Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1882-06-19
A SIMOON.
The Town of Grinnell, Iowa. Half
Destroyed. - p
Thirty-wo People Killed and One Hundred
Wounded-The Iowa College Pros
trated-Particulars Of the
Sad Tragedy.

DEs MONIES, Iowa, June 1.-THE lateness
of the hour at which anything like authen-
tic statements could be had last night,
from the tornado at Grinnell, and the
consequent prostration of the wires pre-
vented any report being sent out.
The first startling reports of loss of life
were soon confirmed, and later and authen-
tic reports swelled the list of dead at Grin
nell to about 40, with several severely hurt,
and Cornell College buildings ruined
Eight, at Least,
were killed at Macon Station, nine miles
east CT Grinnell, and several living in the
farming district A freight train on the
Rock Island railroad, between the towns,
was caught in the wind and badly wrecked,
detaining trains west three hours, and
freight train on the Iowa Central, just
north of Grinnell, was also badly derailed.
The
First Authentic News
of the terrible havoc was received as fol-
lows:
KELLOGG, June II, 11:50 P. M.-Both col
lege buildings at GrinneIl are blown down,
with half the north part OF the town IN
ruins, and large number killed and in
iured. You can send doctors on passen-
ger train No. ., which will be held to bring
them"
Soon after the following dispatches were
received by Superintendent Royce, Of the
C.R.I.& P. Ry. Co. wire:
"GRINSELL, June is, 12:47 A. M-Reports
coming in from the wrecked portion OF the
city are hourly becoming more heartrend-
ing. 1t is impossible to judge the extent
of loss of life or damage to property.
Physicians already have more cases than
they can attend to properly, and are anx-
ious for help from other cities.
mo. II was wrecked one mile and hall
east of here, and Conductor Deigman and
some of his passengers were seriously hurt.
The head brakeman is missing, and four
teen cars are said to be blown clear off the
track and two wrecked on the track. The
track is not much damaged from water.
No telegraph communication in any direc-
ton"
From so 10 100 Injured.
"GRINNELL, June lS-l2:50 A. M.-Our
city is half in ruins by cyclone, from hVe
to Ten killed and from fifty 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 nalf oi
the best residences are fiat on the ground.
(Signed) G. NJ. CHRISTIAN
Shortly after one o'clock a special train
bearing Superintendent Royce, Superln
tendent Quick, Doctors Hanna, Walt
Priestly, Patchin, Gallagher, Smith and
Rawson, Capt. J. X. Power, George Sand
brun, Col. Green, George Howell, some
Register reporters and several employees o
the road left. No satisfactory news was OBJ
tanned on account of a break in the wires
until the RECEIPT of the following:
GRISNELL, June 49, 40 A. MA specia
train from DesMoines reached this place al
$40 with twelve physicians on board from
DesMoines, Colfax and Kellogg. The situa
ton is worse than even the first reports
made it appear.
Thirty-two People are Dead
and about 100 are wounded. Eight deaths
are reported from Malcolm, which is en-
tirely leyeled and destroyed. Brooklyn has
also suffered some. Some eight OF the stu
dents are bodily injured, having been dug
out of the rui ms.
DEsMoREs, Iowa, June 1S.-A forbade
swept through Central Iowa, late tonight
its path running from northwest to south
east, from twenty miles north OF Desmores
The town of Grinnell was struck by 1t anC
reports from there sent out to the next sta
ton west are that half of the town is II
ruins and some twenty or thirty people are
killed and one hundred wounded. Both the
large buildings of the Iowa College arr
blown fiat to the ground.