The Coconino weekly sun., 1894-09-27
TORNADO VICTIMS.
u.,-es Were Killed and Many h. iured in a Windstorm.
r,rrST DETAILS FROM THE REGION.
,,., ror the Dead Piled Up at Every Sta ton The Permanently Crippled Will Mako a Long List-Dest.-
 tute Sufferers.

,,coyr,. Ia.. Sept. 24.-This has been
 , Jar of sorrow for Kossuth county. xu.ic,n & funerals were held yesterday
 Jothrrs will be held to-day of the :,tfr,, of the tornado which passed N here on Friday night. The in ;nraj are reported as thirty-one in Tbomas Britton, farmer living near Wesley. is reported to be missing, and ;s nre,umcd to be killed.
 Prof. A. J. Lilly, of the Northern Iowa normal school, came in from Garner, and reports thirteen dead in TIIinrton township, north of Garner; twelve near Manly, Ellington township, ard sixteen north of Britt. Cotins for tbe dead are piled up at every station, and scenes of the widest grief are be- ing enacted
 The storm as witnessed from this race was one of indescribable crandeur. A funnel-shaped cloud of ipky blackness swept along to the northeast, illuminated by almost con tipuous flashes of lightning and roars of thunder that were deep and contin- nous. The opera house was packed with people to witness a popular play, and panic was almost occasioned by the warning elements.
 Four miles north of Whittemore the storm struck and Robert Stevenson was the first victim. He was hit in several places and was fatally injured. His grove looked as though it had been moved down with a scythe. Calvin Barrick's house on the Henry Durant place was made into kindling wood in an instant and all of the fourteen oc- cupants but two children were injured. Mrs. Barricll was hurt in the back by flying timber and her spine so injured that the body and lower limbs were paralyzed. A 6-year-old boy named Charles Lee was hit on the head and will die The house of Fred Pompe was completely 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 his house went, leaving the walls stand ing. and the whole family was carried up from between the walls and away about forty rods, one of the children being killed. c. w. Fergus family was carried some distance through the air and all but one landed in the hedge. The baby went little farther and was found seated on 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 arc coming in all the time, which indicates that half of the terrors of the cyclone have not been told. The scene of desolation was visited all day by great crowds, all available conveyances being chartered. The destruction of property will not be less than S1OO,OOO. Most of the farmers were well to do, with snug bank accounts, but numbers of the victims who were renters lost every thing, The permanently crippled will make a long and sorrowful list.
 SUFFERERS DESTITUTE.
 LEROY, Minn., Sept. 24.-The cyclone sufferers are in a very destitute condi' ton. The loss will exceed S1OO,OOO Thirty families are entirely destitute and many business men have lost their all. Money is badly needed. Three thousand sightseers were here yester, day. The local relief committee is do, ing all in their power, which is limited