The Monticellonian., 1895-05-10
HUNDREDS KILLED

ny Erlghtful Cyclone in Sioux County, Iowa-Many SchooIhouses Demolished and Their Inmates Killed or Injured Towns and Farmhouses Destroyed-A Trail of Ruin and observation-disclosures Retarded.
 SIOUX CITY, la, May 1.-Two hun dred persons were killed by 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 as the storm main ly kept clear of the railroad tracks and telegraph lines it will be many hours before the extent of the ruin is known or list of the victims can be compiled.
 The first reports were received by 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 sev- eral children killed and injured; exact number and names have not yet been learned. The whole country in the track of the storm devastated Sioux City & Northern tracks between Per kins and Doom were washed out for several miles,
 Dispatches from Sioux Center at s:30 p. m. said that 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- jured. Two women were found dead about 6 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 that his house was blown away and his family killed. He himself escaped. He says at least hundred people must have been killed.
 Parties have been sent out from Hull, Sioux Center and Orange City. neighboring towns but their work is being carried on in total darkness and HI OiAt AAAAt91 OA i U titiIIGIiAAOuS NIItI dIJl rain storm. 1t Is consequently pro gressing slowly. A number of bodies have already been recovered, although the exact number cannot be learned Every one Is violently excited and ded- nite accounts cannot be obtained
 It is said that Perkins. d small town between Sioux Center and Doom. was directly in the path of the storm and was almost entirely wiped out.
 Later reports say that ten were killed at Doon and three at Perkins. Thirteen dead have been brought into Sioux Center
 The tornado jumped forty-five miles northeast to SibleY Osceola county. Five are reported killed there. Physi- clans have already set out from Hull, Orange City and Sioux Center, but are meeting with every conceivable obsta- cle in their efforts to reach the scene of the storm.
 Help has been refused from here, but If the same character of reports continue to come in, train may be sent out.
 Late last evening news was received from Sibley to the effect that storm struck there at D p. h. 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 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 p. m. It is estimated that fifty people must have been killed. The Northern train barely escaped smashup in a washout near Doon, but was stopped by section men before it passed upon the dangerous territory. A Timely Discovery Averts Wreck. MADRID, la, May A terrific rain and wind storm passed over this sec tion of the state yesterday afternoon. A dozen freight cars on siding of the Milwaukee roaduwere blown out ont [ the main track where they were found l by the switching crew in time to avert wreck.
 TENNESSEE GOVERNORSAiP. Turney Declared Governor by the Legis-