The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1882-06-20
FATAL STORM.
Sa. urday and Sundays Ter
rible Record.
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A Fearful LoEs of Human Lives and
Scores Of Persons Wounded.
A Storm Which Literally Swept
Everything Before 1t.


special TO the state register of surgeons
report forty.one dead at Grinnell, and
say five or six more will not live
through night. Deignan, a Rock Island
conductor is dead. Surgeons reported
that the wounded exceed $50, and the
number of houses destroyed or ruined
is between 140 and $50. Total loss of
property now estimated, $500, 900. 1t
is feared the number of deaths at Grin
nell will yet reach rs. The path of the
tornado is now well defined as having
been about twenty-five miles long and
one-half mile wide, extending five miles
northwest of Grinnell and twenty
miles southeast. 1t is now thought the
loss Of life outside of Grinnell will
reach twenty-five, and altogether, near
one hundred.
A special train with physicians was
sent out from here. A register re-
porter sends the following: Thirty
two people are dead and about one
hundred or more wounded. List of
fatalities:
Deacon Ford and wife, Mr.. Lewis
and wife, Henry Pltterans and two
children, Cornell Chase, of Storm
Lake, the only student killed, Mrs.
Huff and child, George Terry's baby,
Terry not expected to live, John deg
nan, conductor on Rock Island freight,
fatally, a tramp from Des Moines, IA
tally, Deacon Clements and two child
rem, Hattie, Harry and Mr.. Pittpear,
probably fatally, Susie Bayer. the
daughter of a dry goods merchant and
her mother, Mrs. Bayer, also a son, ia
tally wounded, Baugham Brickett,
student at Montezuma, Madisan How
ards boy, a lady from Cedar Rapids
visiting Bayers, Mrs. Eva Murton, of
Chicago, Miss Abbie Agard, photo
graph artist, Mrs. Griswold, Mrs. Tot
ten, Mrs. Cullison and her mother,
Mrs. Alexanders and her two children.
Three persons dead two miles west Of
town. Barrett E. Chase, student
Storm Lake, Henry Moore, a brakeman
on the Iowa Central railroad Of Mar
shalltown, fatally injured, hired girl of
Deacon Ford's and Mrs. Taller. Eight
deaths are reported from Malcolm
which is entirely levelled and destroyed.
Brooklyn has also suffered some.
Eight students badly injured having
been dug out OF the ruins. The Chap
in house is turned into an hospital,
Of the most dangerous cases being
carried there, Chas. Fry, a brakeman
on the Rock Island railroad at train
wreck north Of Grinnell, child of Jas.
Phipps, Mrs. Dohahue, two in Alonzo
Gillespie's family and three In Beatly's
family. q. PItman's house was COM
pletely levelled, burying beneath it Pit
his wife and three children, his
wife's sister and little baby, Hattie, a
girl three year old killed, Harry, a boy
aged ten years fatally injured and an
other slightly injured. Not far away
was the residence Of Mr.. Lewis, an
old lady and gentleman. both killed.
From here the storm pursued in a zig
gag direction to the north of the city
when after wiping out the finest resi-
dence portion Of the city it turned to-
ward the college. The west building
was dumped into q heap of lath and
plaster and broken timber, burying be-
meath it eight students all of whom were
afterwards extricated more or less in
jured and n died. The east college,
a five story building was unroofed and
a fire followed after completing the
work Of demolition, Across the rail-
road track once stood a two story house
in which Miss Abbie Agard was killed.
There is hardly a sign left of it.
Among the acres Of ruins in the vicin-
lty was a block which contained nine
houses, all but n leyeled to the
ground. In n house of this block
four persons were killed, Mr.. Ford and
wife, the hired girl and Mr.. Totter.
Tue hurricane took everything north Of
President Magoun's house, leaving
thatiuninjured. Near here was where
Mrs. GriswUld was killed aud her
house demolished.
Des Moinss.-IIenry Moore, Of Rock
Island, brakeman, Is dying of conuul-
sions at the Chaplin house. The scenes
around the ruins are heartrending.
Families are wandering over the ruins
Of their houses in "A dazed sort of way.
Malcolm, Iowa..-Five Of the best
business houses here, both churches and
one three story dwelling have been
demolished by the storm. Seven dead
bodies have been found. Four have
been identified as g. II. Wheeler, old
Mrs. Myers, Mrs. o. Myers and Mrs.
Hall. A man and his son were blown
into u we'll. The father climbed up the
pump stock pushing the child before
him. At South Brooklyn "a barn was
destroyed and three people killed.
Cairo, ILL.,, June 1S.-A heavy wind
aad rain storm on Sunday afternoon
did much damage TO the buildings and