The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1882-11-09

Iowa Furnishes what is stroneiy HOP
Z the Cyclone Season. e....fE.i
Davenport Special: One of the most d
structive storms ever known in this reg3o0
passed through the central pert of til
county, five miles north of here, aboutl
O'Clock Monday afternoon. It w1s varied
by, hail; rain, lightning and at ~
tremendous cyclone. The q.
clone swept up the Nimisiip1
river in northeasterly direction. and fm
five miles along the Iowa shore tore evay.
thing to pieces in its path. At Valley CITY
two houses were dismantled and generally
scattered, and from that place to this:city the
line Of the storm Is distinctly Traced -
wrecked houses, barns and fences. Tve
miles below Valley city the house Of HEa.
g: w. Fenno. two stores and harms Wess
bl9Wn: into little pieces, scarcsly;a fiaRmem
two feet in length being found. 4
contained three inmates-Mrs: Fenno, har.
son Edward, and a carpenter at work on III
stairs. Edward and the carpenter miraGu-
lously escaped with their lives, but Nra.
Fenno,s dead body was dug out of The
ruins two hours afterwards. The other two.
received injuries, the extent of which connoe
yet be as ertained. The doctors are 1t work
upon bot and fear serious internal Injuries
The next ouse SOUTH tina of Edward Fenno.
the son o. the lady killed was also completely
demolished. Next also on the south wao
the house OF Mr.. Stark. which was likevise
levelled to the earth, but the inmates a
both happily escaped with some bruises,
Thence on down to within four miles OF
this city, twenty-fOur houses were unro0to1
n bod
up. The total damage is estimated 1t &5O.-
600 Some say that the storm Was not o
cyclone, but a tornado, sweeping along in 0
direct line. Its speed may he conceived ffon
TIE fact that IN six minutes it had passed
over about 125 miles. 1t was in the form,
when first seen, of low cloud driving aloo9>
the surface and rolling rapidly around
while lightning played incessantly from -
front. The destruction it wrought WAS -
complete Is the celebrated cyclone ut Grin
nell. In this city the storm was felt chiefly
in the form of hail. Some of the stones, a.
rather masses of ice, that fell were unpFeoo-
dented in size: One was picked
up that weighed two and = hsif
pounds, and Others from four ounce
to . pound and . half in weight and
varying in size from a hickory nut into q
coffee cup, were very COMMON. Fortunate.
ly the destruction wrought by these was con-
AACu ~ q lev kEdileS "a kl3SS OfOKG0. ~
very little was felt here, but the rain fall NJ
enormous and the lightning intensely vivid.
At this hour all the details of destzuctioa
are not yet in, but it is probable that No
more fatalities will be reported. 5l
The principal sufferers, with their proper
ty destroyed either in whole or In part,
were as follows: -.
J. w. Stark, house and barn shattered.
Edward Fenny, house destroyed. -
Mrs. G. Fenny, house, barn and out build,
ings destroyed and the owner killed.
NJ. Hass, house partially wrecked.
&c. Ellis, house pau6tally destroyed. '.'s
Bohn Schroef, barn and out housa COM
Pletely destroyed.
Harry Stone, barn destroyed. "
Mrs. Eliza Stone, barn destroyed and
dwelling badly wrecked.
Mrs. d. NJ. Johnson, barn destroyed.
N. Praisen, dwelling completely wiped
out. i,
Joseph Coe, fine new house, large ba,n,
buildings, orchards, stock and machinery
destroyed, with a loss of $4,000 =
John Penny, dwelling demolished.
John Peasley, house destroyed with sta-
bles and surroundings. .;@
Emory Cast, house and barn scattered for
half mile round.