The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1895-05-15
Devastated by a Cyclone.

SIOUX CITY, IA, May 3.-Sioux county
was devastated by a terrific cyclone this
afternoon. The storm came from the
northwest and struck Sioux Centre,
small town, forty-five miles north ofthis
point, at i o'clock. Telegraphic reports
from tho scene of the storm arc very
meager, the wires being down, but it ia
understood that considerable Number
were killed and injured. The first re-
ports were received by the Sioux City tS
Northern Railroad from their agent at
Sioux Centre. The dispatch road : ICY
clone passed three miles northwest of
here. School house near town blown
down Teacher killed and several chill
and names have not yet been learned.
Whole country in the track of the storm
devastated. Sioux City e. Northern
tracks between Perkins and Doom wash
ed out for several miles,"
Dispatches from Sioux Centre at $3.50
say that three school houses and at least
twenty residences and barns near that
place were swept away. At the school
house, two teachers and three pupils
were killed and many injured. Two wo-
men were found dead about o'clock not
far from the point where one of the school
houses stood. One man who arrived in
Sioux City late In the evening, reported
that his house was blown away and his
family killed. He himself escaped and
says that at least 100 people must have
been killed. Parties have been sent out
from Hull, Sioux Centre and Orange Cen
tre, neighboring towns, but their work is
being carried on in total darkness and in
the midst of tremendous wind and rain
storm. It is consequently progressing
slowly. A number of bodies have already
been recovered, although the exact num-
ber cannot be learned. Every one is vio-
lently excited, and definite information
cannot be obtained.
It is said that Perkins, small town
between Sioux Centre and Doom, was
directly in the path of the storm and was
almost entirely wiped out. The wires
leading to it are all down. The tracks
are all washed out, and the roads cannot
be safely travelled over, owing to the
manner in which they were quilted by
the rain. It is, consequently, no easy
matter to reach it. Physicians have al
ready set out from Hull, Orange Centre
and Sioux Centre but are being met with
every conceivable obstacle in their effort
to reach the scene of the storm. Help
same character Of reT orts continue to
come in. a train may be sent out
Late this evening news was received
from Sibley to the effect that storm
struck there at 5 p. M, destroying the
house of John Watterson, killing Mrs:
Watterson and injuring Watterson and
his son. No names can yet be learned of
the people injured about Sioux Centre
and Perkins. The Sioux City e. North
ern train which arrived at 10 o'clock this
evening, brought several passengers who
thirteen dead had been brought into
Sioux Centre at p. 10. 1t is estimated
that fifty people must have been killed.
The Northern train barely escaped a
sn1ashup in a washout near Doom, but
WAS stopped by section men before it
passed upon the dangerous territory.
Later reports say that ten were killed
at Doom and three at Perkins. Thirteen
dead have been brought into Sioux Cen
tre. The tornado jumped forty miles
northeast to Sibley, Osceola County. Five
are reported killed there.