Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1882-06-21
TELEGRAPH
AMERICA.
SPECIAL DISPATCHES TO THE DAILY TIMES.
UNITED STATES.
Iowa Ravaged by Storms - Grinnell,
Malcolm, and Mt. Pleasant Laid Waste
100 People Reported Killed-Total
Loss Over a Million.

day night, at 10 o'clock, a terrific
storm passed in southwesterly d.
rection over Des Moines and Boone
county. In Burlington only rain and
hail fell; but mile south Of the city
the hurricane blew down barns,
houses, orchards, and destroyed a
large amount Of property. Nobody
reported killed. The electrical dis
play was remarkable, the sky being
aglow constantly for two hours.
AT Mt. Pleasant, % miles west of
here, the hurricane was very destruc-
tive. Two storms met over the town
at 4 P. M, and accompanied by rain
and hail, broke in fearful fury, demol-
ishing entirely the Baptist Church,
which cost $4,000. The Presbyte-
rian Church was lifted and inverted,
the point Of the roof striking the side
walk in front of the church and lifting
it from the ground many feet. The
towers and roofs of all the churches
in the place were unroofed and other
wise damaged. The park in the pub
lie square was filed with tin roofing,
rolled into punches like wads Of pa
per. The rain damaged much mer-
chandise. Three hundred dwellings
are uncovered. Not single chimney
is left standing in the town. Only
two persons are reported killed-a
mother and son, named Scott, who
lived near the city. None seriously
injured. In the town, the Insane
Asylum, with 600 inmates, was in the
track of the storm, but is not damaged
The loss in Mt. Pleasant will reach
S15O,OoO.
Fifty freight cars, standing on the
side track one mile east of Mt. Pleas
hi,, "CiC CdIIltu Oh W INC Iildll line,
where G. B. 4 G. freight train col
lided with them, wrecking them COM
pletely. The engineer of the train,
y. l.. Parmeter, was slightly injured.
ONE HUNDRED PEOPLE KILLED.
Dies MONIES, June l9.-Little new
developments to- day Of the destruc
ton from the cyclone at Grinncll.
No further deaths are reported; but
up to Ii O'Clock tonight Al deaths
had occurred at Grinnell and % at
outside points, II of them at Nal
com and in that vicinity, and 5 in
the country northwest of Grinnell.
The doctors say that 6 or Z. and even
more, of the wounded at Grinnell
won't live - hours, and some of the
physicians put the final death roll at
Grinnell at over so, while some fear
it will reach as high as IS. OF the
wounded in that city there are over
$50 cases, 60 Of them more or less
serious. In the country there are
also several seriously injured. The
best posted men at Grinnell, yester-
day, say the deathroll will likely
reach loot is now GA. There were
6 deaths yesterday and last night.
One hundred and forty three is
now estimated as the number of
dwelling-houses destroyed by the
tornado in the town of Grinnell. 1t
is estimated that this entails loss
of half million dollars, which is
nearly total loss, as hardly any of
them are insured against tornadoes
or anything but fire.
Mr.. j. B. Grinnell states that 60 of
the people losing their houses lose
all they have in this world.
Outside Of Grinnell, at Malcolm
and in the country, there is also i'm
mense loss of property. The total
will not foot up less than one fourth
OF million dollars, and some of the
business men at Grinnell think the
actual loss will be larger than this.
ONE COUNTY LOSES HALF A MILLION.
DIES MONIES, June l9.-Henry
county's loss by the storm will reach
half a million dollars, of which on,-
quarter was inflicted in Mount Pleas
ant. Shadrick Scott and his mother
are the only persons known to have
been killed.
Storms Everywhere.