Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1882-06-20
THE IOWACATASTROPHE
DESTRUCTIVE GALES OF LAST SAT
URDAY.

The Latest Reports OF tho Losses and the
Deaths.
From the results of the terrible storms
of Saturday Al deaths occurred at Grin
nell and2 at outside points, II OF the
latter at Malcolm and five in the country
northwest of Grinnell. The doctors say
that six or seven more Of the injured at
Grinnell will die. Some physicians put
the final death roll at Grinnell alone at
more than so, while others fear it will yet
reach as high as Is. Of the injured in
that city there are now over 12O known
cases. about 80 of them being of rather
serious nature. In the country there are
also several serious cases of injury. The
best posted persons at Grinnell estimated
that the death roll of tho calamity would
very probably reach 100. 1t is now Ga,
among them that of Conductor Diegnen,
of the Rock Island road.
One hundred and forty-three is estimat-
ed as the number of dwelling houses de-
stroyed by the tornado in Grinnell. 1t is
estimated that this entails a loss of half
million of dollars now, which is nearly
total loss, as hardly any of them are in
sured against tornados or anything but fire.
Mr. ]. 3. Grinnell states that fifty OF the
people in losing their homes lose all they
had in the world. Outside of Grinnell,
in Malcolm, and in tho country, there is
also immense loss. Probably the aggre-
gate of all will not foot up less than three
quarters of :: million of dollars. Some
business men of Grinnell think that the
actual loss will be larger.
At II o'clock on Saturday night i ter
rifle storm passed in southwesterly direc
tion of Des Moines and Henry counties.
In Burlington only rain and hail fell, but
mile south of the city the hurricane blew
down barns, houses and orchards and de-
stroyed vast amount Of property. No
body is reported killed. The electrical
display was remarkable. The sky was
aglow constantly for two hours.
At Mount Pleasant, twenty-eight miles
west, the hurricane was very destructive.
Two storms met over tho town at 11:5O,
and, accompanied by rain and hail, broke
in fearful fury, demolishing entirely the
Baptist church, which cost S25, 900. The
spire OF the Presbyterian church was lifted
high in the air, inverting it the point
struck the sidewalk in front of the church
and vas driven many feet in the ground.
Tho towers of all the churches are of and
tho churches arc otherwise damaged.
Nearly every business house in the city is
unroofed and damaged.
The park and public square are filled
| with tin roofs, rolled into punches like
wads of paper. The rain damaged a large
quantity of merchandise. The storm lasted
| about forty minutes. Three hundred
dwellings are unroofed and damaged, and
not single chimney is left standing. A
thousand trees are twisted off. Three
largo brick school-houses are in ruins, but
the college building escaped. Only two
| persons were reported Killed. Mrs. Scott
| and her son, who lived near the city. None
arc seriously injured in the town.
The insane hospital, with 600 inmates,
in the track of the storm, is not damaged.
The loss in Mount Pleasant is above $3.50, =
600. Fifty freight cars, standing on 4 side
track mile east of Mount Pleasant, were
careened upon the main line and a Chicago,
Burlington & Quincy train collided with
them, wrecking the upturned cars COM
pletely. Engineer A. NJ. Parmitcr was
slightly injured.
Mail reports from Story county represent
the damage rs very serious. Several
buildings were swept away at Kelly. All
the buildings on the farms Of j. A. Nc.
Farland and William Templeton were
obliteratcd. Further east all the build
ings on sixteen farms we're swept away.
Two school houses in Nevada were demol-
ished. The school house in Albany was
carried away. All growing crops in the
track of the wind were destroyed, and
cattle, horses, hogs and poultry were car
ried long distances and deposited dead.
| Mrs. L. d. Thompson's little girl was
killed, and she herself had an arm broken.
G. w. Hempstock had 4 leg broken, and
his wife and child are injured internally.
In Boone county number of farm houses
| hor ;oI icti ~
Peterson's 8 year old son was killed.
The Eavages In Michigan.
A cyclone struck the southeast of Bay
City on Sunday doing much damage. A
barn belonging to Frank Fitzhugh was
and killed. The house of Thomas Joyce
was demolished. Mrs. Delos Caster was
badly cut by falling timbers and 4 girl
named Simpson was dashed twenty feet
from whcrc she stood, striking against a
fence and receiving injuries from the effect
Of which she will probably die. A boy
named John Carroll had his skull fract-
ured and will probably die. Mrs. Joyce
her daughter, and another of the Carroll
boys were badly bruised. The track of the
storm was about eighty rods wide, aud in
it's path fences and trees were swept away.
There was also 4 severe wind storm at
Essexville, down the river from Bay City,
but no injury is done save from accom-
panying hail and rain. Tie cyclone swept
through portions of TuscOla and Huron
counties, doing great damage, especially
four miles north of GagetOwn, where it
tore down Nathan Lundy's house and
barn and Malcolm McDonald's house. At
tho lattlo place Mrs. Mcdonald had leg
broken. The storm moved in an eastcrly
direction, and from reports further on in
its course much property has been dc
stroyed and many people have been ill.,
jured.
Great damage by wind, rain and light
ming in recent storms is reported from
Springfield, ILL.,, Troy, N. Y. Wilkesbarrc
and Bethlehem, Pa, and in Vermont. In
Troy, N. y, a terrific wind and rain storm
demolished the partly erected walls of tho
Seymour chair factory, in West Troy.
About ono hundred masons and carpen-
ters, who were at work, miraculously es.
capped, not one being injured. The damage
is about 5000. Around Bradford thirty
rigs and small tanks were struck by light
ming in various parts of the oil field, and
several thousand barrels of oil were lost
The annual spring regatta of the Philadel-
phia yacht club took place on the Della
ware yesterday. Tho boats were struck
by the storm when Rancocas island, and
but six out of the twenty boats starting
were left standing; all the others were
capsized or "carried away" Margaret
Smith, aged u, was struck by lightning
while in field near LiyerDOO1 N " and