The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-05-26
CYCLONE AND FLOOD
CREATE DISASTER
Great Loss Of Life and Property in Iowa
and Illinois.
YOUNG VICTIMS AT DURANGO
A Mother Becomes Insane over the
Loss of Her Four Children at
DurangO..List Of Killed and Injured
at Bon Durant..Circus Tent Des.
trOyed.

Dubuque, Iowa, May ga terrific
thunder storm struck Dubuque shortly
after 9 o'clock last night In the midst
OF the storm. Mrs. Clark, station agent
of the Chicago and Great Western rail-
road at Durango, eight miles northwest
of Dubuque, was called from her resi-
dence to the depot nearby to get orders
for a train which had just arrived.
She took her four children with her and
was at work when the flood sweeping
down the Maquota valley, carried away
the bridge, then the residence and fin
ally the depot, which was born down
stream q mile and half. The four
children were drowned, but Mrs. Clark
clung to the roof and was saved by the
trainmen. All railroads leading into
Dubuque We're washed out and teiC-
graphic communication completely de-
stroyed. Bridges on all the roads were
washed out, the Illinois Central losing
thirty between Dubuque and Lemars.
1t was when the storm began that
Mrs. Clark went to the depot with her
children, two girls S and 4 years old,
and twin girls three and one-half years
old. About midnight the water sur
rounded the depot and the streams
which forked at the bridge poured their
floods into the valley until it was filled
from bluff to bluff, q distance OF $50
yards. The depot went out about 2
O'Clock and after going so yards struck
tree and careened. Tom Griftiths, q
brakeman seized the oldest Clark child
and jumped. Both are missing. TWO
section men, James Dillon and Peter
Moss, caught the limbs of an over
hanging tree and will be rescued when
the food subsidies. The depot lodged
againt tree. and this morning the
body of one Of the Clark twins was
found some yards below the logging
place. Those who remained in the de-
pot We're rescued soon after 1t
lodged. The loss of her children drove
Mrs. Clark crazy. Twelve persons were
killed by food on the Bloody run, q
stream along the Chicago, Malwaukee
and st. Paul. emptying into the Missis-
sippi at North McGregor. one man
was drowned Dyersville. Dubuque
county, and two were killed at Man
chester. In Delaware county.
Des Moines, May 25-Twenty-three
persons are reported dead as the result
of the tornado which swep. over the
northern part of Polk county last night.
The towns afflicted are Bon Durant,
Valeria, Santiago, and Ira. No tele-
phOnic or telegraphic communication
can be established, except with Bon
Durant.
The following is a list of the killed
and injured at Bon Durant so far re-
ported: Mrs. j. Bailie and children.
living two and a half miles east are
dead. Mr. Bailie is SO badly Injured
that he cannot recover: w. +. Stott,
horribly crushed and life despaired of:
Peter Bolonbaugh. wife and child, at
Santiago. dead: Charles Pheland and
four children ut Valeria, killed, bodies
mutilated almost beyond recognition
William Maxwell. Of Elkhart township,
killed; Mrs. Maxwell and two children,
seriously injured. Two houses were
wrecked near line of Section 10, Doug
lass township, fate Of inmates un-
known.
]. II. Wood, of Veleria reports six
killed there. Mr.. Woods store was de-
molished and contents scattered all
over town. The second story, contain
Ing a large lodge room, was set down
In the street so that a lodge meeting
could be held in 1t tonight.
Grimes and Granger We're not struck
by the cyclone When first seen at
Valeril the tornado consisted of two
tunnels which united just after leav-
ing there.
CIRCUS TENT DESTROYED.
Chicago, May 25.--The work Of the
storm in the suburban towns was dis
astrous. Edison Park. Norwood Park.
Irving Park and Ravenswood came in
for the greatest damage, several per-
sons being hurt, some seriously, and
nearly score Of buildings, two OF them
churches, were damaged. At Ravens
wood this morning there was hardly an
ornamental shade tree intact and num-
erous weak structures We're wrecked.
At Ravenswood, McDonald's circus
was tented when the cyclone came
along and ripped the canvass from the
stakes, snapped the guy ropes and up
set the animal cages. An elephant got
loose but was captured half an hour
later.
FLOOD AT GALENA.
Galena, ILL.,. May 25.-A flood devas-
tated Galena last night as the result
Of a cloud burst. Danger signals called
people from their beds and the night
was spent In an effort to save life and
property. Water rushing in torrents
from the bluffs to the low ground to-
gether with the sudden rise of the Ga
lena river turned the down town streets
into running rivers. Tow boats did SER
vice on Main and Commerce streets.
Franklin street is q scene of devasta-
ton. Several homes were wrecked,
among them that of ]. +. Strickland,
|
Pontiac, Mich, May 25.-Reports from
Ortonville, Oakwood Oxford and
Thomas, which are located in Oakland
county, fifteen to twenty miles north
Of here, says that a cyclone swept those
sections this afternoon. Ortonville and
Thomas were nearly wiped out of eXis-
tence. 1t is said that fully dozen peo-
pie lost their lives at Ortonville, while
at Thomas four were killed.
Mount Clemens. Mich, May 24.-A
cyclone passed over this city this eve
ming wrecking about fifty houses and
killing six or eight persons and injur-
ing several others.
McGregor, Ia, May 25.--A fatal
cloudburst devastated this city and
county last night. For ten miles ev-
erything is in ruins. Nine people are
missing, whose names are as follows:
Mrs. John Moloney, four children of
Mrs. Lawrence Meyers, Mike Havic,
John Livac and John Katie. Six
bodies have been recovered, namely:
Michael Moloney, Mrs. Burke and boy,
Mrs. Meyer and 5-year-old son, and
John Maloney.
The valley for twelve miles is one
vast wreck and the damage to mills,
houses and farms cannot be estimated.
Oelwein Ia. May 25.-A cyclone half
mile In width passed through Mlngo,
Ia. about 1890 o'clock this morning.
killing Mrs. Martha Dicley, Mrs. l..
| Whitney, Mrs. Schell and young
child of y. Aiken.
$. Dickey and one child. D. Aiken
and wife and one child were badly in
| jured. Aikens and Dickey's houses
and outbuildings were totally de-
stroyed.
DISASTER AT MICHIGAN.
Ortonville. Mich. May 25.--A cyclone
swept over the northern portion OF Oak
land county this afternoon. The storm
passed about half a mile north of this
village. The path of the cyclone was
| half q mile wide. EYerY farm house