Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1885-06-25
THE nBonsr oxorosr
The Ruin In Iowa.

~ The Kuhn In Iowa.
sibley, Iowa, Special Telegram, June 10
Tho tornado oi Sunday night entered the
state at o p. m. at 0nawa Monona county,
tra yeHngfrom southwest pD northeast at the
rsta ~ about tifty miles an hour. Itreaehed
Sious CITY AZ t0:i5 and 10 Mars. at'lo45i
1'his ststn las'aa abou. Thirty minutes and
was accompanied by rain and hail. ltthen
veered Co the east and we have heard OF
damage being done a. far east as Waterloo
Until 1915 a. m. IL rained waen another
tornado from the northwest swept over
lie Mars more destructive than the hrst,
la.ting IN hour ana halt This came
from Southern Dakota az FAR west ns
Yankton. The track, rs lar rs can be learned
At this time, was In the shape OF letter y
with the base Of the letter pointing east, tine
junction being in Cheroke county, Whera
the largest amount OF damage was done
From Ouawa by way ofStoux City TO Chefo-
kee Il Is nGarls eighty niles from fankton
TO Cherokee u is 1870 RIFLES, and from Shero'
kee to Fort Dodge, IL is seyenty-hye mics
This will give hn idea OF the storm 8 course
The duration OF the storms at MARS, WIS
about IN hour and hall.
THE LOSS BY COUNTIES. ,.,,, ~
The damage in Cherokee county VIII
amount to 5000, 900; in Woodbury. county,
S1OO. 900; Plymouth county, 500, 600
Monona county, $50 900, and Ira countyi
$50 900. At this time there are reports oil
damage in Beuna Vista, Sac, Pocahontas,
Calhoun and Webster counties, but 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 OF casualties
so far as learned is thirteen killed,
seven fatally and fifty severely wounded
The following damages are IN addition 10
those already reported; At SiouXClty, the
brick paint works are In ruin. The packing
houpe is damaged 1000 The Plymouth
milis at lie Mars is damaged at 900, and
the gas works So, 900. -Four freight cars are
on their sides. The St. Joseph German
Catholic church is damaged $4,000; the ice
house So, 500, Adams skating rink 81 300,
The Richards house roof is gone and tbs
rooms Hooded The opera house is unroo!ed
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 oil the
wires being down.
NAMES OF 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 Mackcl, aged siXty-five years.
w. Goetchle. aged twenty-six, found in a
lake, plank having struck nm over the
heart; he was Instantly killed, 80
Sixteen are reported klled IN Cherokee
county sefatallE injured are;
Daniel Hayes, struck in the head ooncus'
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 henson, ten miles east
Mr.. MOeCke, aged fifty years, wound IN
leg, two ribs broken, ana otherwise bruised
Mary MOeCke, both bones IN lore arm
broken.
Lizzie Moecke, scalp wound and chest in.
iured.
Adam Goetchle, injured in the spine, Ia
tally.
Those seriously wounded are:
John Swain, eight miles east, hip injured
and COnCussiUu of brain,
Mr. CFamet, disOCated 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
~ bruised and cut.
John Beaucaire, broken arm; his wife has
Q 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
country, has child killed and another with
a bFbhth itEs