Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-09-24

Algonla, Iowa, Sept. 23.-Thls mas
been a day of sorrow for Kussum
county. Nineteen funerals were held
and others Will be held tomorrow The
death list in the county is as follows;
ROBERT STEVENSON.
MRS. GEORGE BEAVERS child.
GEORGE HOLMAN'S child.
JACOB bingham Of Fort Dodge.
MRS. FRED FRENCHS two chill
dren.
Child OF ALBERT BAKER.
WILLIAM SWEPPES.
CIsAUSDEN and child.
MOSES CASTER and wife.
THOMAS TwEEDS. mother and two
children.
RoCKwELL's baby.
The Injured are reported as thirty
nine In number, as follows:
MRS. ROBERT STEVENSON.
MRS. CARL BARRICK, may die.
CARL BARR1CK.
Two BARRACK children and q boy.
GEORGE BEAVERS infant child
and adopted boy.
HORACE sCHENCK, will probably
die
MRS. MYRoN scHENCK and child
MRS. GEORGE HOLMAN and four
children
MRS. CLAUsENDEN. may not-live
W. NJ, FERGUSON. wife and child
MRS. PETER PETERSON. skull
fractured.
MRS. SWAN PETERSON, both
arms and both legs broken.
Z. Il. FERGUSON and family, all
slightly injured
TOM TWEED. severely hurt.
ALEXANDER TWEED'S wife and
i've children
MRS. ROCKWELL, badly hurt.
j. EDENVY. badly hurt.
MRS. +. MEYERS.
Thomas Brltton reported missing and
presumed to be killed.
Professor Lilly OF Northern Iowa
Normal school came In from Garner
and reports thirteen dead in Ellington,
north Of Garner; twelve near Manley
and sixteen north Of Britt
Collins for the dead are piled up at
every station and scenes Of the widest
grief are being enacted.
The storm, as witnessed from this
place. wns one Of indescribable grand
rur A tuunel-shaped cloud Of inky
blackness swept along to the north
cast, Illuminated by almost continuous
flashes Of lightning and roars OF
thunder that was deep and continuous,
The opera house was packed with
people to witness a popular play and
a panic was almost occasioned by the
warning elements.
Robert Stevenson. living about four
miles north of Nhitmore was the first
victim He was hit In several places
and was fatally injured. His grove
looked as though Il had been moved
down by a scythe.
Calvin Barracks house was made in
TO Hndling wood in an instant, and
all OF the fourteen occupants but two
children were injured. Mrs. Bnrrack
was hurt In the back by timber and
her spine was so injured that her body
and lower limbs We're paralyzed 4
G-year-old boy named Charles Lee was
hit on the head and will die The house
OF Fred Pompe was completely demol-
lshed but his family came out of the
wreck inhurt
The force Of the wind was such that
the barbed wire was stripped from
the posts, At George Holmon's the
roof of his house was carried UP from
the walls and dropped again about
thirty rods. One of his children was
killed,
G, w. Ferguson's family was carried
some distance through the air and all
but one landed in willow hedge. The
baby went a little farther and was
found seated on u piece Of the roof,
Mrs Peterson had her skull cut open
IN two places and some parts of her
head We're literally packed with sand,
plaster, hair and grass. Particulars
are coming in all tho time. which in
dictate that half of the terrors OF the
cyclone has not been told. The scene
OF desolation was visited all dny nv
great crowds. every available convex
ance being chartered The destruc-
uon Of property will not be less than
100000 Most OF the farmers are we'll
to-do, with snug bank accounts. and
Others are wealthy, but numbers Of the
victims who We're renters, lost every
thing some OF them losing their fnmil
les. The permanently crippled will
make long list The wires are down
much Of the time ana news is hard 10
get.