The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1896-05-30

Mrs. Robert Bailey.
Lizzie Bailey.
John Bailey.
Peter Bolenbaugh.
Mrs. Peter Bolenbaugh.
Two grandchildren of the Bolenbaughs. |
John Maxwell, killed by lightning.
The following is the list of killed In Jas |
per county:
Charles =. Hafien, Sr.
Charles p. Hafen, Jr.
Susie Hafien.
Mike Hafen.
Molle Haf1en.
Clarissa Dickey.
Martha Dickey
CHARLES Ellxins.
Mrs Shell.
The following are among the seriously |
injured, half Of whom it is estimated may
die:
In Polk county-W, T. Stock, Mrs. A. j.
Edwards, Oliver Yates. two children of
Edwards Robert Bailey.
The injured in Jasper county are: Mrs
Charles p. Haflen and Willie p. Hahen, ID.
Eakins, Mrs ID. Eakins, Solomon Dickey,
Mrs. Solomon Dickey, Nellie Dickey Har-
vey Pitcock, Mrs Solomon Pitcock, Mrs.
Harvey Pitcock, Monroe Osborne, MIS-
Monroe Osborne and child.
Origin of the Storm.
The storm originated near the town of
Ankeny, % miles north of Des Moines AS
near as can be ascertained from those who
saw the sight two clouds, one in 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 north
eastward. Near the town of Bondurant it
killed its first victims, the members of the
Bailey family. The storm was seen from
Bondurant. 1t passed, going north of the
town to Santiago. Along the course
fences, buildings, crops and trees were
completely destroyed.
Those who fled to caves were invariably
saved but so sudden was the approach
of the storm that many were unable
to find that shelter, though the caves
We're only a few rods away from them
Passing inward the storm struck Val
eria. The railroad bridge on the Chicago
Great Western was the first object ii
wrestled with. The bridge was complete
~ demolished and the rails were twisted
and bent out of shape. The town was
almost completely ruined. The buildings
were demolished when they stood in the
tull force of the storm and those which
stood along the edges of the storm We're
moved and twisted and in other ways in
jured
The family of Charles p. Hafien seems
to have been the greatest sufferers near
this point. Their home was literally
wiped out of existence, together with all
their possessions. An old man. holding a
babe. was lifted up and dropped in an
adjoining field without the least injury
being done to either him or the child
Leaving the wrecked town the storm
moved forward, laying the country bare
Wrecking houses and killing the inmates
Later in the evening a tornado seems
70 have struck near Manchester, in Del
aware county, although reports are still
very meager from there. The total loss
of property is hard to estimate. The
buildings destroyed will aggregate from
100000 to 100000
Fortunately only one thickly populated
community, Valera, was in its path.
Most Appalling at Durango.
The most appalling calamity occurred
at Durango, small hamlet on the Chi
cago Great Western, eight miles north
where five persons were drowned
The dead at Durango are:
Brakeman James Griffin.
Four children Of Mrs. Clark. the rail-
road station agent
All OF them were drowned by the sweep
ing away of the depot, where they had
taken refuge from the food.
Besides the Clark family there were
in the depot Peter Moss, James Dillon
brakeman Griffin, Mrs. Clark's servant,
May Lindrick; L. Drawer, wife and two
children. The little frame depot was
lifted from its foundation and hoated
into the main channel of the river 200
yards below, and there struck a tree and
careened to one side. AS the depot turned
over the lights went out and the greatest
confusion prevailed. AS the depot careen-
ed Mr.. Griffin seized the Clark girl and
plunged into the flood, which extended
from bluff to bluff. 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 con-
tinue its journey down the stream, the
children were missing. James Dillon and
4. Moss managed to catch the overhang-
ing branches of a tree, and here they
were discovered when rescuing party
arrived.
The others remained in the depot I'M
til II lodged against a tree a half mile
or so below the depot site.
The body of one of Mrs. Clarks chill
dren, a girl years old, was found so yards
below the tree where the depot lodged
The bodies of Griffin and the girl he had
attempted to rescue were found three
miles down. lodged in the drift wood. The
body of the other child was seen in the
Hood four miles down the river.