The Mineral argus. [volume] (Maiden, Mont.) 1883-1886, 1885-07-02

Sibley, Iowa, Special Telegram, June 10.
The tornado Of Sunday night entered tina
state at p. IN. at Onawa. Monona county.
travelling from southwest to northeast ut Z he
rate Of about fifty miles an hour. Ii reached
Sioux City at 1915 and lie Mars at 1Oi5.
This storm lasted about thirty minutes and
wasaccompa MED by rain and hail. II then
veered to the east and we have heard III
damage being done far east as Waterloo.
Until 12.1j a. m. il rained when another
tornado from the northwest swept over
L. Mars more destructive than the first.
lasting an hour and a half. This came
from southern Dakota as far west as
fankton. The track, as far as can be learned
at bis time, was 10 the shape Of a letter \,
with the base Of the !etter 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 II is nearly eighty miles; from Yankton
to Cherokee il is 20 miles, and from Chero-
kee To Fort Dodge il il seventy-five miles.
This will give an idea II the storms course.
The duration Of the storms at lie Mars, was
about an hour and "a half.
THE LOSS ny COUNTIES.
The damage IN Cherokee county will
amount to 5000, 900; in Woodbury. county,
&1OO,OOO; Plymouth county, S1OO.OOO
Monona county. $50, 900, and Ira county,
$5O,OOO. At this time there arr reports ii
damage in I,cuna Vista, Sac, Poc.ihontas.
Calhoun and Webster counties. hut not
enough to form an estimate as to the loss.
Beyond Fort Dodge IL WAS in the
form Of wind and rain, having spent
its fury. The number ri casualties
SO far Ms learned il thirteen killed.
seven fatally and fifty severely wounded.
The following damages are in addition to
those already reported; At SiouxCity. the
brick paint works are in ruin. The packing
house is damaged $1,000. The Plymouth
mills at IT, Mars is damaged at 10000, ana
the gas works $1,000. Four freight ears a re-
on their sides. The st. Joseph German
Catholic church is damaged S1O.OO|; theice
house 50 800; Adams skating rink 81 800.
The Richards house roof is gone and the
rooms flooded. The opera house il unroofed
and nearly every hous" is more or less dam
aged. The main loss III Iifcand destruction
seems To have been in cherokee county. and
the news is slow in coming in account of the
wircs being down.
NAMES OF VICTIMS.
lie Mars, Iowa, Special Telegram. Jun.
16.-The killed. So lar Us reported, by the
tornado Of Monday morning. are:
Mrs. William Gano and child, at Marcus.
twenty miles east, ON the Illinois Central
railroad.
W. Goetchle, aged twcnty-six, found in II
lake, a plank having struck him over the
heart; he was instantly killed.
Sixteen are reported killed in Cherokee
county Thosefatally injured are:
Daniel Hayes, struck in the head; concus-
sion ~ brain.
Nick Goe,lert, jaw, two ribs and shoulder
blade broken; live. at Perry Creek ten
miles from L. Mars.
Mr.. and Mrs. Rudolph Lang.
Mr.-kenne,ly of Remson, ten miles east.
Mr.. Moecke. aged fifty years, wound in
neg, two ribs broken, and otherwise bruised.
Mary Moecke both bones in fore arm
broken.
Lizzie Moccke, scalp wound and chest in
jured.
Adam Goctchle, injured in the 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 u. 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 Beaucare, broken arm; his wife has
"A scalp wound and his daughter has two
teeth Knocked out.
Mrv. Silas Forbes, badly injured on the
spine.
A German, who recently arrived in the
country, has child killed and another with
a broken leg.
4 Bead.ll Of this city il the only man
hurt. having lost finger Of his left IN nd and
all the Others are broken.
Tue streams have risen 49, rapidly that
the physicians can not visit their patients.
There will probably lie other deaths and in.
iuries reported as the water subsidies.
SUFFERING INSURANCE COMPANIES.
Des Moines, Special Telegram, June L.
Reports sent in to-lay to he different insur-
ance companies ri this city show that the
damage is very much heavier than was first
reported in Ida. Woodbury.. Monona. Della
ware, johnson, "a, and Lynn counties.
The loss was the heaviest in johnson and
Delaware counties. The largest and hcayi-
est buildings were torn To pieces. In and
about Sioux city the damage H. approx
mated at SlJ0,WO. The western por-
tion of tn" state, AZ far south as Po'ta-
wattamic county. and the two northern
tiers of counties were badly damaged. aud
houses, barns. corn cribs, fences and live
stock were scattered all over the prairirs.
Seventeen lives were lost and u large num-
Der ri PERSONS injured. The Hawkry. and
State Insurance Companies ri l'e- Moin">-
and the Home of SiouxCity arethe heaviest
losers in the northern and western part of
the state. aud the PhGnix and Continental
the heaviest losers in the eastern part.