Arizona weekly citizen., 1893-07-15
AT POMEROY.
The Day After the Awful
Cyclone.
INDESCRIBABLE SCENES.
Every House Left Standing in
Town Turned Into a
Hospital.
INDBSCRIBABLE SCENES,

PoMERoY, Iowa. July S.-The dead here
number forty-four. The town presents
some of the saddest scenes ever wit
messed, and even the strongest srs
compelled to turn away from many
| sights 10 the city hall hospital where
the worst of l0S injured are. Every
| dwelling left standing can be vel
| turned into hospital.
FORT DODGE, Ia, July 7.-Seventy.
four people are dead and at least five
| more will die and over one hundred in.
jured as the result of the cyclone that
started at Quincy and ended with such
awful results at Pomeroy last night
At the latter place forty are dead and
over a hundred injured, and five blocks
of residences are demolished, nothing
remaining but kindling wood. Two
hundred families are homeless, many
having lost all they possessed. Many
business blocks are badly damaged, and
tee new postoffice, a drug store and
seven churches were completely de-
moliShed. The loss in POmeroy will
probably reach fully $4,000. All is
chaos taere. The residents who are
still alive are 10 dazed condition and
1t Is very difficult to get accurate in
formation. The storm came from the
northwest, and did its terrible work in
literally one minutes time. An i'm
mense amount of damage is done to
crops and the path of the storm is
strewn with the carcasses of animals in
every direction. There is
NOTHING But WRECK AND RUIN.
Immediately after the storm passed
the cries and mOaus of the injured and
dying were beartrending and willing
ones began the work of rescue. Their
work was sickening, as the people were
literally torn TO pieces, some with legs
or arms broken and others suffering
from terrible wounds, with the life
blood Ooziug out. Many Of the dead
are 50 distgured that they are unre-
recognizable.
The old postoffice is turned into a
mOrgue, and at one time it contained
twenty-six bod es. The Good Templars'
nall and the hotels are all turned into
hospitals where every effort is being
made to relieve the unfortuDates.
The storm wiped out ali communica-
'lon with the world and Ed Masterson
started on horseback to Manson for
hs!p- lie @as ST 'pped by ;Ee bridge
being washed out, and in attempting to
ford the river was nearly drowned. He
hailed tle special train bearing the
officials OF the Illinois Central and they
backed 10 Manson and sent for assist
auce aud then proceeded with help to
Pomeroy. Another train with physi
clans and help followed shortly and
scOn the work of relief at Pomeroy was
N progress. A train left here with |
nurses, bedding, food and cvffins this
morning and the iuterment of the dead
commenced this afternoon. A relief |
wss established in Pomeroy
and all contributions and offerings are
received with gratitude. 1t is impossi-
Die to obtain list of the injured. The
lead are AS follows: Miss Bessie |
Banks, Mrs. BahlgreD, Mrs Neory, Thos. |
Harmand, Andrew Wilkinson, John |
Anderson and wife, Mrs. Hughett. |
1ilvas Buston and wife, man uamed |
Netting, wife and SOC, Mrs. Frank John
son, Benjamin Davis, Willie Keifer, Roy
Banks, Ollie Frost, Arnold and wife,
Maria Adams, Mrs. Harlon, Mrs.
George, Banker Davis, Ollie Lundgren,
Katie Davis, Mrs. O'Brien and child,
Mrs. Erlow, Mrs. Tabert, John Beckles.
md two children, Mrs. Dillmlth, j. p.
Ludgren, Silas Weston, Hewlett and
wife, A. Forkey, Henry Geike, Mrs
Quinlan and child, Allie Maxwell, Tillis
johnson, Bob Dahlgren, Grover Black,
Geo. Black and Della Black.