The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1882-06-21
The Loss of Life and Property at Burling
ton-A dditional Particulars From Grun
nell and Malcolm.

The Loss of Life and Property at Burling-
ton-a dditional Particulars From Grun-
nell and Malcolm.
BURLINGTON, Iowa, June l9.-Saturday
night at IL O'Clock terrific storm passed
in a southerly direction over Des Moines
and Henry Counties. In Burlington only
rain and hail fell, but one mile south of the
city hurricane blew down barns, houses
orchards, and destroyed a vast amount of
property. but none are reported killed. The
electrical display was remarkable. The sky
was agolw constantly for two hours. At
Mt. Pleasant, twenty-eight miles west, the
hurricane was very destructive. Two storms
met over the town at 1850, aud accom- pa
MED by rain and hail broke In fearful fuiy,
demolishing entirely the Baptist Church
which cost $4,000, flung the spire from the
Presbyterian Church high in the air and in
verting 1t. The point struck the sidewalk
in front of the Church, and was driven into
the ground many feet.
The towers and roofs of all the Churches
in the place were blown off and otherwise
damaged. Nearly every business house in
the city was unroofed and damaged, and
the park in the Public Square filled with
tin roofs, rolled into punches like wads of
paper. The rain damaged much merchan-
disc and lasted.but forty minutes Three
hundred dwellings are unroofed and DAM
aged. Not single chimney is standing and
thousands of trees twisted OFF. Three large
brick schools are in ruins, but the College
building escaped, being protected by fine
grove OF trees in the campus which are
down. Only two persons are reported killed,
mother and son, named Scott, who live
near the city. Nine persons were injured in
the town. The Insane Hospital with GOO IN
mates, in the track of the storm, is not dam
aged. The loss In Mount Pleasant is above
$3.50 600. Fifty freight cars standing on a
side-track east of Mount Pleasant were car
RED upon the main line, and a c., B. and
O. freight collided there wrecking them
completely. The engineer, A. NJ. Parmeter,
was slightly injured.
There are new developements to-day of
the destruction by the cyclone at Grinnell.
No further deaths are reported to-day, but
upto IL o'clock tonight forty-one deaths had
occurred at Grinnell and twenty-three at
outside points, seventeen of them at Nal
colin and that vicinity. and five in the Coun-
ty northwest of Grinnell. The doctors saw
that six or seven, and even more of the
wounded at Grinnell will not live twenty
four hours; and some of the physicians put
the final death-roll at Grinnell alone more
than fifty, while some fear it will reach as
nigh as seventy-five. Of the wounded in
ehoe LILY bhCiC dlC iOM ONcI Known
cases, and some sixty of them more or less
serious. In the County are also several
serious cases of injury. The best posted
men at Grinnell yesterday estimated the
death-roll as very likely to reach 100. 1t is
now sixty-four as we have il. There were
six deaths yesterday and last night, among
the To rest that OF Conductor Deigner, of the
and forty-three is now estimat-
ed as the number of dwelling houses
destroyed by the tornado in GrinneIl 1t is
estimated this entails a loss of $500, ,OCO now.
which is nearly the total loss, as hardly any
OF them are insured against tornadoes or
anything but fire. J. b. Grinnell states
that fifty of the people in losing their homes
lose all they have in this world Outside of
Grinnell and in Malcolm and in the coun-
try there is also an immense loss. Probably
the aggregate of all will not foot up less
than $750,000 Some of the business men of
GrinDell think its actual loss will be larger
rather than less.
The following are the losses in Grinnell:
L. Worcester. total, 81, 200; Charles Hobart,
partial, g., 900; Mrs. A. Scott partial, 50, ,OO0
Rev. J. w. Chamberlain, total, s., 600; Col
lege building, $4,000; Dodge, of Boston,
total. 81 900; Charles Ridley, total. 50. 600:
s. \. Saunders, total. 5000; G. q III. |
Stevens, partial, $1,000; Ferguson, total, |
$1,000; Mrs Mary b. Day, total, 81, 500; |
DIR. Clark, total, 81 600; Rufus Kicker, total, |
S1,5O0; w. A. Carhart, total, s., 200; Charles |
+. Craven, total, $1,000; A. Larabee, total |
So 600; DIR. 4. w. Clam, partial, 81 900; NJ |
Stevens, partial. $1,000; Kimball r. Merrill |
partial. s1.00: l.. G. Phillips. total. 5000;
Gathrie. total, $1,000; Widow Clement, total,
81, ,0C0; Rev. A. V. Everest, partial, /, 600:
Mrs. Murray, partial, 500.
This is very incomplete list, and perhaps
does not include one-fffth of them.
DETROIT. June 10. Yesterday about noon
, cyclone struck the southeast of Bay City,