The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-04-23
DESTRUCTIVE STORM.
LIVES AND PROPERTY LOST FROM THE EFFECTS
or TORNADO WHICH SWEPT OVER ILL
NoIs AND IowA-YEUIr CROP INJURED.

AA''' AMI fiOfEkrf LOST FROM THE c<FESAo
or TORNADO WHICH SWEPT OVER ILL
AoIs AND IowA-YnUlr CROP INJURED
lDY TELEGRAPn TO THE HERALD.l
CHICAGO III, April %, 1873.
disastrous hail and rain prevailed In West
ern Illinois and Eastern Iowa last night. Dispatches
IRON Galesburg state that the effects OF the In
thn' viclJtY were extremely The hall
We're OF enormous size, many OF them from
eight 10 Ion inches In circumference. Hun
drcds' Of buildings IN Galesburg injured
ana no Lombard University Was rlddcd Tho iruit
trees were completely stripped of ncir blosso and
u - thought That the irm crop has materially IN
Jcrcd During the hail tbe rain poured down torrents
causing perfect deluge several bridges IN the out.
skirts OF the city were swept away great damage Was
also done in the vicnity OF ottawa H. Reports from
Lasliie aud Eden, m. also place tho high and
state that many buildings were destroyed.
SEVERAL PERSONS KILLED AND INJURED.
special despatch irsnl Dubuque says tornado
struck the town oi Poncfoy station the Illinois
Ccntral Railroad, west Fcrt Dodge, Iowa, last
evening. which blew down the houses George Wal
killed the son VI Mr. Wallace and also child oil Mr.
Pcarcc and wounacd fifteen twenty other persons.
Ful details are awaited with great anxiety. The
Miles OF telegraph wires were blown down.
Al kiprey, iortv mites southeast OF Pomcroy, II
blew down coal breakers aud sheds When ali the
returns are in 1t win prove 10 DO tie most de-
structive storms that ever visited Iowa.
SIoUx Cry, Iowa, April % 1878.
TO riblo cyclone swept over tho country cast aud
west OF this place Ut half past three O'Clock
on Sunday afternoon. II entered tho State
above tho Missouri Valley junction. passing north
easterly across to storm Ii kc, Pomoroy and Fonda.
In Monona county trees wore torn up by tho roots
along the rivers. Tho house OF J. X. rhurston was
completely wrecked. wing OF tho house Of Mrs.
\. Reilly, who was standing In tho wing,
was carried over tho main building ana over some
Teos near by, and alightcd without injury. J. J.
hughes house, in the Same nciShborhood, was en-
tireiy destroyed. The family away from
homo ut the time. Tho forcc OF tho
storm was terrific, destroying fencos,
uprootng trees, overthrowing corn cribs &C.
horses and cattle picked up and carried consid
cradle distances. Near Unawa the house OF MR.
White was destroyed ana tho contents scat
tered for miles Fortunately tho family wore
away at tho time The track OF tho storm
varies IRON a half milo 10 a milo AMI a half
IN width The hail was very heavy, number OF
stones fastened together In measuring Iour-
teen inches IN circumference. Near Onawa d man
was driving double team The horses, wagon, har.
ness and driver were taken up bodily and carried
several yards and set down uninjurcd.
WOMAN KILLED.
On theiNinos Central Railroad. east OF here. the
DAMAGE was moro serious, and was accompanied by
loss oil llie The whirlwnd tornado pissed over
$ torn Lake from the southwest.
Ihrcc.guarters Of mile cast OF tho town the resi-
ucbCe vi ANIcu Ming was Struck, Ittcd from
its foundation ana dashed into thousand
pieces. Mr. Kings mothor was instantly
Killed She was found some distance from where tho
house stood Other members Of the household
escaped unhurt. Tho lighter tmbers OF tho
house were fractured into k.ndlng wood Trees
In tho orchards were torn up and carried away. The
house OF Mr.. Dcgra, half milo from Kings was I'm.
rooted, ana some cattle killed.
The iarm wagons and buggy were broken up and car
ricd quarter OF u mile through the AIR. Tho water
In the lake rose TO grcat height. Gao eye witness
says that millions OF barrels lifted up. After
the storm tho town OF Storm Lake was crowded
with mon seeking surgeons TO attend tho sufferers
FOUR PERSONS REPORTED DEAD
1t believed tbat the damage south Of here worry
great; reports say that four killed and forty
wounded. In Griffith neighborhood, north OF Pom.
eroy, IN unknown man had tho top OF his head cut
OIL by sharp board. An elderly lady was badly hurt
by lying timbcrs IN u house ut Fonda
WALL LAKE, iowa, April %. 1873.
fierce tornado struck this town yesterday, dc.
stroying part OF IT. Three persons wore hurt
STORM LAKE, Iowa, April GO, 1873.
A wind storm dii serious damage hero yesterday
Several persons IN this vicinity reported To have
been killed.