The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1882-06-21
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cut W the Late Tornado. Ia louA-A Macedonian
Appeal for AID for Suffering aud Di,trea.a II. 4
" humaalty-Ttrrlbls Picture Of tho it3 5i
3ts Havoc Wrought by the Storm, y 4 s 4 u.

t tt"s aao ot Haao III ioWa DeGihS at Jciterson, ,sg
w miles west Of Grinnell, and goes east
ward a few miles south md parallel and I
keeps that course to Marshall county where,
It turns southeast and goes straight Is y
Grlnnell, thence to Iron Ridge, IA milea
southeast of Brooklyn. It then took d h
southerly turn 10 Henry county and thence
to Mt Pleasant, where itss,opped. Tho q
distance from Jefferson to Mt. Pleasant Is 4
200 miles, and the velocity storm was Iabouut:i,
60 miles an hour W; ts'2,:8: N ;.s.
DEsAlolSEs, L., June 2O.-The following IL
appeal for aid has been furnished tho sAs-G I.
sociated Press, with request for its publi.s
cation in all the papers in tho country: N
TorliE punLlc: Alter two days and nights
spent IN trayersing the track Of the tornado
that swept over this State with such fear. \
fnl havoc last Saturday night, and having u
reports from scores Of reporters the Reggi..er,sl
and Associated Press sent to all parts ofit,S
| find tho condition Of the stricken plcro,iple! Il
80 pitioas and so nccdful Of instant and &
generous help that ! send thisappeal to tthet
people OF the United States in their behalf.
The tornado made swatll OF dcstruclions
through the thickIy settled portion tIowya 4
some l5o miles in length and an average of Z
halt a mile in width, extending from "a Il
point south Of Ames, in the centre Of the q
State, and swept in the shape OF 4 crescent.
To South English, in keoknk county, in tiie q
southeastern part oil the State. D We have 4.
the names now OF sixty-ninc dead md 500fs
wounded, half Of the latter are badly 3hurtsE
and probably one.tifth OF them iatally,Is
Over 800 families have had their homcAg u
destroyed, and there arc now ut least / 500 z;
homeless and i'll want. 81 y Es
The loss III property will exceed s., 900 81
600, and may reach s3,O00,OOO. gIn4theS
town OF Grinnell alone, over ESlOO, 900 5inES
property was destroyed, on none OF whichi5
was Il cent OF insurance, and III some cases =
it will take at least 100000 10 put lie peo.
pie there beyond need. SItwlli take SiOO,-S
900 ut once to put the wounded in condi.S1
ton to be cared for. It will tike 500, 600 at
| the lowest TO keep the sufferers from want Il
and help them to put the hulnblest OF roofs x
over there heads. The people of b Des s.
Moines and Iowa nie 4 responding
generously. The citizens Of this city have
subscribed $4,000 and will make it $50 GOO
before night in money, and nrc also sends
ing provisions and cloihing besides. Y But
it will take the help OF every humane cityi's
and town III the West. and OF every liberal a
city and town in the East, to nut comfort
and safety between this stricken I people V
and further suffering nnd fatality. i5$,Ss S
Grinnett is a town Of New England peo. s
pie, thrifty and intelligent II men 4 and s
women, with the lowest rate Of crime and y
illiteracy in the State and the highest rate K
OF intelligence and morality. Rich{toWn
Of the east may well help these sons and e
daughters OF New England in distress and IS
need in the utter calamity visited on them 81
so cruelty by this monarch 2of the air.IE
which has killed fifty Of their people and &
44aiestroyed lGO OF its houses, maimed and g
mutilatcd 200 more OF its people, many33of i:
whom will soon die and uii OF whom must ~
becared forior months sand wiped outtotally.a
nearly hall million dollars Of unjnsuredg Y
property. Iowa College has had I'LL \ itsss53
buildings DESTROYED and its four hundred =
students made homeless, and has suffered Y
q loss Of $4,000 in uninsured property.s
The condition OF the other towns Fand v
farming communities is fully as pitiable
and helpless iAll that d tho s peopleS,S
| OF Iowa can do will be L done toS@
alleviate the condition and 5repair55SinS@
part the losses OF the sufferers, but 3it viii d
take a million dollars 10 do Sit,f even Rins$
half comfort, and the people Of .the: State Il
who have always borne their, share md I'll
done their part in all National ciiiamities1s
may fitIy ask the people Of otherZcou-ssg
munities to help them iii this llour' OF great n
calamity TO many OF the worthiest OF ;itsg II
people, and TO this end ask my fellows 81 Il
the press throughout the United States Is "
place these facts before their rea,lerssand n
to give their timely help 10 it. ~ ss
The fury und power OF the calamity were "
| as indescribablc in their .miehtiness and Al
strength ms their havoc and power ! were
cruel and complete. Many people were q!
bereit Of their houses, not a splinter as biz ii
as finger, not u shred Of furniture Ms large
as skein OF silk remaining, and hundredsf Il;
have no clothing left except the might
clothing they had on. i
The cases Of exceptional horror and cScep.s
tional pathos were little children with;both&;
parents killed, who were left woundCd: NJ
Every condition Of woe exists tlut most
tenderly appeals 10 the pity OF the human "a
heart. Wounds were inflicted by3lebrjs II
that filled the air like Chaos, by the electric
balls Of fire that seemed to traverse every;
inch Of space, and that exploded with fears-YSSg
fully fatal effect. Many OF them mtwill defy;5sss
al! skill and nursing. Theiury OF the storms m
was clearly Of electric origin, which,:
indeed, may be described rs having been IS
electricity itself.
The horrors Of the storm, the unsp,e ca ka.s
bic crticlties that it inflicted, the pitiess; ; y
woe Of its coming in the night. whGnit ss
dead were not known; md tthe SwonnjadS n
could not DO found, tho fp!teous !. stato md
which it has left hundreds of families be- ss
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