The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1882-06-22

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st once TO ,.ur he wounded people
IA condition u br cared fr. Il will |
take 4 million dollars "A; Least u keep
the sufferers from want and help them
ia put he humbirst of roofs over their
lie,scs.
The people OF Des AIoines and Iowa
| are responding generously The eih
ms o. this cuy have subscribed $4,000
this morning aad viii make il $4,000
before night u. money ami other articles
| THEY are sending provisions and cloth
| ing besides. but it viii AXE half of every
humane city and town in The west and
Of every city and town ia the east Is put
comfort and safety between these s;rick-
en- people and further suffering and IA
| tality. GTiRnell is town OF New Ens-
lands thrifty and intelligent people and
| with the lowest rate of crime and Hitter
| aey in the state. and tie highest Fate Of
| intelligence and morality.
| The rich towns of the east may well help
these SOILS and daughters of New Eng
land IN their distress and need made by
the calamity visited upon them So cru
elly by these molochS of the air which
has killed fifty OF their people, destroyed
100 OF their houses, manned and mutt
lated 20O more of its people, many
of whom will soOn die, and all of whom
must be cared for for months. and wiped
out totally nearly half million dollars
in uninsured property.
The Iowa college had all ITS buildings
destroyed; its 400 students made home
less; and suffered "a loss Of $75 900 IN
uninsured property.
The condition al the other towns and
farming communities is fully AS pitiable
and helpless. All that the p, ople al
Iowa can do vii! be done 10 alleviate
the condition and repair in part the
l,.sseS of its sufferers, but il will take
= millions Of dollars To do IT even in halt
{ comfort, and The people of the state, whH
have always borne their shsre and done
their part IN all The national calamities
\ may fairly ask the people of other com
muniii,s Ia help them in this hour oi
, | great calamity TO many of the most
/ worthy at its people, and Ia this end
| ask my fellows of the press throughout
| The United States Ia place these facts
, heto-e their readers, and Ia give tlieii
/ timely help to its sufficient purpose o
raising aud providing aid at an early
I moment The fury and power of thi:
1 | calamity were as intlescribablc in IhuiI
light of strength as their havoc anC
powers were cruel and complete. Many
, | people are bereft ol their holIstS
noi a splinter as large as a finger
!. not a shred of furniture as large
i
!: ,IIetls have ma clnIhing left except Tho
4 niyili-cl0lhes they had on. here are
9 cases of exceptional hOFTor and cXcep
a Iinnal palhos. Little children will
r both parents killed, were left maine,
:. and wounded themselves. Every conhi
! ten Of woe is existing that most ten
!. DERBY appeals Ia the pity of the human
heart.
The wounds inflicted by the debri
~ l.. q 4,
= electric balls OF fire That seemed la ira
q verse every inch of space and that tx
!, plnded with feaIiuity fatal effect, will
n make many al them defy all skill AM
N nursing. The fury nj the storm, which
:, was clearly of au electric origin ant
4 which indeed is described as having
been electricity itself precipitated ii
u chaos, may be understood from the STATE
= menis in numerous places that il tool
> up, in its great spiTals or tunnels, horse
- a thousand feet high, aud took up an
carrie d u large flock Of cattle through
- the air for IA thousand feet and dashe
them down dead in heaps.
~ Many thousands of cattle, horses, hog
r and other animals now lie in the trac
OF the tornado, already rotting and ado
"A ing To the hot weather tho horror of pit
n trcfaction--to the foul and pcrvadin
:. odors that are being given off by tn
a millions of tons of decaying matter Lei
q in the wake OF the storm, the unspeaki
BILE cruelties that it inflicted. the pitiles
woe of its coming in the night, whe
"a the dead were not known and the wouI
d ded could not be found
d The portions OF the state in which
l. left hundreds of families destitute, ma
er not be described in words but ono
h known TO the generous hearts, mus
IS command the instant sympathy of tn
IS liberal and immediate help. ItemIttanC
ir may be made 10 the Hon. j. i. Grinnel
Is at Grinnell, or the mayor of Grinnell.
N write from the knowledge oftwO Who'll
IL days and nights spent in the scene {
desolatiOn and among the dead ant
wounded, and tell the facts of the multi
"a tude of horrors and simply as they arr
N feeling that they will themselves best n
lie peal to the country, and most effectuall
aid the sufferers.
Ia [Signed j. s CLARKsoN,
,r Editor Des Moines Register
at THE FIRST To SEND AID.
J. Iowa CITY, June 20.-This city We
ii terlay morning sent large cargo {
Of supplies to GrinEell. and was cIcdite
10 10y the relief committee with being III
first city TO send aid.