The Madisonian. (Virginia City, Mont.) 1873-1915, 1895-05-11
|0WA'S CYCLONE.
The Loss of Life in the Great
Storm Estimated at
Fifty.
OTHER ESTIMATES ARE HIGHER
Wires Demolished in All DireC-
tons, Making Details Diff
cult to Get.

people are believed to have been killed
in the terrible cyclone that passed over
this part Of Iowa. Some persons esti.
mate the death roll between 200 to 300,
but it is not believed it will reach so
high figure. No one as yet can tell
how great the loss Of life is, or how ex.
tensive the damage until reports from
the outlying districts have been re-
ceived. The telegraph wires in this
section are all down and authentic in
formation is hard to get. Three school
houses are known to have been demol-
ished, two teachers and several pupils
and nearly score of others killed and
many buildings have been wrecked.
Those known to be dead or missing
are:
Mamie S. Hagie and five brothers, killed
near Sioux Center.
Mrs. John kerster, near Sioux Center;
b child blown away and not yet found.
Anna Marsden, teacher in Coombs
school, near IretOn.
George Marsden, brother to Anna,
teacher is another school near lreton.
Charles Marsden, killed near Sioux
Center.
Mrs Post, killed near Sioux Center.
Rudolph Schwerdefger. aged II, killed
by lightning near Sutherland.
Peter Simmer, killed in his house near
Laurens, by lightning.
Two children of L. B. Coombs, killed
near Sioux Center.
Mrs John Waterman, killed near Sib-
ley.
Child of A. Verhoff, killed near Sioux
Center.
John Patterson.
William Ludrichs.
Mrs. r. w. Smith.
G. F. Balling.
Mrs. Herman Bellkomps and two chill
dren.
Anna Hoisington.
Bertha Doonburg.
H. G. Neiderfrank.
M. +. Hoyt.
j. Jameson.
Besides the above, a number were
injured, some fatally.
A curious feature of the cyclone was
the accompaniment OF electrical vlo
lence and many deaths by lightning
are reported.
Orange City, Perkins, Doom, Hull
Sheldon, Alton, Ashton, Sibley anG
Lemars were almost directly in the
path of the cyclone. The cyclone was
followed by furious rain and wine
storm, which lasted all night. Numer
Gus victims were
Found Lodged in Trees
where they had been hurled by the
storm. Where had stood fine residences
could be found nothing but cellar
hole and in some cases a few twisted
timbers, while strewn all over the
; ground were portions of the building
and furniture bearing not the least sem
blance to their original form and use
less except for kindling. Fields Of
sprouting grain are now bare, trees up
rooted and
All Is Isolation
along the path Of the cyclone. A pitt
full feature Of the disaster is the mum
ber of young lifes crushed out by tn
wind. Three schoolhouses near Siou
Center were destroyed while school wa
in progress and at each one from thre
to ten children were killed or injured
Two little daughters of John Roster,
farmer hear Sioux Center, We're pickle
up as they were leaving the school
house and dashed into wire fence an
both were killed. Two sons of c. II
Haggie at the same school house ha
their legs broken and received Othe
injuries which will prove fatal. M,
Haggie's house is near the school an
although he escaped his daughter wa
: SO badly injured that she cannot live.
An Official Report.
CHICAGO. May 4.-The NnrthMaSter