The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1885-06-15
A TERRIBLE TORNADO
sweep. over the state Of Iowa-drsA. Dam

DHs MoINEs, Ia, June lS.-News Of last
nights storm is slowly coming in. -Four
miles north OF RuthYen five houses be.
longing to swedes were destroyed by
wind. A man named Helgson was fatally
and his wife slightly injured. Their baby
was carried quite distance and left under
board pile unframed. The house Of
Alexander aEcAdam, at Victor, was struck
by lightning and wrecked, and two chill.
dren seriously hurt.
Council BLuPrs, June l3.-The storm
struck the Deaf and Dumb Institute, tear.
ing the roof from its moorings and carry
ing it 600 feet. The corridor between the
new chapel and main building was
smashed to atoms. The roof Of the taun-
dry was badly crushed. The new build
ing was not injured. The cupola Of the
main building was lifted bodily and
hurled through the air several hundred
feet. No one was hurt, although there
were thirty in the building at the time.
The loss Is $1,000 on the building and
S. 900 on the furniture.
The storm struck the town OF Whiting,
blew down many houses and barns, and
severely injured Mrs. John Crossley. One
house was torn to pieces. Mrs. Packard's
arm was broken, and her babe, week old,
carried two hundred yards, stripped OF all
its clothing and left unhurt.
Four miles north, John Dayenport's
house was blown down and his wife seri.
ously injured. James Smith, while driving
near the lake, was blown into the water
with his team. The horses were drowned.
Other damage Is reported.
In Guthrie county the house Of G. W.
Jackson was destroyed aud Mrs. Jackson
and daughter both badly hurt. The
barns and other buildings Of John Hef-
aer, six miles further east, were wrecked.
At Leland, near Marshalltown, the Chris
tian Institute was unrooted and the river
bridge blown down. Noreporls Of serious
damage to crops are yet received.
In Jasper county the rivers have all
oveTllowed the banks. The bridge on the
Iowa Central was carried away, and two
miles Of track OF the Newton and Monroe
railway washed ont. In the east part OF
the county considerable damage was done
by wind, and the residence OF J. ]. Smith |
was destroyed, and his wife and daughter |
badly injured. AT Coon Rapids the en-
gine.house OF the Milwaukee and
St. Paul road WAS leyeled to the ground.
In Hancock county some small buildings
were picked up and scattered over the
prairie.
Sioux CiTY, June 13-There is little to |
add 10 the report OF the train wreck by |
tornado near here last night. The in
jured are all doing well except Mrs. G. G.
Hitchcock, OF Ktmbaii, D. T., and dshe isfn |
a dangerous condition.
Reports to-day show that the storm was
wid~spride in this locality. Near Sloan,
in the southwestern corner nf the county, |
several houses and other buildings were |
wrecked and fifteen persons injured, sew
eral seriously.
A babe was blown from its mothers |
arms, and found at daylight several rods |
distant in the mud, supposed to be dead,
but after being washed and laid ont itsud. |
denly came 10, and is recovering. Crops
suffered but little.
kEoRuK, IA, June l3.-Heavy storms
prevailed throughout this section last
night. Bridges on the Rock Island road
were Wasueu out, anu tlleEc VIII pToDApIy
be no trains To or from Des Moiies until
tomorrow night. The other roatis are all
right. The Egyptian levee broke three
miles above Des Moinea, the river over.
flowing the lands and causing great damage
" 4 special TO the Daily C0nslitu.ion from
Harrington, H., says: "The heaviest |
rain known for years fell last night. Rail.
way bridges were washed in many places,
and all trains delayed. Tho streets and
houses were flooded, aud several houses |
and barns struck by lightning"
Reports from Pulaski, Ia, say number
OF buildings were destroyed by the storm
last might and three lives lost.