The Portland daily press., 1896-05-26
BENT ON DESTRUCTION.
Frightful Warfare Of Elements In
The West.
CYCLONES, RAINS AND HAIL CON
TINUE DEADLY WORK,

Tragedy AtsDurango Near Dubuque Iowa
| Women Station Agent Sees Depot
| Carried Away And Four Children
| Drowned-Deaths From Cyclone In
| Michigan.
Dubuque, Ia, May 25.-A terrific
thunder and lightning storm struck
Dubuque shortly after last night. In
the midst of the storm, Mrs. Clark, the
station agent of the Chicago & Great
Western at Durango, eight miles north
of here, was called from her residence to
the depot to get orders for train. She
took her four children with her. The
station men also repaired with their
families to the depot. About midnight
the water surrounded the depot and
streams which forked at the bridge,
poured their floods into the valley until
it was filled from bluff to bluff, dis
tanoe Of $50 yards.
The water carried away the bridge,
then the residence and finally the depot,
which was born down stream mile and
a half. While going down stream, the
depot struck tree and careened. Tom
Griffith, q brakeman, seized the Oldest
Clark child and jumped. Both are
missing. The other three CLARK children
were drowned. Mrs. Clark olung to the
roof. Two section men caught the
limbs of an overhanging tree and will
be rescued when the floods subside.
The depot lodged against tree. Those
who remained in the depot were rescued.
The loss Of her children drove Mrs.
Clark crazy.
All the railroads leading into this city
were washed out and Geographic COM
munication was completely destroyed.
The bridges on all the roads were washed
out, the Illinois Central losing 80.
Twelve persons lost their lives in a
flood in Bloody Run stream, along the
| Chicago, Milwaukee & st. Paul, empty
ing into the Mississippi at North Nc
Gregor. One man was drowned at Dyers-
Vile, Dubuque county, and ono at Man
chester.
Mt. Glenn ents, Mich, May ga cy-
clone passed over this city this evening,
wrecking about 80 ahouses, killing six
or eight people and ipjuring several 9th
era.
Des Moines, Ia. May 25.-A terrific
cyclone swept across Polk county and
into the eastern end of Jasper county, be-
tween 1890 and II p. m., Sunday. About
at least as many more seriously injured,
a number of whom will die. A typical
bit of destruction was at the Bailey
home near Bondurant There wsr3 il
Tbs house nine people -Four vere s,lled
and the rest fatally injured. aa .sc
l. IL, Il = L
victims were found In the field, which
were distributed among the bodies of
horses cattle and hogs. A large part OF
the population went into the Cyclone
caves few seconds before the storm
sruck.
Oelwyn, Ia, May 25-A cyclone hall
mile IN width passed through Mingo,
Iowa, early this morning, killing foul
and badly injuring nine persons. -Four
houses and number of ou tbuildiDgs
were destroyed and some stock blown
away.
McGregor, Iowa, May 25-A cloudburst
devastated this city and county last night.
For ten miles everything is in ruins.
were gathering and about one o'clock the
storm burst IN it's fury, soon deluging
the valley. 1t swept everything before it,
Six bodies were recovered, eight persons
are missing, supposed to be dead. Some
OF the victims are supposed to have beer
carried into the Mississippi river into
which the Bloody Run empties at North
McGregor. About ten miles of track Of
the Chicago, Milwaukee and st. Pau
railroad has been washed away. This
station at Beulah was washed away nnd
tho agent and family barely escaped with
their lives.
j Des Moines, Ia, May 25.-The mos
alarming reports were received here thi:
morning respecting the cyclone whicl
swept over Polk, Storey and Jasper coun
ties shortly after midnight last night
Indications are that the casualties vii
reach so killed or injured.
fourteen persons.are reported killed il
the three towns of Valeria, Bonduran
and Akeny. So far as heard from Slater
is the only town in Storey county which
} suffered. No details have been received
S from Slater further than the bare state
ment that the whole town was destroyed
The same report comes from Polk city.
7 A telephone message from Berwich
says that a courier just in says tha
twenty -four persons were killed at Bon
l durant, five at Valeria and three u
, Akeny.
: The situation grows worse as authentic
news comes. At Valeria it is now known
, that fifteen persons were killed. Most o
t those killed were In the depot of tn
7 Chicago Great Western road, some %
D them having just alighted from train
The depot was literally blown to pieces
The west bound passenger train ESCAPED
the cyclone by few minutes.
II A despatch from Santiago, says tina
/, three miles west of the town q house wa
lifted bodily from the earth, carried som
.. distance and thrown to the ground. Th
J entire family of occupants were killed
= Nothing has been heard from the north
eastern end of the county, where it
y feared the storm caused the creates
! damage.
A messenger from Bordurant VIII
arrived at 8 O'Clock, says that r.
Scott prominent farmer was killed
also that a church at Akeny was blow
down and several persons were hurt.
q The following is list of those kille
0 and injured at Bondurant SO far as re
. ported:
: Mrs. J. Bailey and three children
o living two and half miles east, ar
d dead.
a Mr.. Bailey is SO badly injured that h
o cannot recover.
W. II. SCOTT, badly crushed and life dc
spired of.
Peter Bolonbaugh, wife and child, a
!, Santiago, dead
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