The Lamar register., 1893-07-15
The WORK OF a TORNADO.
Eighty Persons Killed by the Wind In
Iowa.

Iowa.
A tornado or series Of tornadoes swept over
Northwestern Iowa on the 9th carrying death
and destruction with them.
The storm followed very nearly the line of
the Illinois Central railroad from Lemsrs TO
Manson, distance of 100 miles.
The report shows that about fifty were
killed and twice as many injured at Pomeroy,
the town which suffered almost total destruc-
tlon; eight were killed and three fatally in
jured near Fonda; from ten TO fifteen were
killed in different parts of Cherokee county ;
ion, and others near Alta.
Ten were killed near AurelIa, two near
Quimby aud Ave near Storm Lake At
Quimby, south of Cherokee, where the storm
started. Mrs. Molyncaux and Mrs. Lester
were instantly killed.
Five miles south of Aurelia, Samuel Burch,
wife and three children, also a farm hand
named Joseph Nelson, Lulu and Ella Slater
and swede girl, were killed. John Peters
VIII die.
Five miles southwest of Storm Lake j. Bos-
ton and child and u man named Bottman were
dashed to death.
A family of five persons living five miles
south of Newell died In the awful tempest.
Mrs. Gorton and three children and John
Detwiler were killed three miles southwest Of
Fonda.
1t Is believed that the number OF lives lost
will reach eighty.
Two hundred and fifty houses were in all
destroyed and the money loss on these and
their contents Is placed at s200,ooo. Every
where about Pomeroy are dead and dying
people, dozen men were digging graves in
the burying ground on the hill just north OF
the village and the hearse was kept busy car
rying the victims of the storm to their last
resting place. Doctors from dozen or more
places hurried through the streets and in
their wake followed squads of soldiers carry
Ing collins. Special trains from all the sur
rounding towns brought thousands, who were
ready to take part in caring for the dead and
wounded. Clothing, food and medicines
were shipped in by the ton. Soon brought
out Of chaos, relief corps were organized and
things were going along in business-llke
shape.
Much damage was done to crops and prop
erty east of Sioux City, in Woodbury. county
aud the counties East Cherokee, Ida, Buen:
Vista, Sac, Calhoun and Pocahontas were dc
vastated to great degree. Some damag,
was done outside OF this territory, but not &c
much In comparison.
Swedish family OF four, consisting O
father, mother aud two children, are missing
| A piece of wood over two feet long remains o
their house, but not trace can be found o
/ the people who occupied II. A search of al
/ the ruins In the vicinity failed to reveal th'
/ bodies of the family or a stitch of the cloth
ing they wore.
A. Forche's family consisted of himself
wife and five children. They were all burie'
| In the ruins, and all but one of the daughters
7 Katy, seventeen years old. and the baby, tw,
\ years old, were killed outright. Katy is ia
! tally injured. Her leg is broken and he
] head is badly cut. The Torches were horri
/ bly, mangled.
When the rescuing party visited the sit
1 c. Forche's house in the morning and com
menced to delve amongst the timbers for III
+ dead, the first thing that greeted them wa
the smiling face of the baby. He was laugh
/ Ing and shouting and clapping his hands witt
glee, unmlndfui of the fact that close by hi
side were the mangled remains OF his parents
! brothers and sisters. The youugster was tax
en- 10 the hospital and examined. Not
dealt gently, also, with the baby of Sila
Rushten. He and his wife were killed, bu
their child escaped with scarcely a bruss
| 1t was blown two hundred feet and lande
among bunch of sharp splinters, but nc
one OF them entered the flesh of the littl
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