Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-05-05
THE IOWA STORM.
II Swept Away Everything IN Its
Path.
HUNDRED PEOPLE KILLED
ar school.Houses blown to Atoms
Three Teachers and Many Pupils
u,r,.d I,to Eternity-HemeA De-
uoi,.hed-Damage Enormous.

SIOUX CITY, IA. May A-Probably
one hundred people were Killed py the
cyclone that passed through Sioux county
nom southwest to northwest an hour be-
fore sunset yesterday. Hall a score OF
PROSPEROUS little hamlets were touched
by the dying storm. and huhdreos OF
"a RIM. laid waste. The territory devas-
tated is as rich and populous as any In
Iowa. but the storm mainly kept clear OF
railroad tracks and telegraph lines.
II will be many hours before the extent
OF the ruin Is known. or fun list OF the
dead and injured can be compiled. Inc
cyclone was followed by furious WIND
and rain-storm. The telegraph INES are
down throughout the county and tho rail-
road tracks are washed out In many
nIaces I'D to an early hour this morning
tho fatalities In various towns were es''-
mated as follows: Sioux Centre' MY
dead; Perkins. forty dead; Door, ten oeaa'
sibley. five dead. 1t IL feared the returns
from more remote points and from farms
I'm the country will double the oeath ns''
No intelligent estimate OK the oaHase IN
flcted can be made, but IL VIII ieaeh INV
millions ,h.
curious feature Of the cyclone was the
accomnanimcnt of electric violence. Many
deaths by lightning are reported.
Numerous victims were found lodged III
trees where they had been hurled by the
storm. and they were so seriously ihJu'eu
that death is expected momentariy.
This morning shows the damage 10 prop
erty to he much larger here than at mrs.
reported Besides the damage 10 tne
carriage-works, chain-mortising WORKS
and oatmeal mill. half a dozen houses
were carried away ana wrecReo. ohe
house was carried over the tops OF trees'
and across the Sioux river. and set down
without the stoves being upset. Trees
fourteen inches In diameter were twisleo
off or torn up by the roots.
FIVE PERSONS INJURED.
F,vs nersons were more or less serious
,v hurt in this city. Several other per-
sons were cut and bruised by flying tim
beers. No fatalities are reported IN thls
section. The damage to properly wiz
reach nearly hundred thousand dollars
The cyclone Frustrated the teies 'aph
wires to such an extent mat II 10 IN
nossible TO learn anything new from the
desolated district. None OF the 'eS1ue
parties has as yet returned.
The storm originated one mile northwest
Of Ireton. and travelled northeast IL as
lance of thirty five miles. II was ABOUT
q mile wide, and swept everything In us
path. whicH was about five miles nor'h-
west OF Maurice, three miles nor liiwes.
of Sioux Centre, and four miles northeast
OF Hull. Six school-houseS were pio"h "
atoms and three teachers killed. anu
many school-chidren are killed. injured.
or missing. Twenty-seven iasln-houseS
were demolished and hunoreuS VI uo
mestic animals killed.
The storm jumped about ioi'y mrs
north to Sibley, but the damage IN una.
vicinity is ughy. The effects OF the storm
Will not be lasting. as the crops at 'hIs
season are not sufficiently advanced "
be harmed appreciably.
MANY FUNERALS.
A, Sioux Centre all the business-houses
were closed between and O'CLOCK inns
afternoon. Five funerals took place
during that time, and many VIII be helo
tomorrow. c,.,,~
This afternoon Mayor Robey, OF sioux
Centre. telegraphed 10 Sioux Clty Ior
assistance. stating that money, loou' a"'
household supplies are needed. III Is es
ti,nated that $1,000 will be required 10
nronerIy care for the sufferers. fuily
ono hundred families In the neighDor
hood Of Sioux Centre are destitute anu
homeless. A mass-meeting was called mere
nv the Mayor this afternoon, ana hearH
8; 90 In cash was raised. y quantity OF
food and other supplies were aiso uona.
ted and a special train viii De sent o"'
..,;th than, Tomorrow.