The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-06-11
Most of the Victims Residents of Lyle,
Mimi, or the Farming Commune
ties i'm that Vicinity.
HEAVY RAINFALL in THE EAST
DIR IS SWEPT AWAY AND RAIL
WAY TRACKS WASHED OUT.
Several Accidents to Trains and Three
Employees Killed Near Exeter,
N. H.-TOwns Flooded.

CHICAGO, June 11.-Dispatches from
points in northern Iowa say that a de-
structive tornado visited southern Minne-
sofa last night. Reports as to loss of life
and damage to property are conflicting. AIN
railway lines running in the vicinity of the
track of the storm report telegraph poles
blown down and other damage done. A
railroad operator at Mason City, Ia, re-
ported at midnight that twenty houses were
demolished in Lyle, Mimi, one man killed
outright and twenty others injured 1t Is
believed that damage was done in the
country around Lyle, there being all sortsA
of rumors of heavy loss of life. Owing I'd
the damage to telegraph lines definite inS
formation was lacking. A special train
with surgeons, linemen and workmen was
sent to Lyle from Waterloo. Ia, within an
hour Of the time of the storm.
A dispatch from Usage, Ia, confirms the
report of the tornado and says six persons
weIe killed and a number injured. Advices
from St. Paul say the tornado went through
the north portion of Lyle about $3.50 p. M,
few miles from the Iowa line. A number
of dwellings and barns were demolished,
cattle and horses being killed So far as
known only one person, Henry Hanson, was
killed, but ten were injured some of them,
it is feared, fatally. Those injured We're
Charles Larson and wife and baby, Mr..
Brooke and wife, Peter Hanson and wife
and their son Robert, Mrs. Haughson and
Mrs. Henry Hanson.
An Oelwein, Ia, dispatch says: Reports
from Lyle up to l o'clock this (Friday)
morning confirm the reports of extensive
| damage and loss of life along the Iowa
Minnesota State line. At Lyle one person
was instantly / illed and twenty people in
jured eight of whom may die. Many build
ings were destroyed, and heavier loss of
life would have resulted had not the storm
suddenly veered to the country to the SOUTH
Reports from outside the city are to the ef-
feet that six persons were killed and ten
badly injured. Several persons are reported
missing from their farmhouses. and num-
Der of additions to the death list are expect
ed. The work of rescue is being rapidly
pushed. Special trains with medical assist
ance were sent to the scene of all nearby
points. Lyle is on a branch line of the
| Chicago Great Western, just across the
Iowa line. Telegraph wires are Frustrated
and definite details are extremely meager.
| Couriers from the rich farming country to
| the south of Lyle report great damage
along the path of the twister, which was in
| places half a mile wide. Cattle and grain
We're swept away by the hundred, and a
heavy loss of human life is feared.
Another dispatch from Mason City Ia
says: Among the injured are the following:
Peter Hanson, harness maker and his four
year-old son, severely wounded about head;
Mr. and Mrs. Brooks of Clarion, Ia, slight
ly injured; Charles Larson, Mrs. Larson
| and child; Mrs. Stipe, =. K. Johnson Chris
| tine Peterson, MAIDS Peterson, Peter Peter
son, Charles Severson, Mrs. DIR. Frazer,
Mrs. M. l.. Hughson, son-in-law and daugh-