Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-06-20
THE WESTERN CYCLONE.
FEARFUL WRECK IN AN IOWA
TOWN.
Great Loss of Life and PrOperty-A
Large eNumberWOunded Church
Spire Driven into the GrOund-yhe
Storm Reaches Michigsn-Destruc.
tion Elsewhere

DEsMoINHs, Iowa, June 10 "A torua1o
swept through centrar Iowa Saturday night
from northwest to southeast, twenty miles
north OF DesMolues. The town OF Grinnell
was struck by it aud BALI of the town LETT in
ruins. The following is the latest informa-
tton received:
"GRINNELL, June Is, 4:50 A. MA special
train from DesMOines reached this place at
$40 with twelve physicians on hoard from
DesMoines, Coltax and Kellogg.
"The situation is even worse than the first
reports made # appear. Thirty-two people
We're killed and about one hundred or more
wounded. Eight deaths are reported from
Malcomb, which Is entirely DESTROYED.
B-ooklyn hes also suffered. Some eight of
the students were badly iujured. having
been dug out of the ruins. The Chaplin
House is turned into an hospital. Some of
the most dangerous cases are being carried
there.
"a special sent at 7:30 says that from the
numerous and contradictory stories of the
startled citizens we gather the story Of a
deep roaring sound preceding a funnel
shaned cloud. G. Pitman's house was com
pletely leveied, burylng Pitmau, his wife
and three children, bis wife's sister and her
little baby, three years old. His daughter,
Hattie, was taken; out dead, his son,
Harry, was fatally injured, and Arthur
Slightly irjlred. Not far away, at the res
dence OF Mr.. Lewis, an old gentleman and
lady were killed From here the storm
pu sued a zgzlg direction to the north of
the city, when after whipping out the finest
Of the residence portion OF the city 1t moved
toward the college. The next building was
dumped into a heap of laths and plaster
ard brolyaO ffmhars hurpfpO hnDaoth n
eight students, who roomed therein, all of
whom were afterwards rescued more or less
injured, and one subsequ ptly died. In q
two-story house Miss Abbie Agood was
Killed. There is hardly sign left OF the
house in the vicinity.
"Oi a block which contained nine houses
all but one was leveled to the ground. In
one house OF this block four persons were
killed, Mr.. Ford and wife, hired girl and
Mr. Tatten. In this vicinity F. w. Will
liams' house was unroofed. Professor Her
rick's and Mrs Morris two houses were
punched together. The scenes around the
ruins are heartrendlng. The engine house,
where seventeen OF the dead bodies are laid
out, presents a sight that brings back army
days. Some Of the dead are in the wrecks
of their houses. The number of Injured
ranges up among the hundreds. A. NAL
comb seven are dead
A special from Gripnell, received last eve
niug, says:
'The surgeons now report that forty-one
are dead at Grinnell, and that five or six more
cannot live trough the night. The number
of wounded exceeds one hundred anG fifty,
and the number of houses destroyed between
one hundred and forty and one hla oed and
fifty The total loss OF properly is now
estimated at $6)0,000 It is feared that the
numb of deaths al Grinnell will reach Sc :
enty five. News has been received that Mr..
James, wife and two daughters and two
other persons living four miles northwest Of
Gripnell, are dead. 1t is now though that
the loss Of life ouEside of Grim II will reat h
twenty, five aud the total loss nearly one
hundred"
METROPOLIS, I'LL June ia terrible
cyclone struck this city yesterday evening,
blowing down several houses, killing Dick
Turner, caps'z'ng and sinking the steamer
Jennie Walker and scattering harvested
wheat in the vicinity. The damage is heavy.
ATCHIsON, KANSAS, June 10 The mails
and tr .velers bring more accurate reports Of
the effec Of Friday nights storm, showing
thst it extended southwark and westward OF
Kacsas CRY and did greater damage than
was at first supposed. Many small towns
and hamlets were visited, and all are 10
mourning over loss of life and property. A
family OF three are reported to have been
drowned on q fiat boat twelve miles below
here.
Booze, IA June 19 The tornado which
struck the southwestern portion Of Boone
county Saturday ev ming at 5 o'clock WAS
plainly seen here. and seemed forty miles
away Reports are just coming In of great
destruction caused in that section.
Iowa CITY, June 10 From ten to twelve
persons are reported to have lost their lives
Trir q
BURLINGTON, Iowa, jane 19.-At eleven
O'Clock Saturday night a terrific storm
passed in southwesterlY dire C ion In D3s
Moines and Henry counties. In Burlington
only rain and hail fell, but q mile south of
the civ hurricane blew down barns, houses
and orchards, and destroyed vast amount
of property. Nobo1v Is r ported killed
The electrical di paw WIS remarkable. The
sky was aglnw constantly for two houcs
At Mount Pleasant, twenty. eight miles
west, the hurricane was very destructive
Two storms met over the own at 1923, and
accom- panied by rain an1 hail, broke in fear
FIJI fury, demolishing entirely the Baptist
church, which cost S25 000 The spire of
the Presbyterian church WAS lifted high 10
the air, and the inverted point struck the
sidewalk in front OF the church, and was
driven many feet in the ground. The tow
ers of all the churches are off, aud the edi-
business house In the city IL unr0ofed and
damaged. The park ~and pun
lie square are filed with the
roofs rolled into punches like wads OF
paper. The rain damaged large quantity
of merchandise. The storm lasted about
forty minutes. Three hundred dwell
ings were unroofed and damaged. aud not a
single chimney is left standing. A thousand
trees are twisted off. Three large brick
school houses are in ruins, but the college
building escaped. Oaly two persons were
reported killed, Mrs. Scott and her SOB,
who lived near the city. None are seriously
injured In the town. The Insane Hospital,
with 900 inmates, in the track OF the storm,
is not damaged. The loss in Mount Pleas
ant is about SIS 900. Fifty freight cars
standing on a side track mile east of
Mount Pleasant were carried upon the main
line, and Chic2 go, Burlington and Q lincV
freight train collided with them, wrecktug
the upturned cars completely.
DEsMOINEs IA, June 10 up to elev n
o'clock last night forty one deaths had oc-
Cured at Grinnell and twenty-three at Out
side Point, seventeen of the latter at NAL
coins, five miles northwest Of Grinnell No
deaths are reported to-day, but the doc 'ors
say that six or seven more of the w0unded
at Grinnell will die Some physicians put
The final death roll at Grinnell alone at
more than fifty, while Others fear it will
reach SIS high as seventy-6ve. OF the
wounded in that city there are now
over one hundred and twenty known cases,
the wounds Cf about eighty of them being
OF rather serious nature. In the country
there are also several serious cases of injury.
The best posted persons at Grinnell yesterday
estimated that the death roll of the calami-
tv would very probably reach one hundred.
There were six deaths yesterday and last
night, among the rest that of Conductor
Diegnon, of the Rock Island Road. One
hundred aud forty-three is now estimated
as the number of dwelling houses destroyed
by the tornado in the city of Grinnell.
Il is estimated @that this entails
a loss of half a million dollars, which is
nearly total lose AS hardly any Of the losers
are insured against tornadoes or anything
but fire. Mr. j. B. Grinnell states that fifty
people in losing their houses lose all they
have in this world. Outside OF Grinnel, at
Malcolm and in the county, there is also
immense loss. Probably the aggregate of
all will not foot up less than $3.50 900. Some
business mene OF GIinnel think that the
actual loss will be larger.
DETROIT, June by esterday about noon
a cyclone passed southeast OF Bay City,
doing much damage. Great destruction OF
properly is reported in Tuscola and Huron
counties, ia the wake Of the storm, and
many persons were injured, but no loss of
life is reported.
An English View of American Pro-
gresg.
LONDON, June 10 The Times, In q lead
ing article on the progress Of America, says
that IL there were no direct evidence for the
coming reality and rsp.dity OF material
progress in the United States, it would
be found In the singular absence
of excitement in American poll
tics. What is especially remarkable