Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1882-06-28
HAVOC BY STORM.
IOWA.

IN
IOWA.
On the 18th inst, great storm
swept through the State of Iowa.
u. 5. GARRISON, editor Of the Des
Ntoines Reg,sfer, who has spent two
days ana mgnts In traversiny the
track OF the tornado, gives a very
graphic account OF the scenes he has
Witnessed. 1.-The tornado" ne saws,
'made q destructive sweep through
a thickiy settled portion of Iowa, |
some LOO miles IN iengtn and On an
average haii q mile wide, extending
from points south of AInes, In the
cenlro OF the State, and In the shape |
OF a crescent to south of Engisn. In
heokuk county. From tine south
eastern part of the State We have
the names now OF % OF the dead aud
500 OF the wounded, half of the lat
ter previously hurt and probably q
fifth of them fatally. Over 30O|
families have had their homes totally
destroyed, and there are now ut
least l,5UO persons homeless and in
want. The loss in property will ex-
ceed S2,0JO,O00 and may reach
S3,00o,0J0. In the town OF Ginneil
alone over S4oo, )OJ in property was
destroyed, ON hone OF wnicn was
there cent Of insurance as In the
case of fires. it Will take 100000
at once to put the wounded people
IN a condiuOn to be cared for. 1t
will take Sl,J00,00O at the lowest to
keep the sufferers from want and to
put the humblest of roofs over their
their heads. Grinnell is q town of
New England people, thrifty, intel
iigent people, and with the lowest
rate of CRIME and illiteracy in the
State and the highest rate of intelli-
gence and morality. This moloch of
the air, which has killed fifty of their
people, destroyed one hundred and
sixty of its houses, manned and mu-
tilated two hundred more of its peo-
pie, many of whom will soon die and
all of whom must be cared for for
months. and has wiped out totally
nearly half million dollars in unin-
sured property. lows College has
had all Its buildings destroyed, its
four hundred students made home
less and has suffered loss of S75,.
OOO OF uninsured property.
The condition of the other towns
and farming communities is fully as
pitiable and helpless All that the
people of Iowa can do will be done
to alleviate the condition and repair
III part the losses of the sufferers
But it will take $1,000, 900 to do it
even in halfway comfort and recon-
pense, and the people of State who
have always borne their share and
done their part in all national calam
tiles may it.y ask the people of 9th
er communities to help them in this
hour OF great calamity to many o.
the worthiest of its people; and t.
this end ask my fellows of the pres.
through the United States to place
the facts before their readers aut
give their timely help to its sufficien
T purpose Of raising and providing aic
at the earliest moment possible. Th,
fury and power OF this calami.,
, were as indescribable in their might
, mess uf strength as their havoc an,
power were cruel and complete
! Many people were bereft OF thei
l houses. Not splinter as large as
finger-not a shred of furniture a
large as skein of silk-remained
? and hundreds have no clothing LEI
q except what they had on. Littl
t children, with both parents killed
S were left by themselves, MANNED an
S wounded. Every condition of wo
/ exists that most tenderly appeals t
2 tho pity of the human heart
: Wounds inflicted by tho debris ths
e filed the air like chaos, by electri
e balls of fire that seemed to travers
9 every inch of space and that exploC
!, ed with fearfully fatal effects, wi
q many of them, defy all skill an
Il nursing, even with the tenderest car
IT The fury of the storm, which Va
lie clearly Of electric origin and whicI
: indeed. may be described as havin
been electricity itself. may be unde
:. stood IRON the statement that at Y
N rious places it took up in its gre
Is spin ais or tunnels houses a thousar
4 feet in the air and took up and ca
r. ried large droves OF cattle throue
< the air for thousands of feet al
n dashed them down dead in hsap
IL Many thousands of cattle, horse
" hogs and other animals now lie
~ track Of the tornado and are alfea,
IN rotting and adding to the horror t
a. foul and pervading odors of putt
1s faction. The horrors OF the s.orl
". the unspeakable cruelties it inhict'
th and the pitiless woe OF its coming
It. the night, when the dead were n
o known and the wounded could n
ur be found. the sud state in which
has left hundl eds OF families, befo
-, prosperous, may not be described
- =; wor1.S, but once known to genero
;,a hearts, it mus. command the insta
y sympathy Of the liberal for INN
st diate help. Reinittances may
ha made to the Hon j. B. Grinneil,
# Grinnell, or to the Mayor of Gri
:, nell.
er About two years ago Methodi
re. preacher De-Hughes Of Westiel
he n. j., suddenly committed suicide,
IN was supposed, by jumping offa fer
he boat. The town IVES shocked over t
to occurrence. Two years of time b
rs almost closed the general talk OF t
lie, suicide, when behold the other 1
i'll information was received that t
to preacher was not drowned, but
or living in an Ohio town well and ha
or py. Now they say there WAS q vo