Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1882-06-20
The Great Storm - Frightful Work OF
Death md Destruction.

DOMESTIC NEWS.
The Great Storm FrightfuI Work OF
Death and Destruction.
METROPOLIS Ull.), june 19tb.-A terrible
cyclone struck the city Saturday evening,
blowing down several houses, killing Dick
Turner, capsizing and sinking the steamer
Jennie Walker and scattering the harvested
wheat in the vicinity. The damage is heavy.
LOSS OF LIFE AND PROPERTY.
ATcHIsoN (Ks.). June 19th.-The mail and
travellers bring more accurate reports of the
effects of the storm, showing that it extended
southwark and westward of Kansas City,
and doing greater aggregate damage than at
first supposed. Many small towns and ham,
lets were visited, and all are il mourning
over the loss of life and property. A family
of three are reported drowned on q fatboat
thirteen miles below here.
Iowa City specials report the loss OF life at
Irish Ridge as ten to twelve.
THE DESTRUCTION AT MALcoM.
MALcoM, June 19th.-A terrible cyclone
passed over here Saturday night. We have
found several dead bodies, and the wounded
are numerous. Most Of the business houses
are demolished. including the Gazette office.
Both churches and one-third OF the dwelling
houses in town are fat or badly damaged.
The cyclone extended as far as we can hear
from, destroying and killing everything in
its path. Two houses were punched together.
Not far off stood Sanders fine residence, and
what of it is not scattered over the adjoining
country is dumped into the cellar. There
were ten people in Sanders cellar and all es-
capped. The houses of Mr.. Taylor and Mrs. Day
are both gone also the house of Hon. G. Z.
Craven, and the large new residence of An
drew Larrabee. The side and top Of B. X.
Clark's house were blown off, also his barn.
The home of Merrill. of Kimball & Merrill,
is unroofed Then followed rows Of houses
as fat on the ground as the space will allow.
Among them are the houses of John Carhart,
Rufus Kicker and r Schaff, editor of the
Signal then comes Professor Brooks and
L. G.. Phelps. and the house belonging to
Mr.. Hsver. In the northwest corner OF the
city the storm leveled the house OF Wilson
Willis, and also that of ]. NJ. Ross. His
wife was slightly injured. The house of
Henry Spauldipg was lsveled then the
house of K;mball & Merrill, dry goods
dealers. A. j. Preston's house was
moved ak feet from its foundation. The
dwelling of Attorney Dunn was leveled, also
G. D. Gruwell's dry goods store, and the new
house Of Graham, the merchant tailor near
here. Mrs. Griswold was killed and her
house demolished. John MerrilPs house was
blown long distance apparently in the teeth
of the wind. Not sign is left of the
house of Madison Howard. The house
of George Hamlip, Cashier Of the First
National Bank, is in ruins. George Jennings
new 5000 house is converted into kindling
wood and broken plaster. Two houses be-
longing to Mr.. Bsteman were totally wrecked,
IS well as many others: A. N. Ringfred's
house was completely demolished, and him
self and wife wers taken from the ruins nearly
D lelS
block Frank Carroll, who was stealing q
ride from Davenport, was on the Rock Island
freight train that was carried off the track.
He lies at the Chaplin House with broken
shoulder blade and nose.
The scenes at the ruins are heart-rendirg.
Families are wandering over the wreck of
their homes in a dazed sort of way, replying
to all questions and laughing in such q
pathetic manner at some ridiculous incident,
while some near and dear friend is dead or
dying. One young girl was heard to say.
half in tears and half in laughter, that
she believed che had found fragment
of her room and was looking for some articles
to identify it. She stopped and picked up q
photograph and burst into tears. 1t was the
picture of her little sister, who had been
killed Many of those who were saved in
demolished dwellings had fled to cellars while
| the houses were carried from over their heads.
KILLED AND WOUNDED AT GRINNELL.
Dies MONIES, June 19th.-A special to the
State Register says: Surgeons report forty
one dead at Grinnell, and say that five or six
more cannot live.
The number Of wounded exceed $50,
and the number of houses destroyed OF
ruined is between 40 and $50. The total
loss CT property is now estimated at 5000 600
The path of the tornado is now well de-
fined, as having been about twenty-five miles
long and 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 100.
A Register reporter sends as follows: Thirty.
| two people are dead and about 100 or more
wounded. The list of fatal casualties is as
| follows Deacon Ford and wife MIR. Levi;
and wife ; Deacon Clements and two children
Mrs. Murton. of Chicago; Henry Pitman'.
two children, Hattie and Harry. and Mr..
Pitman probably fatally injured; Miss Abbie
Agard, Photographic artist; Cornelia Chase,
of Storm Lake, the only student killed
Susie Bayer. daughter Of dry goods msr'
chant, and her mother, Mrs. Bayer-also her
son fatally injured Mrs. Griswold Miss
Totem Mrs. Cullison and her mother; Miss
Alexanders two children; Mrs. Huff and
child Geo. Terry's baby, and Terry himself
| is not expected to live; Bangham Burkett,
| student of Montezuma; Madison Towards, q
boy lady from Cedar Rapids, visiting Of
| Bayer's; three persons are dead two miles
west of town Barrett Z. Chase, q student al
Storm Lake; Henry Moore. brakeman on
the Iowa Central Railroad, of Msrshslltown;
| John Deignap, conductor of the Rock Island
freight, fatally; tramp from Des Moines,
| G.. p,rb ~
Chicago; hired girls of Deacon Ford and Mrs.
| Totten.
Chas. Fry, brakeman of the Rock Island
road, was killed at the train wreck north Of
Grinnell; child of Jas. Phipps, Mrs. Dono.
hue two in Alonzo Gillespies family and
| three in the Beatty family.
From here the storm pursued q zigzag
course to the north of the city, whers, after
wiping out the finest residence in that portion
of the city. it turned toward the College.
The west building was dumped into q heap OF
lath and plaster and broken timber, burying
beneath it eight students, all of whom were
| afterwards extricsted, more or less injured,
and one died. The east College building, five
stories, was unroofed, and FIRE followed after,
| completing the work Of demolition.
| Not far away was the residence of Mr..
| Lewis, an old gentleman and lady. Both
| were killed.
THE TORNADO AT DISTANCE.
BOONE Qa.), June 19th.-The tornado
struck this (the westerly part of Boone
county Saturday evening at 8 o'clock. 1t
was plainly seen here, and seemed twenty
miles away. Reports are Just coming in of
great destruction in that section. All the
buildings on several farms were completely
demolished. A church four miles south Of
Ogden was destroyed. and many persons
have been seriously injured. One man was
killed. Information is difficult to obtain, on
account of heavy roads. A woman and
child are reported missing.
THE DEATH RATE AT GRINNELL AND VICINITY.
DIS MONIES, June 19th.-There are few
new developments to-day from the destruc-
ton by the cyclone at Grinnell. No further
deaths are reported to-day, but up to II
o'clock tonight Al deaths had occurred at
Grinnell and % at outside poiuts-17 of them
at Malcolm and in that vicinity, and five in
the country northwest of Grinnell. The doc
tors say that six or seven, and even more,
of the wounded at Grinnell will not live
twenty.four hours, and some of the physi-
clans put the final death roll at Grinnell alone
at more than so, while some fear it will yet
reach as high as Is. OF the wounded in that
city there are now over 100 known cases.
THE DAMAGE AT MOUNT PLEASANT.
BURLINGTON, June l9th.-In Mount Pleas
ant the damage is about Sl50,000. Fifty
freight cars, standing on side track one
mile east of Mount Pleasant, were careened
upon the main line. and A. c. and B. O.
freight collided with them, wrecking the
train completely. The engineer, A. l.. Par
meter, was slightly injured.
PROPERTY LOSSES IN GRINNELL.
DIES MONIES, June 19sh.-Following is q
list of the losses in Grinnell: I. Worcester,
total, 81, 900; g. Hobart, $4,000; Mrs. A.
Scott, $1,000; Rev. J. Chamberlain, total,
sec 600; College buildings, SEQ. 600; Dodge,
of Johnston. total, s. 600; Charles Ridley,
total, $1,000; G. Saunders, partial, So. 900 !;
G. and H. Stevens. partial, $1,000; F. An
derson, total, $1,000; Mrs. Mary B. Day,
total 81. 500; DR.. Clark. total, 1000; Ru.
fus Rickert, total, 81, 500; w. l. Carhart,
total $1,000; Chas. +. Crerar, total, 81. 900 !;
A. Larabee, total, 81, 900; DR.. E. w. Clam,
partial, 81, 900; M. Stevens, partial, 81 900;
Kinball R. Merrill. partial, 81, 600; l. G.
Phillips, total, So. 600; Guthrie, total, 81. 900
widow Clement, total, 1000; Rev. A. V.