New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-05-04
SCORES OF PEOPLE KILLED.
HOUSES AND VILLAGES IN IOWA WIPED
OUT BY A TORNADO.

scHooLHorsEs WRECKED AND TEACHERS AND
PUPILS KIIL.ED-DEvAsrATIoN IN THE PATH
OF THE wIND-RELLEr WORK IN THE
sToRM-PARTIcCLAR MEAGRE. AS
THE WIRES ARE DOWN.
Sioux City, Iowa May Sioux County was
devastated by a tornado this afternoon. The
storm came from the northwest and struck
Sioux Centre. a small town forty-Gve miles north
of this point at O'Clock. Telegraphc reports
from the scene Of the storm are meagTe. the
wires being down but it Is understood that a
considerable number Of people were Killed and
| injured. The first reports were received by the
Sioux City and Northern Railroad from their
agent at Sioux Centre. The dispatch read;
cyclone passed three miles northwest OF here;
School-house near town blown down. teacher killed
and several children killed ana injured Exact
number ana names have not yet Deeh earned
and Doom washed out for several miles
Dispatches from Sioux Centre at $50 o'clock say
| that at least twenty houses and barns near that
place were swept away. Az the schoolhouse two
teachers and three pupils killed and many
injured Two women were found dead about 6
o'clock not far from the point where one OF the
school buildings stood
one man who arrived In Sioux Centre late In the
evening reported that his house was blown away
and his family killed. He himself escaped. and
says that at least 100 people must have been killed
Parties have been sent out from Hull Sioux Cen
tire and Orange CITY. neighborng towns but their
work Is being carried on IN total darkness and IN
| the midst Of a tremendous wind and rain storm.
1t is consequently making slow progress. num-
bcr 0f bodies have already been recovered. al
though the exact number cannot be learned.
Every one il violently excited. and tonight ac-
counts cannot be obtained
II is said that the town Of Perkins between
Sioux Centre and Doonc was directly In the path
of the storm and was almost entirely wiped our.
The wires leading to II are ali down The tracks
are all washed out. ard tho roads cannot b
safely travelled over. owing to the manner In
which they were gulliel by the rain. 1t Is c9nse-
ou"ntlv no easy matter 70 reach It. Pay
| s,clns have already set cut from HUI. orange
CITY and Sioux Centre. but meeting with
every conceivable obstacle in their effort 70 reach
the scene Of thc storm. Help has been refused
from here. but II the same character OF reports
continue 70 come in. train may be sent out.
News was received from Sibley that storm
struck there at p. m. destroying the house or
John Wrttcrson. killing Mrs. Watterson and
/ iniuring Wattcrson and his son.
so names can yet b. learned Of the injured
about Sioux Centre and Perkins
The Sioux CITY and Northern train. which ar
rived al 10 o'clock this evening, brought several
passengers who witnessed the storm They re-
ported that thirteea deal had been brought In
10 Sioux Centre at p m. II Is estimated that
| nfty people must have been killed. The North
crn train barely escaped smashup In a washout
near DO0ne. but was stopped BY sect!onmen be-
fore II passed upon the dangerous territory
Sioux Falls S D. May "a tornado dropped
into West Sioux Falls this afternoon and did
10000 damage 10 property. man named
Arthur had his nose broken. face cut and was
otherwise injured. The carriage works. together
with a hundred carriages. we're wrecked. The
third story of large brick block was torn off,
and several people narrowly escaped being badly
| injured. Probably a hundred houses. barns,
windmills and trees and chimneys were scattered
| over the path Of the storm. rainstorm amount
| ing to almost clondburst prevailed about
| twenty minutes doing considerable damage 10
| cellars The suburbs suffered badly. bridge
| over the Sioux River. just west OF the town. was
blown over The big mansion OF Nine. Doyle
was unroofed. The roof was taken off Of the
| chain morticing works and oatmeal mill. Many
small buildings blown away entirely, while
large ones were moved from their foundations
| There regular cloudburst twenty miles
| north The Sioux at Dell Rapids is running
over the Milwaukee tracks. ana Skunk Creek Is
| flooding farms in its course.
Word was received from Sioux Centre at ii
o'clock that Miss Anna Marsden was among me
killed She teacher AT what was known as
the COOmbs SchOOlhOuse. seven miles north oI
Sioux Centre. Fully one-haf OF her puplls are
said To- have been killed or injured. but none OF
| their names have yet been learned The parents
| of many Il the children escaped the storm, ana
are nearly frantic with anNet. 10 learn wne'her
| their little mes are drld or aIlNe. Mss MAJ
den's brother. who taught school Two niles hOrth
Of the coonbs Building. was also Killed.
As nearly can be learned. the towns whicn
suffered Perkins. S!hiey. Doom. Hun ana
! Sioux Centre. Sioux Centre ana nun were
grazcI only by the edge " the storm. and no
fatalities are reported from either OF them The
number II killed at Doom IS now stated az ten
Four FIVE will probably cover the deaths al
| Sihey \, Perkins the loss OF life Is slid II
have beer very large. probably not less man
| thirty or forty This. with the number Killed on
| farms about the country, must bring the mum
Der up t. nearly seventy-hve or 100 II Is diff
| rult tn dotsrminc tonight what the loss to prop
criy Will amount T.. but from all accounts 1t
must bc enormous.
At O'Clock word was received that four school
houses near Sioux Centre. while school Was ~
progress were destroyed. and at each one II NJ
| three 10 ten children were killed or injured
RednelA : D.. May sphinx County was visit
ed by A heavy rain this afternoon. accompanied
bv a high wind lightning and big hail. TeesHph
wires are down north # here on D)th the North-
western and Milwaukee roads ana IL iS Impossible
to gct returns as t. damage done 10 property.
| Cgiizens here viewed for some time north OF here
the formation Of a funnel-shaped cloud, which in
dcatcl trouble.
Al mi, writing returns are coming showing That
within ten miles north 0f Rediield regular tor
nado traversel toward Ashton. where II did much
damage The opera house building. formerly the
courthouse was blown out of shape The steepie
of the CongrcgatiOnal Church was blown down,
many houses unroofed and barns destroyed. The
main street Of the city is strewn with wreckaSe OF
demolished buildings. Many farmhouses and out
buildings along the track ol ''e S'oi'i hoi'' vi
here are destroyed
Atchlson. Kan. May "a violent storm struck
Atchison tonight and rain came down in great
torrents The Missouri Pacific telegraph wires
are down in Northwestern Kansas, ana IL ls be-
leved that there has been tornado In that Sec
tiOn.
7CRNEY UINS me CONTEST