San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-05-04
DESTRUCTIVE CYCLONE.
THE LIST OF DEAD AND WOUNDED
INCOMPLETE.
Four School Houses in Which
School Was in Session Wiped
From the Face of the
Earth.

Journals Sioux Center special says
zone Of the most destructive and
terrific cyclones which ever visited
Northwest Iowa, passed through a
portion of Sioux Center yesterday
afternoon between 3 and 1 o'clock.
1t appears the storm originated
three miles northeast Of Ironton,
passing in a northwesterly direc-
ton, leaving this town about a
mile to the east, and passing near
Perkins. 1t first struck the ground
some miles southeast Of here, in
the Coombs district, and from
there to Perkins, a distance OF II to
Is miles, not a building was left
standing in its path. The most I'M
fortunate thing of all was that its
course on the section line Of the
school house, and so far two teach.
ers are known to have been killed
Miss Msrsden and her brother,
with from one to four
children at each school. Four
school-houses where school was in
session were entirely wiped
from the face Of the earth,
not a vestige left except a few
rocks to mark where they stood
and the scholars carried from a
quarter to a half mile, where
they were found, some dead
and others badly mangled. At the
school house where George Mars
den was teaching, not vestige Of
the building remained this morn
ing. Marsden was found some dis
lance away in a field, dead, to-
gether with two scholars. Two
little girls of John Roster, belong
ing to the same school were found
clinging together where they had
been driven into a wire fence,
covered with mud and are expected
to die. Two sons Of G. H. Haggie,
belonging to the same school had
both legs broken and are Internal
ly injured.
The residence of C. H. Haggie,
Just west of the school house, was
destroyed. While Mr.. Haggie es-
capped permanent injuries, his eld-
est daughter was found lodged In
tree where she had been hurled
and so seriously injured that death
is expected momentarily, while
two grown boys who had come
from the field at the approach Of
the storm were injured, one ser.
iously, and the other fatally.
1t is impossible to give the total
number OF dead and wounded.
The deaths reported are: Mrs.
John Roster and two children I;
Mrs. Post, Miss Anna Marsden,
teacher; a child of Verhotf; George
Marsden, teacher; two children Of
l.. B. Combs.
The injured are: Miss Haggie
aud four brothers, J Jansen, two
Roster children and perhaps twen-
ty-five others.
Eight doctors were in the district
and were kept busy all night. 1t
Is believed the death roll will reach
ID. Forty farm houses were en-
tirely destroyed"
At least 50 people were killed in
the cyclone that passed over this
part of the country. Some persons
estimate the death roll at between
200 and 300, but ID is not believed it
will reach so high figure. No one
can yet tell how great the loss Of
life or how to estimate the damage
until the reports from the outly-
ing districts are received. Three
school houses were demolished,
two teachers and from three to ten
pupils in each, and nearly score
OF others were killed and many
buildings wrecked. Those known
to be dead or missing are; Mamie
S. Haggia, and five brothers killed
near Sioux Center; Mrs. John
Keller near Sioux Center; her
child blown away and not yet
found; Annie MarsdOu, teacher in
Coombs school, Geo. Marsdon,
brother of Anna, teacher in an
other school, near IretOn; Charles
Marsdon, Mrs. Post, Rupolph
Schwerdeeger, aged q, Peter Sain-
mer, and two children Of T. Coombs,
Mrs. John Waterman and child, A.
Voyhoff, John Patterson, VIM. Luz
drichs, Mrs. F. w. Smith, G. F.
Balling, Mrs. Herman Bellkamp
and two children, Anna Hosting
ton, Bertha Dornburg, Fl. G. Mel
derfrank, M. F. Hoyt, j. Jamison,
besides three times the number in
jured, some fatally. A curious
feature of the cyclone was the &C
companying electric violence, and
many deaths by lightning are re.
ported. The towns OF Sioux Center,