Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1893-07-12
a COMPLETE WRECK.
Scarcely q House Left Standing at
Pomeroy.


numbers the dead at Pomeroy. 1t is
one Of tie saddest scenes ever witnessed,
and even tie strongest are compelled to
turn away from some Of the sights at
the city hall hospital, where tho worst
OF the 103 injured now are.
Every dwelling now standing can be
well termed hospital, as all have been
thrown wide open, and from two to
eight wounded are being kept in each.
Pomeroy is ono complete wreck. There
Is scarcely & house left standing
About II acres of debris constitutes
now what was once thriving village.
Splinters are ali that remain. Pomeroy
is part and parcel OF the prairie, the
death-dealing wind having left it bar
rem and desolate. Piles of broken tim
bers and an occasional piece of furni-
ture are all that can be found of what
were once the largest buildings in the
place.
Two Hundred and Fifty Houses
were in all destroyed and the money
loss on these and their contents is
5 placed at $2G0. coo. Everywhere about
Pomeroy Friday were dead and dying
people. A dozen men were digging
graves in The burying ground on the
hill Just north of the village and the
hearse was kept busy carrying the vic
tins 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 SOL
diers carrying coffns. Special trains
from all the surrounding towns brought
thousands who were ready to take part
in the work Of caring for
The Dead and Wounded.
Clothing, food and medicine were
shipped in by the ton. Soon order was
brought out OF chaos, relief corps were
organized and things were going along
IL business-like shape.
The tornado-for such it was-came
from the northwest. All those who
saw it agree that it was not of the fun
nel-shaped species, but came bounding
along the prairie like huge bali. It
was Of dark green color and was ac-
vJmpanied
BY a Terrific Noise.
There are many who saw it when it
was far ont of town. Those gave the
alarm and many were prepared for the
monster when it reached the village.
Most Of the people, however, became
panic stricken. They ran out of their
houses and fed up the Streets crying
and shrieking, until stricken by the fly
ing timbers and whirling trees. The
cooler ones, however, and those who
were nearest to them made for the two
caves in the southeastern part of the
town, built especially for such occasions.
Into one Of these caves collected 25
people and into the other Is. All es-
capped without scratch. The cyclone
was of but few minutes duration and
was followed by terrific rainstorm,
which continued more or less through
out the night.
The Path ofthe Storm
Eeems to be about an eighth of mile
in width and 20 miles long. The death
list out in the country is heavy and
many of the neighboring towns report
casualties. Fairfield, in Cherokee
county has Is dead. Eight more are
reported killed at Storm Lake and
many other places give notice of one or
two deaths.
Governor Boies arrived at o'clock
and took charge of the relief affairs.
He was first driven out over the ruins,
then he visited the hospitals and
morgue, consulted with those who had
been directing things and then issued
proclamation setting forth the needs OF
The sufferers and calling upon the peo-
PIE OF Iowa TO contribute literally.
dead Estimated at Eighty.
PoaIERoY, Ia, July 1o.-The total
number Of people killed by the tornado
and elsewhere is placed at 80. The in
;ared, SO the doctors report, are doing