The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-05-26
43 KILLED.
Fifty Injured and Untold Dam
age to Property
Is the Record So Far Of Sun
day Nights Storm.
TWO CLOUDS MEET.
One From Southeast; One From
Northwest.
Strange Franks Played By the
Wind.

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The storm wrought its greatest hav-
oe in Iowa. where the counties Of Polk
and Jasper We're devastated by the two
tornadoes. The loss of life was heav-
lest there, the list Of dead being as fol-
lows.
In Polk county near Bondurant and
Santiago stations on the Chicago and
Great Western:
ROBERT BAILEY. JR.
MRS. ROBERT BAILEY.
MISS LIZZIE BAILEY.
JOHN BAILEY
PETER BOLEN BAUGH.
MRS. PETER BOLENBAUGH
TWO GRAND CHILDREN Of the
BO1enbaugh's.
JOHN MAXWELL. killed by light
ming
Following is a list Of killed in Jasper
CHARLES PHAFLEN, SR.
CHARLES PHAFLEN, JR.
DANNIE PHAFLEN.
SUSIE PHAFLEN.
MIKE PHAFLEN.
MOLLTE PHAFI.F
CLARISSA DICKEY.
MARTHA DICkEY.
CHARLES ELkINS.
MRS. SHELL
The following are among the serious
y injured, half Of whom it is estimated
may die.
IN Polk county-W. IT. Scott. Mrs. "A.
.. Edwards, hip broken; Oliver Yates,
two children of Mrs. Edwards; Robert
Bailey. fatally injured.
The injured in Jasper county are:
Mrs. Charles Phahen and Willie Phaf-
len, fatally; Dug Eakens. Mrs Dug
Eakens, solomon Dickey, Mrs Solomon
Dlckeys Nellie Dlckey, Harvey EItcock,
Mrs. Harvey PItc0ck. Monroe Osborn,
Mrs. Monroe Osborn and child.
The storm originated near the town
Of Ankeny, ninety-fve miles north of
Des MOines. AS near as can be ascer-
tanned, from those who saw the sight.
two clouds, one from the northwest and
one from the southwest, met and then
dropped down on the earth and
wrought their havoc on all that was
loose and fast.
The storm moved northeastward
Near the town of BOndurant it killed
its first victims, members of the Bailey
family
The track of the tornado at this point
was about a quarter of a mile wide.
Along the course hefences and build
fngs and crops and trees were com
pletely destroyed In places the bark
was peeled from the trees the houses
were lifted up and hurled down and
broken into splinters, the cellars We're
heaped fun of mud and debris, often
partially covering those who had taken
A school house was taken bodily and
the fragments of it so far have escaped
discovery
There were some strange pranks
played. An old man, holding a babe,
was lifted up and dropped in an ad-
joining field without the least injury
being done to either him or the child.
AT Ira the cloud did its last damage,
in Jasper county
Some of the spectators say that the
cloud divided, others that it was lifted
upward or sped in midair with a fright
full noise
The total loss of property is hard to
estimate. The crops, which are ruined
can be replanted in many cases, as the
season is still comparatively early The
buildings destroyed will aggregate from
800. 600 to $500 600. for fortunately only
one thickly populated community "a
leria. viii be in its path
At Dubuque the storm was one Of the
severest ever experienced. The result
ing flood caused heavy property dam
age in the city and throughout the vi
entity.
The most appalling calamity occurred
at Durango, small hamlet on the Chi
cago & Great Western, eight miles
north, where i've persons were drowned
The dead at Durango are;
JAMES GRIFFIN. brakeman
Four children of Mrs. Clark, the rail-
road station agent
All were drowned by the sweeping
away Of the depot where they had ta-
ken refuge from the flood.
Besides the Clark family there were
i'm the depot Peter Moss, James Dillon,
Brakeman Griffin, Mrs. Clark's servant,
May Lindrick, F. Draller, wife and two
children The little frame depot was
lifted from its foundation and hoated in
the main channel of the river 200 yards
reened to one side. AS the depot went
over lights went out and the greatest
confusion prevailed AS the depot ca
reened. Brakeman James Griffin, "a
years old. seized the Oldest Clark girl
and plunged into the flood. which now
extended from bluff to blun. a distance
of half mile.
The brakeman and child must have
met almost instant death The other
three children of Mrs. Clark were on
the side of the depot which went down,
and when it rose again minute later
to continue its journey down the stream
the children were missing. James Dill
Ion and r. Moss managed to catch the
overhanging branches of a tree, and
here they were discovered when a res
cuing party arrived
The others remained In the depot un-
til it lodged against a tree q half mile
or so below the depot site. The body of
one of Mrs Clarlz's twins, "A girl 4 years
old was found SO yards below the tree
against which the depot lOdgd. The bod
les of Griffin and the girl he had at
tempted to rescue were found three
miles down, lodged in the driftwOOd.
The body of the other child was seen in
the food four miles down the river
AT NORTH AcGREGOR
North 1lcGregOr, Ia, May 26.-A par
tial list of those killed by the cloud
burst at North 1IcGregor is as follows:
MRS. MORGAN BURKE.
WM. BURKE.
JOHN GODLETT.
MICHAEL HAVELLE.