Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1894-09-28
AROUND ALTOONA.
The Dead Number a Score and the Injure,
Twice as Many.

The Dead Number a Score and the Injured
Twice as Many.
ALGONA, Ia, Sept. 25.-The cyclone
Of Friday night caused great loss of life
in Kossuth county. The dead number
at least a score and the injured twice
that number. The death list Of the
county is as follows:
ROBERT STEVENSON.
Mrs. GEORGE BOWERS AND CHILD.
GEORGE HOLMAN's CHILD.
JACOB DNGMAN of Fort Dodge.
MRS. FRED FRENCH AND Two CHILDREN.
CHILD OF ALBERT BAKEN.
WILLIAM SwEPPE AND Boy AND GIRL.
sCLAUsEDON's CHILD.
MOSES CARTER AND WIFE.
THOMAS TwEED's; MOTHER AND Two
CHILDREN.
RoCKwELL's BABY.
of the injured at least six will die.
Many Fatalities Elsewhere.
Professor A. J. Lilly Of the Northern
Iowa normal school came in from Gar
and reports 10 dead in Ellington
township, north of Garner; IL near
Manly junction and IL north Of Britt.
Collins for the dead are piled up at
every station and scenes of the widest
grief are enacted. The storm, as wit
messed from this place, was one Of in
5d%escribable grandeur. Funnel-shaped
clouds Of inky .blackness swept along to
the northeast, Illuminated by almost
continuous flashes Of lightning. The
ROAR Of thunder was deep and continu-
Gus. The opera house was packed with
people to witness a popular play and
almost q panic was occasioned by
ssss y The War Of the Elements.
Robert Stevenson, living four miles
north Of Whittemore, was the first vic
tim. His grove looked like it was
moved down by a scythe. Calvin Bar
rick's house, on the Henry Durant
place, was made into kindling wood in
an instant and all the IA occupants, ex-
scept two children, were injured. Mrs.
Barrick was hit in the back with a tim
Der and her spine was SO injured that
her body and lower limbs are paralyzed.
sAs6-year-old boy, 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 the.
house was blown away, leaving the
walls standing and the whole family
was carried up from between the walls
and away about 80 rods. one of the
children being killed. NJ. ". Fer
guson' g family was carried some dist
ance through the air and all but one
Of themslandedSin q willow hedge. The.
baby went a little farther and was
found seated on piece Of roof. The.
wife Of Swan Peterson had her skull
cut open in two places. and the exposed.
parts Of her head were literally packed
with sand, plaster, hair and grass. Par
ticulars are coming in all the time.
which indicates that
nam O1 emo aonAOrp
Of the cyclone is not told. The scene
of %desolation vas visited all day by
great crowds. every available convey
ance being chartered. The destruction
of property will not be less than $780,
900. Most Of the farmers are well-to.
do, with snug bank accounts, and 9TH
ers ! wealthy, but numbers Of the
victims are renters who lost everything.
NThee permanently crippled will make a
long and sorrowful list. The wires
were down much Of the time and news
was hard 70 get Or to send.