The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-07-08
I0DPSES BY THE SCORE.
The Lives Lost in IOWa'S Cyclone
Probably Over 200.

Sioux City, la, July IA telegram
from Fonda states that five entire fami-
lies were blown away at Alta, but full
I;stofthe fatalities cannot be had. D. I.
Miller is known to have been killed.
Mrs. Gordon was killed instantly by
hevrcck of her house, and nothing was
found of family of seven.
No trace can be found Of Edward Sar-
oa3nt and his family of five. They are
supposed to be dead.
Sam Hersham, his wife and two chill
dren are missing. Mrs. Hersham was in
confinement when the storm broke. All
were blown away, and it is thought that
they are dead.
Trains arriving from eastern Illinois,
over the Iowa Central, came into Sioux
CITY last night Will all the glass in the
ears broken. The train men say they ran
through a severe hail storm, but encoun-
tered no great wind.
Al Ouimbv. little town east of Chero-
kee. many houses are reported wrecked,
i and at least two persons are known to
have been killed, They are Mrs A lien
i Varburton and Mrs. Molineaux.
4 When news can DC IldQ 1IOlu b0B COun-
s. trvitis expected that the loss of life will
be found to be very great, as the region
through which the cyclone passed was
1 thicdy populated,
FIFTY-THREE KILLED.
Pomeroy, Ia, July 7,-Flfty-three dead,
rs fatally injured, and $50 with
less severe This is what the tornado of
last night accomplished in the matter of
4 casualty The town Is one complete
a wreck There is scarcely a house left
q standing. About fifteen acres of debris
q constitute now what was yesterday
q thriving village. Splinters are all that
4 remain. Scarcely a tree remains Piles
n Of broken timbers and occasional pieces
& of furniture are all that can be found of
what were once the largest buildings in
8 the place Two hundred and fifty houses
q in all were destroyed and the money loss
q On these and their contents is placed at
d S2OOO00.
WHAT THE TORNADO LOOKED LIKE.
s. The tornado, for such it was, came
s from the northwest. All who saw it
agree that it was not of the funnel shape
8 species but came bounding along the
81 prairie lN5e a huge ball. 1t was of dark
q gre Col)r and accom- panied by terrific
q noist NIny saw it when it was far out
4 Of town. Those gave the alarm and some
were prepared for the monster when it
reached the village. Most Of the people,
however, became panic stricken. They
tout of their houses and fled up the
streets, crying aud shriel1ing till struck
by living timbers or whirling trees. The
cooler ones, however, especially those who
were near them, made for two caves in
the southeastern part Of town built es-
ID peaally for just such occasions as this.
INTO one of these caves collected 25 people
and in another one 5. All escaped with
out % scratch. 1t is agreed that the tor
4aao struck the town about 6 80 o'clock.
nan an hour before this the air was eX-
Ceelmgly hot and sultry, and save for
Jew small clouds there was no evidence
Oh The approaching whirlwind.
LASTED ONLY FEW MINUTES.
Ihecycl0no was of but a few minutes
{ Ulratlou and was followed by q terrific
IahSorm, which continued at intervals
more or less throughout the night. The
pam OF the storm seems to be about an
81 long
The death list out in the country is
la'y, and many of the neighboring
a'|ynSs ao|nS report many casualties. In Fair
5e.g ln Cherokee county, the number of
uedt Is 10. Eight or more are re
pOrJeu killed at Storm Lake and
many other places give notice
y. one or two deaths. 1t was not until
L1O1 Today that the work of rescue be
I, sHu, BN that time there was good sup
tyoI doctors, not large enough, however,
81 TTtaIe Tor the wounded. Ladies of Fort
+IIouge went as nurses, and there was a
'''N'Lul supply Of bedding and food.
INPRovIsED HOSPITALS.
rapidly as possible the injured were
l3u %Ayu TO lmprOvised hospitals and given
HgJfaI attention. The buildings were
11a'tIuate to the needs, of the injured.
b. Wup pany OF militia from Fort Dodge
fotsHO thelr tents, and these were used
hospital purposes The heat of the
o- 5'I was very great, the thermometer ris-
80 W. aIoug the nineties. The tents were
,r |S not and deaths among the injured.
81 iNao itS4uent. The intense heat made it
daig d5alggSSIole TO keep the bodies of the
rsi0t si'U ana those that were not claimed by
or oy't,iyes tai or friends and by them buried
M IL 'oAeh away by noon, We're placed in
oue grave yard by the officials Forty
q Tut,eSS We're dug and filled with dead
81 fi-fnS5 o clock tonight, and at.that hour
nIairi- ldhterns in the cemetery showed
oTst;ly, Indt the work of burial was going
THE LIST OF THE DEAD.
t5co,D.II5oW'ug is list Of the dead so far as
# Adgru,a'e 9een identified: Mrs. Maria
Cell, a, forcle, a. J. WilkersOn, II.
Gem mrs. Iillie Johnson, Mrs G. II.
ana arS-G, rfS Lena Kelfer, aged 10; w Arnold
Prem NJ. lie' Mr. and Mrs Hulet, Mrs Dahl
Bs5,.- -lrs' Anderson, Mrs. Talbert, Roy
j D. aged s.; Silas Rushton,
IrI.. Lungren, Mr.. Dillmuth, Ollie
Nh IN Bessie Banks, aged II;
Qnir-i-.' 49, j. y Brien, baby O'Brien, Mrs
En1l- "nd baby, j. NJ. O,Brien, Ollie
D3yg %s9d lSi Ezra o. Davy, BENJAMIN
Geo p, ,oa0y Dahlgren, Grover Black,
Coor,"o "'9GK' i,K Sam Maxwell, Richard
Of joIJ' yrs; 5S; 81. Harlowe, two children
have b,.i bie,ckley. Several little babies
been io' igsen found alive and we'll but it has
Al t.oNslOie to find parents for them.
# tho tuIIhO}, south of Cherokee. where
81 ms f'4 IN started, Mrs Molyncaux and
rrstef were instantly killed.
81 Bur,b -IlgS south of Aurelia, Samuel
kilai N,u VIE and three children were
&. Lulu ana a i,,lrm ,larm hand named Johnson;
wor1 ana aI E!la Slater, and a Swede girl
'I5g ~; also killed '''''' " ''''0N'0 '9-i-
81 B r'-lea southwest of Storm Lake, II.
Botuo,,,o' and child and man named
f+,,.;," f,,i We're dashed TO death
South of y Oh live persons living fivcmiles
pest ''eWeu died in the awful tenn
join 7, n G.oEton .,.,i, and three children and
s0Qtbycss%t WIDER .sl were killed three miles