Huntsville gazette., 1893-04-15
A FEARFUL STORM.

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storm that Swept Over the West and
Northwest-Hurrlcanes and Cloudbursts
| causes Immense Damage to Property
Both Public and Private, and Trafic
! seriously 1mpeded-Some Loss or Life
| Reported.
] 81 PAUL, Mimi, April IA fearful
] cyclone passed over northern Iowa this
morning between 3 and :: o'clock 1t
struck Akron and Westfield, in Plym-
outh county, Ia. At 3 o'clock it struck
at Page, Neb., 100 miles west of the
other two places.
/ At Akron the sky became dark about
2 o'clock, so that lamps had to be
lighted. The storm came down very
suddenly from the northeast, and in
few minutes Akron was almost in
| ruins.
/ The storm covered a wide path. The
iron wagon bridge across the Sioux
river was torn to pieces, the great iron
trusses ssbeing twisted and broken.
| Houses were unroofed or carried from
their foundations and destroyed. The
| grain elevator was torn to pieces, and
the whirlwind carried its debris across
the street, depositing it where a lum-
Der yard had been, while a good part
of the lumber yard was deposited
where the elevator had been. Several
cars loaded with stone standing on
side-traclS were picked up and carried
several rods. Several store buildings
were partially wrecked and unroofed.
The damage cannot be learned acc IL
rately, nor details of the storm, as the
wires are all down.
The Chicago, Milwaukee & st. Paul
road sent up special train from Sioux
| City. The storm followed the Sioux
valley south to Westfeld It's path
was marked by demolished houses and
barns. Two people. man and his
wife, were killed at one farm Their
names are not yet known. Several
others were badly injured, and many
hogs and cattle were killed. No re-
ports have been received of any devas-
tation between these places.
AT Page, Neb., the storm demolished
the Pacific Short Line depot and several
houses. blew cars off the track and in
iured woman and boy, names I'M
| known. The woman'S condition is Sc
rious. The only reports received are
| from The railroad.
The latest advices from Akron are
that the loss to private property in that
city will be $50. 900; the loss in the
country will probably far exceed that
amount.
Mrs Clara Magers was killed at
Page, Neb., and her two children dam
gerousy injured.
Storms are reported from many places
in North Dakota
| Southwestern Kansas Visited by Terri
bic Cyclone.
INDEPENDENCE, kas., April IL
| Southwestern Kansas and particularly
Montgomery county was visited by u
terrible cyclone this evening which left
path of death and destruction behind
it. This city was only the extreme
edge of the storm and suffered little
damage, but reports from the sur
rounding country and small towns,
near here, show great destruction of
t property and loss of life, particulars of
which it is impossible to get tonight
as the wires are all down.
The little town of Parlse, ten miles
south of here, seems to have got the
worst of the storm. From the most re-
liable informat ton obtainable the peo-
pie of that town were alarmed by
ominous clouds which gathered just at
| dusk. They hardly had time to re-
alize what was coming before the
storm burst upon them in all its fury.
Coming from a westerly direction from
| Oklahoma, the furious wind, which was
more like hurricane than a gen.
uine cyclone, struck the town with
| irresistible force. The frightened
people were given not a moment to fee
to places of safety. The work of the
wind was awful. OF the business
houses situated around the public
square but two were left standing, the
others being completely wrecked.
Even brick houses were swept away
the same as light frames. Every resi-
dence in the town was damaged more
| or less, and half of them were complete
| ly destroyed
1t is known that several persons were
killed and a large number injured, but
it is impossible to learn the details and
names of the dead and injured tonight
Leaving Parker a scene of wreck and
ruin, the wind swept to the northeast,
levelling farm houses, barns and fences
before it. Three farm houses in the
eastern portion of this county are
known to have been wrecked and it is
certain that this represents but small
portion of the aggregate damage done
in the vicinity.
Five States visited with Death and De-
struction.
CHICAGO, April 11.-Severe storms
swept over the states of Iowa, Kansas,
Missouri, Illinois and Indiana this
evening doing great damage, the ex-
tent of which cannot be learned as the
telegraph wires have been Frustrated
in many localities
A cloud burst at Ottumwa, Ia. caused
great damage to property and flooded
many stores.
At Boston and Columbia, Ind. floods
destroyed much property. Many head
| of cattle were killed and railroads are
badly washed out