The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1890-06-12
The Western Cyclone.

u"y . past, CHUNG yesterday, mas DeeU
the most destructive of all that have
visited the State since 1888, when the
town of Grinnell was nearly destroyed
The loss of life has not been SO great
this year, but the loss of property is
propably greater. Advices received to-
day show that yesterdays cyclone start
ed five miles southwest of Angus and
took northeasterly course. Following
the Des Moines River, school house
was wrecked, and Miss Heater, the
teacher, and twenty five pupils were all
more or less hurt, one pupil fatally.
The next place visited was large two
story farm house. Trees, fences. out
houses-all were carried away as chaff.
Hogs and chickens were killed outright.
One man was unhitching his team and
had only partially accomplished his
work when the elements gathered horses,
wagon and man up and deposited them
in promiscuous heap some distance
away.
About the same hour cyclone formed
half mile south of Adair, waltzed two
houses off their foundations, wrecking
one of them badly, and then wheeled
through the eastern part of the town,
tearing small barn all to pieces and
driving some of the boards eight inches
into the hard roadway. There were
three horses in the barn and they escap-
ed unhurt. The lightning was vivid and
torrents of rain fell.
A larger and more destructive cyclone
cloud formed at 1870 p. III. three miles
northeast of the town, leveling several
barns and running orchards. 1t travelled
northeasterly and was very wicked in
appearance.
One freak of the storm was to pick up
large COW and place her over high
wire fence, landing her safely on the
other side. 1t rolled fences into light
ball, and seemed to delight in accom-
plishing queer and weird freaks. Large
hogs were picked up and carried half
mile. Poultry were stripped clean of
their feathers at one farmers barnyard
and trees were carried a mile away.
A tornado struck the western portion
of Hardin county, near Hubbard, at 3
o'clock yesterday afternoon.
In the vicinity of Hubbard the house
of man named Wetherby was torn to
pieces, but the family escaped by seeking
refuge in cave. Proceeding northeast
ward the storm next struck George A.
Whittaker's place, leveling two large
barns, unroofing a dwelling, and de-
molished the kitchen. c. Rises resi-
dence was next struck and destroyed
with all the household effects. The
family escaped almost by a miracle.
The barn and outbuildings of James
Heffern were also destroyed and consid
cradle live stock killed.
In Pottawattomie county the town of
Underwood is still flooded. The water
has receded some, but yet ranges about
three feet all over the lowlands. Mos
quito Greek is still overlooking its banks.
A warehouse at the same place, contain
ing &C, 900 bushels of corn, owned by a
man named Counselman, of Chicago,
was destroyed, together with its con-
tents. Flic!.'s flour and feed store, three
miles from Underwood, was entirely de-
stroyed, together with lot of flour and
grain.
The country for miles is flooded farm
ers will in many cases lose their entire
crops; country roads are impossible,
and nothing but meagre reports have
ho lose, in
lying districts.
Reports come from Weston to the eff
feet that the town is still flooded. The loss
to the Milwaukee and Rock Island roads
has been enormous. All the tracks of
both between Weston and Underwood
are washed out, and and it will take a
week to repair it. The Rock Island is
using the Chicago, Burlington and
Quincy from Council Bluffs to Red Oak
and is running trains that way. All
pended.
At Council Bluffs the southwestern
part of the city was flooded and 800 resi-
dents were compelled to desert their
houses. Many will lose their entire
household effects. The village of Mana
wa, south of the city, on Lake Manawa,
is under five feet of water and entirely
deserted. The damage here is confined to
personal effects.
The territory in the southern part of
the city for distance of three miles to
the southeast is under four feet of water.
All the farms in the Pigeon Valley, which
includes Boomer, Hazeldell and Crescent
townships, are flooded under three feet
of water.
Seiffert Ref, merchant at Reil's
Point, near Crescent. who owns farm,
lost lot of hogs and other stock in the
flood. In Cass county the Botna River
is out of its banks and OVERLOOKING the
bottom. Cornfields in lowlands are sub
merged and the crops are ruined The
railroad bridge near Lewis is weakened
and is likely to give way unless the flood
soon subsidies. Should the bridge go out
the Rock Island will be shut out on it's
Griswold connection with the 20. - over
which it's trains have been running since
the main line wash-out at Neola The
river is now at standstill.
Atlantic was treated to peculiar and
rare phenomenon yesterday morning at
$3.50 in the way of moon rainbow. 1t
was seen by few who describe it as be-
ing the same shape and colors as the
usual rainbow, but much DINNER.
Virginia Iron.
President Eddy of the Norfolk and
Western road, in recent interview pub
lished in the Richmond Times, spoke
thus encouragingly of the prospects of
Virginia iron:
There is no good reason why ocean
steamships should not be built in Rich
mond if our government would only
pursue the same policy of encouraging
ship building that is purued by other
nations it cannot do less. You can
look forward to the time when steam
ships built at Richmond from steel made
in Virginia, flying from the masthead
the stars and strips, that glorious en-
blem of prosperity, progress and pro-
lection, manned by American seamen
and laden with agricultural products
and manufactured articles, destined to
some South American or other foreign
Dart too not very MANY wears hence