The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1896-05-28
D ] ) ! TIL 4 N A STORM
Cyclone AND CLOUDBURST IN
EASTERN IOWA. u
T Two Score People Are Killed ana a
Large Number of Others Are IN
jured-- -T1yv Twenty Five or Thirty
Pc Are Supposed to Have
Been Drowned at McGregor.


People Are Supposed to Have
Been Drowned at McGreSor.
Des Moines, May 27.-Forty- three
killed, a score fatally injured and
about fifty people less seriously hurt
is, as near as can be estimated now.
the result of the destructive tornado
Which swept portions of Iowa, Illinois
and kansas last night. The property
loss is heavy, but accurate estimates
are, thus far, an impossibility.
Inc list OF killed stands as follows:
Jasper county. Iowa. 10; Polk county,
Iowa, >; Rockford, ILL.,, 4; Elgin, ILL.,,
I; North McGregor, Iowa, y; Durango,
Iowa. 8; Fort Scott, Kan, q.
The storm wrought it's greatest
havoc III Iowa, where the counties of
Polk and Jasper were devastated by
two tornadoes. The loss of life was
heaviest there, the list of dead being
as follows:
In Polk county, near Bondurant and
santiago stations, on the Chicago
Great Western: Egbert Bailie. Jr.:
Mrs. Robert Bailie. Miss Lizzie Bailie
1ohn Ballie, Peter Bolenbaugh, Mrs.
Peter Boelenbaugh, two grandchildren
of the Bolenbaughs, John Maxwell
s(killed by lightning.)
Following is a list of killed in Jas
per county: Charles Phalen, Jr.:
Charles Phalen. ST.; Dannie Phalen.
Susie Phalen, Mike Phalen. Mollie
Phalen, Clarisa Dickie, Martha Dickie,
Charles Eakins, Mrs Shell.
The following are among the serious
~ injured, half of whom, it is esti-
mated, may die: In Polk county-W.
y. Scott, Mrs. A. L. Edwards, Oliver
Yates, two children of Mrs. Edwards.
Robert Baltic. l~-~
In Jasper County-Mrs. Charles and
Willie Phalen. Mr.. Dugeakins, Mrs.
Dugeakins, Solomon DiclIie Mrs. Sol
ONION Dickie, Nellie Dickie, Harvey
Pitcock. Mrs. Harvey Pitcock, Monroe
Osborne, Mrs. Monroe Osborne and
child.
Details of the Storm.
Des MoiLes, May q. - Jasper and
POLK counties were swept by a very
disastrous cyclone last night, and to-
days developments showed the ter
flble extent Of the disaster. The storm,
which at first gave promise of getting
more serious that a heavy rain. soon
developed into tornado, rivalling in
force and destruction the recent tor
nado Which devastated Texas and
Kansas. AS near as can be ascer-
tanned at present, six towns were par
tally destroyed. They were Bondur-
ant, Valeria and Mingo on the line of
the Chicago Great Western from Des
Moines. and Ankeny, Polk City and
Slater, OH another branch of the same
road running north from Des Moines.
Bondurant, Ankeny and Polk City are
; III POLK county, Valeria is on the line
between Polk and Jasper counties,
Mlngo is in Jasper county and Slater
is in the southwestern corner of Story
county. 49,. . .. ~ H.
All telegraph and telephone wires
are down in the districts swept by the
storm. and communication is difficult.
? The first news of the storm reached
this city from Berwick, a small sta
ton nine miles east Of this city. The
railroad telegraph operators first bull
letln stated that Valeria and Bondur-
ant had been completely destroyed;
that the Chicago Great Western de-
pot had been wrecked and that at
Faleria 300 feet Of the track had been
picked up bodily and hurled into a
mass of tangled and twisted iron.
eHectually stopping traffic from the
north Trainmaster Sheehan at once
sent out word to have the track re-
paired as quickly as possible. 49,. ~
The first fatality occurred two miles
east of Bondurant. The house of
ROBERT Baily, occupied by himself,
VIE and seven children, was demol-
lShed. Mrs. Baily, Joe, aged is. and
John, aged 10, We're killed outright.
SJ1c tof ;,,S,,
probably result fatally. From this
point the storm followed the Great
western road to Il point above Ira,
in Marshall county where the last
traces of it are found ri.
Santiago WAS Wrecked
and a family named Bolenbaugh, CON
slstlng OF father, mother and one
chlld. were killed. A number We're in
lured. but it is not thought any of the
INJURIES are serious. The next town in
the course of the storm was Valera.
1t was swept almost from the face OF
the earth. Here man named Phelan
ana his four children We're killed. A
large number were injured. b;1t as #
it point ten miles from telegram,
communication and all news comes by
carriers, it is hard to get definite in.
formation <
A dispatch from Altoona. east Of
here, says*a courier reports that be-
tween Valera and Ira. the loss Of life
and property is great, and that at
least nine persons We're killed in the
country and their bodies brought into
Ia 1t is impossible as yet to get de-
tails from there. The best infor1na-
ton is, though, that the above death
list is complete, and that the killed
number Just twenty, although this
may be. Slightly increased by deaths
among the injured in the course of
the day.
At the citizens meeting called here.
relief committee was appointed. Al
train with physicians left this city over
the Great Western, following con
struction train. this morning. but on
account OF track damage, has not vet
reached Bondurant.
a severe storm struck west of Polk
City. III the southern part of this coun-
ty. on the I)es Moines river. but at a
point eighteen miles north of Des
Moines. met a counter current and was
directed to a northeast course. Polk
City was the first town in its course.
There only slight damage was done
to property, and no one was injured.