Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1896-05-28
CYCLONE AND FLOOD
TERRIBLE DESTRUCTION IS
WROUGHT IN MANY PLACno.
AT LEAST AZ PEOPLE KILLED
The Greatest Havoc Occurs in Iowa.
but Illinois and Kansas Also Suffer
Seyerely-A Family Near Monroe.
This State, Is Nearly Wiped
Out.

4 Des Moines. May 26.---Forty-two
4 killed, score fatally injured ana
/ about fifty people mere or less seriods-
/ ly hurt is, as near as can be estimated.
! the result OF the destructive tornadoes
I which swept portions of Iowa. illinois
+ and Kansas about Midnight Of Sunday.
4 The killed in the Valera ~ lone,
j which devastated portions Of Polk and
+ Jaspar counties, are as follows. In
Polk county, near Bondurant and San
tiago stations, on the Chicago CireaI
/ Western, Robert Belle, Jr., Mrs. Rob-
ert Bailie, Miss Lizzie Bailie, john
7 Battle. Peter Boldehbaugh, Mrs. Peter
Bodenbaugh, two grandchildren Of
! Boldenbaugh and John Maxwell, killed
/ by lightning Following are those
killed in Jasper county: Charles Pha-
! len. Sri, Charles Phalen. Jr., Dannie
/ Phalen, Susie Phalen. Mike Phalen,
! Mollie Phalen, Clarissa Dickie. Marcia
i Dickle, Charles Eakins, ard Mrs.
Shell. The following are among the
i seriously injured half Of whom may
die: In Polk county w. T. Scott, Mrs.
i A. L. Edwards hip broken; oliver
/ Yates. two children of Mrs Edwards
Robert Bailie, fatally injured The in
/ jured In Jasper county are: Mrs. Chas.
Phalen and Willie Phalen (fatally);
] Dug t!akins. Mrs. Dug Eakins, solomon
Dickey. Mrs. Solomon Dickey Nellie
Dickey Harvey Pitcock Monroe Os-
Torn and child.
Fearful Water Fall.
Dubuque. May 26.--There was severe
destruction by floods on the Illinois
( Central south of East Dubuque. Eight
+ miles of track we're swept into the
I river and east on the same road i is
/ said that sixteen bridges are gone and
+ washcuts are numerous. " Marches
4 ter, forty miles west, the cyclone swept
/ the country districts razing barns AMI
outhuildings Two persons, Mrs. Ira
/ Rowland and Villain Murray, were
seriously hurt AT Manchester. In Du-
\ buque county scarcely a highway
/ bridge is left. Every building in the
path OF the cyclone was demolished
and much live stock WAS killed The
I loss VIII he very large in Winnebago.
/ Ogle, Lee and Boone counties, which
seemed to suffer- the most severely
Much damage was done at Freeport.
Around Durango
Durango, Iowa, May 26.-The storm
struck iris hamlet and in less THAI an
/ hour the water in the creek raised to
height of 20 feet. In the depot were
Mrs. Clark, the station agent AMI her
six children of ages ranging from Two
TO eight years; Tom Griffin, brake
4 man, % years OF age Joe GrlfIln, car
/ repairer: Peter Nc IS, John Dillon and
/ # Draller, wife and two children. All
went down the river with the building
I AT daybreak 1t was found mile away
and the nine inmates were rescued,
alive Giitlln attempted to save one
I of the Clark children. but both went
down with the flood, their bodies be.
ing found in the driftwood three miles
away. Another Of the Clark children
7 W DIS iOutitl utib III u lIttt q iIlilc uOMu
the river The body OF the 'ourth was
seen floating down the river nearly
\ four miles from Durango
Around Rockford
Rockford. ILL.,. May 26- Four persons
were killed AMI many Injured, a mum
/ Der fatally y" a cycl 'ae whice swept
through this section at Td,iShl sun
day. Besides ,here 4 a great iDss to
+ property and the compl4e rulnaliva of
crops in the pah III ne storm Ms
i g, dfrey Hildeorand, living near Mon
roe, was beheaaei while going down
4 cellar 10 escape from the storm .!el
daughter Elsie was also ins'ai tly
iiile1 and her Isuau Nhe y i rom-
laent Grand Army MN WIS fatally IN
! iL!td Six others lslrep IN the house
were blown across the street and more
or less injured rha hlse vas de-
molished. Near Egan city, Mrs iloa
lvrd was instantly KILLED and her FIVE
,lildren badly lnhirel. Near Leaf
River Mr. and Hrs. George Gamer
were both seriously nMcai. At tde-
line the M. Il. ehtlral was h,own down
and the United Brethren church nm
rooted AT Foreiton the steap,e cl The
NJ r. church was oowa onto the roof
OF the parsonage crushing ii in ana in.
juring Rev and Mrs. ii. Colyin who
We're asleep. Many bridges in this sec
ton were washed out Great damage
was done at Egan City, Davis Junction.
Byron Leaf River, Mt. Morris, Stew.
ard. Beloit Rockton, Foreston and
other places in this section. The rain
was the heaviest in years and all the
creeks are far out of their banks Hail
fell in great quantity.
Victims OF the storm as far as
known are: Jasper county. Iowa, ten
Polk county, Iowa, nine, Rockford. Ill ,
four. Elgin Ill, one; Durango. Iowa.
five; North McG,egor, Iowa, twelve; TT.
Scott ltans., two.
TWO GIRLS DROWNED