The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-09-24
THE FATAL CYCLONE
NINETEEN KILLED AND
NINE INJURED AT ALTOONA.
Sad Sunday I'm the Territory That
Was Swept by the Elements
Last Friday.

ALTOONA. Ia, Sept. 23.-This has been
a day of sorrow for Kossuth county. Nine
teen funerals Were held and others VIII
come tomorrow. The death list in the
county is nineteen. as follows:
ROBERT STEVENSON.
MRS. GEORGE BEAVER AND HILL
GEORGE HOLMAN'S CHILD.
JACOB DINGMAN. Fort Dodge.
FRED FRENCH AND TWO
CHILD OF ALBERT BAKER.
MILAN sW,EPPEs,s Q M GIRL.
MOSES CASTER AND WIFE.
THOMAS TWEED'S MOTHER M
CHILDREN.
MR.. ROCkW Ellis BABY.
At least six more will die.
The injured are reported as thirty-nine
in number. as follows:
Mrs. Robert Stevenson.
Mrs. Carl Barrick. may die.
Carl Barrick and four children in the
family.
George Beavers infant child and adopted
boy. Horace Schenck, viii probably die.
Mrs. Myron Schenck and child.
Mrs. George Holman and four children
Mrs. Clausenden, cannot live.
w. NJ. Ferguson, wife and child.
Mrs. Peter Peterson, skull fractured.
Mrs. Swan Peterson, both arms and both
P. 7. Ferguson and family, all slightly
Tom Tweed, severely hurt.
Alex. weeds wife and five children.
MIS-. DaQly nCrt.
J. Eden, very badly hurt.
Mrs. +. Meyers.
Thomas Britton. a farmer near Wesley,
reported missing and presumed to be killed.
Prof. A. ]. Lilly, of Northern Iowa Nor
NAL School. came in from Garner and re-
ports thirteen dead In Ellington township,
north of Garner: twelve near Manly, Ell
lington township, and sixteen north of
Britt.
4 Cofrpc for tho daod pi1od M NJ ou-
cry station, and scenes of the widest grief
are being enacted. The storm, as wit
messed from this place. was one of inde-
scribable awe and horror. A funnel-shaped
cloud of inky blackness swept along to the
northeast, Illuminated by almost continu-
Gus flashes of lightning and roars of thun-
der, deep and continuous. The opera
house was packed with people to witness
a popular play, and a panic was almost
occasioned by the warning elements. Rob-
Of Whitemore. was the first victim. He
was hit in several places and was fatally
injured. His grove looked as If it had
Barrick's house. on the Henry Durant
place, was made into kindling wood in an
instant. and all Of the fourteen occupants,
rick YVES hurt in the back by timber and
her spine so injured that her body and
o lJTG how nm nameI %e ere. par para1yzed, a BIS sixryea ar
ISC was M Oi tliC
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 Gilman the roof
of his house went, leaving the walls
standing. The family was carried up
from between the walls and away about
thirty rods, one OF the children being killed.
G. w. Furguson's family was carried some
distance through the air and all but one
landed in a willow hedge. The baby went
a little further, and was found seated on
q 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 coming in all the time.
which indicate that half of the terrors
of the cyclone have not been told. The
scene of desolatiOn was visited all day by
great crowds, every available conveyance
being chartered. The destruction of prop
erty VIII not be less than S100, 600. Most
or the farmers were well-to-do, with snug
bank accounts, and others were wealthy,
renters lost everything, some of them even
losing their families. The permanently
crippled will make a long and sorrowfuI
list The wires are down much of the
time and news is hard to get or send.
Thirty Families Destitute.