The morning call., 1893-07-08
FOur-ScOre Victims of the
Cyclone.
WRENcHED LIMB FROM LIMB.
The Town of Pomeroy Nearly Wiped
Out of Existence in the Space
of q Minute.
Special to THE MORNING CALL.

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of the cyclone that stared at Quimby and
ended with awful results at P0meroy last
night. At the latter place there are forty
eight dead and eight mortally wounded
and over q hundred injured. to say
nothing of the demolition Of nve blocks OF
residences, of which there is nothing re-
naming but kindlingwood. Two hundred
families are homeless, many having lost
their all. Business blocks have been
badly damaged, and the postofice. drug
store and seven churches have been COM
pletey demolished.
The loss In Pomeroy will reach fully
$500, 600 All is chaos there. The residents
still alive are in daZed condition and 1t IS
very difficult to get information. Inc
storm came from the northwest and did Its
terrible work in literally one minutes
time
An immense amount of damage has
been done to crops and the path OF the
storm is strewn with the carcasses CT anil
mails, and in every direction there is moth
ing but wreck and ruin.
Immediately after the storm passed the
heartrending cries and means of the in
jured and dying rose into the night. and
willing ones at once began the WORK OF
rescue. Their work was sickening as some
of the victims were found literally torn to
pieces. There were some with legs or
arms drawn, while others were suffering
from terrible wounds from which their
lives we're ooZing out. Many of the dead
were so disfgured as to be unrecugniZ-
able.
The old postoffice was turned into
morgue and st one time contained twenty
six bodies. The Good Templars' Hall and
the hotels were turned into hospitals
where every effort was made to relieve
the unfortunate.
The storm wiped out communication
with the world and Ed Masterson started
on a horse for Manson for help. He was
stopped by bridge being washed out and
in attempting to ford the stream was
nearly drowned. Ee hailed a special train
bearing officials of the Illinois Central and
they backed to Manson. sent for assistance
and then proceeded with help to Pomeroy.
Another train with physicians and help
followed shortly and soon the work of re-
lief at Pameroy was in progress. A train
left here with nurses. bedding, food and
coffins this morning and the interment of
lief committee has been established in
Pomeroy and all contributions and offer-
ings will be received with gratitude.
IL is impossible to obtain lis. oil the
injured. but the dead are as follows:
Mrs. Bessie Banks, Mrs. Dahlgren, Mrs.
Neory, Thomas Harmand, Andrew Will
kinson, John Anderson and wife, Mrs.
Hughett, Slvas Buston and wife, man
named Netting. his wife and son. Mrs.
Frank johnson. Benjamin Davis. Lille
Keifer, Roy Banks. Ollie Frost. Arnold
and wife. Marie Adams. Mrs. Har-
Ion, Mrs. George. Banker Davis.
Ollie Lundgren, Katie Davis. Mrs.
O'Brien and child. Mrs. Erlowe.
Mrs. Tabert. John Beckley's two children.
Mrs. Dilmith, j. P. Lundgren, Silas Wes-
ton. =. Hewlett and wife. A. Forkoy,
Henry Geike. Mrs. Qpiip.aG and child,
Allie Maxwell. Tillie Johnson. Bob Dahl
gren, Grover Back. George Black. Della
Black, Samusl Maxwell, Richard George,
an unknown boy.
The following were found five miles
Mom Fonda: Mrs. Mopton and three chill
| dren and John Detweler.
These were found near Quimby: Mrs.
Molyneux and Mrs. Lester.
About five miles south of Aurelia, there
were the following fatalities Samuel
Burch, his wife and three children, Lille
and Leila Slattery and unknown servant,
and John Peters.
Near Storm Lake were found these: ia
cob Bretter and child, and man named
Bottinan.
South of Newell family was killed
whose names are unknown.
Many remarkable escapes were chron-
icled. A year-old babe was found on the
outskirts OF a ruin. entirely divested of
clothing. but uninj njure6. M. F. Mullen and
family and five neightors saved them
selues by going into cyclone cave, but
their homes we're completely dem olished
Many of the dead were found long dis
tances from their residences, and standing
houses had boards driven through them by
the force of the wind. Trees in the path
of The storm were stripped even of their
bark, and nothing escaped injury.
Pomeroy was thriving town of 1000 in.
habitants.
The list of the dead is still incomplete.
Reports coming in from the country indi-
cate that the number OF dead will be
swelled to at least eighty.
Tonight the scene around Pomeroy is
heartrending. In the old postoffice build
ing the dead bodies are being gathered
and friends come to identify them. The
scene is beyond the power of the most
graphic pen to picture. Some bodies were
literally torn In two, while there are
others with pieces of boards thrust
through them.
Heads were smashed and limbs torn
off. and some were so badly disfgured that
they can only be recognized by the CLOTH
ing or some trinket.
The wounded are being well cared for in
the different hotels, and those who were
fortunate to have their homes spared have
opened them to the injured. and all that
careful nursing and the best medical as
slstance can do is being for them.
The property destroyed will amount to
100000.
PoMERoY, Iowa. July 7.-Governor Boies
reached here this evening. and after a per-
sonal examination Of the ruin wrought by
the storm issued a proclaim alton to the
people OF Iowa, calling for prompt, liberal