The state herald., 1893-07-14
THE WORK OF A TORNADO.
Eighty Persoas Killed by tho Wind In
Iowa.

Eighty Persons Killed by tho Wind ID
Iowa.
A tornado OF series Of tbrnadoes swept bvei
Northwestern Iowa on the 9Th carrying death
and destruction with them,
The storm followed very nearly the line u
the Illinois Central railroad from Ler,ars Il
Manson, distance of 100 miles.
The report shows that about fifty were
Killed and twice as many injured at Pomcroy
the town which suffered almost total dcstruc
tion; eight were Killed aud three fatally In
jurcd near Fonda from ten To fifteen ~ert
killed in different pArts Of Cherokec county
two were killed In Wright county, near Clar
ion, and others near Alta.
Ten were killed near Aurelia, two neal
Quluby and Ave near Storm Lake. At
Quimby, south Of Cherokee, where the storm
started, Mrs. Molyneaux and Mrs. Lester
were instantly killed.
Five miles south Of Aurelia, Samuel Burch
wife and thrse children, also farm hand
named Joseph Nelson, Lulu and Ella Slater
and swcde girl, were killed. John Peters
will die,
Five miles southwest OF Storm Lake ]. Bos-
ton and child and man named Bottman were
dashed to death.
A family Of five persons living FIVE miles
south OF Newell died In the awful tempest
Mrs. Gorton and three children and John
Dctwiler were killed three miles southwest Of
Fonda.
1t Is believed that the number Of lives LOST
will reach eighty.
Two hundred and fifty houses were In nil
destroyed and the money loss on these and
their contents Is placed at $780, 1000. Every.
where about Pomeroy are dead and dying
people, dozen men were digging graves In
the burylng ground on the hill just north OF
the village and the hcnrse was kept busy car.
rying the victims Of the storm to their last
resting place. Doctors from dozen or more
places hurried through the streets and In
their wake followed squads Of soldiers carry.
Ing collins Special trains from all the sur
rounding towns brought thousands, who were
ready to take part in caring for the dead aud
wounded. Clothing, food and medicines
were shipped In by the ton. Soon brought
out Of chaos, relief corps were organized and
things were going along In business-like
shape.
Much damage was done to crops and prop
crty east OF Sioux City, In Woodbury. county,
and the counties East Cherokee, Ida, Bucna
Vista, Sac, Calhoun and Pocahontas were dc.
vastated to a great degree. Some damage
was done outside Of this territory, but not SO
much in comparison.
A Swedish family Of four, consisting OF
father, mother and two children, are missing.
A piece Of wood over two feet long remains OF
their house, but not trace can be found OF
the people who occupied 1t. search Of all
the ruins In the vicinity failed to reveal the
bodies OF the family or stitch Of the cloth
Ing they wore.
A. Forche's family consisted Of himself,
wife and five children. They were all buried
In the ruins, and all but one Of the daughters,
Katy, seventeen years old, and the baby, two
years old, were killed outright Katy is IA
tally Injured. Her leg Is broken and her
head Is badly cut The Torches were horri-
bly, manglcd.
When the rescuing party visited the site
OF Torches house In the morning and COM
menced to delve amongst the tlmbers for the
dead, the first thing that greeted them was
the smiling face Of the baby. lie was laugh
ing and shouting and clapping his hands with
glec, unmindful Of the fact that close by his
side were the manglcd remains OF his parents,
brothers and sisters. The youngstcr was TAX
en- TO the hospital aud examined. Not a
scratch was found upon him. The tornado
dealt gently, also, with the baby Of Sllas
Rushten. He and his wife were killed, but
their child escaped with scarcely brulsc.
1t was blown two hundred feet and landed
among bunch OF sharp splin,crs, but not
one Of them entered the flesh of the little
Dne