The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-09-23

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critically; Charles Dodge, critically;
Nellie Ramsey, broken leg; Sallie Will
lams. seriously; Mrs. W. Strong, arm
broken; John Mesh, arm broken; Mrs.
John Mesh, scalp wound, will recover;
John Mesh, child, scalp wound, recovery
doubtful; Mrs. c. @. King. slightly;
Clark King, slightly; Jessie Harris,
slightly; Mrs. William Bove, seriously;
Lucia Boye, slight.
FATALITIES AT SPRING VALLEY.
Winona, MINI, Sept. %. - Reports
from the little town of Spring Valley. in
the southeastern part of the state indi-
cate that severe damage, accompanied by
loss of life, was done by the cyclone
which swept through this part of Mime
sofa last night. Seven persons are be-
heVed to be dead in the ruins of the
wrecked buildings, while twenty are in
Jured in various ways, several fatally.
Without any previous warning the storm
swooped down on the little village at 30
O'Clock. The violence of the wind was
terrific. Barns and fences were swept
away like chaff. Scores of houses were
unroofed. The wind generally increased
IN violence until the frail residences
could no longer Withstand its force
and were obliged to succumb to
the fury of the wind Many of the resi-
dents were in their beds and asleep when
the storm struck the town, and were
| forced to flee from their houses with
scarcely any clothing on, while others,
| not so fortunate, were caught in the ruins
| and killed. Still others escaped with
their lives, but pinned down by falling
tlmbers and obliged TO pass a night of
| agony until day break, when rescuing
parties organized and they were released
from the ruins. A few Of these escaped
without permanent injuries. Seven dead
bodies are known to be in the ruins, while
! other persons are missing and the list
may be increased.
MANY FATALITIES.
A Fort Dodge special says: give or
| six persons were killed at Mantry juno
tion by the cyclone, none at Grafton and
seven at Algola and Emmetsburg. The
storm swept from Worth to Palo Alto
! county"
The latest news from Lowther IS that
three persons We're killed and seven in
| lured in the cyclone which struck that
| place last night. The town is only twenty
miles north of this place, but the tele-
! graph wires are down and no trains have
come from the north since midnight All
the information at hand was brought by
farmer, who drove down this
morning. He says that near
ly all the buildings in the
| village were either DESTROYED
| or damaged. He also says that traces of
/ the storm are visible along the road
through Howard county, and that there
are rumors of damage in Mitchell and
! Chickasaw counties at points off the rail
| road. The storm seems to have swept
through the northern tier of Iowa
counties and crossed into Minnesota in
the southeast tern corner of that state.
The town of Lowther, located five emiles
north of this city, which was unfortunate
enough TO be in the path Of last nights
| cyclone, is now a mass of bent timbers
and splinters. The damage done to
Lowther and vicinity will exceed Sl00,0 600.
| Owing to the situation of this village, and
from the fact that the telegraph and
! telephone wires have been shut out
! for the past twenty-fourhOurs. it has been
| impossible to confirm the reports sent from
! Oelwein, Ia, until this afternoon, when
a reporter visited the scene of the dis
| aster A severe wind and rain storm
struck Oelwein about o'clock last night,
and gradually grew worse till 80, when,
| without warning, those able to regain
consciousness found themselves in corn
|. fields or on the open prairie The width
of the storm is estimated at half mile, and
| its course due east and west Ne deaths
/ have been reported in Oelwein, but the
! following are fatally hurt Mrs.
! Phil Andrews, aged 80, cut in abdomen;
Mrs. Cruger, aged AZ, collar bone broke;
| D. Hamilton, aged so, legs broken. Among
| the injured are: Jerry eastman, leg cut;
| Ball family, including nine children, all
| injured; Dennis Owens, head cut; Dennis
! O'Connor, arm broken and cut about the
| head William Mather leg cut.
| 1t is reported that the village of New
/ Haven, located eight miles west of here,
was entirely destroyed and several killed
| and wounded, but as no one has arrived
! from there, the report cannot be con-
| frmed.
TRAIN SAVED.
The presence of mind of Mr. Brown,
! living near Oelwieu, undoubtedly saved
many lives. Mr.. Brown awakening
while the storm was raging, and not
| knowing where to look for assistance,
! happened to think of the Chicago Great
| Western train due about 1880 p. M, and
as the storm had somewhat abated he at
once started for the depot. On his ar
rival at the spot where the little depot
had always loomed up on the prairie he
| found nothing but bent iron, timbers, and
other material, the main track being lit
orally covered with the remains of the
depot and an elevator. He tagged the
/ train which arrived in a few minutes, and
after an hours work the track was
/ cleared In the village Of Lowther, the
! Chicago Great Western depot was de-
stroyed and twenty-five telegraph poles
torn up and carried 200 feet from the
| tracks. The grain elevator owned by W.
L. Lure of Minneapolis was destroyed,
including seven cars OF grain. Loss
$4,000. A creamery owned by Spellman,
Owens e. Brown, is total wreck. The
watts used in the creamery weighed not
less than 200 pounds Yesterday they
were found fully a half mile from where
the creamery stood.
A WAREHOUSE SCATTERED.
Dodge Center, MINI, Sept. pa cy-
clone struck this place at $3.50 last even
ing. blowing Warren Fairbanks ware
house down and scattering it across the
railroad track. Several barns and smaller
buildings were blown down.
CREsCo DEVASTATED.
Cresco, Ia, Sept. pa severe wind
storm devastated this place at 1890 last
night. The Chicago, Milwaukee and ST.
Paul depot at this point was severely
damaged by the wind, and it is feared it
will have to be rebuilt. The storm
CROSSED the Mason City line two miles
west Of Grafton.
The wind left a clean pathway behind
it. taking everything within its reach.
HOUSE CONVERTED INTO KINDLGNG WOOD.
The KENYON family, consisting Of five
persons. living ten miles north of here,
was killed last night and the residence
converted into kindling wood The tor
nado also passed over this place, demol-
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