The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1893-07-13

however, especially tnOse VINO were
near TO them, made for the caves in
the southeast part of the town, built
FOR just such occasi OBS as this. Into
one of these Caves collected $50 peo-
pie. All escaped W ithout a scratch
1t is pretty We'll agreed that the
most torcible part Of the storm
strnck this place
The cyclone was but a few min
utes durauon and VAS followed by a
TEN iic iuiu siol III, which continued
at Intervals throughout the night
The path Of the storm seems to be
al eighth of mile i'll width and
twenty mIi-s long.
Fairfield, III Cherokee county, was
VISITED. s"e..lng lne total number OF
d,ud fifteen E. gLt more are re
ported killed at Storm Lake, and
many other places give notice of one
or more deaths. 1t was not until
noon to-day that the work CT rescue
really began. BY that time there
was good supply of doctors, not
large enough, however, to care for
the wounded. The ladies of Fonda
and Fort Dodge went out as nurses,
and there was plentiful supply of
bedding and food. As rapidly as pos
sible the injured were taken to the
improvised hospital and given medi
cal attention. It was soon found,
however, that the buildings used for
this purpose were far too small, and
efforts were made to lessen the
number Of paiien:s IN each This
was no easy TASK. for there WAS no
place to put them.
RELIEF BY THE MILITIA.
About this time, however, Com
pany d. Fourth regiment OF Fort
Dodge, commanded by Lieutenant
w. +. Chatt and forty strong, Ut
rived with full catnp equipment.
Their tents We're close to the Eospit
al and into this many of the sufferers
were placed. They were not partic-
ularly comfortable here for the sun
vas Intensely hot and caused the
thermoueter to rise into the 90s. A
death occurred every little while all
along. The number of those who es-
pired Of their irju'ies up to this
evening was placed at Il dozen. The
National Bauk Of Pomeroy was made
the headquarters of the relief move
ment. Here those willing to work
or to act as nurses were assigned
to the various hospitals, and here
also provisions, money bedding and
clothing We're received and al! of
those necessaries rolled III lapidly.
By 3 o'clock this afternoon the office
of the bank was stacked clear to the
ceiling with food and clothing, and
boxes OF each were arriving on each
tram. Governor Boles arrived and
took charge of the whole affair. He
was fist driven out over the ruins,
then he visited the hospitals and the
tuorgue, consulted with those who
had thus far directed things aud
then issued a proclamation setting
forth the needs of tile sufferers aud
calling upon the people oi Iowa TO
contribute liberally.
The Governor said the situation
was far worse than he had expected
He ordered more tents from Des
Moiues, aud said he would have d
company or more of soldiers on the
grounds before tomorrow. The lu-
tense heat made it impossible to keep
the bodies Of the dead, and those
who We're not claimed by relatives
or friends aud by them buried or
taken away by noon were placed in
the graveyard by the officials. For
ty graves We're dug and filled with
dead up to . o'clock this evening.
At that hour tue fiittering lanterns IN
the cemetery showed plainly that
the work of burial was still going
on. Hundreds OF willing hands
dragged the dead and dying animals
with which the ground seemed lit
orally strewn, to points on the out
skirts of the town, piled them in big
heaps and covered them with the re-
mains of houses aud applied the
torch. Fully dozen of these strange
bonhres were kept going all the at
ternoon.
| THE WORST EVER KNOWN
Des Moines, Ia, July THE cy
clone or series of cyclones of last
evening were the most destructive
that ever struck Iowa since it's set
tlement. The storm was confined te
the northwestern quarter OF the
State and its worst form followed
very nearly the line of the Illinois
Central railroad from LIE Mars to
Manson, distance of 100 miles
The loss # life III this section vii
reach eighty; but it will be imposs