The Oskaloosa herald., 1903-05-28
WIDESPREAD STORMS
Fearful Death and Destruction Visit
Many Localities.
DES MONIES STRUCK BY A CYCLONE
Father and Son Meet Instant Particulars
Father and Son Meet Instant DeathFufthef Particulars
of the Glenwood Storm.---Livcs Lost Elsewhere.
Special to Daily Herald

okSSAoA eO Odl1y I1SIdio-
Des Moines, May 27.-Two persons
were killeu and half dozen injured
by tornado which swept through
South Des Moines at 6 o'clock last
evening. The killed were:
Russell Andrew Knouf, aged &c
years.
Floyd Knouf, his S.months' old son
The injured included Mary Knouf
who was painfully bruised and cut;
Mrs. Margaret Boston, who suffered a
skull wound from flying debris; Char,
les McNutt, who was hurt by falling
tree limbs and Mrs. John Mccoy,
whose breast and head were cut with
broken glass.
The Knouf home was demolished by
the tornado, the Christian church OF
South Des Moines was destroyed, the
Office of DR.. J. f. Irwin vas wrecked,
the home of William Jones was made
uninhabitable, and several other build.
ings were badly damaged. A number
were more or less injured. All of the
telephone wires were blown down and
the telephone poles for four blocks
were twisted OF about six feet from
the ground. A hundred fine trees,
some of them as large around as a
mans body, were twisted and torn
from their roots. Few houses in the
track of the storm escaped losses of
windows and many roofs were dam.
aged while outbuildings were entirely
destroyed.
The storm did damage south Of the
city, blowing down the upper walls of
two army post buildings and moving
the Winters home near proctor mine.
1t also damaged the Capital City nur.
sery Two houses at the Great West.
ern yards were blown over. In south
east Des Moines several small build.
ings were destroyed.
The tornado had done its awful
work at the knouf home before it did
much other damage, 1t seemed to
come from the south and dipped over
the South Des Moines hill into the
valley circling north and east Of JEFF.
ferson street and back on Madison to
Eighth and thence southeast to the
Christian church and out of the city
by way of East Des Moines.
The Knouf house was located two
or three numbers south of Madison
street on Eighth. Next to it was the
office of DR.. irwin. Both were utterly
demolished The two seemed to be
gathered together in triangular OIL
cone shaped pile just off their founda
tions. 1t was within this house thai
the young father and babe met theil
| horrible death.
1t is thought that Knouf never real
lied what struck him. He died with
! in q few minutes after he was found
! His hip was broken and his head SnC
| breast were crushed by the falling
! walls of his humble home. The baby
body bore no marks but it is supposed
that its pack or neck was broken. 1
was dead when found, still clasped IL
| the fathers arms.
I Mrs. Knouf was severely injured
Her face was cut and her breast ant
/ W6E6 I1SI "Ouhuo al
not serious, however.
The streets in South Des Nome
over which it swept were strewe,
with the wreckage. The telephon
poles on Jefferson street betweel
Third and Sixth streets were twiste'
/ off and fell into the middle of tn
| street carrying down all of the wires
Trees in some of the parks were broB
| en- off near the ground and wer
hurled into the street. The roofs o
l brick buildings were taken of leavin
| Jagged corners, and glass fronts II
store buildings and the windows o
dwellings alike were blown in or out
| The Storm at GIenwood.
Glenwood, Ia, May 27.-The tol
nado which sruck Glenwood Monda
| night, left death and destruction in it
| pathway.
The northeast corner and roof Q
the old main building at the state IN
stitution was blown in ard two youn
children killed and ten injured,
/ The dead are:
Hazel Wright.
l Maggie Bitner.
The homes of both are in Green
Icounty.
| The injured are:
\ Mary Eckert.
Anna Delaney.
I Myrtle Dickinson,
\ Eta Newton.
Harrison Johnson.
| Rolla Rathbun.
| Others who were injured were nC
| seriously hurt. It is believed that d
/ Of the injured will recover.
/ Five men had miraculous tHtaQ