Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1896-05-28
DEADLY STORMS.
Iowa and Illinois Visited by De-
structive Tornado.
FOR1Y.ONE LIVES REPORTED LOST.
Visited by q Twister and Fields
Are strewn with Dead
: and Dying.

near as can be estimated the result Of
the destructive tornado which sweep
portions of Iowa and Illinois Sunday
night The property loss is heavy, Blu,
accurate estimates are thus far an i'm
possibility. The list OF the killed
stands as follows: Jasper county, la.
10; Polk county, Ia, 0; Rockford, 4
Elgin, ILL.,, /; North McGregor, Ia, III
Durango, H., g. The storm wrought
Its greatest havoc In Iowa, where the
counties Of Polk and Jasper were de-
vastated by two tornadoes. The loss
OF life was heaviest there. As far as
can be ascertaned at present six towns
were partially destroyed. They are
Bondurant, valeria, Ankeny, Polk City
and Slater. The first fatality occurred
two miles east Of Bondurant The
house Of Robert Bailey occupied by
himself, wife and seven children, was
demolished. Mrs. Bailey; Joe, aged 81;
Lizzie, aged IS, and John, aged Is,
were killed outright. Mr.. Bailey sus.
tanned injuries that will probably re.
suit fatally The town Of Santiago
was wrecked and family named
Bolenbaugh, consisting Of father,
mother and one child, were killed.
A terrible spectacle was presented in
one demolished house in Valeria.
Seven members Of family, father,
mother and five children, we're found
lying dead among the wreckage In one
room, except the mother, who Is not
expected to live. Two children named
Athens we're also killed outright and
num- Ter Of people in the village and
adjacent country were severely in.
jured. The following persons are
known to have been killed ut Mingo:
Two ladies, each named Mrs Dckcy
one elderly, the other younger wom-
an; Mrs. Osborn, and two children
named Atkins. A dispatch from AL.
toona. east Of here, says courier re-
ports that between Valeria and Ira the
loss Of life and property is great, and
that at least nine persons were killed
In the country and their bodies
brought into Ira.
A cloudburst occurred at North Nc
Gregor early yesterday morning and
many lives were lost in the flood. Pas.
sengers on train from the north last
night said that from 95 to 80 persons
had been drowned. The storm struck
at Durango, and the little station was
carried away. Mrs Clark, the station
agent, and her six children, ages rang
ing from two TO eight years, were
drowned. Tom Griffin, brakeman,
rs years of age; Joe Griffin, car re-
pairer; Peter Moss, John Dillon, n D.
Raller, wife and two children, went
down the river with the building.
Yesterday the building was found
mile away, and nine Of the inmates
rescued alive. A half mile OF Great
Western side track and half mile OF
main line at Durango were washed
away. Three hundred people are
searching the valley for the dead, as
1t is believed others have persisted. At
New Hampton, August Goshe is dead
and his wife dying and rs barns de-
stroyed is the record
SEVERAL KILLED NEAR ROCKFORD, ILL.
ROCKFORD, ILL.,, May 90 -Four killed
and many injured, a number OF them
fatally. is the result of the cyclone
which swept through this section Sun
day night at midnight, besides a great
loss to property and the complete ruin
to crops in the path Of the storm.
Mrs Godfrey Hldebrand, living near
Monroe, was beheaded while going
down the cellar to escape the storm.
Her daughter Elsie was instantly
killed, and her husband who is a
prominent urand Army man, is dead |
from injuries received. Six others asleep
in the house were blown across
the street and injured. The house
was completely demolished. Near i
Egan City, Mrs. lzora Bird was in.
stantly killed and her five children
badly injured, two probably fatally.
At Foreston the steeple of the NJ. T.
church was blown on to the roof of the
parsonage, next door, crushing 1t in
and iniurng Rev and Mrs. Colvin, who
were asleep. At Egin, John keogh,
engineer of the State Insane asylum,
was killed by falling chimney. The
factory of the Elgin Sewing and BIZ
cycle Go, was damaged by the storm to
the extent of over 100000 At
Monroe Center, De kalb county, two
women, mother and daughter, names
unknown, were killed, the daughters
head being severed from her body. In
the suburbs lying along the Wisconsin
branch OF the Chicago & Northwestern
railroad, thousands Of dollars worth
Of property was destroyed and many
persons were injured, some so serious
ly that they may die.
MICHIGAN VISITED.
OXFORD, Mich, May GA terrible
cyclone struck the village of lakewood
yesterday evening and entirely wiped
it off the earth, destroying all the
buildings and leaving death and de.
struction in its trail Just west Of the
village the fields are strewn with dead
and wounded. The storm also struck
the village Of Thomas and destroyed
about dozen buildings 1t is believed
that the number Of dead and wounded
will reach nearly 100 Metamora
and lakewood were also touched up
and track of devastation left
to within tbree.fourths OF mile of
Ortonville. The telegraph and tele.
phone wires between here and those
places are down, and the only data OF
the work OF the cyclone is furnished
by survivors who have come here for
shelter But from comparison Of their
stories, ii seems certain that from IA to