Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1882-06-26
THE LAND OF STORMS.

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Blows-The Independence Affair.
Dubuque, June 23.-Word was re.
ceived at 10 o'clock last night here of a
heavy wind and rain storm along the line
of the Illinois Central railroad west, du-
ring the afternoon yesterday, with great
damage. At Independence the wires
were all prostrated, and tonight not one
is working. and it is impossible to get
communication with any side. Some
facts were learned and brought in by
Conductor Keefer and some passengers.
The storm struck Independence lit
tie before five o'clock and wrought great
destruction. Fences were torn up, barns
wrecked, houses crushed and trees up
rooted. A windmill on the ILLINOIS Cen
tral road was blown down and many
houses and buildings unroofed. The
tall smoke.stack of the in.
saue asylum was blown down.
Plate.glass was smashed, and the depot
of the Burlington and Cedar Rapids is q
total wreck. The roof of Ford's store
was taken off, and also the roof of r. u.
Brier's. One livery stable was unroofed,
and one report says the bridge across the
river was injured. 4
At Waterloo the wind vas terrific, but
it is not known that much damage OF a
serious nature was done. Probably thu
tents of the military encampment were
ruined. The storm struck Dubuque at
six O'Clock, but no special damage was
done.
Cedar Rapids, June 23.-The wires be.
ing down Republican reporter visited
independence to-day and cleaned the
following particulars of the storm Of
Thursday evening: 1t was hurricane
not tornado. The storm swept over an
area twenty miles in width. there being
some damage to buildings at Walk.
er and Rawley. Also as far north
as Oelwin. The center of the greatest
force and destructiveness was at Inde-
pendence. The storm broke in it great.
est fury about five o'clock p. M, blowing
from the northwest o straight wind with
out q tornado funnel. In few minutes
the property destroyed amounted II
$50,OOO. Two lives were lost and ten per
sons injured, two of them dangerously
The killed were w. Horn, aged eighteen
and Albert Ripke, aged eleven. Th,
former was killed by the moving of
house on the foundation Is he was goinl
to the cellar. The latter was crushed b.
tllc 1bllluk IOOA VI uOu66 M uc wa
leaving it in fright. The streets -wer
, thronged with people from Sells circu
and the wonder ID that no more war
injured. There were scenes of great con
fusion on the streets. women screaming
: and all rushing to she
ter while the air was file
: with flying missiles. About twenty res
dences were wrecked, all being badl
damaged and nearly thirty levcled. A
enormous amount Of plate glass in stol
fronts was smashed.
1he insane asylum was damaged I
theamount of $500. The brick smok
. stack, lao feet high, was blown down
\. the foundation, and struck the carpent,
I. shop and boiler room III falling. I'll
west end and north of the roof of I'll
front aud center were carried off and IL
stables; wagon shop and slaughter hou.
unroofed. No patients or employees we
injured.
Sells circus tent was torn into shre,
and great amount of property dar
" aged. The horses were stampeded OF
n recoved with difficulty. Three employ
IA were badly injured.
Two young ladies named McCartl,
living several miles from independent
returning from the circus, were struck
or the storm. their buggy overturned. .,
they were blown against barb.wi