Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-05-30
SCENES OF WOE
FOLLOW STORMS,
Parts of Iowa Suffer from Fierce
Tornadoes..
SEVERAL PERSONS ARE KILLED
The List of Injured Is a Lengthy One
-CIOudburst in Nebraska and
Kansas Cause Great
Damage.

| hours. Three tornadoes, two Monday
| night and one Tuesday night resulted
| in the loss of six lives, the fatal jury
of three and the serious injury of
! score of people beside great property
| loss.
The following are known to have
been killed:i
At enwood-Maggie Biettner and
| Hazel Wright, both of Adaza, la.
Near Buxton-Georgia Buckley and
Herbert Rhodes.
At South Des Moines-Russell A.
Knauf, aged 80 years, and Floyd Knauf,
his baby.
The Injured.
The injured at Glenwood are: Mary
| Eckert, Anna Delaney, Myrtle Dickin-
| son, Eta Newton, Harrison Johnson,
RolIa Rathbun.
Near Observation-Disclosures Rhodes,
| fatal; Molhe Rhodes, fatal; Eliza Blak-
ley, fatal; Amply and Minnie Blakley,
| Seward, Lucy, George and Addison
| Rhodes; Buddie Reasby, Mary Walker.
At South Des Moines-Mrs Knauf,
bruised and cut; Mrs. Margaret Bos-
ton, skull injured by falling brick;
Charles McNutt, hurt by flying tree
limbs; Mrs. John Mccoy, breast and
head cut by flying glass
Charitable Institution Damaged.
| The victims at Glenwood were all
| inmates of the school for the feeble
| minded, where the storm struck at
$50 p. M. 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 of the buildings of the group, in
Guiding the hospital, dormitory, boys
building, custodian's 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 SIS. 1000.
Near Buxton.
| The tornado near Buxton struck at
| about $3.50 p. M. near what is known
as Number 10 Junction, a mining set
Element All the victims were colored.
The storm came from the southwest
and the destructive wind seemed to de-
scend suddenly from a great bank of
clouds which was sweeping toward
| the northwest The houses occupied
by the Rhodes and Blakley families
were smashed to kindling wood. A
string of half a dozen box cars was
smashed into unacceptable debris
and scattered over the surrounding
country.
At South Des Moines.
The tornado struck South Des
Moines at six o'clock Tuesday night.
1t came from the south. but cfter the
/ greatest part of the destruction was
wrought veered to the northwest as
it approached the junction of the Des
! Moines and Raccoon rivers. The prop
erty damage In South Des Moines and
vicinity will reach $4,000. The Knauf
home and the Christian church were
completely wrecked and about 40
| other buildings were badly injured
| About the same time what was appar-
entity another storm struck the pack
| ing house. section of town a mile to the
| northwest of the scene of the South
| Des Moines disaster. In this locality
the Agar Packing company, Des
Moines elevator and Des Moines malt
| house plants were the greatest suf-
| ferers, although a large number of
other buildings were damaged The
loss in this section cannot be esti-
| mated
/ Nine Killed in Missouri.
Blanchard Ia, May GA tornado
| Al -
west of Blanchard and just across
the Missouri line, Tuesday, destroy
ing the town. Nine persons are
known to have been killed and
number of others injured. The storm
struck a three-story brick hotel,
which was entirely destroyed. Nine
bodies have been removed from the
ruins OF the building, and others are
believed to be buried in the debris.
More Storms i'm Nebraska.
Omaha, Neb., May 27.-Eastern Ne
braska was visited by another series
of storms Monday night and Tuesday.
several of which developed into small
tornadoes. One visited Hastings near
which place was the scene of Sundays
heavy storms, and blew several build
! ings to splinters. Another struck Her.
man. 25 miles north of Omaha, and
the scene of the tornado. five years
ago, which killed a dozen people. The
| home Of d. r. Parish was dem olished
and Mr.. Parish, his wife and child
| were seriously hurt Omaha also re-
! ceived storm which blew several
houses from their foundations and I'M
| rooted others in the southwest part
| of the city.
Accompanying the severe wind in
! each instance was a rainstorm of un-
usual severity, and as result several
| towns in eastern Nebraska are flooded,
| Springfield, Papillion and Plattsmouth
reporting the worst conditions. At
| Plattsmouth two feet of water was
in the Burlington station and covered
a number of streets. The railroads
| have suffered washouts in a score of
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