Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1894-10-03
THE RECENT STORM.
Later Details Of the Destruction in
the Northwest.
It is Believed Seventy Five Lives We're
Lost.

It is Believed Seventy Five Lives We're
MINNEAPOLIS, MINI, September "a
Reports Of the destruction wrought by
Friday nights tornado indicate that
the loss Of life is in the neighborhood
of 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 fully 100 persons
will be numbered in the list of the tor
nado's fury. The property loss is very
heavy, and it is almoet impossible at
this time to obtain anything more than
rough estimates Of the damage done.
As Indicated in last nights dispatch.
es, the storm originated near Emmetts.
burg, Ia, and passed east and north to
Northern Iowa and Southern Minne-
sofa, finally passing into Wisconsin.
No reports Of serious damage have
been received from this section, and
the fury Of the elements seem to have
been spent with the destruction Of
South Valley. Here four persons are
dead, some severely hurt, while the
property loss is $4,000, the residence
portion Of the town lying directly in
the path Of cyclone.
AT Leroy, lying southwest, four are
dead several fatally injured. The de-
struction of property amounts to about
| $4,000. II was a heavy blow to the
village, for it's chief business houses lie
In ruins.
Five miles north Of Usage, Iowa, six
persons were killed and large num-
Der were hurt. The destruction of
farm property is quite heavy, but no
estimates have been made.
East, at Lowther, town of about
100 souls, on the Chicago Great West
ern, three persons weie fatally hurt
and the whole county for miles
around laid in ruins. The loss in this
vicinity will probably be not far from
/ S1OO, 900. ' u a
Fifteen miles north Of Mason City,
Iowa, four persons were killed out
right and as many more probably
fatally hurt, while ali the buildings
struck here are total wrecks, the loss
being in the neighborhood Of 5O,0Oo.
| West Of Mason City, near Brett, two
persons were killed outright, while
north Of this town some. six lost their
lives.
Three miles north ofWesley, Koss.
nth County. J bsi 4 house use was
overturned and Gauge adre. rne in-
mates had a narrow sScape. The kill
cd in this vicinity ara NJ. Castle and
wife, J. W.. Dingman, Mrs. Tweed,
mother Of Thomas Tweed, two children,
Fred French and two children, infant
OF Mr.. and Mrs. Eden, and Mr.. and
Mrs. Rockaw.
North of Algona seems to have been
the scene, Of the greatest harvest of
death, more persons being killed in
Kossuth County than in any other one
county through which the tornado
passed. Nineteen funerals were held
in Algona yesterday.
North Of Emmettsburg, which seems
to have been the point where the tor.
nado first assumed dangerous proper
tions, two lives were crushed out. From
here the deadly storm went tearing
across the country, demolishing every.
thing in Its path. For the most part OF
its course, it travelled through farm
ing district, Leroy and Spring Valley,
Min, being the only two towns of any
consequence that were damaged, but
even here the deaths were compare
lively few.
The fact that the storm went tearing
through portion Of Spring Valley,
and the greater portion Of the residents
were not aware of Its work Of destruc-
tion until the fire bells were rung,
shows what narrow strip Of country
was swept. As the storm travelled
through the country and avoided vii.
lagos and towns, the. property loss il
largely confined to farm buildings,
these being badly scattered render even
an approximation Of the loss impossi
BILE, but conservative estimates place
the damage at not less than 81 ,00O, 1000.