Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-07-07
An AWFUL CALAMITY
The Cyclone That Swept a Portion Of
Iowa Yesterday.
REPORTS FROM SEVERAL PLACES
Entire Towns Blown Away aud HUI
dreds Of Inhabitants KILLED
and l. iured.


oftho stato visited this city last even
uq. Owing to the demoraliE-d conul'
ton Of the telegraph wires 10 IL Impos,
,,u,s a. vet 10 got Nil the details, bur u
go, IA. learned that the oycloto started |
,guthwest Of here about O'Clock last
,couing and swept almost due east |
i.y.Iiug everything Ia iis path Tor "A 4
width OF "a thousand yards killlng OF
Uttlninr the Inhabitants m the town /
and thickiy populated iarmiug District |
The lots ui lie 10 known 10 be heavy, /
though the actual details are mr ifom /
0ll aud the lrss u nrUBcuy boyOua /
tstimaiiuu. Az lat az heard from thc |
calamity took lrightiul ioim vt the |
villaNo OF P0mefog, town Win about
300 population. Re- orts are received |
10 the effect that tho enufn |
town, except thirty houses, wac
eweut from the face OF the earth, |
hundreds Of people were Killed, |
tyu huuute were a. jurci. 40 SOON
ss inc n, Wa OF tne disaster WAS learned
sptcial train with phyeioiHnB aud
uufteA went from here aud Fort Dodge
and every ablt-bodied man In the
vicinity lieut. helping hand TO tho
wounded and dying. A number were
found about the street, beseuching
hclp.
n was several hours before tbs con.
dItton Of atIGiTs was known. The town
WAS In total daTkuess and the streets
nled with wrecks OF homes ana busi'
ness houses. The scenes were APP
uanng Rs men with lanterns went
about the debris. In some IN
eiancts entire families were eWept
out. remains were found In the ruins
OF the houses and thew work OF tescuing
by train load OF helpers made only
lille hUadway. Tho south part OF tho
town was RACED. a church Just out-
side tue track OF thu storm was turned
Into n hospital. Here surgeons worked
by the aid Of lanterns aud lamps.
Those with broken bones were
stretched upon pews, while those les
severely Injured were compelled TO lie
on the floor and await their turns.
Tho dead wotU laid out upon the
ground Ia q vacant lot at the edge Of
ths devastated district. Through the
nisles between the bodies survivors
passed, l1ohing for their lost ones.
At tue approach Of the storm, which
took on gTeonish tint followed by
darkness and what appeared TO be- n
ccluuin Of smoke, many sought shelter
tn collar; others mounted their horaes
70 neo II m the path oil destruction.
The RELIEF party worked under
tho direction OF Vice President
Harrihan, Of the Illinois Central
railroad, VINO, with party OF
officials, narrowly escaped the cyclone,
reaching hers low minutes alter IL
had parsed. The tornado passed west
AMI south Of this place uemOlishlng
buildings and groves, killing anu fn-
Turing many persons.
a LIST OF DEAD.
The following are known to be- dead:
John Detwiltf.
Mrs. AmOs ii. Carlos and child.
Tue entire family Of Sam Hearson.
ID. Il. Miller and two memuers Of
his family.
I'D sargent and entire family.
INJURED.
Mrs. John Dotwiler.
Two children VI Mrs JartOn.
o, l.. snerley amt wife.
Two children OF sam HeaTsOn.
Several members OF the family OF A..
W. Emo.
Two women killed and several In.
lurud, si1 mica south OF Cherokee.
Ten billed anu several injured
south OF Aurelia.
one killed and several Injured near
Storm Lake.
The uames OF the Injured near
Cherokee are Mrs. Lester anu Mrs.
MonyeuN, Mrs. MERRIAM, south OF
tins lace was IN the thrOes VI cOnfine.
ment NJ the time aud was blown away.
IL ~ reported tia. four Of tbs Burgess
family, near Aufelia, were killed.
IL n believed that several houses
wrecked are yet unheard from. The
cyclone was followed Dyu heavy rain
storm, IL passed very near the city OF
Cherokee which, however
heavy rain and hail storm. some
hailstOnea were Us large ~ turkey
eggs. To show the velocity VI the
wind, an iron cylinder In a ihreshing
machine was torn out anu carried
twenty rods.
AN UNFORTUNATE VALLEY.
LEMARs, Iowa, July T. Advicet
from tins storm stricken district east Ol
here confirm the reports already sent
by the Associated Press from Fonda
bui elsewhere. At POmefUy tue bOdle'
recovered up 10 Z o'clock numbered 8d
anu over 100 are known 10 be- iujuTsd.
Cuillns aud help have been ordered
from Cherokee aud the towns " est
Tbs storm started In the south part o
Cherokee county, ctossedO nawa branch
u the Illinois Central NJ Quimby
where several were Injured auu two OF
three killed. From QIimby II passet
through tins county region until Il
hIuch the main liue at P0merOy Crop
anu inrm hOusea were swept away
along this course.
Sioux Valley has been unfortunate
being swept nearly every year bl
mood cyclone or u hRrd storm. Las
hight's o clone was the worst OF th'
lot.
DOCTORS AND HELPERS,
SIOUX Cry, July IA speca
lfain bearing doctors anu helpers lei
hefe this morning Tor Pomuroy. a
passenger IN from there this morning
says that seventy were killed and tina
nearly every house In town 10 DIES
HOyed.
TWO CYCLONES.
FoRr DoDGE, Ia, July Two Oy
clones struck P0meroy last ovenipl
destroying the rebidence portion an
u or HF.