Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1893-07-13
SLAIN BY SCORES.
The Cyclone Finds Many Victims
in Iowa.
seyenty-Four Lives Known to Have Been
Lost-Oyer 100 Persons Injured
The Town of Pomeroy Al
most Demolished.
WINDS AWFUL WORK.

WINDS AWFUL WORK.
FoRT DODGE, Ia. July s.-There are /
seventy-four people dead, at least five
more to die and over 100 injured as a I
result of the cyclone that made its start /
at Quimby, south Of Cherokee, and /
ended with awful results at Pomeroy /
Thursday night.
RUIN AT PoMERoY.
At Pomeroy forty are dead and 100 at
least injured. Five blocks Of residences
have been completely wiped oil the
face of the earth, not more than kind
ling wood being left of them. and 200
families are homeless, 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 win reach fully $50, 600.
NAMES OF rHg DEAD.
1t Is impossible to obtain a list of the
injured. A list of the dead ut Pomeroy
follows:
Mrs Bessie Banks, Mrs Neory, Thomas
Hammond, Andrew j. Wilkinson, John Ander-
son, Mrs. John Anderson, AIr Hughett MI. and
Mrs. Silas Bust0u Mr. and Mrs Netting and
son, Mrs Franz johnson, benjamin Davis, Miss
Lille Kiefer, Roy BANKS Mise Ollie Frost SIR
and Mrs Arnold, Mrs Marie Adams, Mrs, Har-
lon 81 Maine VINO was visiting her daughter
Mrs Loyej0y; Mrs. c. r. George Banker T. o.
/ Davis, Mrs OlEe Luudgrea Miss Katie Davy,
Mrs. OBrien and child, Mrs d j Barlowe,
Mrs Tabert. Beckley, two children Of John
Beckley miles east Of Pomeroy Mrs. bA.
NTH, J. T. Lundgren, Silas Weston, Mrs
! Dahlgren and baby Mr. Hewott and wife, 4.
4 Forkey Henry Geile
/ Those fatally injured are:
/ Mrs. Quinlan and baby, Allie Maxwell IS
/ years old v IS Title Johnson, Grover Black
/ ls years ola, George Black years od, Della
! Black II years old, Samuel Maxwell, Richard
| George, boy unknown
DEATHS ELSEWHERE.
Five miles southwest of Fonda Ave
We're killed, as follows: John Delweil-
Ter, Mrs. Norton and her three children.
Two were killed near Quimby, as
follows; Mrs. MIolyneux and Mrs.
Lester,
About 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 5
miles the following were killed: Jacob
Bretter and child and Mr. Bottman
Five miles south OF Newell a whole
family was killed, name unknown.
REMARKABLE INCIDENTS
Many remarkable things occurred.
4 child a year old was found on the
outskirts Of the ruin entirely Invested
Of clothing and yet not injured. NJ. r.
Mullen and family and five neighbour.
were saved by going into cyclone
cave. Their homes were entirely ami
Inflated. Many of the dead were founC
long distances from their homes anC
several standing houses have board,
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, la. 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.