Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1885-06-19
Storm Wrecking and Loss of Life in iowa.

! The recent storm was OF marked severity
and wide extent. The scene ofthe greatest
destruction is along the western border Of
the state where the energy of the tornado
seemed to center and pass up the MISSOURI
river valley. In Pottawatta,niec county the
town Of Nicola was badly damaged, and
! large number OF farm houses in the vicinity
were destroyed. The roof Of the deaf and
dumb asylum was torn OF and carried 600
i feet. The cupalo was also torn away and
several buildings damaged, inflicting a loss
OF $4,000 Passing up the river it struck
Monona county, and striking the town Of
Whiting, blew down many houses and barns,
and severely in ured Mrs. John Grossly. 1t
tore A. Packard's house to pieces, broke
Mrs. Packartl's arm, and carried her babe
a week old, 200 wards: stripping al it's
clothing oil, and left it unhVlrt Four miles
north John Davenport's house was blown
down and his wife seriously jured. James
| Smith, Willie driving near the lake was
blown into the water with his team. The
horses were drowned.
The next serious damage known occurred
nine miles above Sioux City, across the Da-
| lota line, where it blew q train of the Mil
waukee road, injurjng several men and de-
molishing the houses Of 6. w. Kellogg, G..
| Feller, T. Maloney, and s. Adams, and q
| large number OF barns and wind mills in the
vicinity. III Lee county, the extreme south
eastern point OF the state, bridges were
| blown from their moorings. tracks washed
out and travel seriously interfered with.
| AT Marsla1town, in Central Iowa, the
| Christian institut was unrooietl. cars blown
| from the track, and the bridge across the
Legrand river was blown away. The Rock
Island round house at Atlantic and the
Fort Dodge company's machine shops at
| Grand junction were unrOOfrd.
At Coon Rapids the eng inc house OF the
Milwaukee 4 st. Paul railroad was leve'ed
to the ground Four miles north OF Ruth
ven, five houses belonging to Swedes were
destroyed. A man named Helgson was ia
tally and his wife slightly injured. Their
baby was carried quite distance and left
under a wood pile unframed.
! At Council Bluffs the storm struck the
deaf and dumb institute, tearing the roof
from it's moorings, and carried it 600 feet.
No one was hurt, although there were thirty
in the building at the time. Loss, So, 600 on
| building and $1,000 on furniture. James
Smith, while driving near a lake, was blown
into the water with his team and the horses
drowned. In Guthrie county the house OF
| 6. D. Jackson was destroyed and Mrs.
jackson and daughter both badly hurt.
At Waterloo, the first building struck
was the Prairie seminary, one wing Of which
was unroofed. The next important build
ing was the new three-story structure OF
the Waterloo college, 45xG5 feet, and in
course OF construction. 1t was entirely de-
molished clear to the fourda ton. The
damage to property in this city is from
$4,000 to $4,000, exclusive OF the injury
| to shade trees, nearly all Of which are COM
| pletely destroyed.
| LATER.
The storm OF the 18th passed through
the following townships in Yellow Medicine
county: Wergeland, Burton Swede Prairie,
Normania, Sannes, and the northern part
of Westerheim valley and Lucas, in Lyon
county. The hail over the larger part OF
the territory covered by the storm was very
heavy, and in many places hal! stones as
| large as hens eggs were picked up. Crops
| were beaten into the ground, trees were
completely stripped, windows broken, stock
bruised and killed and many people injured.
In the town OF Wergeland thelosses were as
| follows: w. j. King barn; loss, $500, es-
| timated. Loss to trees and crops, $40, 600.
In Burton, $4,000. Swede Prairie $50,
900; Normanie. $25, 900; town OF Mallers,
| $40, 600 town OF Westerheims15 j, 900: killed;
Freddy Gilbert, aged ten years, killed by
flying tim hers H.
! Mrs. c. W. Gilbert, badly bruised '
Frank Gilbert, aged eight years badly
| bruised. s. BIZ ~
Jennie Gilbert, aged six years, badly
bruised and cut.
Anna Gilbert. aged two years, badly
bruised; injured internally. 900
Mrs Barlow, injured internally.
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