The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1896-05-26
iowa SWEPT
s By A CYCLONE
Six TOXINS Wiped Off the Nap, and
Several Hundred Persons
Are Killed.
MUCH PROPERTY DESTROYED
Railroad Tracks risted Up Bodily and
Hurled Iato Tangled Mass Many
More Deaths May Result
From lniufies.

Omaha. May Ia special to the Bee
from Des Molnes. Iowa. says:
Jasper and Polk counties were swept
by very disastrous cyclone last night, |
and today's sun showed the terrible ex- |
tent OF the disaster. The storm. which. |
at hrst gave promise OF nothing more |
than heavy rain. soon developed into |
a tornado. rivaling In force and destruct- |
iveness the recent tornado which deyas- |
tated Texas and Kansas.
As far as can be ascertalned at present, |
ak towns were partially destroyed They |
are Bondurant. Valeria and Mingo, on |
the line OF the Chicago and Great West |
ern, northeast from Des MOines, ana |
Ankeny. Polk City and Slater, on an
other branch Of the same railroad run
ming north from DesAioines BOndurant,
Ankeny and Polk City ara in Polk coun-
ty: Yaleria II on the line between Polk
and Jasper counties: Mingo Is In Jas
per county and Slater Is In tbe south
western corner OF Story county.
The hrst Intelligence OF the storm
reached this city from Berwick. a small
station nine miles east OF the city The
railroad telegraph operators FIRST bulle-
Tin stated that Valera and Bondurant
had been almost completely devastated;
that the Chicago and Great Western de-
pot had been destroyed and that at Va
leria 80 feet OF track had been picked
UP bodily and hurled into a mass OF
tangled. twisted iron. effectually stop
ping trafilc from the north.
The first fatality occurred two miles
east OF BondurRnt The house OF Rob
ert Bailey occupied by himself. wife and
seven children, was demolished. Mrs.
Bailey. Joe aged u, Lizzie, aged is and
Joyce. aged Is. were killed outright. Bat
ley sustained injuries which will proba-
bly, prove fatal.
From this point the storm followed the
Great Western road to a point above Ira,
In Marshall county, where the last traces
OF II are found.
The town Of Santiago was wrecked ana
family named Boltenbaugh. consisting
OF father, mother and one child, were
killed. A number were also injured. The
next town In the course OF the storm
was Valera. II was swept almost from
the face OF the earth Here a man nam
ed Phelan and his four children were
killed. A large number were injured, but
as II is a point ten miles from tele-
graphic communication and all news
comes by carriers. II is hard TO get dei-
mite information.
A dispatch from Altoona says a courier |
reports that between Valeria and Ira the |
loss OF life and property is great. ana |
that at least nine persons were killed in |
the county and their bodies brought into |
Ira. II is impossible as yet 10 get the
details from there. The best informa-
ton is that the killed number just twenty
although this may be slightly Increased
by deaths among the injured.
Dubuque. Ia, May 25.-Passengers on
the train from the north tonight say that
from twenty-five TO thirty persons have
been drowned at North McGregor.
Among the dead are a man named Ma
loney his wife, child and grandchlld.
Two families named Burke and Myers
were wiped out. leaving no trace. Eight
cen are said to have been drowned in
these three families alone. A number or
tramps are also known to have been
lost.
The other names could not be had A
number OF small streams unite at Bula
and flow from that point to the Missis-
sipp. A flood. which occurred yesterday,
swept everything, houses and cars, be-
tween Bula and North McGregor, into
the Mississippi. Previous estimates OF
the loss OF life placed the number OF
drowned at twelve.
FOUR KILLED AT ROCKFORD.
Rockford. ILL.,, May 25.-Four killed and
many injured, number of them fatally,
is the result Of a cyclone which swept
through this section last night at mid
night, besides n great loss to property
and the complete ruin of crops in the
path Of the storm.
Mrs. Godfrey Hildebrand, living near
Monroe was beheaded while going into
the cellar to escape the storm, Her
daughter Elsie, was instantly killed ana
her husband is dead from injuries re-
ceived, Six other who were in the house
were blown across the street and injured.
The house was demolished.
Near Egan City, Mrs. Bird was Instant
ly killed and her five children badly in
jured, two probably fatally.
FEARFUL LOSS OF LIFE.
oxford. Mich, May 95-A terrible cy-
clone struck the village of oakwood and
entirely wiped off the earth last night
destroying all buildings and leaving
death and destruction in its trail. Just
west OF the village fields are strewn with
the dead and injured, and It is impossible
to get correct estimate of the damage
until daylight The storm also struck
the village Of Thomas and destroyed
about dozen buildings. Many farm
buildings are destroyed, but no news
can be obtained from the country on ac-
count of the roads being blocked with
fallen trees; but 1t is thought the num-
Der OF dead and wounded will reach near
ly hundred,
BUT ONE FATALITY.