The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-05-26
DEATH-DEALING WIND.
FIFTY RIPORTED hfLLED md
INJURED IN IONA TOWNS.
Many Fatalities and Much Destruction o
Property Reported From Illinois
and Michigan.


tics shortly after midnight. oWihb 10 we
almost total prostitution OF telegraph ana
telephone wires. II rs not posSin4e 10 N.iilS
the reports received, but the lhdlcaltons
are that the CASUALTIES W." i'"' "'''
Killed or injured. ,.,,,., D.,
Fourteen persons are reported kined IN
Tho three towns OF valera. boHuuI"i|
and Ankeay The two latter towns are
Jasuer county directly cast. 80 iar as
heard from slater ls the onlN town ll
Story county which suffered, but mere la
no means of communication win tN"l
section this morning. Iherc rs every pr
liability that the restoration OF tcl'-
grarhic communication viii bring news
- disaefcfs as vet uureported. No details
have been received from slater iufthef
than the bare statement that me "no-e
town was dstroycd. The same report
comes from POLK CITY this county.
MANY KILLED.
tolcunouc message from Berwick says
a courier lust in says tWenty-tour persons
were Killed at Bondurant. five at Valera
and three at Ankeny. ..,....,.
The situation grows worse as autnthtc
rcyye comes from the cyclone district At
Valera. IL f. now known that hiteen
persons were killed, the number be'hs
first placed at but five. Most OF ihosc
lil.d were I'm the depot Of the chicago
and Gr.at Western road. some of them
having lust alighted from the tram anu
others having taken refuge theie from lle
rain. The depot was literally blown 10
pieces The west-bound passenger Tram
escapcl the cyclone but few minutes.
Had IL remained at the station five min
MOS Longer the Nst Of killed would un-
doubtcdly have numbered scores.
A dispatch from Santiago, this county
says the storm was unprecedented ln ITS
fu1.,. i'm fhatssoctiOn. Three miles west OF
town a house was lifted bodily from tle
Garth. carried some distance, ana thrown
10 the ground a shattered wreck. The
entire family Of occupants were Killed.
The roads are almost impas -abie from
the debris. fences. out-buildings, ana
branches of trees being swept together in
niles. Nothing has been heard from
The northwestern end of IN county. where
10 is feared the storm caused the greatest
damage. A messenger from Bondufant,
who arrived al 9 o'clock says that *. s..
scott. Il prominent farmer. was killed.
also that the church AZ Ankeny was
blown down and several persons were
hurt.
cd The number Of farm-houscs
wrecked between Nalerla and Boncurant
Is very heavy. Mayor MacNiCkar has
called meeting az the Council chamber
10 take active measures for the relef OF
the sufferers 4 number Of collins have
been shipped o.. BOndurant. ON the Great
Western extra via Berwick, the nearest
point.
IL MICHIGAN.
PONTIAC, MICH. May 25.-Ortonville
and Thomas. which are located in Oak
land county. fifteen TO twenty miles north
OF here, were nearly wiped out OF eN-
istence 10 is said that fully dozen
people lost their lives at Ortonviiie, while
at Thomas four We're killed.
N ILLINOIS
CHICAGO. May pa storm q wind,
rain. thunder and lightning struck chi
cago at o'clock this morning The
minor damage wind and lightning is re-
ported all over the city bat ma fatal
ties resulted SO far as heard from.
ROCKFORD, May 25-seyerai killed
and many thousand dollars worth Of
property destroyed by "a storm of wind,
hal. and rain which swept upon this
region last night. -Four persons were
injured, some fatally.
LATER REPORTS.
AS more definite accounts reach here OF
the storm in Polk and Jasper counties.
the number Of dead is placed at twenty,
with as many more seriously injured, a
number of whom will certainly die.
The storm started in two divisions.
about twelve miles north Of Des MOines,
the starting points being nine miles
apart.
The greatest loss Of life occurred in
TO the northeast. Nothing was left I'm its
path. it passed for several miles through
a dense forest. with oak trees two feet
i'm diameter. Not one that was struck is
standing All were snapped off short on
torn up at the roots.
COMPLETE DESTRUCTION.
typical bit Of destruction was at -
Bailey home northwest Of Bondurani.
There were IN the house nine people;
four of them were killed. and the rest
injured so badly that il is doubtful
any Of them Will recover. Two minutes
after the storm struck there was no trace
of the house. In the cellar were Piled
the chimney and furtniure. The house
was torn TO pieces, the boards into spin
tors. They were scattered SO far that
no trace can be found. except here and
there. for Il mile east. The bodies Of the
victims were found in the fields, where
were also distributed the bodies Of a
dozen horses. two score Of cattle, ana
about one hundred hogs.
SWEPT INTO THE RIVER.
McGREGOR. IA. May Ca fatal
cioudburst devastated this city and coun-
try last night. Six bodies have been
found. and nine people are miss ne. Some
of The unfortunate victims acr supposed
to have been carried into the Mississippi
river.
OTHER POINTS
WASHINGTON. u. c.. May 2j.--Amone
the places where great damage to prop
city was done 10y the cyclone, but lilIe
or no loss of life occurred. are Hurlre-
ton. Manchester. Marshaltown. Dubuque
and Elma. Ia. Elein. Rockford. Galcna
and Mount Carroll H.. and Duluth. MINI.
At Galena. IN. the damage was very
great. chiefly from the food caused ape
parcnuy by q cioudburst.
At durango. in the midst OF the STORM
Mrs. Clark. station agent Of the Chicago
and Great Western railroad, was called
from her residence 20 the depot nearby
TO get orders from a train. which had just
arrived. She took her four children with
her and was at work when the food
sweeping down the MaQu0keta Valley
carried away her residence and finally
the depot. which was borne down stream
q mile and a half The four children
were drowned but Mrs. Clark chung. 90
the roof and was saved hy the trainmcu
Her bereavement has dethroncd her rea-
son.
MOUNT CLEMENS. NIGH. May %
About twenty-five houses were domolish-
ed here. but so far as can Doe learned
no person was killed. Mrs. Poll and
three sons were seriously and perhaps
fatally injured.
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