The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1885-06-26

TAo Rata In Iewn,
ablsy, Iowa, Special Telegram, June "a
Tho tornado Of Sunday night entered th
state ct 8 p. m. atOnaw4. Monona county
travelling rom southwest % northeast at th
rate Of about fifty miles an hour. Itreaches
This storm lasted about thirty minutes ans
was accompanied by rain and hail. 1tthel
veered to the east and we have heard o
damage being done as far east as Waterloo
Until 1915 q. M. il rained when another
tornado from the northwest swept owe
LIE Mars more destructive than the first
lasting an hour and half. This cam,
from Southern Dakota as far west a,
Yankton. The track, asfar as can be Learned
at this time was in the shape Of u letter Y
with the base OF the letter pointing east, tn,
junction being in Cherokee county, wher,
the largest amount Of damage was done
From Onawa by way oiSioux City to Chero
kee it il nearly eighty miles; from Yanktol
to Cherokee it il go miles, and from Chero
kee to Fort Dodge, it il seventy-fve miles
This will give an idea OF the storms course
The duration OF the storms at LIE Mars, wal
about an hour and a half.
THE LOSS by COUNTIES.
The damage in Cherokee county will
amount to 5000, 900; in Woodbury. county
100000; Plymouth county, 500, OO0
$4,000. At this time there are reports oj
damage in Bemna Vista, Sac, PocahOntas
Calhoun and Webster counties, hut not
enough To form an estimate az to the loss
Beyond Fort Dodge It was in the
form OF wind and rain, having spent
it's 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
those already reported: At Sioux City, the
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 So 900. Fourfreight cars ars
on their sides. The st. Joseph German
Catholic church is damaged $40, 900; the ice
house 81 500; Adams skating rink 81 500.
The Richards house roof il gone and the
rooms flooded. The opera house ia unroofeGl
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
lb.-Ihe killed, SD flr as reported, by the
tornado of Monday morning, are:
Mrs. William Gan0 and child, ut Marcus,
twenty miles east, on the Illinois Central
railroad.
Nick Mackel, aged sixty-ive years.
w. Goetclile, aged twenty-six, found in a
lake, ~ plank having struck him over the
heart; lie was instantly killed.
Sixteen are reported killed in Cherokee
county Thosefatally injured are:
Daniel Hayes, struck in the head; concus.
sion Of brain.
Nick Goedert, jaw, two ribs and shoulder
blade broken; lives at Perry Creek, ten
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:
jizzie Moccke, scalp wound and chest in
jurei
Adam Goetchle, injured in the spiae, H.:
tally.
Those seriously wounded are:
John Swain, eight miles east, hip injured
and conclssion of brain.
Mr.. Cramer, dislocated shoulder.
Mrs. Hayes, wife OF ID. 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 Beaucairc, broken arm; his wife has
a scalp wound and his daughter has two
teeth knocked out.
Mrs. Silas Forbes, badly injured on the
epine.
A German, who recently arrived in the
country, has child killed and another With
q broken leg.
A Beadcll of this city il the only man
hurt, having lost a finger OF his left hand and
all the Others are broken.
The streams have risen 40 rapidly that
Ehe physicians can not visit their patients.
There will probably ibe otllordcaths and in.
iuries reported as the water subsidies,
SUFFERING INSURANCE COMPANIES.
Reports sent in to-day to the different insur-
ance companies of this city show that the
damage il very much heavier than was first
tepocte1 in tia, Woodbury., Monona, Della
ware, Johnson, Sac and Lynn counties.
The loss was the heaviest in johnson and
Delaware counties. The largest and hcavi-
est buildings were torn to pieces. In and
about Sioux City the damage il approx
mated ut S15O,OOO. The western por.
Lion OF the state, as far south as Potta.
wattamie county, and The two northern
tiers Of counties were badly damaged, and
houses, barns, enru cribs, FENCES and live
stock were scattered all over the prairies.
Seventeen lives were lost and u large num-
her OF persons injured. The Huwkcye and
State Insurance Companies OF Des Moines,
and the Home ofSinux City are the heaviest
losers in the northern and western part of
tbs state, and the PhTnix and Continental
the heaviest losers in the eastern part.