Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1882-06-21
TERRIBLE CYCLONE.
Great Loss Of Life and Property

MONIES. The town OF Grnnell was
struck by it and half of the town
left in ruins.
The following is the latest inform
alton, which was received from Grin
nell yesterday, at 4:50 a. M: A
special train from Des Moines
reached this place at $40 o'clock,
with twelve physicians on board,
from Des MONIES.
At Colfax and Kellogg the situa-
ton is even worse than first reports
made it appear There are 32 peo-
pie dead, and about 100 or more
wounded
Eight deaths are reported from
Macolb, which place is entirely de-
stroyed.
Brooklyn has also suffered Some
eight of the students are badly in>
iured. They have been dug out of
the ruins. The Chaplin House is
turned into d hospital, and some of
the most dangerous cases are being
taken there.
A special, sent at 1880 o'clock,
says: From numerous and cons
tradicting stories of the startled
citizens we gather the story of a
deep, roaring sound, preceding a
funnel-shaped cloud.
G. Pitman's house was completely
leveled, burying Pitman, his wife
and three children. His wife's sister
and her little baby and three year
old girl Hattie was taken out dead.
Her boy, Harry, w-s fatally injured,
and Arthur slightly injured. Not
far away, at the residence of Mr..
Lewis, an old gentleman and lady
were killed. From here the storm
pursued zigzag direction to the
north of the city. Wnen, after
wiping out the finest residences in a
portion of The city, it moved toward
the college. The next building was
dumped into heap OF lath ana plas
ter and broken tlmbers, burying be-
meath it eight students who roomed
therein, all of whom were afterwa, DIS
rescued, more or less injured, but
one of them subsequently died. In
a two story house Miss Abbie Agaid
was killed There is hardly a sign
left Of house III the vicinity. A
block which contained nine houses,
all beautiful, was leveled to the
ground. In one house of this block,
4 persons were killed, Mr.. Ford and
wife, a hired girl and Mr.. Tatten.
In this vicinity J. W. Williams house
was unroofed, Prof. Herrick's and
Mrs. Morris two houses were bunch
ed together. The scenes around the
ruins are heart rending. The engine
house, where nineteen of the dead
bodies are laid out, presents sight
that brings back army days. Some
of the dead bodies are still In the
wrecks of their homes. The number
of injured range up among the hun,
dreds at Mallcot, and seven are
dead.
A special from Grinnell says ::
The surgeons now report that Al are
dead at Grinnell, and that or 6
more cannot live through the night,
| The number of wounded exceeds
$50, and the number Of houses de-
stroyed are between 140 and $50.
The loss of property is now esti-
mated at S6O0.0O0. 1t is feared the
number deaths at G,innell viii reach
IS. News has been received that
Mr.. James wife and two daughters
and two other persons living 4 miles
northwest of Grinnell are dead. II
is now thought that the loss of life
outside of Grlnnell will reach 20,
and the total loss near y 100.
METROPOLIS, ILL, June ia terri
BILE cyclone struck this city yestere
day evening, blowing down several
houses and killing Dick Turner, cap
sizing and sinking the steamer Jen-
ME Walker, aud scattering the har-
vested wheat in the vicinity. The
damage is very heavy.
ATCHIsoN, KAs., June 19.-The
mails and travellers being more ac>
curate, repyrts of the effects OF
Friday nights storm show that ii
extended southwark and ives ward
Of Kansas City, and that it did
greater damage than was at first
supposed Many small towns and
hamlets were visited, and AL are IN
mourning over the loss of life and
property. A family of three are re-
| ported to have been drowned on 6
flat boat 120 miles below here.
Boone, Iowa, June 19.-The tor
nado which struck the southwestern
part of Boone County Saturday eve.
ming at s clock, was plainly seer
here, and seemed 40 miles away
Reports are just coming in of the
great destruction caused in that sec.
ton.
Iowa City, Iowa, June 19-Fron
ten to twelve persons are reported
to have lost their lives at Irish Ridge
by the cyclone.
BURLINGTON, Iowa, June ia
IL o'clock Saturday night terrific
storm passed in southwesterly di-
rection in Desmoines and Henry
Counties. In Burlington only rail-
and hail fell. but a mile south of the
city the hurricane blew down barns
houses and orchards, and destroyed
a vast amount of property. Nobod.
is reported killed. The electrica
display was remarkable. The sky wal
aglow constantly for two hours
Al Mount Pleasant, twenty eigh
miles west, the hurricane was very
destructive. Two storms met owe
) the town at 11:30 O'Clock, and, &C
companied by rain and hail, brok
. in a fearful fury, demolishing entire
D ly the Baptist Church, which cos
a $4,000. The spire of the Presbyte
rian Church was lifted high in tn
n air, and the inverted point struc
the sidewalk, in front of the church
and was driven many feet in tn
oround The towers of all tn