Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-07-08

wiped out by the tornado and in houses that
contained all the way from four to eight
persons not more than one escaped alive.
Husbands have been left without wife or
children; children are left orphans, and
there are fifteen or more women in Pome-
roy who have neither husband nor children
left.
The fate of the Loghrin family is a sad
one. 1t consisted of father mother and
two chilren, both girls. Their house was
reduced to splinters and all save the moth
er were killed, and she will probably die
+. o. Davy, cashier of the bank of Pom
eroy, whose house was right in the path of
the storm, is among he dead, likewise is
his brother Ben Davy, who had been at
tending school in Des Moines. He came
home to spend the Fourth and intended to
leave yesterday morning
Mrs. Davy. wife of President Davy. of
she bank above mentioned, also lost her
life. Shs was struck by house, carried
up against tree and crushed to pulp.
Her servant girl, too frightened to move
fell on her knees and lifted up her hands
in prayer. The house was torn to splinters,
the girl was whirled out into the back
yard, but she escaped with a bruise on the
knee
A Swedish family of four, consisting of
father, mother and two children are miss
ing. a piece of wood over two feet long
remains of their house, but not a trace can
be found of the people who occupied it.
When the rescuing party visited the site
of the Forche house and commenced to
delve among the timbers for the dead, the
first thing that greeted them was the
smiling face of the baby He was laugh
ing and shouting and clapping his hands
with glee, unmindful of the fact that close
by his side were the mangled remains of
his parents, brothers and sisters. The
youngster was taken to the hospital and
examined. Not a scratch was found upon
him.
The tornado dealt gently also with the
baby of Silas Rushton He and his wife
were killed, but their child escaped with
scarcely bruise. 1t was blown 200 feet
and landed among bunch of sharp slivers,
but not one of them entered the flesh of
the little one.
One of the first things that greeted the
hundreds of visitors that poured into the
town was full grown rooster without a
feather upon him. He looked as if he had
been plucked and singed. There was not
even pin feather left. He strutted up
and down the principal thoroughfares
Tapping his naked wings and crowed in a
loud voice. He had come out of the cyclone
without any clothes, but he was feeling
pretty good, the same.
The body of Sam Maxwell, who was
killed along with two of his children, was
found under broken tree, ten yards from
the house, from where he was blown. On
his breast was a torn and mutilated copy
of the Holy Bible. Around this and pass
ing many times around the body of the
dead man, were several strings of dried
apples. All the clothing had been torn
away; the apples could have been wound
no more neatly had half day been con-
sumed in the performance of the task
The body of an unknown man, apparent
ly about 60 years old, was found among the
ruined houses III the residence district. A
neck yoke had been driven through his
breast
-Four unknown children were picked up
from under the ruins of house in the
southern part of the town. They had evil
IDENTIFY been dead many hours. Two of
them were girls.
frankie Banks, a 17-year-old girl, living
at Fort Dodge, was found among the
ruins. A piece of wood, about half the
size of an ordinary fence rail, had been
driven through her body, entering right
below the heart and coming out back Of
the shoulder-blade. The splinter was
driven several feet in the ground, and it
required the united efforts of three men to
release the body of the girl.