Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1882-06-22
A WESTERN CYCLONE.


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GRNNKLL, Iowa. June ls.-This city
was almost wiped out Of existence by .
tornado Saturday night. A funnel
shaped cloud, accompanied by a deep
roaring sound, bore down on the town
and wrecked the finest residence portion
Of the city, including Cornell college
buildings. Locomotives and trains were
swept from railroad tracks and nothing
withstood the fury Of the elements. Latest
reports place the number OF killed at
5O,and at least $50 are seriously wounded,
many fatally. Many took refuge in cel-
lars, which seem 70 have been the safest
places Of resort. About 150 houses were
demolished. and the property loss IL es-
timated at 100000. Surgeons and q
committee from Des Moines are aiding
the sufferers. The same cyclone struck
the town OF Malcolm, near here, ,demolish-
ing many fine business blocks and one
third the residence portion of the town.
Already 10 dead bodies have been found.
and scores OF men, women and children
were injured The path of the tornado
was about 25 miles long, and half mile
wide. Everything in its line was leveled,
farm-houses wrecked, and, beside the loss
OF human lives, stock OF all kinds was.
killed.
DEs MONIES, Iowa, June 19.--Few new,
developments to-day from the destruc-
tion by the cyclone at Grinnell. No
further deaths are reported to-day, but up
10 II o'clock II deaths had occurred at
Grinnell, and % at, outside points, II AZ
them at Malcolm and that vicinity and fiyd
of them in the country northwestern Grin.
nell. The doctors say that six or seven
and even more of the wounded at Grin
won't live twenty-four hours, and some
OF the physicians put on the final death
roll at Grinnell at more than 80 while some
fear it viii yet reach as high as 75. or
the wounded in that city there are now
over 200 known cases and some so Of them
more or less serious In the country are
also several serious cases of injury. The
best posted men at Grinnell yesterday,
estimated the death roll as very Il :
5 LIKELY TO REACH 100, 6,s q
1t is now 64, as we have it. There
were six deaths yesterday and last night.
among the. rest that OF Conductor
Deignen, of the Rook Island road; 143 Is
now estimated as the number of dwell
liug houses destroyed in Grinnell., tits
CoUhuaJC0 btto CIthllb q lOoo vi lldIL IIllilr
ion now, which is nearly o total loss, as
hardly any Of them are insured against
tornadoes or anything but fire. y
J. B. Grinnell states that 80 of the
people in losing their homes, loses they
have in this world. Outside GrinnelI,
and in Malcom and in the country there
is also an immense loss. Probably the
aggregate Of all will not foot up less than
three quarters OF q million dollars. Some
Of the business men Of Grinnell think it's
actual loss will be larger, rather than less.
MORE snsHAPs.
Mail reports from Story county rep.
resent the damage there BY the cyclone
of Saturday night asvery serious. Sew
al buildings were swept away at Kelley.
AL the buildings on the farms OF j.. Al.
Mcfarland and William Templeton were
obliterated. Farther east ali the build
| ings on 16 farms were swept away. Two
school houses in Nevada were demolished.
A school house in Albany was carried
away. All growing crops in the track Of
the wind were destroyed and cattle,
horses, hogs and poultry carried long dis
tances and deposited dead.
Mrs. LID. Thompson's little girl was
killed. and her own arm broken; G. w.
Hempstock, leg broken. His wife and
child were injured internally.
In Boone cohnty number of farm
houses and barns were carried off. and
an eight-year old boy of Christian Plosen
was killed.
, APPEALING FOR AID.
Gov. Sherman has issued proclama-
tion for aid to the people Of Iowa for the
sufferers form the tornadoes. p