The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1893-07-15

the houses ana applied the porcn- fuiiy dozen Of
these strange 6onres were Kept going all the after
noon.
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all tne way from ionr 10 eight persons not more
'nah one escaped awe. HUSBANDS nave been iefa
"iihou' "iie OF cniiureh chiiureh are eit orphans
anu there are hi'eeh OF more women III fomeroy TO-
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search of all the ruins in the vicinity failed To
reveal the bodies OF the family or stitch of cloth
ing they wore
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one. They were sitting on their veranda When the
storm came along.
COW that was standing fifty Yards away was
blown right through the house and the latter. all
save the yeranda. was demolished. =
Not a piece of furniture that was in the house Is
capped being broken To atoms
FONDA, Iowa, July IA tornado passed west and
south of this place between 6 and : O'Clock last
evening demolishing bulldogs and groves. ihiur.
inc many nersons and ,.auslnp tho loss of many
lives The dead are: John Detwiler. Mrs Amos
II Carton child Of Mrs. Carton samuel Hearsom
and entire family. d. L. Miller and two of his fam
ily. f. d. Sargent and entire family. Injured: Mrs
j. Detwiller two children of Ms A. H. Carton c.
E Shirley. Mrs. C. E. Shirley. several members OF
the family of A. Weno.
The buildings of the following persons were de-
molished; George SANFORD, barn; Mrs. WIN. Mar
m.
resided: Amos II. Carton. house and barn: Harvey
Eaton, barn, samuel Hearsom. house and barn;
school house
II was one of the most terrific tornadoes ever
known i'm this section killing or mutilating every
living thing within its bounds The width was
abont lOO0 yards Two women were Killed and
several injured six miles south of Cherokee; ten
were killed and several iniured south of Aurelia
one killed and seyeralinured near Storm Lake. nine
killed and two injured south of Fonda. The names
of The injured near cherokee were Mrs Lester and
Mrs Mo,vneax Only one of the Gordon family ont
of seven has been fonnd II is renorted four of the
family of Bervess. near Aurella. were killed. The
loss of property is beyond estimation.
sioux CITY. Iowa, July IA telegram from Fonda
states that five entire families were blown away at
Alta, but full list of the fatalities cannot be had
D. T. Miller is known 10 have been killed. Mrs.
Gordon killed Instantly by the wreck of her
house and nothing can be found of the family of
seven No trace can be found of Edward Sergeant
and family of five They rare supposed to be dead
Sam Hersham, wife and two children are missing
Mrs. Hersham was In confinement when the storm
broke. All were blown away and are thought to be
dead
AT Qnimby, a littletow east OF Cherokee many
houses are reported wrecked and at least two per-
sous are known TO have been Killed. Ihey are MIS-
Allen Warburton ana MIS- Moiinenx. When news
can be had from the country u IS expected 'hai the
loss of life will be found to have been very great as
the region through which the cyclone passed Is
thickly populated.
SIOUX CITY, Iowa, July IA storm Lake Iowa.
special dispatch says the storm reached that place
between and O'Clock. Four churches were
wrecked and number OF residences were literally
reduced to splinters. Fires were started III lnree
localities by lightning me storm centre appeared
to pass four miles west OF the town. where for many
miles nothing was left standing Several lives were
lost Jacob Breecher. n farmer. was struck by ny
ing timber and instantly killed HIS 5-year-oid-
daughter was also killed and his VIE ana iour emil
dren dangerously hurt. Charles Hoffman, another
farmer is reported dead. Thomas Wal aud his
child had their legs broken, and his wife was fatally
injured Others in the same neighborhood reported
dead are Joseph Slate. Thomas johnson and Henry
Straub. An old man named W. r. Clemens and his
wife were severely injured.
CHEROKEE Iowa, July 7.-Late reports of the cy-
clone are that IA persons were killed and that dam
age to property to the amount of 100000 was done
Everything Is confusing and wires are down IN