The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1882-07-05
Terrible Tornado.
GreatLoss of Lilo and Property.

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The following is the Latest in
formation. which was received from
Grinnell Yesterday, az 4:5O a. m: A
special train from Des Moines reach
81 this place at $40 o'clock, with
twelve physicians on b ard, from
Des MOines.
arAt Colf:lx and kellogg the situa-
ton is even worse than first reports
made IL appear. There are 81 peo-
ple dead. and about 100 or more
wounded.
Eight deaths are reported from
Malcolm, which place is entirely de-
strOyed.
Brooklyn has also suffered. some
eight of the students are badly in
iured. They have been dug out OF
the ruins. The Chapln House is
turned into a hospital, and some of
the most dangerous eases are being
taken there.
4 special, sent at $50 o'clock
SAYS From numerous and con-
traIicting stories Of the startled citi-
zens we gather the story Of a deep,
roaring sound, preceding funnel
shaped cloud.
c. Pitman's house was completely
levelei, burying Pitman, his wife
and three children. His wife SIS
ter and her little baby and three
year old gnl Hattie were taken out
dead. Her boy, Harry, was fatally
injured. and Arthur slightly injured.
Not far away, at the residence OF
Mr. Lewis an old gentleman and
lady were killed. From here the
storm pursued a zigzag direction to
the north of the city. When, after
wfping out the finest residences in a
portion of the city, it moved toward
the college. The next building was
dumped into a heap of lath and
plaster and broken timbers, burying
beneath il eight students who room
ed therein, all of whom were after
wards rescued, moro or less injured,
hut one of them subsequently died.
Ina two story house Miss Abbie
AGAIN was killed. There is hardly
a sign left of house in the vicinity.
4 block which contained nine
hoases, all beautiful, was leveled to
the ground. In one house of this
block. 3 persons were killed, Mr..
Ford and wife. a hired Girl and Mr..
Tatten. In this vicinity J. W. Viii
Iiams house was unrOofed. Prof.
Hcrriek's and Mrs Morris two
bouses were punched together. The
scenes around the ruins are heart
rending. The engine house where
nineteen of the dead bodies are laid
out. presents a sight that bring back
army DAYS. Some of the dead bodies
are still in the wrecks Of injured
range up among the hundreds at
Mallcot, and seven are dead
BrRIINGrON, Iowa, June l9.-At
IL o'clock Saturday night a terrific
storm uassed in n southwesterly di-
rcction in Des MOines and Henry
counties. In Burlington only ram
and hail fell. butts mile south OF the
city the hurriea ne blew down barns,
houses and orchards, and destroyed
a vast amount of property. Nobody
i reported killed. The electrical
dfsplav 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
the town at ll.3O o'clock, and, &c
COMMANDED by rain and hail, broke IN
= fury. dcmOliShing entirely the
Baptist church, which cost go, 600.
The spire of Presbyterian church
was lifted high in the air, and the
inverted point struck the side walk,
in front of the church, and was
driven many feet in the ground.
The towers Of all the churches are
of. and the churches are otherwise
damaged. Nearly every business
house in the city is unrOOted and
damaged. The park and public
sauare are filled with tin roofs, rolled
into punches like wads Of paper.
The rain damaged a large quantity
of merchandise. The storm lasted
obout 40 minutes. Three hundred
dwellings are unroOfed and other
wise damaged, and not single
chimney Is left standing, and thou
sands of trees are twisted Off Three
large brick school houses are In
RUNS. but the college buildings es-
caped. Only two persons were re-
ported killed, Mrs. Scott and her
SON seriously injured in town. The
insane hospital, with 600 inmates, in
the track of the storm, is not dam
AGED. The loss i'm Mt. Pleasant is
above Sl5O,OOO. Freight cars stand
inc on a side track a mile east Of
Mt Pleasant were carried upon the
main line, and Chicago, BurEng
ton and Quincy freight train cOllided
with them, wrecking the upturned
cars completely. ...
DEs NOISES, june 19.-Up to !
o'clock last night Al deaths had Oc-
Cured at Crime ], and % at outside
pOints. Seventeen Of the latter Oc-
eurred at Malcolm and in the coun-
try northwest Of Grinnell. No
deaths are reported to-day, but the
doctors say that six or seven more
of the wounded at Grinnell will die.
Some of the physicians put the final
death roll at Grinnell alone at more
than 30, while others fear it will yet
reach as high as IS. OF the
wounded nthat city, there are now
over 100 known cases about so OF
them being of rather serious ma
ture. In the country there are also
several serious cases OF injury. The
best posted persons at Grinnell yes
terday estimated that the death roll
OF the calamity would very pro- ably
reach 100. There were . deaths
Yesterday and last night. Among
the rest that of Conductor Deignor,
of the Rock Island Road. One hun