Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-09-24
SCORES OF VICTIMS
Mark the Pathway of the Late
Fearful Tornado.
DEAD ARE AN UNKNOWN NUMBER,
They and the Wounded Will Undoubt-
cdly Run Up Into the
Hundreds.
MANY OF THE INJURED WILL DIE.


with Wreck and Devastation by the
Whirlins Terror-The Worst Disa.ter
That Has Been Recorded for Years
Number Of Those Who Were Sent to
Eternity May Reach 1OO-Eicven Towas
Damaged ar Destroyed-Kossuth Coun-
IS, Iowa. Eurics sNineteen-lncidcnts of
the Disaster.
IT PAUL, Sept. 2i.-The cyclone that
swept the country between Spencer. Ia..
sn" M"rshland. Wis, has put large. but
VI his writing unknown. number of per-
slns IN mourning-a much greater num-
br than was indicated by the first dis
patches. The disaster is one of the worst
tbHt has been recorded for years in the
one item of loss of life, to say nothing OF
the destruction of property. A narrow
strip of country 200 miles long was laid
waste by the hurricane. In the path Of
the ''twister" are ruined towns, devastated
farms, and more than 100 dead and injured
people. Starting about ten miles south Of
Spencer. in northwestern Iowa. the wind
at o'clock p. m. began its work of
destruction. 1t swept across the state lust
north of Emmetsburg and Algona, wipinC
out the little town of Cylinder, but mostly
iuJuriug the country districts. After
passing by Mason City and running the
country northwest of Usage, IL bore off to
the northeast, crossing the Minnesota line,
Gud soon after IL o'clock wrecked the little
town Of Leroy, where bad Gre added to
the destruction.
An Estimate of the Fatalities.
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the cyclone and suffered severely. Turn
Ing again to the east the little towns OF
Homer and Lowther were badly damaged
aud Mt one time reported completely
wiped OF the face of the earth. After
crossing the Mississippi and doing con-
siderable damage to farm buildings near
Marshland, Wis, the storm seemed to
have spent its force. 4 smaller storm did
some damage at Dodge Center which
was not in the path OF the main cyclone.
Tue path of the storm was not wide. bu.
it had all the characteristic OF the deadly
tornado and the dimensions of a cyclone.
just how many lives have been lost is
still uncertain. but the reports received so
far indicate that certninly not less than
fiftytwo are dead, while some reports
The towns damaged or destroyed are
Cylinder, Britt, Forest City and Manly
Junction. in Iowa; Leroy, Spring Valley,
Dodge Center, Homer and Lowther,
Minnesota. and Marshland, Wisconsin.
hOssuth county, la, III which Algona Is
situated, seems to have suffered the most
iu Ailled. In that county yesterday was
day OF sorrow. Nineteen funerals weee
held, and others will be held today. The
death list OF the comfy is as follows:
Robert Stevenson; Mrs. George Beaver
aud child; George Holman's child; Jacob
DIugman, OF Fort Dodge; Mrs. Fred
French and two children; child OF Albert
Baken; William Sweppe, boy and girl;
C.auseden's child; Moses Caster and wire;
Thomas Tweed's mother, and two chill
dreu; Rockwell baby. At least six more
will die.
The injured are reported at thirty-nine
iu number, rs follows: Mrs. Robert
Stevenson; Mrs. Carl Barrick-may die;
Carl Barrick; Barrlsk's boy: three other
children in the same family; George
Beavers infant child and adopted boy;
Horace Schenk-will probably die; Mrs.
Myron schenk and child; Mrs. GeoI ge
Holman and four children; Mrs. Clauseden
-etuuot live; W. NJ. Ferguson. wife and
child; Mrs. Peter Peterson, skull frac-
tured; Mrs. Swan Peterson, both arms
and both legs broken; d. Il. Ferguson
family all slightly injured; Tow Tweed.
severely hurt; Alex Tweed's wife and five
Children; Mrs Rockwell. badly hurt; j.
Eicu, very badly hurt; Mrs. 4. Meyers.
Report. Forty-onc More Dead.
Thomas Britton, n farmer near wesley,
u reported missing, and 1t Is presumed
that he is killed. Professor \. j. Lilly,
oi the northern Iowa normal school, came
IN from Garner aud reported thirteen
dead IN Ellington township north of Gar
her, twelve near Manley Junction, and
sixteen north OF Britt. Cofiius for the
dead are piled up ut every station. and
scenes of the widest grief are enacted.
Tue storm as witnessed from Algoua was
one Of indsscribabie grandeur. funnel
shaped cloud of inky blackness swept
along to the northeast, illuminated by al
most continuous flashes Of lightning.
The roar of the thunder was deep and
continuous. The opera house at Algona
was packed to witness n popular play, and
almost panic was occasioned by the war
AZ he al.