The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1895-05-05
AN AWFUL CYCLONE
The Country Devastated Around
Sioux Center, Ia.
LARGE NUMBER REPORTED KILLED.


SIoUX CRY. Ia, May 4.-Dispatches
were received here by the Sioux City
Il Northern Railway Co at 4:3O yester-
day afternoon from their agent at
Sioux Center. A. miles north of here,
telling of terrible cyclone near there
i'm which a number of people were
killed and injured and much property
destroyed. The wires where the
storm was were blown down
and telegraph reports are conse-
quently very meager. The first
dispatch received by the Northern
road said: "A cyclone passed miles
northeast of here at $3.50. A school
house near town was destroyed, the
teachers killed and IA number of chill
drcu killed and injured. but have not
vet been able to learn exact number or
names. The whole country in the path
of the storm is devastated. The Sioux
City 4 Northern track between Perli-
ms and Doom is washed out for several
miles
Dispatches from Sioux Center at $40
y. IN. say three schoolhouses and at
least twenty residences and barns were
swept away. At the schoolhouses two
teachers and three pupils We're killed
and many injured Two women were
found dead about g o'clock not far
from the point where one of the school
buildings stood. One man who ar
rived in Sioux Center late in
the evening reported his house
was blown away and his family killed.
lie himself escaped and reports that
at least POO or 300 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 in the midst of tremendous
wind and rain storm. II Is conse'
mcntly progressing slowly. number
of bodies have already been recovered
although the exact number cannot be
learned. Everyone is violently eN-
cited and definite accounts cannot bo
obtained.
IT is said Perkins, a small town be-
tween Sioux Center and Doom, was
directly in the path Of the storm apo
was almost entirely wiped out, inc
wires leading to it are all down, the
railroad tracks are all washed out an'
Travelled over owing to the manner il
which they were quilted by the RAIN
1T s. consequently no easy matter t'
reach 81. Physicians have already Sc
out from Huil, Orange City and Siou'
Center. but are finding every conceiya
bic obstacle in their efforts To reacl
tho scene of the storm.
More definite reports were beginning
20 come I'm later Hs To the path FOLLOWED
uy the cyclone. The storm originated
about Il. miles southwest OF Sioul
Center. 1t moved from there IN
northoasierly direction and passed di
rectly through Perkins. Late las
evening news was received from Si5le.
10 the effect that storm struck ther
nbout d. m, destroying the house
John Watterson, killing Mrs. waiter
son and iniuriug Watterson and his sou
No names can yet be learned OF tn
people injured about SiouA Center M
Perkius,
The Sioux City 8 Northern trai
which arrived at 10 o'clock yesterda
evening brought in several passenger
who witnessed the storm. They r'
ported thirteen dead bodies had bee
brought into Sioux Center at y o'cloci
They estimate fifty people must hav
been killed. The Northern train par'
" escaped smashup In a washot
near Doom, but was stopped by sectio
men before 1t passed upon the DANCE
Gus territory.
The death roll, so far as now know
is: Mrs. John Roster, Mrs. Post, MI
Anna Marsden, Charles MarsdeI
George Marsden, a child Of A. Werhot
two children of l.. Is. Coombs, Mi
Mamie 5. Ilaggie and five brother
and Jamison aud two Roster childrel
These deaths were all in the vicinii
of Sioux Center, The names of fe
Injured near Sibley, where conside
able damage was done by the storl
are known. Besides John WatterSo
who was killed by dying timbers, lie
man BelSnap farmer near Sible
yas killed by lightning, aud Mrs. Fro
aud the Ilnssberg brothers were bad
hurt