Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1882-06-21

TERRIBLE HAVOC IN THE TOWN OF GRIN
NELL.
Half of the Buildings DemOIished-A Hun
Gred Persons Killed and Hundred and
Fifty Wounded.

Half of the Buildings DemOIished-A Hun
Gred Persons Killed and Hundred and
Fifty Wounded.
DEs MONIES, June 1S.-The late
ness of the hour at which anything
like authentic statements could be had
last night from the tornado at Grinnell,
and the consequent prostration of the
wires, prevented any report being sent
out. The first startling reports OF the
loss of life were soon confirmed, and
authentic reports swelled the list of
dead at Grinnell to forty, with several
severely hurt, and Cornell College
building ruined. Eight at least were
also killed at Malcolm station, nine
miles east of Grinnell, and several liv-
ing in the farming district A freight
train on the Rock Island road, between
towns, was caught i'll the wind and
badly wrecked, OBTAINING trains west
three hours, and freight train on the
Iowa Central, just north of Grlnnell,
was also badly derailed.
The first authentic news of the ter
rible havoc was received by the Regis
ter, as follows: Both college buildings
at Grinnell were blown down, with
half the north part of the town in ruins
and large number killed and injur-
ed.
LIST OF CASUALTIES.
Deacon Ford and wife; Mr.. Lewis
and wife; Deacon Clements two chill
dren; Mrs. Eva Morton, of Chicago;
Henry Pitman's two chlldren-Hattie
and Harry and Mr. Pitman, probably
fatally injured; Miss Able Agard, pho
tographic artist; Cornell Chase, of
Storm Lake, (the only student kllled);
Susie Bayer, daughter of dry goods
merchant, and mother, Mrs. Bayer,
also their son, fatally wounded; Mrs.
Griswold, Mrs. Totten, Mrs Cullison
and her mother. Mrs. Alexander's two
children; Mrs. Huff and child; George
Terry's baby, Terry not expected to
live; Bingham Burkett, student, OF
Montezuma; Madison Howard's boy;
a lady from Cedar Rapids, visiting at
Bayer's; three persons dead two miles
west of town; Barrett Chase, student,
Storm Lake; Henry Moore, a brake
man on the Iowa Central road, of Mar
shalltown, fatally injured; John Dieg-
nan, conductor of Rock Island freight,
fatally; a tramp from Des Moines,
fatally; travelling man w. J. Bar
bour, of Chicago; hired girl of Deacon
Ford and Mrs. Totten Eight deaths
are reported from Malcolm, which is
entirely leveled and destroyed. Brook
lyn has suffered some. Some eight
students are badly injured, having been
dug out of the ruins. The Chaplin
house is turned into a hospital, some
of the most dangerous cases being car
ried there. Chas. Fry, brakeman OF
Rock Island road, at train wreck north
of Grinnell; child of Jas. Phipps; Mrs.
Donahue; two in Alonzo Gillespie's Is
family and three in Beatty family.
THE DEVASTATION DESCRIBED.
A special to the Register sent at
I 80 says: From numerous and con-
Trajectory stories of startled citizens
we gather the old story of the deep
roaring sound preceding funnel
shaped cloud 1t was first seen COM
ing from the southwest, sweeping up
to the northwest corner of the town,
leveling huge trees in it's pathway and
taking A. A Fosters house and barn,
laying both to the ground, and carry
ing Mr.. and Mrs Foster and their
children thirty yards, precipitating
them amidst debris, all somewhat in
jured. Just east of Fosters was Ell.
C. Pitman's house, also completely
leveled, burying beneath it Pitman,
his wife and three children, wife's SIS
ter and her little baby. Foster took
out three year-old girl, Hattie, dead,
boy, Harry, aged ten, fatally injured,
and Arthur, slightly injured. Not far
away was the residence of Mr. Lewis,
an old gentleman and lady, who were
both killed Charles, their son, was
in Des Moines and thus escaped
From here the storm pursued zig-zag
direction to the north of the city, when,
after wiping out the finest residence
portion of the city, it turned toward
the college. The west building was
dumped into heap of lath and plas-
ter and broken timber, burying beneath
eight students who roomed therein, all
of whom were afterwards extricated
more or less injured and one died. The
East College, five story building,
was unroofed and fire followed. After
completing it's work of demolition at
the college, the whirling fend struck
straight across the Iowa Central Rail-
road and directly in it's path lay load
ed cars A great Mogul engine was
lifted completely off and the train top
pied to either side at the whim of the
wind. Across the track was the
building of Prof J. w Chamberlain,
treasurer of the college, which was
gathered up in sections and dumped in
disjointed heap portions upside
down, irretrievably ruined. Dr. r.
N. Scott's house was turned almost
completely. G. W. Hobart's elegant
residence and barn are completely gone
Near by once stood a two-story house
in which Miss Abbie Agard was killed,
hardly sign left of it, In the vicinity
stood the house of FL. Y. Mcconnell
who was going around almost dement,
ed carrying lantern in which there
were no glass or light, moving it up
and down in search of valuable papers
which were blown away. The house
was pile of lath, splinters and plaster
AMONG THE ACRES OF RUINS