The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-09-24
IN THE TRACK OF THE GALE.
Probably One Hundred Deaths Result
From the Western Cyclone.

The Storms Path an Extremely Mar
row One-Citizens Who Learned of
It's Destructive Presence Only When
the Fire Bells Rang, and Found
Parts of Their Towns Swept Away.
The Loss of Property Will Reach
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Minneapolis, Mimi, Sept 23.-Reports
of the destruction wrought by Friday
nights cyclone indicate that the loss of
life will be in the neigh borhood of seven
ty-fve, while the injured will number
several times as many. Some of those
hurt are expected to die, and it is not un-
likely that fully 100 persons will be num-
bered in the lists of of the cyclones fury.
The property loss is very heavy, and it is
almost impossible at this time to obtain
ANYTHING more than rough estimates of
the damage.
As indicated in last nights dispatches,
the storm originated near Emmetsburg,
Ia, ana passed east and north to North
ern Iowa, and Southern Minnesota, fin
ally passing into Wisconsin. No reports
of serious damage have been received
from this section, and the fury of the
elements seems to have been spent with
the destruction Of Spring Valley. Here
four persons are dead, some severely
hurt, while the property loss is estimated
at SS5, 900, the residence portion of the
town lying directly in the path OF the cy-
clone At Leroy, lying southwest, four
are dead and several fatally injured. The
destruction of property amouts to about
$4,000 This is heavy blow to the village
Five miles north of Usage, Ia, six per-
sons were killed and large number hurt,
the destructi on of farm property is quite
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East at Lowther, a town of about 100
souls, on the Chicago Great Western,
three persons were fatally hurt and the
whole country for miles around laid in
ruins The loss in this vicinity will prob
ably be not far from 100000.
Fifteen miles north of Mason City, Ia,
four persons were killed outright and as
many more probably fatally hurt, while
all the buildings struck are total wrecks,
the loss being in the neighborhood Of S5O,-
OO0 West of Mason City two persons
were killed outright, while north of this
town some dozen lost their lives.
Three miles north of Wesley, Rossuth
county, ]. Bingham's house was over
turned and caught fire. The inmates had
narrow escape. The killed In This
vicinity are M. Castle and wife, J. W.
Dingman, Mrs. Tweed, mother of Thomas
Tweed, two children of Thomas Tweed
M. Scweppe and two children, Fred
French and two children, infant of Mr.
and Mrs. Eden, and Mr. aud Mrs. Ruckaw.
NINETEEN FUNERALS AT ALGoNA.
North of Algona seems to have been the
scene of the greatest harvest of death,
more persons being killed in Kossuth
county than in any other one county
through which the tornado passed. Nine
teen funerals were held at Algona to-day
North of Emmetsbnrg, which seems to
have been the point where the cyclone
first assumed dangerous proportions, two
lives were crushed out. From
here the deadly storm went tear
ing across the country, demolish-
ing everything in its path. For the
most part of it's course it Travelled
through a farming district, Leroy and
Spring Valley, Mimi, being the only two
towns of any consequence that were dam
aged. but even here the deaths were
comparatively few. The fact that the
storm went tearing through portion Of
Spring Valley and the greater portion Of
the residents were not aware of its work
of destruction until the fire bells were
rung, shows what a narrow strip Of
country was swept.
LOSSES REACH A MILLION.
AS the storm travelled through the
country and avoided villages and towns,
the property loss is largely confined to
farm buildings, these being badly scat
Tered, even an approximation OF Ihe loss
is impossible, but conservative estimates
place the damage at not less than 81, ,00O,-
900.
THE STORM FROM TUE WEST INDIES.
Washington, Sept. 23.-The weather
bureau otticials are watching closely the
passage of the tropical storm that appears
to be moving toward the Atlantic coast
from the West indies. They say 1t seems
to be about 500 miles southeast of Key
West, and is moving nearly north
westerly. The oAicials believe that
the storm will be quite severe
on the coast of Florida, but they
cannot tell until tomorrow what its eff
fects may be further north. Special
warnings of the approaching gale have
been sent to the postmasters of Florida,
and notice issued that it is not safe for
vessels to leave port from those places on
the gulf coast from Galveston east to
Key West and on the Atlantic coast from
! New York southward.