The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-09-24
SWEPT BY A TORNADO.
Disastrous Effects of It's Visit in
Iowa and Minnesota.
TERRIBLE WORK OF THE WIND.
A Funnel Shaped Cloud which Carried
Everything Before 1.-THE Loss of Life
and Property Not Yet Fully Known,
but VIII be Very Heavy.

and Property Not Yet Fully Known,
but VIII be Very Heavy.
ST. PAUL, Sept 24-By a tornado that
swept through this state and Iowa at least
fifty lives were wiped out and thousands
of dollars worth of property was wrecked.
The storm assumed cyclonic character
west of northern Iowa in Palo Alto or
Clay county, extending eastward through
kossuth and Hancock counties, north
east through Cerro Gordo, Worth and
Mitchell counties into Minnesota, CON
tinuing through Mower and Olmstead
counties and spending its force in Win
ona county without leaving Minnesota.
Reports from Iowa show that Emmetts-
burg and the surrounding country suf-
fered severely, and that several were
killed and many seriously injured. In
kossuth county many dwellings were
blown down, and two deaths are reported
Parts of Hancock county were also devas-
tated, and three deaths are reported neal
Brett North Cerro Gordo was struck
and several people are missing there.
Malby and Plymouth were in the track Of
the wind.
In Minnesota three people were killed
at Leroy, and the whole eastern part of
the town was badly damaged, the loss he
ing fully $3.50, 900 The tornado struck lie.
roy from the southeast. The storm first
struck the Milwaukee depot there, de
moishing IL. j. +. Trask's two story
store was crushed in, causing II loss of
5000. Three elevators and three ware.
houses on the Milwaukee, line were de-
molished. The Union Opera house fell
in on dancing party and two dead
bodies were taken out. During the storm
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three stores. Eighteen people who sought
shelter in one of the demolished houses
were severly hurt and one woman will die.
Lowther, u small town near Leroy, is
wiped out of existence. Spring Valley
suffers heavy losses, aud three were killed
and forty or fifty badly injue cd there The
storm then passed IN Il northrasterly di-
rection, crossing the Root river and strik-
ing north Of Preston, through the county
of Fillmore, north OF Rushturd and into
Winona county, where it struck the little
village of Homer, four miles south of
Winona, destroying several houses. Heavy
winds are reported from other pnrts of the
state out OF the line Of the tornado.
George W. Beavers, of Algona, Ia, had
just returned from the county fair with
his wife and three children when the tor
fGdo struck the house and demolished it
nv idHlIlN WAS blTlSil
In the ruins, A loaded freight car stand
Ing on the side track at tine Algona sta
tion was set In motion by the wind and
ran out on the main track and down the
grade east for about II mile, where it
came Into collision with heavily loaded
coal train. Engineer John Humphrey
aud Fireman Charles MclIldOun and the
bCaksmen jumped. The engineer and
fireman were very seriously injured.
The tornado struck the Cuttcr residence,
three miles northeast of Usage, Ia, de
molishing the house and farm buildings.
Al tho same place Mrs. P Lonergan's
h,use was rnzed, and she was blown sew
oral rods into hay lot, where she was
picked up dead. Her daughter was badly
injured. 1t destroyed j. r. Herhert's
dwelling killing Mrs. Herbert and two
children, and then struck +. Perry's house,
killing his daughter Annn, and it is
thought fatally iujurng several others
Al Burt, In, it is definitely known that
sight people were killed and several in
jurad, and large number of farm houses
and barns were blown down and de
stroyed.
Burr Oak, Ia, village four miles north
east Of Usage, WIS destroyed. Thirteen
farm houses in the vicinity were totally
demolished, even fences and stumps OF
trees being blown away and uprooted
North of Mason City, Ia, four persons
were battered to death by failiug tinbers,
and nine badly injured are not expected
to live. AT the farm of David Haddow
the house was lifted in the air over a grove
OF trees, landed in n corrficld, then swept
back agninst the trees, smashing il to bits
and killing Haddpw aud his wife. A lad
Is years old wns blown three-fourths of IA
mile away. He still lives.
AT the farm of d. H. McKrrcher, three
miles west of Manley, his l2 year-old son
end his hired man. Lotiis Gravguald, were
killed.
Three miles north Of Wesley, Kussuth
county, j. Binghams house was over
turued and set afire The inmates had a
narrow escape, There were total of
fourteen killed in the vicinity OF Mason
City SO far ns heard from.
he storm struck near CRYSTAL Lake,
AT Britt, Hancock county, two persons
arr known To have been killed and sew
srGl were seriously injured.