Telegram-herald., 1890-06-06
WOE IN THE WEST.
TsgT-1o Storms VISIT NsarGskA,
Iowa ana Minnesota
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LNcotS. Aeo jane The little
topn u Bra2s1as. YORK County E5eus
sixty mi.ss Sest q tals eltg. sllob ~ss
the pride q the fhe agricultural oom-
munity in WhlcA q stood. is TO-DAY AZ
terlv 0tltgrate1 trom ghe earln a ter
rltle stgEt greeted the eyes G. these who
visited tie ralns " Wednesday morniaF-
MOI bEl.-lDg zs st@n1lng ana amolg
me debris lie people gTopea Aee4t
wlth ll4ucbea faces locking ter deaE
ones - ID had not been found Aeout
O'Clock Tuesday nigag . eselons 81 an
usual force straek the town frou TIE
south Asest WITH hardly moments warn
ing. Ihe arst notice that tie people
had % IFS coming W4s the roar II The
WlirlW.n3 IA very sAort Lme a'-er
it struck the town there vas Iot = s.D-
&c bGllling left standing.
IAe dead ana injured were quickly
found by The peoplo ana d courier Vas
dispatched a. dying speed 10 YORK Tor
assistance Word MAS sent - TIE sur
rounding towns and In 4 sAort ume the
Burlington LAD special trains With ply
slciaus and nurses speeding 10 tie
scene Of The wreck from this city, Al
rorz. Seward and Nork. By lie time
they had re--hed the grounds number
4 TIE dead and dying had been collect
ed and the physicians began 70 examine
into me extent of lie injuries. Tie
following list was reported:
Klned-John Miller. cha1 O. J Bfomsey;
wife au1 chl.G oI Isaac Peulsr swing 4a TIC
country. clNa q Gr Chspin $3.50 -AsIu osrs o.
Mr.. Sh4w's iau..T. living 80 the country, VIE
suo eAla o. ~ &.lke @lo rs hired nan
The injured VIII number between
thirty ant iorty persons Searching
for results 70 the surrounding country
and southwest q Bradshaw Eve miles
II was found that Tie house Of John
Scot, hsl been directly ia tie center Of
the storm, and tAat of LIS
family TWO children were killed
In tAe immediate vicinity also
the house Of a Russian family bad been
utterly demolished and the mother and
one child were KILLED in the wreckage.
A large number OF people in the vicln-
ity OF the storm beIt are searching yet
and other fatalities may be found.
Along the track of The storm. that was
ha!f-mile in width. trees were upuoot-
I'd, fences leyeled and crops utterly
ruined. Dead stock Was found in many
places. showing that nothing living bad
4 chance for escape from the fury Q. the
elements.
~ IOWA.
DEs MONIES, Ia, June Iowa was
visited by heavy rain-sto-m, aceompa'
MED by high winds aad electrical dis
turbances, during ibe early hours
"Wednesday morning. The storm was
most severe in the northwestern and
western portions OF the State.
Mosquito creek. running through
Nicola, Persia, Weston and other towns
in the western part OF the State, over
flowed its banks alto o'clock and all the
surrounding country FOR miles was inun-
dated Weston was flooded to a depth OF
five feet throughout Thirteen houses
were wrecked and fifty more or less
damaged. There was no loss OF life. Al
Persia the overflow was equally severe.
Water flooded rno town five feet and
carried away the contents Of the Ali
ance lumber yard, resulting in loss
o. 5000. The creek al this pO!at IS
one and a half miles wide and the cur
rent strong. -Four houses were wrecked.
/ The Milwaukee and Rock Island
/ railroads sustain severe losses at Wcs-
tor, Underwood and Persia The wind
blew a hurricane al Adair and the rain
4 fell in g binding sheet Dispatches
/ state that there were during the latter
I part Of the night three different storms
I from as many points of the compass.
| Corn was badly washed out and
orchards and gardens ruined IN many
/ places. 4 barn near Anita was struck
/ br lightning and a valuable horse con
sumed in the flames. Large numbers
! OF stock. especially hogs. were drowned
+ in Adair and Cass counties. one farm
! er lost 100 head Of hogs and al bis farm
buildings John Cook. living just eas
+ Of Casey. lost a g.. 600 stallion.
CoUyCIL BLUFFS. Ia. June About
! i o'clock a n. Wednesday dense
/ cloud passed over the town Of Under
wood. . small place on the Milwaukee,
/ and Rock Island railroads, twelve miles
!
water came rushing down the Mosquito
valley. destroying every thing
( in its path The cloud had
burst but short oistarce
/ from Underwood. but residents of thai
rlsce were warned ly terrific noise
and most Of them managed 70 escape q
the hills In less thsn thirty minutes
tie Milwaukee railroad track va
4 covered - deTtb q ffteen feet
all tho stores and Dwellings II
T TIE western part q the place wer'
torn from their foundations and
no less than thirty-tve fsmlie'
( lost their all. Tort1natslv 10 live'
we're lost There we're many narrow
/ es~zres. ara hut for fho herois-u sar
/ brsverr of people Who reside near 2.
Ere- island depot many women a.
/ children woa13 have been lost TIE
hastily coastructea rats ano resc q
peorls from goo-s oi Aouses ard second
st9~v windows The MiTsssef aepo
vss snbnerred TIE storm svept ~
5os-n the valley bat fs-ntrs we're sp
--s-7 ~ ite arrroseh sna eseapeot g.
fer3rs 81 cattle. boys and sheep
-s-v bsrts snd dve'' nrs ard stscu
rf fa~ ~rers sverf srav IsleErsD'
--s telephone efres Vere destroyed
making cour l,stlon 81 9oss be 30
+a-sr taIs cry s1d n3ervoo1- Bot
roe8= lozt orer elFht uliss oi trssi
and 20 less than Eve bridges ear.
T immense volurr r. vs-e
res-red thls oifv 81 2 elork and sFrss'
over efe igv lsrss. Highways Ver'
ra5-7 dsnsgs5 sn5 81 90 clo,F tfsr
was siefs fest of vsssr N re trs
s-e~r Croexsr's paper ulA Sc ruined