Omaha daily bee., 1903-05-27
Storm Fisnd Thrice Wreaks Death and De-
stfuotion.
THREE ToRNADoES SNUFF SIX LIVES
Crush and Mangle Many Persons by Wreck
ing Buildings
GLENwooD, BUXTON, DEs MONIES Hi
institute for Feeble Minded and Its In.
mates Suffer.
ELMO, NO., ALSO RECORDS NINE SLAIN
Kansas Streams Create Disasters and
Send Hundreds of Families Flee
ing From Their Homes to
Places of safety.

lives, the fatal injury of three persons ouI
the serious injury OF score more, besides
great property loss.
The deld at Glenwood:
MAGGIE BIETTNER, of Adaza. Ia.
HAZEL WRIGHT. of Adaza, la.
The dead near Buxton:
GEORGIA BLAKELEY.
HERBERT RHODES.
The dead at South Des Moines:
Russell A. 6NAUFF, aged 30.
FLOYD KNAUFF, his S-months old son.
Injured at Glenwood:
Mary Eckert.
Annie Delaney.
Myrtle Dickinson,
Eta Newton.
Harrison Johnson.
Rolla Rathbone
The injured near Buxton:
Molietas Rhodes, fatally.
Mollie Rhodes, fatal.
Eliza Blakeley, fatal.
Amply and Minnie Blakeley.
Seward, Lucy, George and Addison
Rhodes.
! Buddie Reasby.
Mary Walker
The injured at South Des Moines:
Mrs. Knauff. bruised and cut
Mrs. Margaret Barston, skull injured by
falling brick.
Charles McNutt, hurt by falling tree.
Mrs. John Mccoy, breast and head cut hy
flying glass.
victims are Feeble Minded.
The victims at Glenwooo were all inmates
OF the School for the Feeble Minded where
| the storm struck at $50 p. IN. The tornado
! struck the girls dormitory, commonly
known as the old building. first. The roof
was torn off and with a terrible crash fell
back again upon the wrecked building All
the buildings OF the group. including the
hospital, dormitory. boys building. Gus
| todlans building. farm colleges and the
boiler room, were more or less damaged by
the storm. The superintendent estimates
that the loss will be at least $4,000
The buildings of the institution are sit
uated on a slight rise and were mark for
the heavy wind which swept down on them
with terrible fury.
The eleven girls who were injured are
being cared for in the hospital, which is
practically intact
The tornado near Buxton struck at about
$3.50 D. m. near what is known as No. 10
Junction, a mining settlement. All the vic
tins were colored The storm came from
the southwest and the destructive wind
seemed to descend suddenly from a great
bank of clouds which were sweeping toward
the northwest,
Crushed Like Egg shells.
The houses occupied by the Rhodes and
Blakeleys were smashed to kindling wood.
Half dozen box cars were shattered and
scattered over the surrounding country.
The tornado struck South Des Moines at {
o'clock tonight. 1t came from the SOUTH
but after the greater part of the destruc-
.yhf fn 10 aCi
as it approached the junction of the Des
Moines and Raccoon rivers.
The property damage in South Des
Moines and vicinity will reacn $4,000. The
ISnauff home and the Christian church were
wrecked and about forty other buildings
were badly injured.
:, About the same time what was apparently
! ! another storm struck the packing house
section OF town, a mile to the northeast o
the scene of the South Des Moines disaster
In this locality the Agar Packing company
the Des MoInes elevator and the Dei
, Moines malt house plants suffered tn,
! greatest damage. The loss in that sectior
cannot be estimated.
High winds prevailed all over the cit,
, and minor losses were general. Telephone
: communicate was cut on through thu
! greater part of the city and the street rail
! | way system ndu 10 Dc dbdhhOHCh III I1dS
and South Des Moines for the night.
CIOuIburst nt Abel.
During the past twenty-four hours heav!
rains have been general in Iowa, In De
Moines 2lO inches of water fell. A clout
burst at Adel this afternoon caused
precipitation of more than five inches in
few hours. Heavy rains are reported from
Webster City and other points.
The upper Des Moines river is risin
, rapidly and a repetition of the flood condi
? items of last June are feared.
Iowa railroads suffered greatly from tn
excessive rainfall and trains into De
Moines are from three to FIVE hours lat
: on all lines tonight. Superintendent Hor
| ton OF the Des Moincs Sioux Cit
branch OF the Chicago, Milwaukee & 81
. Paul tonight suspended all trafic until tn
roadbed can be examined.
i A landslide occurred north of Howe
station on the Wabash and the engine Of
= passenger train rolled down a twenty
% five-foot embankment. The airbrake
> stopped the train before the passenge
= coaches reached the sunlen section of IN
track and both the engineer and frema
. escaped by jumping.
: The Rock Island tracks are washed OF
near Menlo.
From all sections OF the state come re
ports of an exceptionally heavy rainfall
h accompanied in most cases by severe win
J. and lightning. In the northern part G
J. Iowa there was a fall OF hail In sue
d size that lambs, calves and pigs are r.
e ported killed and in another case a horse
Il Rivers are swollen out OF the hanb
Is everywhere. The floods is at its crest
northwest Iowa. Numberous washouts al
Z. reported in that section. and two raIlroa
II wrecks due to that cause were attende
e with one death each.
Ie Wires are prostrated so generally as
n preclude obtaining particulars. The Floy
J. river is doing great damage in n
le vincinity Of Sioux City The Boone, Ra,
10 coon and Des Moines rivers are rapid
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