River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1885-06-25
4aE RECENT CYCLONE
The Ruin In Iowa.

Sibley, Iowa, Special Telegram, June 16.
The tornado of Sunday night entered tho
state at p. m. at Onawa, Monona county,
Irayellngi from southwest to northeast at the
rate OF about fifty miles an hour. Itreached
oioux tlty at 1915 and lie Mars at 1915.
ms storm lasted about thirty minutes and
was accompanied by rain and hail 1t then
yeered to the east and we have heard OF
damage being done as far east as Waterloo.
Until 1915 a. m. it rained when another
tornado from the northwest swept over
Lee Mars more destructive than the first,
lasting an hour and half. This came
rom Southern Dakota as far west
fankton. The track, as far as can be learned
at this time, was in the shape OF a letter y
With ting base Of the letter pointing east, the
junction being in Cherokee county, where
the largest amount of damage was done.
From Onawa by way ofSioux City to Chero-
kee il is nearly eighty miles; from Yankton
TO Cherokee il is 100 miles and from Chero-
kee to Fort Dodge, it is seventy five miles.
This will give an idea OF the storm course.
The duration OF the storms at lie Mars, was
about an hour and half
THE Loss BY COUNTIES.
The damage in Cherokee county will
amount to $500, 900; in Woodbury. county,
100000; Plymouth county, S100,0
Monona county $50, 900, and Ira county,
damage in Beuna Vista, Sac, PocahOntas,
Calhoun and Webster counties, but not
enough to form an estimate as to the loss.
Beyond Fort Dodge it was in the
form OF wind and rain, having spent
its Jury. The number oil casualties
SO far as learned is thirteen killed,
seven fatally and fifty severely wounded.
The following damages are in addition to
those already reported: At Sioux City, the
brick paint works are in ruin The packing
house is damaged 81 900. The Plymouth
mills at LIE Mars is damaged at SO 900, and
the gas works So, 900. Fourfreight cars are
on their sides. The St. Joseph German
Catholic church is damaged SO 900; theiee
house 81, 800 Adams skating rink 81, 500.
The Richards house roof is gone and the
rooms flooded. The opera house is unroofed
and nearly every house is more or less dam
aged. The main loss OF life and destruction
seems TO have been in Cherokee county, and
the news is slow in coming in account OF the
wires being down
NAMES or VICTIMS.
lie Mars Iowa, Special Telegram, June
16.-The killed, so far as reported by the
tornado OF Monday morning are;
Mrs William Gano and child, at Marcus
twenty miles east, on the Illinois Central
railroad.
Nick Maekel, aged sixty-fiye years.
w. Goetchle, aged tWenty-six, found in a
lake. a plank having struck him over the
heart; he was instantly killed.
Sixteen are reported killed in Cherokee
county Those fatally injured are:
Daniel Hayes, struck in the head; concus-
sion of brain.
Nick Goedert, jaw, two ribs and shoulder
blade broken lives at Perry Creek, ten
miles from lie Mars.
Mr.. and Mrs. Rudolph Lang.
Mr.-Kennedy OF Remson, ten miles east
Mr. Moecke, aged fifty years, wound in
leg two ribs broken, and otherwise bruised
Mary Moecke, both bones in fore arm
broken.
Lizzie Moecke, scalp wound and chest in
iured.
Adam Goetchle, injured in she spine, IA
tally.
Those seriously wounded are:
John Swain, eight miles east, hip injured
and conclusion Of brain.
Mr. Cramer, dislocatcd shoulder.
Mrs. Hayes, wife of D. Hayes, collar bone
broken.
Two other ladies in the same house also
injured.
John Goetchle, father OF Nick, serious
scalp wound; his wife aud two children bad
ly bruised and cut
John Beaueaire, broken ARM his wife has
a scalp wound and his daughter has two
teeth knocked out.
MIS-. SllaS OfDeS, Dauly injured on Uhe
spine.
A German who recently arrived in the
country, has a child killed and another with
a broken leg.
A Beadell of this city is the only man
hurt, having lost finger ofhis left hand and
all the others are broken.
The streams have risen so rapidly that
the physicians can not visit their patients.
There viii probably be otherdeaths and in
iuries reported as the water subsidies
SUFFERING INSURANCE COMPANIES.
Des Moines, Special Telegram, June 10
Reports sent in to-day to the different insur-
ance companies of this city show that the
damage is very much heavier than was first
reported in Ida, Woodbury., Monona, Della
ware, Johnson, Sac and Lynn counties.
The loss was the heaviest in johnson and
Delaware counties. The largest and heavi-
est buildings were torn to pieces. In and
about Sioux City the damage is approx
mated at $4,000 The western por-
ton of the state as far south as Potta-
wattamie county and the two northern
tiers OF counties were badly damaged and
houses, barns, corn cribs fences and live
stock were scattered all over the prairies.
Seventeen lives were lost and large num-
Der OF persons injured The Hawkeye and
State Insurance Companies OF Des Moines,
and the Home ofSioux City are the heaviest
losers in the northern and western part of
the state, and the Phoenix and Continental
the heaviest losers in the eastern part.