The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-07-09
THE WIND OF DEATH.
Forty-Four Persons Slain ct
Pomeroy, Il, by . Cyclone.
THE asomEv- LOSS $500. 900.
Weather Rssphses Nssa1eA sho Yeopl
tAisg Was Csmang.

PoxHaoY. Ia. July A-Ths dead here
nov number forty-four. IL 10 one Of the
saddest scenes ever witnessed. and even
the strongest are compelled 20 turn away
from some Of the sights ct the city hall.
the hospital where the worst Of the l05
injured are. Every dwelling left stand
ing may we'll b termed . hospital.
~ al are open to sufferers and contain
from two TO eight each. Charles Rusen. .
bright child Of pears, died as midnight.
Gov. Boxes is still on the ground doing ell
in his power for the comfort OF the
wounded. Physicians and nurses are
needed badly. - only ten doc
tors are here today, and calls can
not b promptly answered. NeighooF-
ing towns and cities are providing
nurses literally, bat more Are needed. OF
the injured from twelve TO twenty more
Will die. II seems the storm started . mile
vest OF Cherokee and followed closely the
Illinois Central railroad. cutting . svash .
quarter to . half . mile wide. and CON-
pieseiy demoiishing everything in it path
for distance OF sixty miles.
Near Fonda, Mrs. E. S. Gerden and two
children were killed. Near Newell, John
Detwiier was killed and his wife fatally
hurt. In Wright county, eight miles west
OF Belmont, John Louben and his brother
we're killed. The total deaths from the
storm, a. far - heard from, num-
Der sixfy.three. The work Of bury
ing the dead at Pomeroy has been
commenced. Seventeen were inferred
late yesterday and twenty more were
buried today. A number of bodies have
been shipped away. The scenes are heart
p~oSiu~ fpnru = <orv,>
20 gaze upon the features of their dead.
Two hundred and eight residences were
swept completely from the face Of
the earth. not board being left.
Hardly . residence remains untouched.
and the business portion of the town 10 90
badly wrecked that il can b said with
truth that Pomeroy is no more. Dead
carcasses Of horses, cattle and hogs are BE-
ing taken from the ruins today and buried.
Company g, Of the state militia, Of Fort
Dodge. assisted by companies from Storm
Lake and Perry are on guard night and
day. 1t seems tina: a. many fatalities re-
suited from going into cellars - from
staying above ground. The seven churches
Of the town were demolished and no
services will b held tomorrow. All is
sadness and gloom. The total damage
done in the state BY the cyclone IL esti-
mated At $500, 600.
Sioux CITY. la, July a-The work Of
organization for the relief of the tornado
sufferers At Pomeroy IL being pushed in
the cities Of Northwest Iowa. A car load
of supplies Was sent from here this morn
ing. with half dozen surgeons and q
number Of helpers. A meeting was held
this afternoon and committee appointed
to raise large relief fund.
WASHINGTON CRY, July s-A special
bulletin has been issued by the weather
bureau with reference Ia the re-
cen disastrous tornado in Iowa. The bu-
reau claims to have forefoid the calamity
twenty-iour hours in advance. and warns
residents Of states in the upper and CEN
trail Mississippi and Missouri valley to pro-