Oakes weekly Republican. (Oakes, Dickey County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1898, 1893-07-14
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Pomcroy.
PoMERoY, Ia, July S.-Forty-four
numbers the dead at Pomcroy. II is
one of the saddest scenes ever witnessed,
and even the strongest are compelled to
turn away from some of the sights at
the city hall hospital, where the worst
of the los injured now are.
Every dwelling now standing can be
we'll termed a hospital, as all have been
thrown wide open, and from two to
eight woSnded are being kept in each.
Pomeroy is one complete wreck There
is scarcely house left standing.
About II acres of debris constitutes
now what was once thriving village.
Splinters arc all that remain. Pomeroy
is part and parcel of the prairie, tho
death-dealing wind having left it bar
rem and dasolate. Piles of broken tim
bers and an occasional piece of furni-
ture are all that can be found of what
were once tie largest buildings in the
place.
Two Hundred and Fifty Houses
were in all destroyed and the money
loss on these and their contents is
placed at $eGc, 900. Everywhere about
Pomcroy Friday We're 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 vic.
tins of the storm to their last resting
place. Doctors from dozen or mole
places hurried through the streets and
in their wake followed squads of SOL
diers carrying cotlins. Special trains
from all the surrounding towns brought
thousands who were ready to take part
in the work of caring for
The Dead and Wounded.
Clothing, food and medicine were
shipped in by the ton. Soon order was
brought out OF chaos, relief corps We're
organized and things were going along
IN busincss-like shape
Tho tornado-for such it was-came
from the northwest. All those who
saw it agree that it was not of the fun
nel-shaped species, but came bounding
along the prairie like huge ball. 1t
was of dark green color and was ac-
| companied
by u Terrific Noise.
There are many who saw it when it
was far out of town. These gave the
alarm and many were prepared for the
monster when it reached the village.
Most of tho people, however, became
panic stricken. They ran out OF their
houses and fed up tho streets. crying
and shrieking, until stricken by the fly
ing timbers and whirling trees. The
cooler ones, however, and those who
were nearest to them made for the two
caves in the southeastern part of the
town, built especially for such occasions.
Into one of these caves collected s5
people and into the other Is. All es-
capped without scratch. The cyclone
was of but few minutes duration and
was followed by terrific rainstorm,
which continued more or less through
out the night.
The Path of the Storm
seems to he about an eighth of a mile
in width and 20 miles long. The death
list out in the country is heavy and
many Of the neighboring towns report
casualties. Fairfield, in Cherokee
county has Is dead. Eight more are
reported killed at Storm Lake and
many other places give notice of one OF
two deaths.
Governor Boies arrived at O'Clock
and took charge of the relief affairs
He was first driven out over the ruins
then he visited the hospitals ant
morgue, consulted with those who hai
been directing things and then issued ;
proclamation setting forth the needs o.
the sufferers and calling upon the peo
pie of Iowa TO contribute literally.