Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1893-07-13
NO HUNDRED DEAD
: !oWA'S CYCLONE ONE OF THE
WORST EVER KNOWN.
Two Hundred People Are I>iilcd and
Several Thousand Injured. While
the Property Loss Amounts to Sew
erul Million Dollars.

| Fort Dodge. Iowa, July S.-Thc storm
that swept through Northwestern Iowa
| inflicted the loss of life to hundreds of
people: MANNED over thousand and
damaged property TO the extent of nil
lions of dollars.
From I'll reports that are obtanlblc it
is estimated that there were over 200
killed and between 3.0,0 and 1900 poo
Pie mere or less seriously injured by the
cyclone.
The path of the cyclone was through
the counties of Cherokee. Calhoun. Bucna
Vista, PocahontaS. Ida. Sac and Webster,
the greatest loss of life and damage to
property being experienced in Webster
| county.
The hand of the terrible storm demon
was laid most heavily on the town Of
| Pomrroy, Iowa. and as Il consequence
over half Il hundred of the populacr are
dead and between POO and 800 of them
are injured. many fatally.
One report says that two cyclones
struck Pomeroy. one between 4 and 5
| o'clock in the afternoon and the other
about S O'Clock in the evening. The
path of the death-dealing funnel was
about LOCO yards in width and travrrSrd
over an cNpansc Of country over 100
miles in length. Telegraph wires were
demolished with trees and buildings. and
in several instances towns are completely
RACED and destroyed. Owing to the de-
Struction of the wires. details of the
terrible affair are slow in coming III.
Relief trains with surgeons have been
sent from all the leading Iowa cities,
and every effort is being made to pro-
vide. first. for the hundreds of manglad
victims of the storm. and next for the
thousands Of homeless and pcnnilcSS pco-
pie who in Il breath lost all they pos
Ses'rl excepting what little clothing the
cyclone failed to tear from their backs.
Gov. Boirs and officers of the Illinois
Central railroad are on the scene of the
storm and doing all in their power to al
lrviate the pain and suffering of the
people.
There We're people killed at and near
Fonda, Storm Lake. Aurelia, Cherokee
and other towns 1t is impossible to give
Il list of the killed and wounded.
The scene at Pomrroy was appalling.
In some instances entire families were
wiped out. their mangcl remains being
found in the ruins of their home. The
cries of the injured were hcartrcnding,
and the general confusion was Increased
by the waiting of the survivors. who were
separated from friends or who had rcla-
livrs in the wrecks Beyond and south
Of the town of Aurclia the storm worked
its fury in Il comparatively thickly set
tied nei@hborhood, and here the greatest
loss of life was inflicted. but it was i'm
possible TO reach the scene and the names
of the dead are not yet known. 1t is
known positively. however, that fifteen
more people have been killed there. Not
for years has this section been visited Ivy
such Il terrible and sweeping calamity.
Hundreds of people have temporarily
abandoned their avocalions to follow Up
the line Of destruction wrought by the
cyclrnc. The boundaries of the storm
are as clearly defined as though they
had been laid cut by a line. IN some
places where trees stood against each
other one is twisted from its roofs and
the other is unnjurcd But in cutting
through hedges this is most noticeable,
the cut being almost as sharp us though
it had been the work of Il gardeners
Scythr.