The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1882-06-21
CYCLONE In IOWA.
TEERlBLE HAVOC IN THE TOWN
OF GRINNELL
Half ofthe Buildings Dcmoiishec-A
Hundred Persons Killed and
Hundred and Fifty
Wounded

DES MONIES, June 10 ne tdtt
ness of the hour at which anythin
ike authentic statements could b
had last night from the tornado a
Grinnell, and the consequent pros
tration of the wires, prevented an.
report being sent OUT ahe hrs
startling reports of loss of life wer
soon confirmed, and later and au
thentic reports swelled the list Q
dead at Grinneil to about forty, witt
several severely hurt, and Cornell
College building ruined. Eight a
least were also killed at Malcolm
station, nine miles east of Grinnell
and several living in the farming
district. A freight train on tbs
Rock Island road, between towns
was caught in the wind and badly
wrecked, OBTAINING trains west thre'
hours. and a freight train on th'
Iowa Central, just north of Grinnell
was also badly derailed.
The first authentic news of th,
terrible havoc was received by th,
Register, as follows Both college
buildings at Grinnell were blown
down, with half the north part o
the town in ruins and a large mum
Der killed and injured.
Soon after, the following dis
patches were received
l2:47 a. M.-Reports coming il
from the wrecked portion OF the
city and hourly becoming more
heartrending. 1t is impossible tc
Judge the extent of the loss ofliie o.
damage to property. Physicians al.
ready have more cases than they
can attend to properly and are anx-
iors for help from other cities. No
II was wrecked one mile and a
half east and conductor Deignan
and some of his passengers We're Sc.
riously injured. The head brake
man is missing. Fourteen cars are
said TO be blown clear off the track
and two wrecked on the track.
1850 A. M.-Our city is half in
ruins by a cyclone. From five to
ten killed and fifty 10 hundred
wounded. Send doctors from New
ton and Des Moines by special
train. We have no wires working
outside of town. Send immediate
ly, by order of Mayor of the city.
Both college buildings and half OF
our best residences are fat on the
ground.
Shortly after one O'Clock special
train left bearing Superintendent
Noyce, Superintendent Quick, doc
tors Hannawalt, Priestly, Patchin,
Gallagher. Smith and Rawson, Capt.
j. IL. Powers, Geo. Sandburn, Col.
Green, Geo. Howell and several en-
ployes OF the road. No satisfactory
news was obtained on account of
the break in the wires until receipt
of the following from the Register
reporter
4:40 A. MA special train from
Des Moines reached at $40 with
twelve physicians on board from
Des Moines, Colfax and Kellogg.
The situation is worse than even the
first reports made it appear Thir-
ty-two people are dead and about
ono b,, flr,j ,.ya.nlol
A special to the Register sent at
7:30 saws: From numerous and con-
stories of startled citizens
we gather the old story of the deep
roaring sound preceding a funnel
shaped cloud. 1t was seen first COM
ing from the southwest, sweeping up
to the northwest corner of the town,
leveling huge trees in its pathway
and taking A. a. Fosters house and
barn, laying both to the ground, and
carrying Mr. and Mrs. Foster and
their children thirty yards. precipi-
tating them amidst debris, all some
what injured. Just east of Fosters :
was II. C. Pitman's house. also com
pletely leveled, burving beneath it
Pitnan, his wife and three children,
wife's sister and her little baby.
Foster took out three-year-old girl,
Hattie, dead, a boy, Harry aged ten,
fatally injured, and Arthur, slightly
injured. Not far away was the resi-
dence of Mr.. Lewis, an old gentle
man and lady, who were both killed.
their son, was in Des Moines
and thus escaped. From here
the storm pursued a zig-zag direction
TO the north of the city, when, after
whipping out the finest residence por,
ton of the city, it turned toward the
college. The west building was dunn
ped into a heap of lath and plaster
and broken timber, burying beneath
eight students whJ roomed therein,
ali of whom were afterwards extri-
Gated more or less injured and one
died. The East College, Il five story
was unroofed and fire fol-
Owed. After completing its work
Of demolition at the college, the
fiend struck straight across
he Iowa Central Railroad and di-
'ectlv in its path lay loaded ears.
4 great Mogul engine was lifted
off and the train toppled
IN either side al the whim of the
wind.
Across the track was the building
IF Prof. J. ". Chamberlain, treasurer
If the college, which was gathered
lp in sections and dumped in
iisiointed heap, portions upside
lown, irretrievably ruined. DR.. r.
\. SCOTS house was turned almost
completely. c. W. Hobart's elegant
-esidence and barn are completely
zone. Near by once stood a two
story house in which Miss Abbie
gard was killed, hardly sign left
If it. In the vicinity stood the
house of II. Y. Mcconnell, who was
,oing around almost demented, car
'ying lantern in which there were
10 glass or light, moving it up and
lown IN search OF valuable papers
which were blown away. The
lonse was a pile OF lath, splinters
md plaster
AMONG THE ACRES OF RUINS
n the vicinity we came to block