The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1882-06-22


had not returned from the city centre, which
accounts for the fact that it was mostly
women and children who were killed. A cit
izen described the scene after the rain stop
ped as awful and heart rending.
The following bodies have been recovered
at Grinnell:
Mr.. Phipps' child.
Miss r. Morton.
Mrs. Cues son, ten years old.
3. H. Burgett, student, Deep River.
E. B. Chase. student, Storm Lake
Miss Abbie Agard, student
w. II. Fey, brakeman.
Mrs. Farderburg.
Mrs. Cullison.
Olive Hough.
Miss Ellen Hough,
Mrs. Vanderbilt, Fairfax.
Ed and Lizzie Clement.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lewis.
w. n. and Mrs. Ford.
Miss Upton.
Mrs T. b. Totten.
Mr.. Alexander's little son.
Infant son Of Mrs. Hough.
Mrs Griswold, widow.
Miss Susie Rayer.
Hattie Pitnam.
Mrs. Leibee Towards little son.
NJ. o. D. James, wife and two daughters.
Mrs C. J. Bayer.
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Mr.. Guthres' infant child.
Thos. Shockley, badly bruised.
Mrs. Shocllley is severely if not fatally in
jured.
Miss Mary Shockley had limb broken.
Mrs Cue is fatally injured; it is thought
she cannot recover.
Mr. Ed Griswold is badly cut about the
head.
A young man, name unknown, visiting at
1oI l.
Seven persons in the house Of Nath'l Ellis
injured.
Nathl Ellis, fatally.
Mrs. Nathl Ellis, slightly.
Wilson Ellis, seriously.
Mrs. Wilson Ellis, seriously.
Dora, Fanny and James Ellis. aged thir-
teen ten and five respectively, seriously in
jured.
Two little girls slightly.
Henry Pittnan injured.
One girl dead.
A boy injured and another badly hurt
His wife slightly, and perhaps seriously
injured.
Andy Rhineport, hurt.
S. Stone and wife, bailey hurt
Mr.. Pierce was blown over block into
window and quite badly injured.
Clndenin, wife and child seriously in
wifes thigh out of place; boys face fearful
ly mashed and eyes put out.
Mrs +. G. Taylor, not expected to live.
Mr.. Terry, collar bone broken, wife hurt.
Mr.. Cullisons son, seriously injured.
Ike Mncer, hurt, wife badly injured.
Mrs Fairfaxs son not expected to live.
kendall's son, injured
John CUrtiss seriously injured.
Mrs. Wm A. Reed of Des Moines, Mrs.
81 mi,
rib broken, etc. Walter and Annette were
painfully but not dangerously hurt.
KILLED AT MALCOM.
At Malcolm the following were killed:
Chas. Wheeler.
Mrs. Akers.
Mrs. Myers and Mother.
Van Middleman.
Peter Craft.
Isaac Wilson and two children.
Mrs. Akers was just ready to join her hus.
band, a brother of State Superintendent
Akers, in Denver.
The wounded are:
Margaret Murray.
John Doffus.
Miss Shearin.
Mrs. Weatherby.
Johnny Akers
Lizzie and Della Bohrenfuse The latter
thought not to be fatally injured.
Mrs. Rodgers.
Surgeons report forty-one dead at Grinnell,
ana say live or six more cannot live through
the night. Dognan, Rock Island conduc-
tor, is dead The surgeons reported that the
wounded would exceed $50, and the number
OF houses destroyed or ruined is between
140 and $50. The total loss of pr operty is
now estimated at $600,000. It is feared that
the number of deaths at Grinnell will vet
reach seventy-tive.
The whirling fiend struck straight across
the Iowa Centra]1railroad, and directly in its
CINE was lifted completely off the track and
the train tipped on the other side. Across
the track Of the wind was the building OF
Prof J. w. Chambcrlin, treasurer Of the COL
iege, which was gathered up in sections and
dumped in disjOinted heap, portion up
side down. 1t is a total ruin. DR.. r. N. SCOTS
house was turned almost completely around.
q. w. Hobart's elegant residence and barn
are completely gone. Near by stood the two
story house in which Miss Abbie Agard was
killed. There is hardly a sign left Of it, In
the vicinity stood the house of Henry Nc
Cornell, who was going around almost de-
mented. The house was pile oflath, splint-
ers and plaster. Retracing our steps among
acres of ruins in the vicinity, we come to a
block which contained nine houses, all but
one leveled to the ground. In one house ri
this block four persons were killed-Mo.
Ford, wife and hired girl and Mr.. latter.
In this vicinity E. W. Williams house was
unroofed. Prof. Herrick's and Mrs Morris
two honses were launched together. Not far
off stood Lucy Saunders fine residence, and
what of 1T that is not scattered over the adj
joining country is dumped into the cellar.
There were ten people in Saunders CELLAR
all escaped. Mr.. Taylor and Mrs. Days
houses = are both gone; also the home of
Hon: G: F. Raven and the large new
The side and top of B. clark LARK:
house were blown off; also barn. The
home of Mr.. Merrill of Kimball and Merrill
is unroofed. Then followed rows of houses
as flat on the ground as space will allow
among them John Corhants, Rufus Reckless,
B. Schatfers, editor of the Signal, then Prof.
Books residence and L. G. Phelps and a
house belonging to VIM. Hover The hur-
ricane took everything north of President
Magowen's house, leaving that uniniured.
In the northwest corner of the city the storm
leveled the house Of Wilson Ellis, as
also that of J: NJ. Russ. His wife
was moved six feet from its foundation.
The dwelling of Attorney Dunn was leveled;
also G. B. Hunnell's dry goods merchant
new house. Mrs. Griswold was killed, and
her house demolished. John Merrill's
house was blown a distance apparently in
the teeth of the wind, and not sign is left.
The house of Madison Howard and the
house of George Hamlin. cashier of the First
National bank, are in ruins; George Jennings
new 5000 house is in kindling wood and
broken plaster. Two houses belonging to