The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-05-26

Les MONIES, iowa, may Z0.-tOrty-
three killed, a score fatally injured,
and about so people seriously hurt, is
as near as can be estimated tonight
the result of the destructive tornado
which swept portions of Iowa, Illinois
and Kansas last night. The property
loss is heavy, but accurate estimates
thus far are impossible. The list of
killed stands as follows: Jasper county,
Iowa, 10; Polk county, Iowa, g. Rock
Gregor, Iowa, 12; Durango, Iowa, 8;
Fort Scott, Kan, 2.
The storm wrought it's greatest havoc
in Iowa, where the counties of Polk and
Jasper were devastated by two lorna
does. 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 a.
Great Western; Robert Bailey, jr.,
Mrs, Robert Bailey, Mrs, 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 Jasper county: Charles
Phaflen, sr., Charles Phaflen, jr, Danny
Phafien, Susie Phafien, Mike Phafien,
Mollie Phafien, Clarissa Dickey, Martha
Dickey, Charles Elkin, Mrs. Shell.
The following are among the seriously
injured, half of whom, 1t is estimated,
may die: In Polk county: w. T. Scott,
Mrs A. j, Edwards, oliver Yates, two
children of Edwards, Robert Bailey.
The injured In Jasper county are: Mrs.
Charles Phafien and Willie Phafien. ID.
Eaxins, Mrs. ID. Eakins, Solomon Dick
ey. Mrs. Solomon Dickey, Nellie Diekey.
Harvey Pitcock, Mrs. Harvey Pitcock,
Monroe Osborne, Mrs. Monroe Osborne
and child.
The storm originated near the town
of Ankeney. 95 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 drop
ped down to the earth and wrought
havoc on all that was loose and fast
The storm moved northeastward. Near
the town of Bondurant IL killed its first
victims, the members OF the Bailey
family. The storm was seen from Bon
durant. 1t was passing going north of
the town of Santiago. All along the
course the fences and buildings. crops
and trees were completely destroyed.
Those who fled to caves were invaria-
bly, saved, but so sudden was the ap-
proach of the storm that many were
unable to find the shelter, though the
caves were only a few rods away from
them. Passing inward, the storm
struck Valeria. The railroad bridge on
the Chicago & Great Western was the
first object II wrestled with. The bridge
was completely demolished and the
rails were twisted and bent out of
shape. The town was almost complete
ly ruined. The buildings were demol-
ished when they stood in the full force
of the storm, and those which stood
along the edges of the storm were mov-
ed and twisted and in other ways in
jured The family of Charles Phafien
seems TO have been the greatest suffer-
er near this point. II was literally wip-
ed out of existence, together with all
the familys possessions. An old man,
holding a babe, was lifted up and drop
ped in an adjoining field without the
least injury being done TO either him or
the child.
Leaving the wrecked town, the storm
bare, wrecking houses and killing the
moved forward. laying the country
inmates.
Later In the evening tornado seems
70 have struck near Manchester, in
Delaware county, although reports are
still very meager from there. The to-
tai loss of property is hard to esti-
mate. The buildings destroyed will
aggregate from $780, 900 TO $500, 900. For
tunately only one thickly populated
unity-Valeria,-was in its path