Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-05-26
TERRIBLE Iowa D|SASJE'9.
Many Lives Lost in a C. - that
Passed Over Jasp . 4ty.
TIL rec Towr s%S the Great
Western r. i Wiped From
the Face q Earth-Fourteen
Victims Re- \0rted Already - A
Partial List Of the Killed-Fright-
full Scenes of Desolation.

the result of the destructive tornado
which swept portions Of Iowa, Illinois
and Kansas last night. The property
loss is heavy, but acurate estimates thus
far is impossible. The list OF killed
stands tonight as follows:
Jasper county. Iowa, 10.
Polk county, Iowa, 9.
Rockford, Ills, 4.
Elgin, Ills, /.
North McGregor. Iowa, II.
Durango, Iowa, ..
Fort Scott, Kas., 2.
The storm wrought its great havoc
in Iowa, where the counties or POLK
and Jasper were devastated by two tor-
uadoes. The loss of life was heaviest
there. the list of dead being as follows,
In Polk county, near Bondurant ana
Santiago, stations on the ChlcaSo q
Great Western:
Robert Bailie, Jr., Mrs. Robert Bal
lie Miss Lizzie Bailie, John Ballle
peter Bolenbaugh, Mrs Peter Bolen-
baueb two grandchildren of the Bolen-
haughs John Maxwell killed by light
ming.
Following is the list of killed in Jar
per county n,o,o,
.Jr.. Dannie Phalen, Susie Phalen, Moiile
Phalen. ClariSsa Dickie, Martha Dlckle'
Charles Elkins, Mrs. Shell.
The following are among the serious
" injured, half OF whom 1t is estlmateu
may die: ~ Me-
In polk county: Wm. T. Scott, Mrs
A. ]. Edwards, two children OF MIS-
Edwards. Oliver Vans, Robert baille'
The injured in Jasper county:
Mrs. Charles Phalen fatallO; Dug
Fakins. Mrs. Dug Eakins, solomon
Dickey. Mrs. Solomon Dickey, Nellle
Dickev. Harvey Pitcock, Mrs. Harvey
Pitcock. Monroe Osborne, Mrs. Monroe
Osborne and child.
The storm originated near the town
of Ankeny, % miles north oil Des
Noines. AS near as can be ascertalned
from thos who saw the sight, two Clouds
one from the northwest and one from
the southwest met and then dropped
down on the earth and wrought their
havoc on all that was loose and last.
the town of Bondurant it killed Its hrst
victims. and members of the Ballle lam
ilv. The storm was seen from Bondu-
rant. Many farmers who had attended
tbe church services had been unable TO
get home before the storm and their
lives were thus saved. The track or the
tornado at this point was about quar-
ter of a mile wide. 1t passed onward,
going north of the town of Santiago.
All along the course the fences and
buildings and crops and trees were COM
pletely destroyed. In places the bark
was pealed from the trees that were
lifted up and down and broken INTO
splinters: the cellars were heaped full
of mud and debris, often partially COW
ering those who had taken refuge in
them. Those who fed to caves were
invariably saved, but so sudden was
the approach of the storm that many
were unable to find that shelter, though
the caves were only few rods away
from them. Passing onward, the storm
struck Valsria. The town was almost
completely ruined. The family Of Chas.
Phalen seems TO be the greatest sufferer
near this point 1t was litrally wiped
out Of existence. together with all their
possessions. A pitiful story is told OF
how two children tried TO hold the door
against the storm until the house was
lifted up bodily.
From Valeria the storm moved on,
passing near the town Of Mingo. At
Ira. the cloud did its last damage in
Jasper county. Later in the evening a
tornado seems to have struck near Man
chester. in Delaware county. although
reports are stlll very meagre from
there.
The total loss OF property is hard to
estimate. The buildings destroyed will
aggregate from $4,000 to 100000.