Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1895-05-09
HUNDREDS KILLED
Er frixhtfui cyete~~ IN saoau Csm.ty.
fewa- Aany sehesiheas~s o~sss4s.ss.a
.aa rh~tr Inmates ksii~a 80 Tnlar~a
Towos and fsrmhsas~s DESTROYED a
Trail Of Rata s.s Devastation -R~.ea~
Retarded.

Towos and tsrmhsas~s Ds~tr,y~a a
Trail Of Rsia s.a Devastation -h~.ea.
Retarded.
Sioux CRY. la. May 1.-Two hun
dred persons were killed hy cyclone
that swept through Sioux county from
northeast to southeast an hour before
sunset to-day. The territory devas-
tated is as rich and populous as
any in Iowa. but a. the storm main
ly kept clear of the railroad tracks
and telegraph lines il will be many
hours before the extent Of the ruin is
known or list Of the victims can be
complied.
The frst reports were received bv
the Sioux City & Northern railway
from their agent at Sioux Center. The
dispatch read:
Cyclone passed three miles north
east OF here. School house near town
blown down; teacher killed and sew
ersl children killed and injured. exact
number aud names have not vet been
learned The whole country in the
track Of the storm devastated. Sioux
City 4 Northern tracks between Per
kins and Doom were washed out for
several miles"
Dispatches from Sioux Center at $40
p. m said tina. three school houses
and at least twenty residences and
barns near that place were swept
away. At the school two teachers and
three pupils were killed and many in
iured- Two women were found dead
about o'clock not far from the point
where one OF the school buildings
stood
One man who arrived in Sioux Cen-
ter late in the evening reported thai,
his house was blown away and hi.
family killed He himself escaped.
He says at least a hundred people
must have been killed
Parties have been sent out from
Hull. Sioux Center and Grange City,
height boring towns, but their work /.
being carried on in total darkness and
in the midst of a tremendous wind and
rain storm II is consequently pro-
crossing slowly A number Of bosii@.
have already been recovered, although
the exact number cannot be learned.
Every one il violently excited and de
mite accounts cannot be obtained
II is said that Perkins. a small town
between Sioux Center and Doon, was
directly in the path Of the storm and
was almost entirely wiped out
Later reports say that ten were
killed at Doom and three at Perkins
Thir,een dead have b~~n brought into
Sioux Center.
The tornado jumped forty sve mile :
northeast TO >ihley. o>ssola county.
Five are reported killed there. Physi-
clans have already set ous from Hall.
Orange City aaa ssoux Center, bat arr
meeting with every conceivable oh~ta-
Gle IN their efforts - r-a~h The scene
E OF the storm
H~ip has hen rvfus~s s-s-.. i.Sa-,
but II the same character Of report.
continue Ia come in. a train mxy ID
I sent out
f Late last evening news was received
I from >ihiey 10 the effect that a storm
struck there At p m- destroying the
house OF John W4tterson. killing Mrs.
Watterson and iniuring watterSon
aud his son
No names can yet be learned Of the
I people injured about Sioux Center and
/ Perkins.
The Sioux City & Northern train,
which arrived at 10 o'clock last even.
ing brought several passen gers who
witnessed the storm They reported
that thirteen dead had been brought
in at 6 p. m II is estimated that hsty
people must have been killed. The
Northern train barely escaped a
smash-up in 4 wzshout near Doom. bat
was stopped by section men before !,
passed upon the dangerous territory.
/ A Ttmefy Discovery Aw~rts . Wrs~k-
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