New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-09-24
SEVENTY-FIVE DEAD.
WORK OF THE TORNADO IN IOWA AND
MINNESOTA
DAMAGE DONE-DETAIIS OF THE DIS


Minneapolis. Sept. 23.-Reports Of the destruc-
tion wrought by Friday nights tornado indicate
that the loss Of life will about seventy-five
while the injured will number several times as
many. Some OF those hurt are expected to die,
and It is not unlikely that f,lly 100 persons Will
be numbered in the list Of the storms victims.
The property loss is very heavy. and 1t is almost
impossible at this time to obtain anything more
than rough estimates OF the damage
AS indicated in last nights dspa tches the
storm originated near Emmettsburg, Iowa. and
passed east and north to Northern Iowa and
Southern Minnesota, finally passing over 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 per-
sons are dead some severely hurt. willie the
property loss is estimated at $4,000 the resi-
dence portion OF the town lying directly in the
path Of the tornado
At Leroy. lying southwest. four are dead and
several fatally injured The destruction Of
property amoun,c 10 obout $4,000. This Is a
heavy blow to the village for its chief business
houses lie in ruins
Five miles north Of Usage. Iowa. six persons
killed and a large number hurt. The de-
strucion Of farm property = quite heavy. but
no estimates have been made.
East az Lowther town of about 100 Souls on
the Chicago Great Western. three persons were
fatally hurt and the whoI, country for miles
around laid In ruins. The loss in this vicinity
will probably be not far from 100000.
Fifteen miles north Of Mason city. Iowa. four
persons were killed outright and many more
probably fatally hurt. while all the buildings
struck are total wrecks. the loss being in the
neighbour )od Of $4,000 Yves; Of Mason City
near Britt. two persons were killed outright.
while north II this town some half dozen lost
their lives.
J. Bingham's house was overturned and caught
fire. The inmates had narrow escape. The
J. W. Dinsman. Mrs Twrcd. mother Of Thomas
Tweed: two children of Thomas Tweed. VI.
Schwcppe and two children. Frederick French
and two children. infant Of Mr. and Mrs Eden.
and Mr. and Mrs. KoCkaW.
North OF AlCona seems 10 have been tho scene
~ the greatest harvest q; death more persons
being Killed I'm kossuth County than in any other
one county through which IN" tornado passed.
Nineteen funerals were held At Algona to-day.
North Of Emmetsburg. which seems t. have
been the point where the tornado frs' assumed
dangerous proportions. two lives were crushed
out From here the deadly storm went tearing
across the country i'molishing everything In il
path. For tn" most part of Its course II travelled
through farming district. Leroy and Spring
VALLEY. MINI. being the only two towns of any
consequence that were damaged But even here
the deaths were comparatively Few. The fa't
that the storm went tearing through n portion of
Spring VALLEY and the greater portion ~ the resi-
dents were not aware ~ rs work ~ destruction
until the fire bells rung. shows what a mar
strip of country was swept
As the storm travelled through the country
and avoided villages and towns. the property
loss is largely confined r. farm buildings. ana
these being badly scattered render even an ap-
proxlrlaiion ~ the loss impossible. but conserva-
tive estimates place the damage at not less than
81 O0000