The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-06-25
To-Day's STORM.

DEs MONIES. Ia. June PA dispatch
just received by the Register from Fort
Dodge says: The M & St. L. dispatcher
says the town of Emmettsburg, the county
seat of Palo Alto county, was blown to
pieces this morning by a tornado, and over
one hundred people killed. Illinois Cen
trail and Chicago 81 Northwestern trains
were blown from the tracks, the Mil
waukee Il st. Louis road was wrecked by
washout north of Forest City, and there
are reports that three or four more towns
in the locality were blown to pieces. The
wires north of here are all down. and it is
impossible to get more news, but will
work hard to get everything possible.
CHICAGO June 24.-The Des Moines
agent of the Associated Press tclegraphs
as follows: I've are not able as yet to
get any more news of the reported disas-
ter at Emmetsburg, as the wires are SO
badly down. and Emmetsburg is naturally
somewhat isolated, bat have wired every
point near that place to give us details.
SIOUX CITY, IOWA
Sioux Cry, Ia, June 24.-A heavy
storm and rain passed over Northern
Iowa last night. Much damage to prop
erty is reported. A number of buildings
were moved from their foundations, and
some damage to crops is reported from
hail. freight car was blown from fhe
track on the Sioux City and St Paul rail
road. At Hosker's the depot building,
Catholic church, two grain warehouses
and a number of other buildings were
wrecked. At the. same station eighteen
freight cars were ditched The violence
OF the storm causes a good deal of un-
easiness. At LeMars no serious damage is
reported from there. The storm struck
Spencer, on the line of the Chicago, Mil
waukee and St. Paul road about O'Clock
this morning, scattering lumber piles and
demolishing partly enclosed house. At
Emmettsburg, further east, hesresults were
more serious. A splendid new school
house nearly finished was completely de-
stroycd, and other buildings were damaged
and several persons injured, some quite
severely, in many other stations along the
line of the road. Union mills was blown
to pieces, and in a number of cases cars
were blown from the track. Full reports
are difficult to obtain on account of the
prostration of the wires. The storm did
not partake the nature of cyclone.
LATER
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cyclone at Emmettsburg were greatly exag
gerated. There was severe storm of
wind and four or five buildings blown
down, but no one killed
YANKFeS, June "A. violent storm
visited this city at about 5 O'Clock this
afternoon. It was accompanied by rain and
electricity The Press office was partially
unroofed and many shade trees were des
troyed.
ROCKFORD, H., June PA terrible
hail storm and tornado visited here to day
doing great damage to crops The cherry
crop is totally destroyed. The corn fields
in its track is entirely ruined. Window
glass was broken in nearly every building
in the city. No one injured.
MINNEAPOLIS, june 24-Rain fell in
all parts of the state in perfect torrents last
night. The Zumbro river at Rochester
rose suddenly overflowing the lower part
of the city doing considerable damage.
There has been undoubtedly much loss of
stock if not of life along the valley