The Irish standard., 1893-07-15
SlA in BY SEQ RES.
Tho Cyclone Finds Many Victims
ia Iowa.
Oeventy-Four Lives Known to Have Been
Lost-Over 1OO Persons lnjured-
The Town Of PomerOy AL
s.s. most Demolished. s.
WINDS AWFUL WORK.

IS WINDS AWFUL WORK. -
FoRT DoDaE, Ia. July s. There are
seventy four people dead. at least i've
more to die and over 100 injured as a
result Of the cyclone that made it's start
at Quimby, south Of Cherokee, and
ended with awful results at Pomeroy
Thursday night.
RUIN AT POMEROY.
At Pomeroy forty are dead and Loo at
least injured. Five blocks Of residences
have been completely wiped off the
face Of the earth, not more than kind
ling wood being left of them, and 200
families are hon eless, many having lost
their all The business blocks We're
badly damaged and the new post office
block and a drug store completely
wrecked. Seven churches, all there
were in the town, were destroyed. The
loss in Pomeroy will reach fully $50, 900.
NAMES OF THE DEAD.
1t is impossible to obtain list of the
injured. A list Of the dead at Pomeroy
follows:
Mrs Bessie Banks, Mrs. Neory, Thomas
f1aTuOGu, AIUrSW y. w uhtLSO11 john ianaCA
son. Mrs. John Anderson, Mr.. Hughett. Mr.. and
Mrs. Silas Buston. Mr. and Mrs. Netting and
son, Mrs. Frank Johnson, Benjamin Davis, Miss
Lille Kiefer, Roy Banks, Miss Ollie Frost, Mr..
and Mrs Arnold Mrs. Marie Adams Mrs. Har-
Ion of Maine wac was visiting her daughter,
Mrs Lovejoy; Mrs, G. R. George, Banker E. O.
Davis, Mrs. Ollie Lundgren, Miss Katie Davy,
Mrs O'Brien and child, Mrs. B. ]. Harlowe,
Mrs Tabert, Becsiey, two children OF John
Rnrk1eu z miles Of POmorOV Mrs. Dill.
NTH, J. r. Lundgren Silas Weston, Mrs.
Dahlgren and baby, Mr. Hewett and wife, A.
Forsey, Henry Geike.
Those fatally injured are:
Mrs Quinlan and baby Allie Maxwell IS
years old, Miss Tillie Johnson, Grover Black
10 years OLD, George Black years old, Della
Black II years old, Samuel Maxwell, Richard
George, boy unknown
DEATHS ELSEWHERE.
Five miles southwest of Fonda five
were killed, as follows: John Delweil-
Ter. Mrs. Norton and her three children.
Two were killed near Quimby, as
follows: Mrs. Molyneux and Mrs.
Lester.
About 5 miles south of Aurelia were
the following fatalities: Samuel Burch,
wife and three: children, Mr.. johnson,
Lille and Belle Slattery, Swede hired
girl, name unknown; John Peters is
dying.
Southwest of Storm Lake about s
miles the following were killed: Jacob
Bretter and child and Mr.. Bottman.
Five miles south of Newell q whole
family was killed, name unknown.
REMARKABLE INCIDENTS
Many remarkable things occurred.
A child year old was found on the
outskirts of the ruin entirely Invested
of clothing and yet not injured. M. F..
Mullen and family and five neighbors
were saved by going into cyclone
cave Their homes were entirely anni-
Inflated Many Of the dead were found
long distances from their homes and
several standing houses have boards
driven into them by the force Of the
storm. The trees in the path of the
storm are completely stripped of bark.
BODIES HORRIBLY MANGLED.
CHEROKEE, Ia, July Slater reports
of loss of life by the cyclone Of Thurs
day morning more than confirm the
first reports Luckily NO town IN this
county was struck by the twister,
yet the loss of life is appalling. The
horror of the situation is increased
by the terrible mutilations of the
victims. The headless body of one
young lady was found, but the
head and one leg cannot be found.