisors have
Iabored with untiTing industry to aid
the sufferers ami recover the dead.
The Journals Des Moines special
saws: Latest reports show that the
storm of Tuesday night extended over
most of Central iowa, and was terrific
in effect from Warren and Madison
counties; fifteen persons killed. and
great damage done to live stock and
crops: considerable damage to proper
ty at PelIa; railroad tracks all right.
THIRTY THREE BODIES RECOVERED
DUBUQUE, Iowa, July 6.-The latest
adyices from the scene of the Rock
dale disaster says that with the coming
of daylight. large force of men re-
newed the search for missing bodies.
Up to this time, but one more has been
found. that of "A girl, Minnie Bauer
The finding of this body confirms the
fears of yesterday, that more were
missing than were reported, and the
number of the lost is forty.one. of
which only thirty three have been re-
covered
Funeral services are being held on
the banks of the stream, for such of
the dead as have surviving friends. but
the greater number who have been
swept ont of existence will have to be
buried by the county. 1t is though
some of the missing bodies have been
swept into the Mississippi, and will
never be recovered The telegram
company are hard at word restoring
communication. The Central Rail.
road Company have a large force of
men at work. and il will be two weeks
before the trains are in running order.
Such "A devastation never before visi-
ted this country. The damage in Du-
buGue will not be repaired for many |
Ii il impossible to estimate |
the loss.
DEs MONIES, Iowa, July 6.-Later |
advices show that some twenty-five
persons were killed in Warren County
alone. and that six or eight were killed
IN Madison county, and that probably
$50 houses we're completely destroyed,
md a. many more badly injured. and
hat the destruction of crops, fences
md animals was immense. The names
IF the killed and wounded can not be
obtained. They were mostly the wives