Connecticut western news., 1893-07-13
DEATH IN A CYCLONE.
MORE THAN ONE HUNDRED KILLED
 IN IOWA TOWNS.

Pomeroy Was Completely Wiped Out and the Prairie Was strewn With MangIed
 Bodies-some Escaped by Going Into Cyclone Caves-HeIp For the Injured.
 PoMERoY, Ia., July s.-Fifty-three dead, 75 fatally injured and 15o with broken limbs, euts and bruises more or less severe This is what the tornado accomplished in the matter of casualty.
 The town of Pomeroy is one complete wreck. There is scarcely house left stand ing. About 15 acres of debris constitute now what was a thriving village. Splinters are all that remain. Pomeroy is part and parcel of the prairie, the death dealing wind having lett it barren and desolate. Scarcely a tree remains. Piles of broken tim bers and occasional pieces of furniture are all that can be found of what was once the largest buildings in the place.
 Two hundred and fifty houses were all destroyed, and the money loss on these and their contents is placed at S200,O00 Every where about Pomeroy were dead and dying people. A dozen men were digging graves in the burying ground on the hill just north of the village, and the hearse was kept busy carrying the victims of the storm to their last resting place.
 An Awful Night.
 The night of the cyclone in Pomeroy is one that will never be forgotten by those who were here. Darkness followed quickly in the wake of the tornado, and those who escaped death and injury were compelled to grope their way among the ruined houses, guided along by the cry of some poor unfortunate who was pinned under the fallen timbers. Almost every light of ahr description whatsoever was destrC ed, and the people from Fort Dodge and the surrounding places. who were the first to reach the scene, failed to bring lanterns with them. The search for the victims therefore, was necessarily slow till morn ing came.
 Pools of human blood mingled with the mud at every turn, showing where some victim of the tornado had been tossed after life had been crushed out.
 The air was full of moans and sobs and shrieks, and every other face met on the street was stained with tears.
 The people in Pomeroy seemed powerless to do anything for the sufferers, and it was not until early morning, when the people from outside towns arrived, that anything was done toward recovering the dead and caring for the wounded.
 
 the northwest. All those who saw it agreed that it was one of the funnel shaped spe- cies, but came bounding along the prairie like huge ball It was of dark green color and was accompanied by terrific noise There are many who saw it when it was far out of town. gave the alarm, and many were prepared for the monster when it reached the village
 In the Cyclone Caves.
 Most of the people. however. became panic stricken. They ran out of their houses and fled up the streets crying and shrieking, till struck by the flying tim bers and whirling trees. The cooler ones, how ever, especially those who were near to them, made for the two caves in the south east part of the town, built especially for just such occasions as this Into one of these caves collected 25 people and in an- other five. All escaped without scratch. A half hour before it struck it was exceed ingly hot and sultry, and save for few small clouds there was no evidence of the approaching whirlwind. The cyclone was but of few minutes duration and was fol lowed by terrific raiustorm, which con tinued at intervals more or less throughout the night
 The path of the storm seems to be about m eighth of mile in width and 20 miles long The death list out in the country is heavy, and from many oi the neighboring towns casualties are reported, Fairfield, in Cherokee county. swelling the total num- Der of dead to 15. Eight more are reported killed at Storm Lake. and many other places give notice Of one or two deaths.