Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-05-29
DORNADOES Kill N IOWA.
Violent Storms Wreck the Town Of
Buxton and the State Hos
pital At Glenwood.

BUXTON ana inc St&ve 6oD.
pital at Glenwood.
TWO KILLED OUTRIGHT IN EACH PLACE.
seven Others Fatally Injured At Bux.
ton AID Eleven Hurt ut GlenwooA
-Cloudbursts Do Damage In KAn>
sas and Nebraska-Tornado Strikes
Hastings, Neb.
Oskaloosa, H., May 27.-A tornado
IN Monroe county and in the south1
western part Of Mahaska county, Mon.
day night, resulted in the death OF two
persons, fatal injury to seven, and
minor injuries to number of others
Coming from the southeast, the tors
nado swept path $50 feet wide, first
striking mining settlement on the
Chicago & Northwestern. At West
Baxton the tornado destroyed several
residences and . large number OF barns
and outbuildings.
The deads
Georgia Blakey.
Herbert Rhodes.
Partial list of fatally injured:
Addison Rhodes.
Mrs. Addison Rhodes. y,
John Blakey. ~. =.
Mrs. John Blakey.
Owing to the breaking of wires, it
was impossible to secure adequate
fe&a
When assistance did arrive it was ex-
tremely difficult to find the injured, az
the electric light plant had been put
out Of business and the town was ex-
tremely dark. Rain, which fell in tor-
rents following the tornado, greatly:
increased the difficulty of the situation.
"A, messenger secured aid from Oska-
toosa and Abba.
Two Killed at Glenwood.
4 Glenwood, Ia, May 27.-A tornado
struck the state hospital for feeble
minded at this place Monday night.
Two persons, Maggie Betnes, aged II,
and Hazel Wright, aged 10, were killed.
Eleven were injured, but all will re-
cover. The old dormitory building and
power house were blown down.
All the buildings were damaged more
Or less. Local physicians went to the
scene from Des MONIES to assist in TAX
ingca of the injured. Wires are down
and "details are meager.
The most seriously injured: !
Mary Eckert. 81.
Anna Delaney.
Myrtle Dickinson.
Eta Newton. >rt
Harrison johnson. ".
Rolla Rathburn.
None of the injured will die. S'as,r
Cyclone I'm Illinois.
st. Louis, May 27.-A special to the
Republic from New Athens, ILL.,, says:
A cyclone, followed by destructive
hailstorm, swept over the southeast
ern portion of St. Clair county Monday
afternoon. Many buildings were
wrecked and thousands Of dollars OF
The storm centered at New Athens
and Lenshurg. about 80 miles east OF
St. Louis. Mundice Guisseppi was
blown under moving freight train
near Lensburg and killed by the cars.
No other fatalities are reported.
Tornado In Nebraska.
6 Lincoln, Neb., May 27.-A special to
che Star from Hastings, Neb., says: A
tornado struck Hastings early Tues
day, wrecking many residences and
damaging several business blocks. Nc
deaths are reported.
Mine Reported Killed.
Nine persons were killed at Davey
and heavy damage is said to have been
done at Valparaiso and Raymond. Nc
ono was killed at the two last named
towns. Wires are down and details
are lacking. Reports received from
che storm district were brought into
Lincoln by farmers. The storm seemed
TO have first struck north of LincolI
and to have branched out in several di
rections.
Cloudbursts Do Damage.
Oskaloosa, Ia, May 27.-A semi.
e1oudburst visited this county Tues.
day morning. Three and a half inches
Of water fell and considerable damage
was done by flood. Penn college was
damaged by lightning.
Abilene, Kan, May PA cloudburst
struck the northern part of this coun-
ty Monday night. Mud Creek valley,
from Abilene to Manchester, was food
ed and great damage to crops done.
The food reached here after midnight,
inundating one-third of the city and
damaging much property. Cellars and
lower floors were flooded. No lives
were lost. The water was the highest
in years.
Omaha, Neb., May 27.-A heavy rain
and windstorm early Tuesday caused
sore damage in Omaha. Three tracks
at the Union station were rendered
useless and an engine pulling the Union
Pacific fast mail east-bound was de-
rallied by the soft tracks, blocking
west-bound trains. In the southwest
ern portion Of the city several houses
were nnroofed. No one is reported
hurt.
Kew Gunboat Sunk at Sea,
Plymouth, England, May 27.-The
Peruvian gunboat. Loreto sprang a
leak 40 miles northeast of the Scilly
islands Monday evening and sank in