Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-05-28

SUITS or the cyclone which VISITED
Iowa last night Hardly county in
the southern half OF the state escaped
the fury of the elements, and had
the regions visited by the tornadoes
been more thickly populated the re-
suit would have been the loss of scores
of lives. The high winds were &C.
companied by rain in torrents and the
rivers and creeks throughout the
southern part of the state are starting
on rampage which threatens repe.
titicn of the high water of last July.
THE DEAD.
Buxton
GEORGIA ELAkEY.
HERBERT RHODES.
Gic-Wcod--
MAGGIE BETNEs.
HAZEL WRIGHT.
FATALLY INJURED.
Buxton
ADDISON RHODES.
MRS. ADDISON RHODES.
JOHN ElAKEY.
MRS. JOHN BLAkEY.
cyclone Near Buxton
AT $3.50 last night cyclone sweeped
down at No. 10 Junction. mining
camp on the Northwestern railway
one and one-han miles west of Bux-
.,.,.,.t - ot+,,,,,,ya ,l,ad two
1.t;lara,, md nrob.hlv fatally in.
i,,rod tho ,,o+ba, of ono of them
',,;r, ~ horsas' where hoth
ruihsu iouses fraia., -
train and then rushed on through the
farm lands of Monroe and Manaska
counties. Narrowly missing The th'ckly
populated mining camp of Buxton ana
finally rising above the danger line.
Track $50 Feet Wide.
III. +ornado travelled in n track $50
foo+ ,,,;dn a.,d -, a course from, south
aast ~ nortbwest II frst struck the
r,o,,nd 100. No IN Junction where
t,,ora ~ o,,1,, few bonees Two q,
these occnr;ed nv tho Rlal,ev and
Rhodes families were directly in the
road of the storm and it struck them
with all its fury, picking them both
UP and dasliDg them again to the
& ground demolished. Five people were
in the Blakey house-and six in the
Rhodes home, and it is regarded as al
most a miracle that any one OF them
escaped. All were more or less injur-
ed and two, George Blakey and Her
bert Rhodes. were killed outright. Mrs.
1 l..,, lie nlotiieI VI one Oh lile aeau
lnilulel,' 10 III t,ie mos. serious eohui-
.'oh diu surgeons say lhat she WI ale
ieeit VI her ihJuiis'. aer nus
Sanu anu WITS. 1oilh biakey may also
VIZ
Caring For the Injured
Those at the little mining camp who
survived the storm were for time
unable to realize what nau happened
but when, above the roaring of the
wind and the noise of the rain, whic
was falling in torrents. they heard the
fleart-rending shrieks and cries for helm
of the wounded. they brayed the
weather to lend aid to their friends.
who had Jared with less good fortune
than they.
Work of Rescuino Difficult
Tb. VOL, of resona w.s rendarod
most dif1icnIt Inv M f.c+ .ba+ 49, h;rb
wind made il ;mnossible n l,aen Tho
lanterns lisbted and the rescnina nor
ty stumbled over the remains of Tho
dead and the bodies of tha iniured in
the wrecl,s If tba two bousas and Of
the smaller onthuildinps which bod
been demolished bv tbe cyclone
snn,n,o. usI,
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Wnen me extent OF tne damage was
Z ascertalneo Word was dlspatched at
geons were summoned. AS fast as
possible the injured were removed to
/. nelghboring farm houses and the dead
: were cared for.
Freight Train Wrecked
After leaving the little mining camp
IN ruins the tornado continued on its
: course and caught freight train on
/; the Northwestern track near Buxton.
SIX cars, Including the caboose, were
I overturned and several OF them We're
converted INTO klndiing wood by the
power i OF i, the Wina. A brakeman VINO