The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1882-06-26
MORE CYCLONES.
Western Towns Completely De-
molished.
ONE HUNDRED PEOPLE REPORTED
KILLED IN IOWA.
Thrilling Tales of Wrecks and Ruins.

DEs MONIES Ia, June PA dispatch re-
ceived by the Register from Fort Dodge, says
the train dispatcher reports the town OF EN-
mettsburg, the county seat of Palo Alto county
as being blown to pieces this morning by tor
nado, and that over 100 people were killed.
The Illinois Central and Chicago q Northwest
ern trains were blown from their tracks. Inc
Milwaukee & st. Louis road was wrecked.
There is washout north OF Forest City, ana
it is reported that three or four more towns IN
that locality were blown to pieces. Telegraph
wires are all down north OF here, and IL is I'M
possible to get moro news at present.
MINNEAPoLrs, June 25.-The rain storm OF
Friday night was the heaviest ever known al
Owatanna and other points along the line OF
the Winona & st. Pierre road. The tribune s
special shows great damage to crops, destruc-
ton of buildings, and the washing away OF
farm machinery. An accommodation sra1h
hound west, ON tho Chicago, Milwaukee q 81.
Paul road, struck washout cnlvert ne ar OWa,
tanna, Mimi, at a. m. The engine and
three freight cars were wrecked, the engineer
smashed to a jelly under the locomotive, and
his fireman seriously injured: No passengers
were hurt. The river rose II feet IN hVe hours
at Owatanna.
At Hosper's, on the Chicago, St. Paul, Mil
waukee 4 Omaha road, 10 freight cars were
wrecked by the storm and the depot blown
down. Telegraph lines are down for miles.
The storm extended several hundred miles
from Dakota across Southern Minnesota. The
wires are down or working badly, so that more
particulars cannot be learned at present.
INDIANAPOLIS, June 25.-A severe wind
storm, with slight rain, passed over this city at
o'clock this evening, doing considerable dam
age to trees in parks and on streets. Ihe stee-
pie of St. Paups Episcopal Cathedral was
blown over and fell through the roof, damag-
ing the church several thousand dollars A
number of other buildings were slightly @ s dam %
aged during the storm. A colored boy was Ia
tally injured by an ice house being blown
down upon him.
Sioux CITY, June pa hurricane strack
Hooperville, fifty miles northeast OF Sioux
City, at o'clock yesterday morning, destroy
ing the Presbyterian church, school mouse q
carpenter shop and % residences and barnes IN
Hoopers and Immediate vicinity. The hurri-
cane lasted only Is minutes. A farmer was
| fatally injured. The course of the hurricane
| appeared to be from west to east and swept a
| path about five miles wide for 10 miles. Inc
| loss Immediately in Hoopers will be from ten
| to fifteen thousand dollars. Twenty-Five farm
| houses and barns outside were destroyed. A
| farmer cana to Spencer Station, two miles
| east of Sanborn with the report that IN his
| neiShborhood six were killed and ~ ln1q
| 1t is believed at Spencer that 40 dwellings, nave
been clown in Clay county
| SPENCER, Iowa, June PA cyclone passed
| through this vicinity Friday night 1t struck
| this town and did much damage, unroofing
| buildings, tearing up side walks and blowing
| down residences, barns and business blocks.
| In the southern part of Clay county it blew
| down twenty houses, killed i've people and IN
| iured about twenty-five.
At Emmentsburg it blew down four residen-
! ces took the front out of four business blocks
| and made total wreck of Shanners plow
works and injured four persons, two seriously
PoRTLMoUTH, N. H., June pa heavy
thunder storm visited this vicinity this morn, n
| John p Cooper of New Castle, displacing por,,
tions of the chimney, smashing furniture, and
| window glass and tearing out the woodwork
| The effects visible in six rooms and the barn
Mr. Cooper was severely shocked. The boil
also entered vessel in the harbor.
TRENTON, N j., June 25.-This city was visit
I ed this evening by terrific wind, hail and
thunder storm. The roofs of the Globe Rub
ber Company's building, Titus's woolen mill
| and number of buildings in different parts o.
the city we're blown off. No one was injured
so far as ascertained.