The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1882-06-20
TELEGRAPHIC
THE CYCLONE.
Ii RACES FuriOusly in Iowa.

Des Moines, Ia, 18.-A tornado swepi
through Central Iowa late last night from
the northwest 10 the southeast from
twenty miles north of Des Moines. The
town Of Grinnill was struck by it. and
half the town is in ruins. About fortv
people were killed and over q hundred
wounded, according to the latest repo1ts
Both the large buildings of Iowa College
were blown fat to the ground.
A special to the State REGISTER: Sur-
geon's report torty-one dead st Grinnell,
and say i've or six more will not live
through the night. Deignan, Rock
Island conductor, is dead. Surgeons re-
ported mat the wounded exceed $50, and
the number of houses DESTROYED and
ruined IS between l40 and $50. The
total loss OF property is now estimated at
$6UO,OOU. Ii Is feared the number Of
deaths at Grinnell will yet reach seventy
i've. The path Of Inc tornado is NV
we'll defined, as having been about
twenty-five miles long and half a mile
vice, extending five miles northwest Of
Grlnnell. and twenty miles southeast. 1t
is now thought the loss of life outside of
Grinnell will reach twenty-five, and
altogether near 100.
A special train with physicians was
sent out from here. The Register Re
porter sends the following: thirty two
people are dead and about 100 or more
wounded. The list of fatal casualties is
as follows: Deacon Ford and wife, Mr..
Lewis and wife, Deacon Clement and
two children, Mrs. Eva Morton, Chi
eago; Henry Pitman's two children,
Hattie and barry; A. Gard, photo
graphic artist; Cornslia Chase, of Storm
Lake. The only student killed was Susie
Bsyer, daughter Of a dry goods
merchant, and his mother, Mrs.
Bsyer, also. His son was fatally
injured. Mrs. Griswold, Miss Totem,
Miss Cullison and her mother, Miss
Alexanders and two children, Mrs. Huff
and child, George Terry and baby Terry
are not expected to live. Bingham
Burkett, student at Montezuma, Madison
Howsrd's boy and lady from Cedar
Rapids, visiting at the Bayer's. Three
parsons are dead two miles west Of town.
Barrett E. Chase, q student at S:eim
Lake, Henry Moore, a brakeman on the
Iowa Central Road, of Msrshslton, were
fatally injured; John Deignsu, conductor
of the Rock Island freight, fatally; u
tramp from Des Aoines, fatally; travel |
ing man w. j. Bourbon, of Chicago; a |
hired girl Of Deacon Ford, and Mrs. |
Iotten, Eight deaths are reported from |
Malcolm, which is entirely leVeled and |
destroyed. Brooklyn has also suffered |
some. Some eight OF the students were
badly injured, having been dug out Of |
.he ruins. Chaplin House is turned into |
! hospital, some OF the most dangerous |
,sses being carried there.
Henry Moore, Rock Island brake
nan, is dying in cohVulsloEs at the |
Chaplin House. The scenes around the |
'uins are hesrtrending; families wander.
ny over the ruins OF their home in q
iazed sort of way.
Malcolm, Ia ,l8.-FiVe of the best bust
less houses here, both churches and one
bird Of the dwellings were demolished by /
be storm. Seven dead bodies have been /
ound-C. b. Wheeler, old Mrs. Myers,
Hrs. 0 Myers and Mrs. Hall. A man
md his sou were blown into a we'll. The
ather elimb bed up the pump-stock, push.
ng the child before him. a South
Brooklyn barn was destroyed and three
people were killed.
Boone, Ia, 19.-The tornado struck
he southwestern part of Boone County
"a Saturday evening at o'clock. It
vas plainly seen Ghere and seen twenty
niles away. Reports are just coming in
# the great destruction in that section.
All the buildings in several farms were
demolished. A church four
niles south of Ogden was destroyed.
dsny persons have been seriously in
lred. One man was killed. Irforna-
ion is difficult to obtain on sccount of
be hesvy roads. A woman and child
re reported missing.