Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1888-03-03

~" Ma"y Of rs Iahabiiaais KILLED and
Wounded sy Cgeions.

A"a Many Of rs IahabIiants yfifisa ,.,s
Wounded sy "a Cyeioss.
About . o'clock ON the afternoon ~
.ne iVtl cyclone struck Mt. Vernon.
NJ, and left in the ruins killed from
hiteen TO twenty people, aud II is feared
many more than are now known 10 be
Killed will be found in the ruins of the
buildings Fire Immediately broke out
oil over the city amid the ruins, spread-
ing rapidly, owing 10 the damage done
TO the engines by the wind. Dispatches
giving details Of the destruction saw
that the storm passed from the south
east and had a rotary motion. It swept
down with fearful fury, striking first
Just south Of the city hall; then carried
away the third and fourth stories Of the
Mount Vernon mill. From there il
swept on IN a path fifty yards wide.
Inc Methodist church fell Just a few
minutes after $50 people had left the
Sunday school room. The Commercial
hotel lost its third story. Next the
WIND struck the county court house and
rendered 1t a heap Of ruins. BY rare
luck, however, the county records were
saved. Crews block, ON the south side
OF the square, is leveled with the earth.
Under it was found the body of John
Crews, owner OF the block, formerly Of
Chicago.
The storm was preceded by hail, but
not more than five minutes elapsed un-
al the fearful destroyer swept over the
doomed town. 1t came from the south
west. Buildings were wrenched, twist
ed, then dashed to pieces total wrecks.
The storm passed south of the city hall,
missed Joe Chances house, swept away
the third and fourth stories of the Mt.
Vernon mill, and destroyed nearly every
house from the mill north for space of
about five hundred yards. The Com
mercial hotel lost the third story. The
entire west side of the square was
wrecked. The county court house was
struck and the building reduced to q
massive pile of ruins The clerks have
worked into the records and they are
saved.
The following is list as far as known
Of the killed and seriously wounded:
List OF the killed: Mrs Russell Dew
ey; Mrs. John M. Walters and babe
Henry Walters; David +. Yearwood and
wife; John G. Murray; Mr.. Cummings,
an engineer: Mary Wcstbrook; James
Bearson; Mrs. Holcomb; DIR. John
Yearwood and wife; Samuel Yearwood
and wife; George Purcell; Mrs. William
Jones and child: John Dodson; Miss
Josie Sutton; John Shew; blacksmith,
name unknown; Mrs. Colonel Cooper;
Eddie Maxey; S. X. Walters; George
Pierce; Mrs. L. f. Legg; two telegraph
operators.
The fatally injured: Lawler +. Legg;
Mrs. Henry Waters; Miss Laura Lisen-
by; Charles Ellis; Mr.. and Mrs. G. Gal
braith; Charles Wier; Mr.. and Mrs.
Westbrool; Amanda Bearden; w. III.
Human; Lizzie Beaunett; j. G. Han
brick; Charles Pool; Miss Corinne Han
brick; Brownlow Hawkins; Mrs. Al
bright; Henry Ellis; Mrs Millicrop;
Joel Howard; Mr. and Mrs. Calvin
Latest reports show thirty-one dead
and abont 100 injured, some of whom
will certainly die. A number of men
struck by falling timbers, and whose
names cannot be learned at present, are
reported badly injured and dying. Not
less than half million dollars worth of
property has been destroyed by the
cyclone and fire.
A pathetic incident of the disaster is
the fact that the operator at tine Mount
Vernon end OF the Louisville & Nash
vile, whose name is Yearwond, has an
uncle and cousin dead in the ruins, and
the poor fellow, with his heart bursting
with grief, is sitting manfully at his post
OF duty.
-Four men in Evans bank we're i'm.
prisoned in the ruins and burned to
death. Their cries of pain and distress
we're agonizing in the extreme, but
nothing could reach them. Their names
could not be obtained. Twenty-one
physicians Joined the relief train from
Evansville en- route. They arrived short
ly before midnight.
II. Il. Ryan escaped in q manner al.
most incredible. He WAS standing be-
side J. @. Murray, in the Crews block,
and told him to run, but Murray stayed
and was killed. Ryan ran 10 the streetand
ran west. and finding the street full OF
flying timbers jumped into a doorway,
held TO the latch, and the building
against which he was standing fell all
around him, but he escaped untouched.
Reports are coming in from the coun-
try, and the storm seems to have swept
everything for miles. The storm came
from the southwest and went diagonally
across TO the northeast. The public
square is in the center OF the town. The
court house is in the center of the
square. The school building is in the
northeast corner Of the city, and all the
dwellings in that portion Of the city are
DESTROYED and the ruins of some burn
ing. In all 900 dwellings are totally de
stroved. and many Others injured.