The evening world., 1895-05-04
CYCLONE KILLS
MANY CHILDREN.
SchoolhouseS In Iowa Demol.
. ished While School Was
In Session
INTO 4 bARbED WIRE FENCE.
Two Little Girls Swept by the
Wind as They Were
Going Home.
DEATHS ALSO By LIGHTNING.
At Least Flfty-two People Believed
TO Have Perished-M May Be
Many More.
DEATHS ALSO BY LIGHTNING.

SIOUX CITY, Ia, May AT least
nfty-two people are known to have been
killed In the terrible cyclone that passed
ever this part Of Iowa yesterday. Some
persons estimate the death roll between
10 and $50 but It is not believed 1t will
reach that number.
No one can tell as yet how great the
loss OF life IL. or how extensive the dam
ags. until reports from the outlying
districts have been received.
The telegraph wires In .nis section
are all down. and authentic information
u hard to get.
Three school-houses are known to
have been demolished while ecnosl was
In progress. Two teachers and several
pupils and nearly score Of others were
killed and many ouillrlss were
wrecked.
The school houses near Sioux Centre
were the ones destroyed. and to each
from three to ten children were killed or
injured Many Of the little tots were car
Fled from a quarter to a ha,f Il mile
before they aligkted.
Two little daughters OF John Roster.
farmer near Sioux Centre. were picked up
~ they were leaving the school-house
and dashed into q barb wire fence Both
were killed.
Two sons Of c. H. Hagie. at the same
OChool-house, had their legs broken and
received other injuries. from which they
will die Mr. Hagle's house Is near the
school, and, aithougt, he escaped. his
daughter was 30 badly injured that she
cannot live.
Tho parents OF many of the children es-
capped the storm. and are nearly frantic
70 learn whether their little ones are
dead or alive
A curious feature Of the cyclone was
the accompaniment of electrical violence
and many deaths by lightning are re-
ported.
Besides the Cyclone. which did con-
siderable damage at West Sioux Falls
and vicinity. there was a regular cloud
burst twenty miles north and an i'm
mense rise in the river Is looked for.
The Sioux at Dell Rapids is running over
the Milwaukee tracks. and Skunk Creek
II also high and flooding farms In It's
course.
The towns Of Sioux Centre. Ireton.
Orange City. Perkins, Doom. Bull, Shell
don. Alton. Ashton. Sibley and Lemars
were almost directly IN the path OF the
cyclone. The storm was followed by
furious wind and rain. which had not
abated at an early hour this morning.
Numerous victims were found lodged
in trees where they had been hurled by
the wind.
Where had stood fine residences could
be found nothing but cellar holes, and
In some cases a few twisted timbers
while Strewn all over the ground Were
portions Of buildings and furnitur.
bearing not the least semblance OF thei,
original form.
Fields OF sprouting grain are nov
bare. trees uprooted. and all is desola
0on along the path Of the cyclone.
MADRID. Ia. May "A terrible rair
and wind storm passed over Thu
section Of the State yesterday
Hail fell in large quantities. tn,
stones being as large as hazel nuts
A dozen freight cars on a siding of tn,
Milwaukee road were blown out on IN,
main track. where they were found b,
the switching crew in time TO avert
wreck with the eastern passenger train
WEBSTER, s. D.. May 4.-The north
srn portion of Sphinx County was sven
~ u CyclOHe last HlBnt. Inc Sfea les
damage by far reported was at Ashton
where the opera house was blown dowI
the Congregational church demolishe
and many houses and barns destroyet
Farm houses. granaries and barns 70
miles east OF Ashton are completed
blown away.
ST. JOSEPH, No., May 4.-The cyclor
which struck this section did much dan
age to property. In this city many sma
buildings were blown to pieces and viii
dows OF several fine residences wei
smashed In and the contents of Il
houses damaged by rain. No lives We
lost.
DIES MONIES. Ia. May IA cyclor
passed IN northwesterly directic
about ten miles west OF this city la
night. II crossed the Chicago Gree
Western tracks near Orillia. and Il
terrupted Geographic cJmnuniCa ito
No definite reports OF extensive loss
properly or life have been received.
"A har1 wind storm strdck Des MOine
u Was accompanied BY electrical mar
festationE. which created havoc VITA Il
locaI telephone and Geographic serviC
The managers OF the electric street ra
ways mad been war3e1 by Telegram
from Omaha and Sioux City, and stopp
raffc and interrupted tltir circuits,
Tue wind In Dies MO.nes damaged sm5
buildings, but the lose viii no. be grra
A heavy rain began falling a. tae in
ana continued until earl! tnls morn. ne
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