The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1882-07-01
THE STORM KING,

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Lat. Ravages in Iowa and Elsewhere.
AT INDEPENDENCE, IOWA.
| The wires were down SO that no full repor
of the hurricane at Independence, Iowa. OF
the god, could be sent out before Saturday
On that day a press reporter sent from tn
scene of devastation the following report:
1t was a hurricane, not a tornado. Tn,
storm swept over an area of 90 miles in width
Some damage to buildings was done at Walk
ley and Rowley, also as tar north as Odwin
The center of the great force and destruction
was at Independence. The storm broke IN ii
greatest fury in the evening, blowing from thu
northwest. In a few minutes property wal
destroyed valued at 10000. Two lives were
lost, ten persons injured, two of them danger
ously. The killed were w. Iforen, aged 1S
and Albert Rijke, aged /. The former was
killed by the moving of house on the found
alton as he was gong to the cellar The lat
ter was crushed by the falling roof of house
as he was leaving it IN fright. The streets
were thronged with people from Sells circus
The wonder IS that no more were injured
There were scenes of great confusion in the
streets; women screaming were running to
shelter, while the air was filled with Gying
missiles. About 90 residences were wrecked,
all badly damaged. Nearly 30 were leveled,
and large amount Of plate glass in store
fronts was smashed The insane asylum was
damaged to the amount of $4,000 The brick
smokestack, 1870 feet high, was blown down TO
the foundation. Sells circus tent WAS torn
into shreds. A great deal of property was
destroyed and the horses were stampedcd and
recovered with difficulty Three employees
were badly injured. Two young ladies were
struck by the storm short distance from In
dependence Their buggy was overturned
and they were blown against barbed wire
fence. Their clothing was torn off and they
were seriously lacerated.
AT EMMETsBURG, IOWA.
Two days later Saturday the town of En-.
mctsburg, county seat OF Palo Alto county,
was blown TO pieces by q tornado. The Illl-
nois Central and Chicago and Northwestern
trains were blown from the tracks, and the
Milwaukee and st. Louis road wrecked
There was washout north of Forest City,
and reports that three or four more towns in
the locality were blown to pieces The latest
reports say that three persons were killed at
Emmetsburg and number wounded, among
the latter being George Sanders and wife and
Mrs Boswell and child
At H0sper, station on the st. Paul road,
near lie Mars, the depot hotel, an elevator,
and eighteen cars were demolished.
OTHER POINTS IN IOWA.
On Sunday twenty houses were demolished,
five persons killed, and twenty-five injured,
in the southern part OF Clay county by the
hurricane. At Abba hard wind storm
passed over the town, accompanied by terrific
and lightning. Trees were snapped
off like prpestems, and chimneys were blown
down all over the city. A very tall chimney
on the opera house block tumbled, frightening
the inmates terribly, and they thought their
time had come. The storm had every appear.
ance of Il cyclone. No loss of life is yet re-
ported.
During three days up to Saturday night all
northern Iowa was thoroughly soaked by
violent rain storms. Railroad bridges and
tracks were washed away, delaying trains,
many as long as ten hours. Business was
generally disturbed. Everybody was fearful
81 cyclone, anxlously watching the clouds.
In the towns of Peterson, Sutherland and
Primghar, Cherokee county, seven persons
we're killed and as many seriously injured and
At least 100000 worth of property destroyed,
North of Peterson, within circle of ten miles
here were SIX killed. At Sutherland fifteen
were destroyed and many others
moved from their foundations.
At Hosper, 20 miles north of lie Mars, the
81. Paul depot was torn to pieces, long train
If freight cars was ditchcd, and five buildings
n the town were entirely demolished, lnclud-
ng fine Presbyterian church.
IN NEBRASKA.
by the storm on Sunday morning 100000
lamage was done in Omaha. The storm
Gems to have originated on the North Platte
m the Union Pacific, 300 miles west, where
here was but little ram ana light wind
Proceeding eastward 1t rained harder and the
viad increased in velocity until, reaching
omaha, it blew at the rate Of fifty miles an
lour. Between the North Platte and Omaha
he storm moved in zig.zag direction, some
POINTS being severely visited by wind, rain
md hail, while other places almost entirely
scaped. Wherever 1t struck considerable
lamage was done to crops, particularly be-
ween Kearney and Aida; also in the vicinity
# Clark's and Chapman's stations, and at
Benton. From Millard, twenty-five miles
vest to Omaha, in this section great damage
vas done to crops, No buildings were de-
nolished or lives lost on the main line of the
Union Pacific, or in the country north. The
outhern halt of Nebraska suffered most &c.