The Coconino weekly sun., 1894-09-27
DEATH AND RUIN.
Villages in Iowa and Minnesota Iaid
 Waste by Tornado.
OVER FORTY PEOPLE KILLED
Many Seriously Iniured-In the Village oi Leroy the Business Portion Was conn pleteIy Wrecked-The
 Losses Great.

starting in north central Iowa swept through Palo Alto, Hancock, kossuth and Worth counties, that state, and through the southeastern portion or Minnesota and passed off into Wlscon- sin. According to the most reliable reports so far received from the strlck- en region over forty persons were killed and a score or more lnJureu' while great damage wasd one to VII lages and farms.
 A message from Emmettsburg, la, reports that twenty people were killed there.
 At Osage, Ia., five or more persons were killed and great damage done.
 Near North Cero Gordo, the tornado destroyed eight farm houses and killed Ellery McKercher, John Patterson, D. l.. Haddow. Miss Maggie Baker, liar old McKercher, Alice McKercher, Miss Edith Bently and James ONeil, Sr., were fatally injured.
 There was much destruction of life 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, store and several dwellings. The Chicago express on the Chicago Great Western road was delayed clear ing the demolished buildings from the tracks.
 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, la, two per- sons were killed and Mir. and Mrs. Haddon and a little child were blown half mile and fatally injured.
 The storm struck Spring Valley, Minn., at 10 o'clock last night. The Winona & Southwestern depot. wind mill, water tank, oil tank and cold storage house of the Schellhas Brew ing Co.,, of Winona, were utterly de- stroyed. together with dozen or more houses. Three persons were killed and twenty others injured, some of whom will die. A temporary hospital has been opened for the injured, while others are taken care of by friends. The dead are: Mir. and Mrs N. Dodge and child of Frank Mashek. c. G.. King, Mrs. Louis Rose, Lena Rose, Mrs Frank Mashek, 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, q general store and two houses and unroofing | another.
 The storm then passed across the Mississippi river to Marshland, on the Wisconsin side, destroying several houses and other structures, but injur- ing no one as far as reported.
 The houses of Mir. Schmidt and Mrs. | Allen were blown from their founda- tions in Gilmore Valley, and a number of houses and barns were unroofed. | The poorhouse barn was blown from | it's foundation.
 At Dodge Center, Minn., large warehouse was blown down and an other partially destroyed. Sever al l DdTuS dIu "CIC Adlll' aged. Considerable damage was done about the town.
 In the village of Leroy the business portion was totally wrecked by the tempest which swept up from the south west. The loss of life was small, only four people being killed, but this was owing to the fact that the residence portion was largely spared, but barns were blown away, cattle killed and shade trees uprooted. Among the buildings wrecked were the Milwaukee depot, three elevators three flax warehouses and the opera house. In the last named party ot about thirty couples were enjoying a dancing party. Two dead bodies those of young Finley and Gilbertson have been taken out. The others were injured and bruised, but probably not seriously. The family of J. NJ. Wyckofl were on their way to the cellar when the cyclone struck their home, but they escaped with only slight injuries
 During the storm fire broke out in Palmer & Browns shoe store next tc the CaSwell hotel. Ihls building was filled with new stock of goods. The building and contents were totally con sumed. The fire communicated tc Smart K Butler's hardware store and this was also burned, as was also the Caswell hotel, the bare brick walls alone remaining. Strenuous efforts ot the citizens saved the town from fur ther ravages by fire.
 The losses by fire and storm are esti mated at about 1000. Some of the wrecked buildings were crushed as il an immense wheight from above haG fallen on them.
 It is reported from Austin that tho town of Mason was blown down anG that Cresco was damaged.
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 Odd Fellows Sovereign Lodge.