South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1882-06-23
Terrific Storm in Iowa The
TOwn Of Grinneli Laid IA Rgias

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DIS McTNS s., iowa, J are Is.-A 'cr.
naGo swept throach central iowa .sse
last BIT fem northwest 10 snu;hess.
from twenty miles aOg.a or i)ss Ao.nos.
The toan OF G:ina 4, v.s s.sacs hy il
! and hal; OF the town was ictt in ruina.
Thisty-;w0 people are dead and about
onc hundred or more were sounded
Tue list OF fsta. casualties are as fol-
lows: Deacon Fari and wife, Ir.
Devils aud wife, Descon Clements Two
children. Mrs. IVA Morton, OF Chicago
Henry Pit.ri:H's two chiidrGa. Hattie
and Harry, Mrs, rit,msn being ptobs-
bly, fatally inbred: Hiss Ahoie Agarti.
Photographic artist; Cornell Chase, OF
Storm lake; Mrs. Susie Issyer, The
daughter of dry geo is merchant, her
mother ana son were fatally wounded
Mrs. Griswold, Mrs. Totten, Mrs. Gull
'ison and her III Other, Iirs Aiexsnder's
two children. Mrs. Iofr aud child, G 90.
Terry . baby, Mr.. Terry not expected TO
live: Bingham Barkett, student, Of
Montczuma; Madison iloward's boy a
lady from Codsr Rapids three persons
dead two miles west OF the town: Bar.
! rett y. Chase. q student OF Storm Lake
Henry Moore, c brakeman On The Iowa
Central Road. OF MarshsiltOwn, badly
injured; John Diegman, conductor OF
The Rock Island freight, fatally n tramp
from Des Moines, fatally; o travelling
man. w. j. Barbour. OF Chicago; the
hired girl OF Deacon Ford, and Mrs. Tot.
ten. Eight deaths arc reported from
Malcom, which is entirely iese,ed and
destroyed. Brooklyn has also suffered
acme; some eight OF the students are
badly injured. having been dug out OF
The ruins.
Ihe Chaplin House is turned into
hospital, some or the most dangerous
cnsss being carried there Charles Fry.
brakeman on The Rock island Road at
train wreck, north at Grinnell; Child OF
James Pb'pps, Mrs. Doushuc, two GILL.
dFen Of Alonzo Gllespio's family and
three in Beatty family.
n special dispatch sent nj Z. so says:
From numerous and contradictory slo.
rics cl startled citjZens we gather s,o.
ry of deep roaring sounds preceding
funnal-shnpei cloud. G. riLtmsn's
house Was completely lcvoiel. burying
beneath, Pi.tmsn, his wife and three
children, his wifs's sister and Ler little
bahy. The Lhree-yoar-old girl. Utl.io.
Mas taken cut dead. The hoy Harry.
aged 10 years. was fatally injured. and
Arthur slightly injured. Not far away
WAS ,he residence u Mr.. Lewis, an old
gentleman and lady, who were both kill
cd. From hsre The storm pursued 3
ziszig direction TO tho north OF the city
when. alter wipiaS cut tae finest resi-
dence portion OF the city, il moved to-
wsr,' Tho college. The boXt LuIlling
dumped iaio heap OF ls,h and plaster
ald U!okeH Timber, burying beneath u
eight students, who roUipcd therein, NIL
OF whom we're afterwards rescued more
Or less injured, but one subsequently,
d!od. II u Two story house n Miss Alb
bic ASard wns killed. There is hard
j = sign lett OF the house In the vi
cinity u block which Contained nine
houses al hut one was leve!ed 10 the
ground. In one house Of this block .onr
persona we're kiled.-Mr Ford an !
vie, hired girl and Mr. Totem. IN this
vicinity +. " .Wiiiisms'e nouac was an.
rooted. Prof. iierrick' snG MR. Nor.
ris'S two houses were hunched toge; her.
The scenes around the ruins are heart
rendins.
Tie engine house where II Of the
dead bodies are laid out, presents - sigh,
That brings back army days Some OF
the dead are IN the wreck Of theiy homes.
The number of injured rango up among
the hundreds
AT Malcolm scven are dead
4 special dispatch from Grinncll says
lie surgeons now report that i are
'tesd al G:innell, sna that Eve or Y
moro cannot 1.-Two Through Tho night. The
number oi wounded exceeds 80. ana
tho number Of houses destroy%i is he-
tween 40 aud 100. The total loss OF
property Ia now .stiiaatcd a. $500. 900
II IS feared that the Number Of deaths
81 Crunch viii reach IS.
News has been received tina: Mr.
: James wife anil Two daughters. and two
other persons. living four mi'es NORTH .
west OF Griunell. are dead. 1t is now
thought that the los4 Of life outside OF
Grinncll Will reach %, and the total loss
neArIy 100
~. Louis vas visited ny very severe
stor'o carly Friday morning lass, = hich
inflicted $4,000 damage.
Kansas City, Mo-, was visited 10y a
terrible staTm ssrlv on Saturday morn :
ing last Iulicting damage estimated al
100000.
During storm AZ Dubuque. Iowa
last week, hsiiatones to Il inches in
circumference fell
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