St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-05-05
DEAD NUMBERED.
Fifteen Were Killed in the
Cyclone in Sioux Coun-
ty, Iowa.
TWO SCORE OF THE INJURED.
Many OF Whom Have Small
Chance of Recovering From
Their Wounds.
TWO SCORE OF THE INJURED
DEADLY WINDS IN ILLINOIS.
Four People Killed and Sew
eral Injured by Cyclone
at ST. Charles.

killed and two score more or less
injured is the revised list of the VIC
tins of Friday nights cyclone which
swept Northwest Iowa. Ten of the
dead and most of the injured lived in
the vicinity Of Sioux Center, which
seems to have been the sulminatinS
point of the tornado.
A Journal reporter went over the
scene of the storm today. Its path
is almost as clearly cut as a wagon
road, and everything in it's path was
demolished-barns, houses, trees, ETC.,
strewing the country for miles. The
killed and injured in the vicinity of
Sioux Center are as follows:
THE KILLED.
GEORGE MARSDEN, teacher.
MISS ANNA MARSDEN, teacher.
ALICE ROSTER, eight years old.
TEUNES VERHOF, four years old.
JACOB JENSEN.
MRS. JOHN ROSTER.
MISS TILLIE HAGGIE.
MAURICE COOMBS' child.
MISS BELLE KAMP, Sibley.
MRS. WATERMAN, Sibley.
RUDOLPH SCHEVERDLFERG
Sutherland.
PETER SKINNER, Laurens.
THOSE SERIOUSLY INJURED
are: John Waterman and son, Sib-
ley; John Eyers, Sibley; M. Black
moire, Sibley; Rossoerry brothers,
Sibley; Minla, Jennie and Luella
Coombs, Sioux Center; Nellie Coombs,
fatally, Sioux Center; Mrs. l.. Warie
and baby, Sioux Center; John Henry
and Matte Daggiff, Sioux Center; l..
Revorts, Sioux Center; two sons of
N. Deboor, Sioux Center; two chill
dren of r. j. Smith, Sioux Center;
A. M. Perry, of Hawarden.
Citizens of Sioux Center are caring
for the injured and destitute. About
thirty farm houses were wrecked alto
I gether. The property loss will be
heavy, but it can hardly be estimated
at present. Much live stock was killed,
the prairie being strewn with the car
casses of horses and cattle.
The Journals Sibley special says:
The only person killed in Osceola
county was Mrs. John Waterman,
five miles west of Sibley. A joist fell
on her neck. She held a baby in her
arms and the baby escaped injury.
John Waterman, her husband, was
injured in the breast and face serious
ly Will Waterman, his son, had his
right arm broken and left shoulder
broken. Charles Rosburg was badly
bruised. Henry Rosburg, his son, was
cut badly about the head. Mrs.
Charles Rosburg was blown into a
tree, but was not seriously hurt. Her
man, Albert, Otto and Emma Ros-
burg were injured, but not seriously.
Mrs Feldkamp was not killed as re-
ported last night. The Melcher and
Whitney school houses were both
wrecked Miss Marie Good, teacher
of the Whitney school, closed twenty
minutes before the storm struck.
John Coughlin, wife and ten children
were saved by taking refuge in a
cyclone cave. They lost their house,
household goods, barn and had horse
killed. The we'll pumps were pulled
out at Rosburg's and Frey's. The
destruction in Osceola county was in
the Western tier of townships Will
bern's barns were completely wrecked.
The barns of Pushak, Kruger, Whit
ney, Heron, Blackmore, Hamblin,
Waterman and Littlechild were also
wrecked. The homes of Waterman
ID a6
The first report of the storm gave
the correct
COURSE OF THE CYCLONE.
It originated near Ireton, and, travel
ing northwest, assumed the shape of
long-draWn-out, irregular letter 5.
There is no mistaking the path of the
storm; it is clearly drawn. Yet it is
not intended to convey the impression
that every living thing in this swath of
half mile and more wide is laid
waste, totally devastated. Although
trees ten and twelve inches in
diameter were snapped off close to the
ground and bushes and plants torn up
by the roots, yet there were many
stately elms and tall poplars which
withstood the winds terrific force.
These. however, are believed not to
have been directly in the way of the
cyclone and owe their existence to
the tortuous windings of these freaky
tunnels.
In the territory traversed by the
storm are a large number of farms
sowed with wheat and oats. The loss
to this growing grain will be consid-
erable. In some places the ground is
oil G q
thick plaster of mud. Where this
black mud had been thrown against
the sides of the building the warm
sun of today completely baked it,
and great layers three and four inches
thick could be shoveled Off. This mud
was swept over the fields of wheat
and oats and literally carpeted the
ground. Strewn on the top of this
smooth, hard surface were pieces of
timber, household furniture, farm ma
chinery, dead and dying animals. The
Journal man started at the origin and
traversed the path of the storm. John
Roster, who lost his wife and little
girl, lived four miles southwest of
Sioux Center. His home was >
COMPLETELY SWEPT AWAY.
Mrs. Roster was in the house, and
one of the men about the place saw
the storm approaching. He said there
were two funneI-shaped clouds visible.
He ran to the house to tell Mrs. Roster
to fly for the cyclone cellar, and barely
escaped with his life. Just as he reach
ede the door, the wind caught the
dwelling and twirled it to pieces. Mrs.
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