The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1882-06-22
TERRIBLE TORNADO In IOWA.
Haif the Town OF 6rlnnel In Ru lns-One
= 4nndred Persons Killed and Possibly
Two Hundred Ipjurcd. ..-=-...


Helf the Tewn or Grin.sn d. Rains-O.s
Hnndred Persons Killed and Possibly
Two Hundred Ipjured. s....-G-..s
"A terrific cyclone struck the town of Grinnell,
loFA, on the 18th inst, and completely demol-
isned 1t. The storm was seen first coming from
the southwest, sweeping up to the northwest cor.
ner OF the town, leveling huge trees In Its path.
way, and taking A. A. Fosters house and barn
ieyeaing both to the ground, and carrying Mr..
and Mrs. Foster and their two children thirty
yards, precipitating them amidst the debris
All we're somewhat injured.
Just east of Fosters was d. @. Pitman's
house, also completely leveled, burying be-
meath 1t Pitman, his wife and three children,
bis wife's sister and her little baby Foster
took out his three-year-old girl, Hattie, dead.
HIS boy Harry, aged ten, was fatally injured,
and Arthur Was slightly hurt. Not far away
was the residence of Mr.. Lewis, an old gentle.
man and lady, who were both killed.
From here the storm pursued zigzag direc.
ton to the north of the city, when, after wip-
ing out the finest resi- dence portion of the city,
it turned toward the college. The West build.
ing was dumped into heap of lath and plaster
and broken timber, burying beneath it eight
students who roomed therein, all of whom were
6us
one died. The East college, five-story build
ing, was unroofed, and a fire followed.
After completing its work Of demolition at
the College, the whirling fiend struck straight
across the Iowa Central Railroad, and directly
In its path lay loaded cars. The Great M ogul
engine was lifted completely of the track and
the train toppled on either side. Across the
track was the building of Professor j. ".
Chamberlain, Treasurer of the College, which
was gathered up In sections and dumped in a
dis1olnted heap, portions upside down. DR..
X. n. Scott's house was turned around. C.
W. Hobart's elegant residence and barn are
gone. Near by stood q two-story house,
In which Miss Abbie Ogard was killed. In the
vicinity stood the house of Hy. Mcconnell
now pile of lath, splinters and plaster.
| In block which contained nine houses, all
put one were ieveled to the ground. In one
house OF this block four persons were killed,
Mr.. Ford, wife and hired girl and Mr. Totten.
| In this vicinity F. W. Williams house was un.
| roofed, Professor Herrick's and Mr. Morris
| two houses were punched together. Not far
| on stood Lucy Sanders fine residence, and
| what Of it that is not scattered over the ad-
| joining country is dumped into the cellar. Ten
| people in Sanders cellar escaped. Mr.. Taylor's
and Mrs. Days houses are gone also the home
OF Hon. G. F. Craver, and also the large new
residence of Andrew tarrabee. The side and
| the top of B. R. Clark's house were blown of !;
also his barn. The home of Merrill, of Kim
ball Merrill, is unroofed. Then followed
rows of houses flat on the ground as SPACE
will allow, among them John Carhart's, Rufus
Reekers, r. Schaff's, editor of the Signal
then Professor Bucks residence and L. G.
Phelps, and house belonging to Mr.. Hayes.
The hurricane took everything north of Pres
ident Magoun's home, leaving that uninjured.
In the northwest corner of the city the storm
leveled the house of Wilson Ellis, as also that
OF J. M. Ross his wife was slightly injured ;
and the house of Henry Spaulding was leyeled.
then the home of Kimball, of Kimball & Mer-
| rll dry goods dealers. A. j. Preston's house
| was moved six feet from its foundation, The
dwelling of Attorney Dunn was leveled also
that OF G. B. Truwell, the dry goods mer-
chant; also the new house of Gra-
ham, the merchant tailor, near here. Mrs.
Griswold was killed, and her house demolish-
apparently in the teeth of the wind. Nota sign
is left of the house of Madison Howard. The
house of George Hamlin, cashier of the First
National Bank, is in ruins. George Jennings
house is in kindling wood. Two houses belong
ing to Mr.. Bottham were obliterated, rs also
the houses of James Hanlan, Philip Clenden-
ing, Henry J. Pittman, Marcus Wightman,
VIM. Cullison, Deacon Ford's two houses, w.
Neilly's and Mr. Hoffer's. The house of 4. E.
Reinferd was completely demolished. Mrs.
Stewards house was blown half block, frag-
ments jamming the corner of Jones' house. A
list of eie hteen or twenty other demolished res
licences is given.
The following persons are known to be
| among the killed Deacon Ford and wife, Mr.
Lewis and wife, Deacon Clements two children,
Mrs. Eva Murton, of Chicago, Henry Pitt.
mans two children, Hattie and Harry, and
Mr.. Pittman probably fatally injured Miss
Abbie A. Good, Photographic artist Cornell
Chase, of Storm Lake, the only student killed
Susie Bayer. daughter of the dry goods mer-
chant, and mother, Mrs. Bayer, also his son
fatally wounded Mrs. Griswold, Mrs. Totten
Mrs. Cuison and her mother Mrs. Alexander
two children, Mrs. HUFF and child, George
Terry's baby, Terry not expected to live
Bingham Burkett, student from Montezuma
Madison Howards boy lady from Cedal
Rapids visiting at Bayard's three persons
dead two miles west Of town Barrett E
Chase, student, of Storm Lake Henry Moore
| brakeman the Iowa Central Road, o
Marshalltown, fatally injured John Delgan
conductor of the Rock Island freight, fatal,
injured a tramp from Des Moines, fatally
injured travelling man, W. J. Barbour, O.
Chicago hired girl Of Deacon Ford, and Mrs
| Totten.
The engine house, where seventeen of tn,
dead bodies are laid out, presents a sight tina
brings back army days.
Other dead are around in the wrecks of thei
homes, where enough was left for shelter, O
sent to the houses of friends.
Malcolm, Iowa, Jared but little better thai
Grinnell. Many of the business houses wer
demolished, and eight deaths are reported
The storm swept over an area a half mile wild
and about twenty-five miles long, and every
| thing in its path was leveled to the ground
number of persons were killed at Brooklyn.