The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1894-09-28
THE DEADLY CYCLONE.
It Sweeps With Fatal Effects over
Iowa and Minnesota
Men. Women and Children Hurled to Death
by Its Terrible Force-A Scene OF Ter
TOR That Beggars Description
The Details.

ST. PAUL. Mimi, Sept GA tornado
starting in north central Iowa swept
through Palo Alto. Hancock, hossutn
and Worth counties, that state, ana
through the southeastern portion OF
Minnesota and passed on into "iscon-
sin. According to the most rellaole
reports so far received from the strlck-
en- region over forty persons were
killed and a score or more injured,
while great damage wasd one 10 VII
lagos and farms.
A message from Emmettsburg. Ia,
reports that twenty people were killed
there.
At Usage. Ia. five or more persons
were killed and great damage done
Near North Cero Gordo, the tornado
DESTROYED eight farm houses and killed
EIlerv McKercher. John Patterson. u.
l. Haddow. Miss Maggie Baker, mar
old NcKercher. Alice Mckercher, MISS
Edith Bentlv and James o'Neil, ST.,
were fatally injured
There was much destruc ton of LIE
and property at Algona, Ia. and east
of there.
At Lowther. Ia. town of 100 peo-
pie. the storm destroyed the Chicago
Great Western depot and grain ele-
yators. a store and several dwellings
The villages of Riceville and New
Haven. Ia. were badly damaged by the
storm. many houses being wrecked
and several persons being injured
North OF Mason City. Ia, two per-
sons were killed and Mr. and Mrs
Haddon and little child were blown
half a mile and fatally injured
The storm struck Spring Valley,
MINI. at 10 o'clock at night The
Winona q Southwestern depot. wind
mill. water tank. oil tank and cold
storage house Of the Schellhas Brew
inc Co. OF Winona, were utterly de-
stroved. together with dozen or more
houses. Three persons were killed and
twenty others injured. some Of whom
will die \ temporary hospital has
been opened for the injured. while
Others are taken care of by friends
The dead are: Mr. and Mrs. y. Dodge
and a child OF Frank Mashek- c. Il.
King. Mrs Louis Rose, Lena Rose. Mrs.
Frank Nashek. John Ness child and
Charles Dodge are probably fatally in
jured.
The tornado next struck Homer. a
village miles south of Winona. injur'
ing several people and destroying three
barns. the new town hall. a general
store and two houses and unroofing
another.
The storm then passed across the
Mississippi river to Marshland. on the
Wisconsin side. destroying severa
houses and other structures, but in Ur
ing no one as far as reported
At Dodge Center. Mimi, a large
warehouse was blown down and an
other partially destroyed. Saver a
barns and smaller buildings were dam
aged. Considera bic damage was done
about the town.
In the village of Leroy the bushes
portion was totally wrecked by tn,
tempest which swept up from the south
west. The loss Of life was small. onl!
four people being killed. but this va
owing to the fact that the residence
portion was largely spared. but barn
were blown away, cattle kille'
and shade trees uprooted- Amonj
the buildings wrecked were tn
Milwaukee depot. three elevators
three fax warehouses and the operf
house. In the last named a party o
about thirty couples were enjoying
dancing party. Two dead bodies
those OF young Finley and Gilbertson
have been taken out. The others wer
injured and bruised. but probably no
seriously. The family OF J. VI. Wyclloi
were on their way TO the cellar whel
the cyclone struck their home. bu
they escaped with only slight injuries
During the storm FIRE broke out i
Palmer x Browns shoe store next t
the Casveu hotel This building wa
filled with a new stock Of goods. Til
building and contents were totally cor
sumed. The fire communicated I
Smart & Buffers hardware store an
this was also burned. as was also tn
Caswell hotel. the bare brick wall
alone remaining. Strenuous efforts o
the citizens saved the town from fuI
ther ravages by fire.