Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1882-06-23
Terrible Tornado in Iowa

y arge portion of the State of Iowa
vas visited by terrible tornado on : a..
arday night las. which caused f,.aTfrl
loss of life and great des,ruc ion Of pro
perty. An Iowa Journalist gives the to!.
lowing graphic description II th- Sc. rii,lc
and pheneminal storm, and the lirciul
state 81 affairs resulting from il. He saws:
The tornado made destructive sweep
through lhIykly s-tlled potion u Iowa some
one hundred and E.ty miles IA length ani on
an average Of h4'fa mile wide cy,~niin. from
points 81 u OF Ames in the centre Of the Slate.
and in The shape Of crescent 10 south En-
gish, in keohuk coun'y. From the southern
part OF the state We hvye th- names Of .. IF
The dead and 300 OF the wounded hall Of The
latter grlevOusly hurt, and probably a firth OF
them fatally. over three hundred families
have haa their homes totally DESTROYED. and
there are now Al least 500 persons homeless
and IN want. The loss in property will exceed
-, OOO, 900, and NAV reach ) 600 uuu la
the town Of GrinuelI alone over $500 uu5 in
property was destroyed. on none OF which was
there cent Of insurance, ss in the case OF
hres. IL will take ~ least $500, 900 10 nut the
people there beyond need and distress xviii
take Slvo 600 al once 10 put the wounded
people ia CNnultlOn 10 be cared tor. Il vii
take 81, 003. O0G At the lowest 10 keep the suf-
ierers from want and 10 help them 10 put the
humblest OF roofs over their heads People of
Iowa are responding generously with money.
provisions aud clothing. GFlnnei j. ia tho
greatest distress and need, caused by the utter
calamity visited upon them 80 cruelty hv the
moIoch OF the air, which has killed 800 OF their
people, destroyed 100 Of lis homes, MANNED
and mutlated zoo more Of its people many OF
whom will soon die. and all Of whom must be
cared tor months, and has wiped out totally
nearly half a million dollars ia uninsured
/ property. Iowa College has had al It's build
/ ingS DESTROYED, its 400 students made homelrs,
and has suffered loss of 8 900 of uninsured
/ property The conditions OF the other towns
and farming communities is fnlly as piti4blr
and helpless. Every condition Of woe exists
! that most tendcrly appeals 10 the pity Of the
human heart. Wounds inflicted 10y the dehri.
that filled the air like chaos by the electric
| balls OF hire that seemed TO traverse every inch
OF space, and that exploded with feariulIy fatal
results, WILL many of them defy all skill and
nursing, even with the teuderest care. The
fury of the storms, which WAS clearly Of electric
origin, and which, indeed, may be described a
having been electricity Itself, may be under
stood from the statement that At various places
/ 1t took up in lis great spiral or tunnels
! houses thousand feet into the air, and took
up and carried large droves of cattl. through
the air for thousands of feet, and dashed them
down dead in heaps. Many thousands of
cattle, horses, hogs and other animals now lie
/ in the track of the tornado, and are already
rottng and adding to the horror the foul and
/ pervadIng odors OF putrefacion. The horrors
/ OF the storm III" unspeakable cruelties it in
/ filcted, and the pitiesS woe of its coming in
the night, may not lie described in words but
| once known 10 generous hearts il must COM
mand the instant sympathy of the liberal and
Immediate help. Remittance ma, be made TO
the Hon J. b. Grnnell, at GrinneIl or to the
mayor of Grinnell