The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1895-05-11
A DEADLY BLAST.
Everything Goes Down In rs Path-From
Seventy-Fivc TO One Hundred
Lives Estimated to Have
Keen Lost


Sioux CRY, May o.-The lowest esti-
mate a. EFT placed as 70 the loss of life
"A the terrific cyclone that just passed
over this part of Iowa Friday after
noon was fifty-two, but some even
asserted that II must have reached 200
or AGO.
The storm originated about ~ miles
southwest OF Sioux Center, passing
through Sioux Center, Perkins and
Sibley. Sixteen are known TO have
persisted at Sioux Center The number
OF killed at Doom is stated as ten, and
four or five deaths occurred at Sibley.
At Perkins the loss OF life was very
large, perhaps not less than thirty or
forty. This, IL was estimated, with
those who must have persisted on the
farns about the country, must bring
the number to seventy-fve or 100.
Four schoolhouses near Sioux Center
while school was in progress were de-
stroyed. At each from three to ten chill
dren were killed or injured. Many of the
children were carried from quarter 10
half a. mile before they were dropped
Sioux FALLS. S. D., May "a cy-
clone dropped down into West Sioux
Falls about o'clock on Friday after
noon and did $4,000 damage To prop
erty. The third story of large brick
block was torn off and several people
narrowly escaped being badly injured.
Probably 100 houses, barns. windmiIls
and trees and chimneys were scattered
over the path of the storm.
There was regular cloudburst 20
miles north and an immense rise in the
river Is looked for. The Sioux 3. Dell
Rapids Is running over the Milwaukee
tracks, and Skunk creek is also high
and flooding farms in its course.
REpFrELp, S. d., May 6.--SpinlS coun
~ was visited by heavy drenching
rain Friday afternoon, accompanied by
high wind, lightning and big hail.
Citizens here viewed for some time,
north Of here, the formation Of cy-
clonic funnel-shapcd cloud, which in
dicated trouble.
Returns are coming In showing that
within 10 miles north of Redtield a
regular cyclone trnversed toward Ash
ton. where il did much damage.
The opera house building. for
merly the courthouse, was blown
out Of shape. The steeple of the
Congregational church was blown
down, many houses unroofed and
barns destroyed. The main street of
the city is strewn with debris of de-
molished buildings. Many farmhouses,
barns, granaries and outbuildings
along the track of the cyclone north of
here arc destroyed.
CHICAGO, May Olive persons were
killed by lightning ut various points in
Wisconsin and Iowa Friday. These
victims were us follows. At Kalona,
Ia. Joseph Shelter; at Kclneryille,
Wis, john Anderla; at Neillsville,
Wis, Mrs. Joseph Sutherland; at Lodi,
Wis, Joseph Chimp; at Seymour, Wis,
John Kitchenmeisler.
SIOUX CENTER, Ia. May s.--Revised
lists Of the people killed by the great
Iowa cyclone of Friday give the fol-
lowing as known TO be dead, with the
estimate from various sources that
from So to 800 will be the total mum
her Of fatalities when the lists are
complete:
Child OF Lunls verhof. killed near Sioux
Center; child OF Maurice Coombs. killed near
Sioux Center; Miss Title Haggie. killed near
Sioux Center. jacoD Jansen. killed near Sioux
Center: Alice Roster. killed near Sioux Gen.
ter; Mrs. John Roster, killed near Sioux Cen
ter; Annie Marsden. school teacher near Sioux
Center. lived formerly at Boscobel. WIS.,
George Marsden. school teacher near Sioux
Center; Mrs. Anna Postman. killed near Sioux
Center; A M. Perry, killed az Hawarden;
Rudolph Schwerdhnger, killed by lightning
near Southland; Mrs John Waterman. killed
near Siblcy; Mrs. X. Waner and babe; babes
Of Mrs Wyried and w. vlesnla. A. Barblin.
Mrs l.. T. Ost, Mrs. J. Post. Mrs +. s. Field
camp, Mrs Charles Waldron. Henry Smith. Il.
l. Smith. Mrs l.. Marette and babe, l. ID.
EverettS, John Frixe and II. Deboor all killed
near Sioux Center; Mrs M Blackburn and
Mrs Herman Belknap, killed near Sibley;
Peter skinner. killed at Laurcns Everett
Arnold. killed az Creston.
The damage 10 property will not be
MS great rs was first feared. Corn was
not planted, and although some small
grain was above ground IL had not adj
vanccd far enough TO suffer severely.
The damage TO houses and barns will
probably amount 10 between $4,000
and $4,000.