The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-06-18
WHEN
CLOTHING STORE.
THE RECENT WESTERN STORMS.
Twenty Persons Killed in Two Counties in
Iowa, and Property Seriously Damaged

LEMARs, Ia, June 17-As the reports from
outlying districts come in, it becomes evident
that the tornado which swept Plymouth and
Cherokee counties was attended with great loss
of life The killed. so far as reported are:
Mrs. William Gano and child at Marcus,
twenty miles east on the Illinois Central rail
road Nick Mackel, aged sixty five; w. Goetchler,
aged twenty-six found in lake. plank having
struck him over the head. He was instantly
killed.
Sixteen are reported killed in Cherokee county.
Those fatally injured are: Daniel Hayes, Nick
Goebert, Mr. and Mrs. Rudolph Lane, Mr.. Ken
nedy, of Remsen, ten miles east; Mrs. Maecke,
aged fifty years; Mary Maecke, Lizzie Maecke
and Adam Goetcher.
Those seriously wounded are: John Swain,
Mrs Cramer, Mrs. d. Hayes. Two other ladies
in the same house were also injured John
Goetchler, his wife and two children; John
Beaucaire and Mrs Silas Forbes.
The streams have risen rapidly that ply
sicians cannot visit their patients. There will
probable be other deaths and injuries reported
as the water subsidies.
The course of the tornado was as follows: 1t
reached Sioux City at 10:15 and Lemars at 1G45.
1t lasted about thirty minutes and was accompa-
MED by rain and hail. 1t then veered to the east
and we have heard of damage being done as far
east as Waterloo. Until 1915 A. NJ. it rained
when another tordado from the northwest swept
over Lemars. more destructive than the first,
lasting an hour and a half. This came from
southern Dakota, as far west as Yankton. The
track; as far as can be learned at this time, was
in the shape of a letter x, with the base of the
letter pointing east, the junction being in Chero
kee county, where the largest amount of dam
age done. From Onoway by way of Sioux
City to Cherokee is nearly eighty miles, from
Yankton TO Cherokee is 100 miles, and from
Cherokee to Fort Dodge is seventy miles. This
will give idea of the storms course. The du-
ration of the storm at Lemars was about an
hour and a half The damage In Cherokee
county will amount to $40, 900; in Woodbury.
county to $100. 900; Plymouth county, $100 600;
Mona county, $50 600, and in Ida county $50, 900.
There are reports of damage in Buena Vista,
Sac, Pocahontas. Calhoun and Webster counties
but not enough to form an estimate as to the
loss. At Bayard and Fort Dodge it was in the
form of wind and rain, having spent its fury.
The killed by the tornado in Plymouth county
were William Gotsche and Nicholas Mackel, and
8 child belonging to Holland family of new
comers. Another child had its leg broken, and
nearly every one of large family received
some kind of injury d. Hayes was badly hurt
in the head. Adam Gosche was hurt in the
spine and internally injured. The mother and
aunt of d. Hayes had their collar bones broken.
young man named Swain, who took refuge in
the house of Mr.. Cramer was seriously injured,
as also was Mrs. Cramer. Mrs. Silas Forbes
was carried off in her house, while the rest of
the family remained safe in the cellar. She had
been there, but remembering her pet dog mp
stairs, she went back after it, and was carried
away with the house and severely injured
Nicholas Goddard had an arm broken, and was
otherwise injured.
There was q good deal of stock killed, and
chickens were slain by the hundreds, while hail
beat the growing crops into the ground in va
rious parts of the county. The injury to or
chards and groves, is something the county can
not recover from in years.
In Cherokee county, as in Plymouth, there
were many exaggerated statements of death and
injury, but when hunted down they had no
foundation. Mrs. w Gano and her child of
Marcus, Cherokee county. were killed, and Mr.
Gano badly hurt The wonder is that there
were not more killed and wounded. Over 600
claims for damage have already been fled with
insurance agents in Lemars alone and it is
thought the number will reach 1000 in the
county. 1t falls heavily upon several of the
State corapanies