New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1885-06-24
THE RECENT CYCLONE
The Ruin in IoHa.

The Ruin in Iowa.
sibley, Iowa, Special Telegram, June 16
The tornado Of Sunday night entered the
state at 8 p. M. at Onawa, Monona county,
travelling from southwest to northeast at the
rate OF about fifty miles an hour. Itreached
Sioux City at 1915 and LIE Mars at 1916.
This storm lasted about thirty minutes and
was accompanied by rain and hail. It ther
veered 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 ovel
LIE Mars 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 letter Y,
with the base Of the letter pointing east, the
junction being in Cherokee county, where
the largest amount OF damage was done.
From Onawa by way OF Sioux City to Chero-
kee it is nearly eighty miles; from Yankton
to Cherokee it is 12O miles, and from Chero.
kee to Fort Dodge, it is seventy-five miles.
This will give an idea of the storms course
The duration OF the storms atLe Mars, was
about an hour and a half.
THE LOSS BY COUNTIES.
The damage in Cherokee county will
amount to $500, O0O;i in Woodbury. county,
100000; Plymouth county, 100000;
Monona county, $4,000, and Ira county
$4,000. At this time there are reports Of
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 fury. The number OF casualties
SO far as learned is thirteen killed,
seven fatally and fifty severely wounded.
The following damages are in addition to
brick paint works are in ruin. The packing
house is damaged $1,000. The Plymouth
mills at LIE Marsis damaged at $40, 900, and
the gas works $4,000. Four freight cars are
on their sides. The St. Joseph German
Catholic church is damaged $4,000; thelce
aouse So, 500; Adams skating rink 81 500
The Richards house roof is gone and the
rooms flooded. The opera house is nroofed
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 OF VICTIMS.
| LIE Mars, Iowa, Special Telegram, June
l6.-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 Mackel, aged sixty-ive 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:
J Daniel Hayes, struck in the head concus.
sion OF brain.
Nick Goedert, jaw, two ribs and shoulder
blade broken; lives at Perry Greek, 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 the spine, fa
tally.
Those seriously wounded are:
John Swain, eight miles east, hip injured
and conclusion OF brain.
Mr.. Cramer, dislocated 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 Beaucaire, broken arm; his wife has
a scalp wound and his daughter has two
teeth knocked out.
Mrs. Silas Forbes, badly injured ON the
spine.
A German, who recently arrived in the
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broken leg
A Beadell OF this city is the only man
hurt, having lost a 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 will probably be other deaths and in.
luries reported as the water subsidies.
SUFFERING INSURANCE COMPANIES.
Des Moines, Special Telegram, June 49,
Reports sent in to-day to the differentinsnr.
ance companies OF this city show that the
damage is very much heavier thanwas 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 $15O,OOO. 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 a 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
Cars Overturned by Cyclone.
By the wrecking OF the Chicago, Milwau.
kee d St. Paul train between Sioux Falls
and Sioux City, six OF the passengers were
Injured se1inl1slx nd two