The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1882-06-28
TERRIBLE TORNADO.
GREAT DESTRUCTION OF LIFE AND
PROPERTY.
Work Of the Cyclone in Iowa, Illinois and
Missouri-An Appeal For Relief
for the Sufferers.

| mass meeting Of the citizens of Des
| Moine was held at the Opera house TO-
| night. Over twenty-four hundred dol
lars was reported to have been raised to-
day for the relief of Grinneln and other
storm stricken vicinities
| The following appeal for aid has been
! furnished to the Associated Press
| TO the Public ..After two days and
nights spent in traversilig the track of
| the tornado, and having reports ofscorcs
OF reporters sent TO al parts oft, Wc find
the condition Of the stricken people 50
piteous and SO needful Of instant and
generous help that we send this appeal
to the people Of the United States in
their behalf. The tornado made Il
| sWath OF destruction through !. thickly
settled portion Of Iowa, some one hund-
red and fifty miles in length and an av-
crGgc Of half 4 mile in Width extending
from a point south Of Aims, in the CEN
ter OF the State, and sweeping III the
shape Of a crescent to South English, iii
keokuk county, i'll the south eastern
part of the State. We have the names
now of siXty-nine dead and 500 wound
ed half Of the latter seriously hurt and
probably fifty Of them fatally. Over 800
hundred families have had their homes
totally destroyed, and there are at least
thirteen hundred homeless and in want.
The loss III property will exceed $1,000
600 and may reach $4,000, 600 In
Grinnell alone more than S4D0. 900
worth OF property was destroyed, OH
ance, as in case of fires. It will take at
least s3o3,o00 to put the people there be-
yond need and distress. It will take
100000 at once to put the wounded peo-
pie i'll il position to be cared Tor. 1t will
tseis Z. q GOT. .a0aaf the lowest to keep lie
sufferers from want, aud help them put
the hunblest roof over their heads.
The people of Des Moincs and Iowa
are responding generously Citizens Of
this place have subscribed $1,000 this
morning, and will make it 900 before
night, i'll money, and are sending pro-
visions and clothing besides
CHICAGO, June ia special from
Metropolis, Illinois, says: 4 terrible
cyclone struck this place yesterday even
ing, blowing down several houses, kill
ing Dick Turner, capsizing and sinking
the steamer Jennie and scattering harv-
ested wheat III the vicinity Damages
;ue heavy.
An Atchison, Kan, special says mail
and travellers bring more accurate re-
ports ofsthe effects OF Friday nights
storm, showing that it extended south
ward and westward Of Kansas City, and
doing greater sggregate damage than was
at first supposed. Many small town and
hamlets were visited and are in mourning
over the loss Of life and property A
family Of three are reported drowned OH /
a flat boat about twelve miles below this /
city.
Iowa City special report the loss Of
life at Irish Ridge at ten or twelve.
4 Boone, Iowa, special says: The |
tornado struck the southwestern portion |
OF Boone county Saturday evening at /
O'Clock. It was plainly seen here and |
seemed twenty miles away. Reports are |
coming in Of great destruction in that |
section. All the buildings on several
farms are completely demolished.
\ church four miles south Of Ogden
was destroyed. Many persons have I
been seriously injured and one person
killed. Information isdifficult to obtain
Oh account Of heavy roads. Women
and children are reported missing.
ST. Louis. June 1s.-Thc losses III
East st. Iouis.by last nights storm are
about $4,000. Houses, wires, stocks,
mills, etc, suffered. There was d ter
'ific tornado at Kansas City, and the
wires arc all down. Two men were
killed. The loss IL Kansas City was
;209, 900. IeayenWorth also reports Il
errible storm; five ladies are reported
killed in one house, and great damage is
aid to have been done.
DEs MONIES, Iowa, June 1s.-A tor
lado swept through central Iowa last
light from the northwest to the south
asst, some twenty miles north of Des
Ioines. The town Of Grinnell was
truck by it and half the town lay in
uins. About forty people were killed
nd over hundred wounded, according
o the latest reports. Both the larger
buildings Of the Iowa college were
loWn fiat to the ground. Ii