Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1890-01-17
TORNADON THE SOUTHWEST
A Score of Persons Killed and Hun
dreds Injured.
Trees Torn Up by the r ,otS and Tele-
graph Wires Ruined.

John Watwood's dry goods store; Sam
| Watwood's furniture store; Watwoods
hotel; Odd Fellows and Masonic halls,
and Mansheld's restaurant; Collins livery
stable and Edwards residence. all blown
| dcwn.
Among those injured are Judge Powell
and wife, Mrs. Richardson, Wick Fergu-
son, Mrs. Brockman and Mrs. Powell
| None were killed.
A number of freight cars and two cars
used as boarding cars were blown from the
tracks and badly broken. Meagre reports
come from Moscow. from where the first
traces of the path of the tornado are seen.
There the Methodist church and school
house are in ruins, and in the coun-
try between there and Clinton
there are said to be numerous evidences of
| the storms fury, though no lives were
lost. The storm passed north of New
Madrid, Missouri, crossing the river near
a point opposite Moscow, Ky, thence
northwest to Clinton and Wickliffe The
| path of the storm was about a quarter of
mile wide and it left track of fallen
timber through that section of the forest
which it passed before reach
ing Clinton. The first house it
struck In Clinton was the section
| house of the Illinois railroad, occupied by
John Rhodes and family. The mouse was
| torn to splinters, and Rhodes and his two
children were instantly killed. His wife
and one child escaped death, but were
both dangerously hurt. Among many
other accidents the house of John Gaddies
| was blown down, and afterwards Gaddies
was found under the debris with an infant
in his arms. Gaddies was buried and not
| hurt. The house of Robert Johnson,
which stood on the brow of the hill
| seemed to divide IL half. cutting in
| two just below the second floor,
and letting the upper portion fall into its
| place. Johnson was III the lower room
and the upper part fell on him, pioning
him to the earth. He was rescued but
| badly injured. His son Robert was up
stairs and dangerously hurt by falling tim
Der. Although suffering intense agony
he begged the rescuers to let him alone
and help some one who could live. His
brother David was also badly hurt. The
storm struck the town without the slight
est warning, many knowing nothing of it
until the roofs of their houses were falling
about their heads. Before the storm
the evening was warm and
heavy Rain had prevailed all
turned cold and caused a great deal of
suffering. 1t is thought the city will be
able to supply all demands for help from
the homeless and a committee is at work
seeking aid Already a thousand dollars |
has been subscribed toward the charity
fund. The part of the city which stood on
the hillside is the portion that suffered !
from the storm. Medical assistance was
sent from here last night
The following is partial list of houses
demolished or demolished:
The houses occupied 10y J. H. Graham,
}. w. Nance, G. r. Gwinn, c. S. Voor- |
heeS, c. S. Justice, J. w. .Gaddies, Mrs. |
NJ. A. Taylor, w. l. Rudd, y. Stubblefeld, |
Mrs. R. S. Foster, R. L. Anthony, E. Sub |
lette w C. Bones
The city to-day presents a dreary aspect,
but under the circumstances the citizens
bear their burdens nobly. The work |
of helping the destitute and
homeless goes forward. Many farmers
whose lands adjoin the city, have come
forward and offered shelter and homes to |
those who have lost their all. The storm |
was the most destructive which ever visited |
this section of the country. The killed so
far aScertained are: !
J, A Rhodes and two children, Mrs. |
VIM. Bone, Burnett Bone, Walter Nance,
John W. Gaddie an infant; infant of |
Judge (. c. Hodges, and one other not yet |
identified
The wounded are: Judge E. c. Hodges,
wife and two children; G. R. Gwynn, wife. |
child and father; c. w. Voorhees,, child |
and two relatives, names unknown; Rev. |
n. w. Little, wife and two children; D. |
Stubblefeld and several members of his |
family, though not seriously; Mrs Foster
and two children: Mrs. J. A Rhodes and |
one child. the latter will die; |
A. L. Emersog and two children;
A. F. Justis and one child; VIM. Bone and |
two children; w +. Boone; Mrs. John |
W. Gaddies and one child Mr.. Jackson, |
Robert Johnson, Sr.. Robert Johnson, Jr. |
The two latter are dangerously hurt, and |
it is thought the younger Johnson will die. !
w. r. Nance, wife and child and others |
whose names could not be ascertained.
on CITY. Pa, Jan 13.-The tail end |
of the western cyclone struck this city this |
morning doing great damage to property. |
At least one-fourth of all the oil derricks
in this neighborhood were destroyed. |
The telephone lines are blown down and |
no outside telegraph communication could |
be had until late this afternoon.
BLOOMINGTON. H.. Jan. 13.-Last night |
a cyclone struck Cooksville, and wrecked a
good part of the place, and doing con- |
siderable other damage. Brothers drug !
store and stock was destroyed. trees up
rooted and fences and out buildings were
wrecked. No one was injured but there !
were many narrow escapes. The thermo- !
meter fell so degrees from midnight to |
sunrise.
VENICE, ILL.,, Jan. 10 The cyclone |
swooped down in this vicinity in savage
style A furious gale of wind, accompan-
led by rain, came up from the same direc- |
tion taken by the tornado which visited |
this section few years since. The storm
last evening wrecked two churches in |
Brookly, turning one around while it was
filed with colored worsbippers. Several
were slightly injured. Telegraph poles
and wires are blown down in numerous
places. The damage is estimated at $780, |
SYRACUSE, n. Y, Jan. 13.-A severe |
wind storm ragged here this afternoon,
many buildings being unroofed. The new
freight house of the Rome, Watertown &
Ogdensburg railroad, which was IN course |
of erection. was blown down. Sixty-fve
men were at work on the building at the
time. VIM. Willis, a carpenter, was
killed. and about twelve other carpenters
were severely injured.
UTICA, Y. Y. Jan. ia heavy wind
storm passed over the northern part of
this country at noon today. In the village
of South Trenton the Baptist church was
unroofed and the steeple on Union church
was blown down. A number of houses
and barns were unroofed and trees up
rooted. Fences and small buildings were
blown down ami many orchards were
nearly ruined. A dispatch from Oswego
states that the storm was very severe
there
EM3iETsBURG. Ia, Jan. 13.-The storm
PIE sIicted by the weather bureau has ar
rived on time and genuine blizzard Is
now raging. The wind is from the north
west. and is blowing at the usual blizzard
rate, which, with the thermometer at zero,
makes the storm one Of unusual severity.
HAMBURG, Ia, Jan. ia heavy snow
I storm, the first of the season. has prevailed
here all day. Fully twelve inches of snow
have fallen. The wind Is blowing. with
every characteristic of blizzard, the rain
haviL 9 changed to sleet and snow.
MARsHALLTowN. Iowa, Jan. l3.-A
snow storm ragged here for twelve hours
yesterday and this morning. tne snow Is
nearly foot deep on the level. All trains
are from one to four hours late. The mer-
curry was about eight below this morning.
but the weather Is moderatlng. 1t Is the