Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1893-07-13

were found long distances from the
residences, aud the standing houses
had boards driven through them by the
force of the wind, Trees In the path
of the storm were stripped even of
their bark, and nothing escaped injury,
Pomcroy was thriving town of a
thousand inhabitants
Tho list of dead is stll incomplete.
Reports are coming in from the coun'
try, and the number of dead Will bc
Swcllcd To At least eighty, Tonight
the scene around Pomeroy was heart.
rcnding In the old postotlico building
the dead bodies are being gathered
and friends come to identify them,
The scene was beyond the power Of
the most graphic pen to pictarc Tho
bodies were literally torn in two, 9th.
ers with pieces of boards thrust through
them, heads smashed, limbs torn of,
and some So badly disiigured they eau
only bc recognized by clothing or some
lrlnkct The wounded are being we'll
cared for in different hotels, and those
fortunate enough 10 have homes
spared have opened them To the in
jurcd, and all that careful nursing and
best medical assistance can do Is being
done for them. The property des-
troyed will amount to $500, 600 Pome.
roy needs assistance right away in the
line of clothing, etc. Citizens III neigh
boring towns are responding To- the de-
mands, but it is not adequatc
IN TiIE VICINITY OF FONDA
FoNpA, July "a terrible storm
passed over this section last evening,
between and o'clock, destroying
growing crops, demolishing groves and
farm buildings, causing personal injury
To u number of persons and the death
of four, The dead are AS follows;
John Detwiller u farmer Mrs Amos
VI, Gorton and two of her children,
Jessie Gorton age IL years and Jennie
Gorton, . years
The injured are: Mrs, John bet.
wller, Joseph Gorton, 10 years,
George Gortou, Il years, Flora Gortou,
I years. One member OF family ol
Samuel ilcrscn, two members ol tho
family of T., A. SMrlcy; two members
of the family of a, W. Emo, The loss
in buildings II very severe, about u
dozen structures being demolished
The path of the tornado was about
one half mile in width and its direc-
ton u little south of east, being abou,
parallel with the line OF the Illinois
Central railway and ouc.half mile
south of IL,
The list OF Killed and injured in
Cherokee aud Iucna Vista counties il
as follows:
Killed :. burgess, wife and three
children, Mr., Johnson and wife, Miss
Slater. Mr.. Skaters hired man, name
unknown, Mr.. Cord, J, Bcccher and
child.
Seriously injured Mr., and Mrs w,
Il. Clemens, Bert Slater, John Peters
and wife, Miss Burgess, Eli, Walls, j,
u, Woodruff,
In Norway township, Wright county,
number of buildings were demolished
and an old man named iabcn aud Il
girl named Smldt were killed, and Il
number killed
STORM LAKE, July = A tornado
passed south of the lake last night,
killing Mr.. Jacob Brccher and his i've
yoar-old child, injuring three or souI
of his children aud demollshing his
house II also hurt so seriously MIR.
Sladc, who was at lircchcr's, that IL Il
doubtful whether lc VIII live, II de-
stroycd Charles Johnson's house and
injured him fatally, n Is supposed. Oh
the Lake Side farm il killed number
Of fine sheep and cattle. Several horses
were injured and barns blown down.