The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1884-04-03
RAvAGED BY CYCLONES.
A Large Section or tho south tho Vic.
Tim ~ Another Fierce
TorMados
Portions Of Ohio and Indiana Also
Suffer Great Loss Of Lilo
and Property.


A large section or the rich niue Grass fc.
great calamity IN the shape ofa cyclonc.
which drs,roycl some hair dozen villages
killel about twenty people, aud inflicted In.
caleulahle damage to iarm property. During
tho Afternoon tho oppressive . atmosphere and
rreavh M storm. and llsht rain heuan 10
tAli. rhis pNve Nay ~ kAil, which poured
down like shnt. nccuni lsNnled Ivy hikh winds.
Tho latter Increased IN fury until II tcrMst u
c,e,onc, which struck tolemansvite full TN
ments had almost oelisesa,ca tho town
from existence. Tho Inhabitants rushed fran.
uvMlly from thvie houses. which tuttared and
fell. Large trces, torn from their roots wefc
violently thrown against dwclltnue, carrying
them along. Entirc buildings ws.c e,rrsed
away, leaving mot vestirc behind except
tho foundation. either hai dinvs were car.
tiud 4 distance ct feom enc hundrol yards
~ = hAlf INTO Distant scattering debrla
cf lc9A stones and trccs ns 10 murh
dust. Evers ono ei.hcr ran into the
street or sought retusc In cellars, and
many wcrc II. urcd by fallinv timhers,
which dropped around In all directions,
In tho midst ot tho storm Mrs. A. II, l.AN
rushed out VI tho house with her infant, three
weeks old, Tho storm tore the child from her
ArMe, while ahc WAs blown across the street
AsA,nst 4 neishhor's house. She was picked
up insensihe . and badly IN surcd, and tho baby
was found deAt 10 yards distant Sven or
ctrAt people were klllcl attolcMNnssil lie, and
many were hadly wounded, No ono IN tho
Village escaped injury. Reaching Mount
Nano, ndcs,roy "a every house and occNsioncd
a A.reat loss OF lfe ana property. stock of
oil kinds was seen nNMs throNrh the air
stu onward hound, the storm With greater
force ncxt struck Conrcs, tearing down every
eatsdinK. 1hsa place sNfescd greatly, SetnE
ANAtt A.. fsAA
certain whcthcr Ntown escr stocd there or not.
hut little idea ce the havoc accustomed by
the tornado can hc conveyed In werd PIC,
turc> Some few incidents may, however,
ecrvc u convey ~ the rSAacr An impression
al the power At the aterm. Tees wee torn
from the sress who're they had grown IL argc
proportions from little shrahs, carried dis.
taneo ef nve miles, and then Ngan usoptsst
To the carth 0cnaled ~ their bark and
stripped ot theh lMtA Two euys VIII werr
nshas N the Licking Risen TOOK sctasc M
tho mouth II railway tanncl aud werc
blown through II ta its other opeainv, dis.
tNnce II SOL yarss, A negro discovered his
srNnk in trcc top several hundred
yArda dktANa fNees were blown
trom their Moshcrs arms aud lied
have not yet rctaraySl II their families Two
children supposed 10 have been teSs were
next Murntas found in ccitar and rescucd,
hedcS OF deal persons were found strswa
AtNNs the tSAAuSt tMMcN~e NNMVerN VI cav
tlc and other stsck were alSa SlangAtcessd,
Al ono place man tying through tho air
WAS seen, but hc cah not new ke teNnd, A
ehMreh MAS lifted from xtsht and has no, YET
ecca heard OF, The organ was toana aeaat
fiSc Mslcs distant, koeks wrishtax three
tens were hornc quite dlstaacss and the
ground was much torn NN Vast quantities
al water were blown trvM the rivrG A man
sought refuge eehlna 4 fNtsht cars living
deerss WAS ssea ~ cacaMasass hM, and hc
can not now b. aNnh The cAsMncss
and foundations et buildings were carried
away teAa chickens and SAcsp wcc
picked Mp in the Ndiasnsng cosntN. which
were sccAsassc1 Ns having teen blown from
miats several mites distant When tlG
cyclone nrst AessNNst il loakcst hke an tm.
Mea~c circus tent nllea with and eeinE car
rtcd ANcax by the Wind, After the tornado
had nalShed ts work \ heavy haslssoea pro,
waited, Houses, yAtt'c, and all kinds ~
stock wcrc carried tnroNNA tho air as taoavh
they were hut chat. and ectnS Thrown
to the Ereaad dead, or with limbs
broken ~ that Il MAS secsxsaes IL
sAut them In ORDER To fesseSc their saaeg~
MxN, HA1mcnts NJ Destroyed buildings
cysuksns utensils csc>, we're Teual twelve
cr nttcca mixes from where they wsrs Nlewa,
Al Putnam. ny, \ AuMeer Of hMsS were
demolished, several pecpse Killed, and
naMscs Meaaact> John Hartman. brake
man On fright train, Was Nsuwn from =
trcasAs>sAr and carried about forty tcct,
AlsShttas an hss A.Na in \ creek, ersAksng
AsS neck, aud caNsag instantaneous DEATH,