The Portland daily press., 1893-07-10


cursionists.
PoMERoY, Ia, July S.-Nothing except
kindling wood is left of the Prange
house. Prange himself was crushed be-
meath the falling timbers. Charles
Banks, with a boy from Fort Dodge, are
missing 1t is known that he was in
Pomeroy when the cyclone struck the
town, but no trace of him has been
found.
The German Lutheran church was
turned almost around, and pounded in
such shape that it was rendered good for
nothing but kindling wood. Every other
church in town shared the same fate.
Nothing is left of the Methodist Episco-
pal church but the bell, and that is many
yards from where it hung. Some of the
keys of the organ were picked up mile
or so out on the prairie.
The public school is out of sight. Just
the spot where it stood remains. Even
the trees that surrounded it are gone.
Every business house in the town is
more or less wrecked. Some of them
were wiped out entirely, while others
had the roofs lifted off, letting in rain
and thus destroying stocks. Others had
their fronts smashed in, and some are
smashed in the rear: but they are all
smashed somewhere.
Right in the centre of dry goods
store located on the principal street a
horse was found yesterday morning. He
had been picked up from neighboring
yard and blown through the side of the
building. In his fight he got badly
tangled up with ribbons, corsets and the
like, and it took several hours to get
him in shape for the crematory.
E. Lovinchinski ran boot store and
clothing store on street near the de-
pot. He had a two-story building.
There is nothing left of the store, and a
hole in the ground. which is well filled
with water, is all that marks the place
where it stood.
N. F. Mullen's drug store was two
story brick, standing close to the hotel.
The entire south wall was blown away.
The windows in front are all smashed
and stock generally stirred up. No def
mite idea can now be obtained as to the
every one who had house being either
dead or injured.
No sooner had the news of the cyclone
reached the surrounding towns than
thousands of people commenced to flock
here. Excursions to accommodate the
sight-seers were run from Fort Dodge.
Those people were at all times in the
way and got themselves generally dis
liked by the people who were conducting
the work of relief.
A great deal of suffering was the re-
suit of these excursions. There was
nothing to eat in the town. What pro-
visions that were sent in. were intended
for the victims alone. Many of those
who were injured were taken to Fort
Dodge and Fonda by friends and rela-
tives. Wounded have been sent out in
nearly every train today.
Not only is there death and desolation
at Pomeroy, but the whole country in
the path of the tornado is badly wrecked.
Groves of immense trees were twisted
out by the roots; houses and barns were
blown away. Fields of corn were de-
stroyed, fences chewed to kindling and
many killed. Everywhere evidence of
the havoc wrought by the hurricane is
seen. Droves of cattle have been slaugh-
tered, and carcasses dot the fields on the
way from Cherokee county to this
place.
Today the situation in Pomeroy is
dreary one. The single hearse is still
making its trips to the burying grounds.
Coffins are being moved through the
streets from the trains to the morgue
and hospitals. Every once in a while
the list of dead is increased by the an
nouncement that another one of the in
jured has succumbed, and yet above the
hustle and confusion is heard the wall of
the bereaved.
Governor Boies put in the night here.
He intends to remain on the spot until
everything possible has been done for
the sufferers.
At Quincy, south of Cherokee, where
the storm started, Mrs. Molyneux and
Mrs. Lester were instantly killed.is.
Five miles south Of Aurelia Samuel
Burch and wife and three children were
killed; also farm hand named johnson.
Lulu and Ella Slater and Swedish girl.
John Peters will also probably die.
| Five miles south of Storm Lake E. G..
| Breton and child and man named
Bottmann were dashed to death. A
| family of five persons living five miles
south of Newell died in the awful tenn
pest. Mrs. Groton and three children
and John Detwiler were killed three
miles southwest of Fonda.
Heavy Losses in Colorado
DENVER, Col, July 9.-Southern Col.
orado has been visited by rains which
did Oraot dama0a c0uth of Taroar