Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-06-05

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dwelling belonging to q gardener
was blown down. There was no loss
of life, however, as reported yester-
day. The G. B. Il @. railroad was
damaged slightly as to the track, but
the bridges all stood the flood in good
order.
The Central, however, did not fare
so WELL and in the north part of the
State the storm was unusually severe.
The little town of Rockwell, in Cerro
Gordo county, was, we are told, pref
ty generally wrecked by the storm,
three persons being killed outright,
and one house was blown entirely
away so that no vestige of it remains.
The bridge over North Fork creek,
north of Sheffield, was blown down,
and freight train consisting of on.
CINE, tender and three or four box
cars were thrown into the stream
from the effects of the storm, where
they still remain.
The worst storm of the season in
this vicinity, came around yesterday
evening about 5 o'clock and gave the
eastern outskirts of. the city little
attention which did considerable
damage. A dwelling house belong
ing to man by the name of Dane
brauck, a one story frame, was picked
up, twisted to pieces, dashed to the
ground and scattered all over the
country, some Of the contents having
been carried q half mile or more
through the air. Mrs. d. was severe
ly injured by being lifted out of the
debris and dashed violently against a
tree.
The residence of Hugh tanning was
picked up from the foundation turned
around three or four times and crush
ed like an egg shell on the ground.
OF the contents of the house only
three or four chairs have been found
unbroken. No one luckily was at
home.
A barn belonging to John Kite
was also torn to pieces and thrown
down.
The cyclone, for such it was, passed
within one hundred yards of the
house of E. Stoy and carried his
fence with it as if it had been feath-
ers. Trees were pulled out Of the
ground and twisted as a bunch of
straw, the funnel shaped cloud being
full of dust, tree tops, fence boards,
posts, SC. Mr.. S. was in an out house
which as soon as he left it was sent
kiting and he turned double sum-
mersault lighting on his nose.
The premises Of George Withered
was badly damaged as to fences and
his fine orchard almost completely
ruined, several trees being pulled up
or twisted of, and the fruit pretty
generally blown from the remaining
trees.
A small tenement, near the resi-
dence of John r Shepherd, was I'M
rooted, and an old lady living in the
house somewhat injured.
A correspondent graphically de-
scrihes the progress of the storm fur
Their east 40 follows:
At about 5 o'clock, p. M, on yester-
day, fearful cyclone travelling in
southeasterly direction struck the
timber near Alex. Giltner's farm four
miles east of this city and destroyed
within its limits large amount of
valuable property. The wind was
very severe in width for quite dis
lance, but the most damage was done
within the space of about twenty rods.
Mr.. Giltner sustained the severest
loss of any one along the course, for q
distance of two miles, being as far as
we have received any information in
regard to it. His fences were leveled
to the earth, smoke house elevated
from its foundation, torn to pieces
and the fragments scattered quite
distance from where it formerly stood.
His log stable with four horses tied
in it was leveled with the manager,
but not horse in any manner injur-
ed. Three-fourths Of his orchard was
uprooted, and two large apple trees
were carried by the wind distance
of 100 feet. Two large cottonwood
trees which were standing within 8
feet of his dwelling house were twist
ed off at the grounds while the house,
although yet standing is wrecked and
shocked in such manner as to need
q great amount of repairing. His
two horse corn cultivator was carried
distance of so yards and when
found it was discovered to be turned
upside down with an iron axle and
cast iron wheel broken. He also lost
number of chickens and turkeys,
besides large quantity of provisions
including Is bushels Of buckwheat
which he had stored away in his
smoke house. From Mr.. Giltner's it
struck Mart. Israels farm, lifting fem
ce posts out of the ground and scat
tering posts, wire and plank in all
directions; some of the plank being
found a mile distant. Its course was
then between the residences of MIR.
Dreamer and Mr.. Dimmit's, tearing
down and destroying everything in
its way as far as the eye could per-
ceive. One man near Mr.. Creamer's
farm had his hat torn from his head
and carried away, but he hugapd on
to the underside of q big clQd roller
and refused to accompany It. We
learned of no one being seriously
hurt, in fact, of being in any way in
jured, but Mr. Youken who was struck
on the back with piece Of flying
rail. ,JUTEs.
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