The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-09-24
The tewns damaged and destroyed ara


The tewns damaged and destroyed are
Cylinder, Forest City and Maniey Juno
ton, in Iowa; Leroy, Spring Valley. Dodge
Center, Holmes and Lowther, Mimi, and
Marshland, Wis. At Leroy the dead are:
Henry Finley. aged Is; Chris Gilbert
son, aged Is; Joe Nelson, aged 50.
Mrs. Morton Duncan was badly injured
and cannot live. The other injured are:
Nels Weigenmarth, of Mayfieid; Mr.. and
Mrs. III. Chamberlain, b. Myers. Charles
Blair, and three small children and Mr..
and Mrs. III. Cotton.
ALTOONA. Ia, Sept. 3.-This has been
day of sorrow for Kossuth county. Nine
teen funerals were held. and others Will
come tomorrow. The dead list complete
Is as follows: Robert Stevenson, Mrs.
George Beavers child, George Holman's
child, Jacob bingham, Fort Dodge; Mrs.
Fred French and two children.
child of Albert Baker. William Swepp
and boy and girl, Christensen and
child, Moses Caster and wife. the Tweeds,
mother and children; Mr.. Rockweils
baby. At least six more will die. The
injured are reported as thirty-nine IN
number, as follows: Mrs. Robert Steven
son, Mrs. Carl Barrick. Carl Barrick, may
die: four other children in the same fam
iiy; George Beavers infant child and
adopted boy, Horace Schnook. will prob
ably die; Mrs. Myron Schsnck and
child; Mrs. George Holman and four
children; Mrs. Ciaussensen, cannot live;
William Ferguson, wife and child, Mrs.
Peter Peterson. skull fractured; Mrs.
Swan Peterson. both arms and legs
broken; P. Ferguson and family. all
slightly injured; Tow Tweed. severely
hurt; Alexander Tweed's wife and i've
children, Mrs. Rockwell, badly hurt; J.
Eden. very badly hurt: Mrs. +. Meyers.
Thomas +. Britton, a farmer, near Wesley.
is reported missing and is supposed to
| have been killed.
Prof. A. L. Lilly, of the Northern Iowa
| normal school, came in from Garner and
reports thirteen dead in Ellington town.
| ship. north of Garner; twelve near Man.
| ley, Ellington township, and sixteen north
OF Britt Collins for the dead are piled up
| at every station, and scenes Of the widest
| grief are being enacted.
| The storm as witnessed from this place
was one of indescribabie grandeur. A
| funnel-shaped cloud of inky blackness
swept along to the northeast, illuminated
| by almost continuous flashes Of lightning
| and accompanied by roar OF thunder
| that was deep and continuous. The opera
house was packed with people to witness
| play, and panic was almost
| occasioned by the warning elements.
| Robert Stevenson. living about four miles
north of Whitemore. was the first victim.
| He was hit in several places and fatally
| injured. Hir grove looked as if it had
| been moved down with scythe. Carl
| Barrick's house. on the Henry Durant
| place, was made into kindling wood in an
| instant, and all of the fourteen occupants
| except two children were injured.
| Mrs. Barriek was hit in the back by a
| flying timber, and was so badly injured
that her limbs were paralyzed. 6-year-
| old boy named Charles Lee was hit on the
| head and will die. The house OF Fred
| Pomp was comp letely demolished. but his
wife and five children came out OF the
wreck unhurt. The force of the wind was
| such that barbed wire was stripped
| from the posts. AT George Holman's the
roof OF the house went. leaving the walls
standing, and the whole family was carried
| up from between the walls and away about
| thirty rods, one of the children being
| killed. G. w. Ferguson's family was car
ried some distance through the air, and
| all but one landed in hedge. The baby
went little farther, and was found seated
| on a piece of the roof. The wife of
| Swan Peterson had her skull cut open in
| two places. and some exposed parts of her
| head were literally packed with sand,
| plaster. HAIR and grass. Particulars are
| come III all the time which indicate that
| half the horrors of the cyclone
have not been told. The scene of
| desolaton was visited all day by great
| crowds, all available conveyances being
| chartered. The destruction of property
| vii, not be less than 10000. Most of the
| farmers were welI-to-do. with snug bank
| accounts. but q number were renters and
! lost everything, some of them losing their
| families. The permanently crippled will
| make long list.
FoREsT CRY, Ia, Sept 23.-lt is ex-
| pected that the number of dead from the
| cyclone will reach twelve or fifteen
| in this section. and the number
! of wounded double that number. The
| loss OF property is also heavy.
| Buffalo and Edna townships, in Winnie
bago county. and Ellington and Madison
| townships, in Hancock county, seem 10
/ have suffered the most In Buffalo town
| ship SIX are known 10 be killed.
LERoY. MINI. Sept. 23-The cyclone
sufferers are in destitute condition. The
loss will exceed $4,000. Thirty families
| are entirely destitute and many business
men have lost their all Money 10 badly
/ needed.
TIE AMERICAN PORE.