The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1882-06-22
Havoc Wrought by n Tornado

One of the most terrific cyclones ever seen in
the West brought death and destruction IN
several States. On the day after the storm
the following dispatch was sent from Des
Moines, Iowa:
"a tornado swept through Central Iowa late
last night from northwest to southeast from
twenty miles north of Des Moines. The town
of Grinnell was struck by it and half of the
town was left in ruins. The following dispatch
was received from Grinnell early this morning:
"'Our city half in ruins by acyclone From
five to ten persons are killed and from hfty to
one hundred wounded. Send doctors from
Newton and Des Moines by special train. we
have no wires working outside OF the town.
Send Immediately, by order of the mayor OF
the city. Both college buildings and half OF
our best residences are fat on the ground"
A short time after l A. NJ. special train
bearing twelve physicians from Des Moines.
Colfax and Kellogg proceeded to the scene OF
the disaster, reaching there at $40 A. NJ. A
dispatch says that thirty-two are dead and lOO
or more wounded.
Eight deaths are reported from Malcolm,
which is entirely leveled and destroyed. Brook
lyn has also suffered somewhat Some eight
students are badly Injured, having been dug
out of the ruins. The Chaplin house has been
turned into hospital. Some of the most dan
gerous cases are being cared for there.
A later Dispatch from Grinnell said that forty
one were dead and that five or six more could
not live through the night. The surgeons re-
port that the number of wounded exceeds lou.
The number of houses destroyed is between
140 and 150 The total loss of property is
estimated at $780, GOO. 1t is feared that the
number of de tths at Grinnell will reach
seventy-ive. The path of the tornado is now
well defined as having been about twenty-five
miles long and half mile wide, extending five
miles northwest of Grnnel and twenty miles
southeast. News has been received that Mr..
James, his wife and two daughters and two
other persons living four miles northwest OF
Grindell are dead. 1t is now thought that the
loss OF life outside of Grinnel will reach
twenty-five and the total loss nearly 100
Eight persons at least were killed at Nal
| colin Station, nine miles east of Grinnell, and
| several were killed in the farming district be-
| tween those towns. freight train on the
| Rock Island railroad was caught in the wind
| between Grinnell and Malcolm Station and was
| badly wrecked. A freight train on the Iowa
| Central road was also derailed just north of
| Grinnell.
A despatch from Kansas City says: 1.-THE
most severe and destructive wind and rain
storm that has visited this city in years oc-
CURED between l and O'Clock yesterday
morning. The velocity of the wind was esti-
mated at sixty miles an hour. The rainfall
was heavy and the lightning terrific. Scarcely
| an exposed building in the city remained
| whole; chimneys were blown down, roofs
taken off, and in many cases houses ruined.
| Among the more serious losses are the iron
| DrlQBo, costing DGlNGtu tllS CltS dLu
Armourdale, three spans of which were car
| ried away; the street railroad stables were
damaged about $40, 900, and the court house.
which suffered to the same extent as Coats
| opera house, lost its roof. All the hotels were
| more or less injured, and business houses auC
dwellings in every part of the city suffered
| The total loss will probably reach 5000, 900. In
formation from the surrounding country shoai
that the storm was general and that great
damage was done to crops and property"
Cairo (Ill.) dispatch says: 'A heavy wint
and rain storm swept over this city about ;
o'clock P. NJ. to-day, doing considerable dam
age to roots and trees and overturning abou
twenty box cars in the Illinois Central yards
The Vincenne wharf boat was unroofed. A
the Beach Ridge colored man was killed, and
his wife, white woman, had her arm broker
by their house falling on them. The whea
crop along the narrow gauge railroad was bad
ly damaged. Telegraph communication being
cut off from other points, the damage to thi
section cannot be estimated at present. A
Metropolis City the storm was very heavy. l
blew wharf boat loose, sank the steamer Jen
ME Walker, blew down the chimneys of tn
steamer Paris Brown, sank coal barge, an
blew the roofs off -four mill and several othe
buildings"
A Leavenworth (Kan.) dispatch says: "A ter
rible wind. storm prevailed between II and
o'clock yesterday morning. st. Mary's Academy
four miles south OF this city, suffered greatly
The main tower was blown down upon the doI
mitory, crushing in the roof Ida Golden, An
ME Mcdonald and Mabel McLanathsn of thi
city, and Mary Austin, of Carrollton, Mo-, fror
eleven to fifteen years old, were instantly killed
About twenty other children were uninjured
The Kansas Central elevator was blown dowr
causing loss of $50 900. The loss in the cit
and county is about $5OO,OO0. Wheat is nc
seriously injured, but the fruit is half strippe
from the trees. There will be, nevertheless,
good crop. Anunknown man was blown int
the river and drowned. Barns and houses wei
blown down and unroofed, trees were uproote
and general devastation was wrought"