Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1894-09-27

st. Paul, Mimi, Sept. 24.-Between
eight and eleven O'Clock Friday night Il
narrow strip OF country 200 miles long
was laid waste by Il hurricane which
in many places developed into regu-
lar cyclone. In the path of the twist
err yesterday We're ruined towns de
wasted farms and several hundred
dead and injured people. Starting
about 10 miles south of Spencer, in
northwestern Iowa, the storm at s
! O'Clock began it,, work, of deslruction
I IaklnE everything before 1T, it swept
across the state just north of Emmets-
burg and Algona, wiping out the little
| town Of Cylinder, but mostly injurlng
country districts.
After passing by Mason City and
running the country northwest Of Usage
| 1t bore off to the northeast crossing the
Minnesota line and soon after 10
| o clock wrecked the little town OF Lee
roy, where Il bad fire added to the de
Stluction. Spring Valley was right in
! the path of the cyclone and it suffered
! severely. Turning again to the east
/ the little towns of Homer and Low
! ther were badly damaged and at one
! time it was reported that they had
been completely wiped off the face of
the earth After crossing the Missis-
sippi and doing considerable damage
to farm buildings near Marshland,
! II, hn,
It's force. a smaller storm did some
damage at Dodge Center which was
not on the path OF the main cyclone.
' Just how many lives were lost is stlll
uncertain but reports received up to
| 8 O'Clock last night indicate that GER
tainly not less than thirty-nine are
= dead while some reports place the
number ut from sixty to one hundred.
| The list of dead is as follows:
I Near Algona, Ii; north OF Wesley, 10;
north OF Britt, 8; at Leroy, 3; at Spring
Valley, 3; near Usage, 3; north of Ma
son City, 1. Total 81.
Mason City, Iowa, Sept 24.-At .
! o'clock Friday might Il terrible cyclone
ourst in all its fury upon the residents
! of North CerrO GordO. The cyclone de
slroyed eight farm houses laying ev-
rrythinS fiat. The dead are:
ELLERY MKEECHER.
! John PATTERSON.
ID. L. HADDOW.
MRS. ID. Y. HADDOW.
Fatally wounded
| MISS MAGGIE BAKER.
ALICE MkEECliER.
HAROLD M'KEECHEk.
MISS EDITH BENTLEY.
JAMS O'NElLL, SIX.
Spring Valley, Mimi, Sept IA
i disastrous cyclone visited the north
western part of this city, killing three
| persons outright and severely injuring
, twenty more, Houses We're turned into
hospitals and the doctors OF the sur
rounding towns summoned. Twenty
! dwelling houses and tie Southwestern
, railway depot were utterly destroyed.
Loss 100000; no insurance.
The dead are:
MIR. AND MRS. y. DODGE.
! CHILD of Frank Mushck
! The wounded are:
| G. G.. King, fatally
| Mrs. Louis Rose, fatally.
| Lena Rose, seriously
Mr.. Harper, face bruised.
Mrs. Harper, injured back.
! Mrs. Frank Mashek, injured back;
| critically.
Charles Dodge, critically.
! Nellie Rumsey, broken leg.
! Sallir Williams, seriously.
Mrs. William Strong, arm broken.
John Ness, arm broken.
Mrs. John Ness, scalp wound; viii
recover.
John Ness child. scalp wound; recov-
cry doubtful.
! Mrs. &. Il King, slightly.
! Clark King. slightly.
! Jessie Harris, slightly.
Mrs. William Bovee, seriously.
Lucia Bover, slightly.
The storm came from the southwest
and was two hundred yards wide. 1t
swept through a newly built portion OF
the town.
\ Wiuoua. Mimi, sept II. cyclone
from the southwest struck Spring Val
lev, Mimi. first demolishing the Vino
M and Southwestern depot, windmill,
water tank, oil tank, cold storage
house of SchellaS Brewing company. of
WinonA, utterly destroying them,
together with 4 dozen or more houses.
Three persons are known to be dead
and many others injured. some OF
them will die. A temporary hospital
has been opened for the injured, while
others are taken care of by friends.
The damage to the Southwestern
road is about 5000 The cyclone af-
forwards struck Homer village, four
miles south OF here. destroying three
barns, the new town hall, n general
store. two houses and nnroofing anoth
er The storm then passed across the
Mississippi rive. striking MarShland,
on the Wisconsin side, destroying sev-
cral houses and other structures, but