Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1907-06-14
Thirty PERSONS DEAD.
WIND AND cLouDDURsT ruin
eEvGRAL vlLLA0EA
KENTUCKY TOWN IS HIT
Tornadoes Also Work Dlsaster In Va.
rious Southern Illinois Tewns
M and at Pleasant Valley,
Iowa.

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| rjous southern illinois Tewns
and at Pleasant valisy,
Iowa.
Louisville. y.-Twenty-0ne dead,
the village devastated. and several
thousand acres of growing crops
ruined ii the sum total OF the havoc
wrought BY . cloudburst that descend
ed on Granville, KY. and vicinity Fri.
day night. 5 sS:5s N (.
The disaster was due to the erratic
behavior Of Big creek, ordinarily a
small stream, but which was already
swollen by recent rains. When the
clOudburst precipitated three inches
Of rain in an hour on Gradyyille and
vicinity the creek leaped from It's bed
and took new course with the I'm.
petuosity Of a tidal wave.
Asleep When pisastsr Comes.
The inhabitants Of the town had no
warning. Nearly ell were abed when
the foaming waters struck the place,
carrying away six residences. q mill,
and number Of smaller houses.
Nearly all the victims wore drowned,
but four were crushed BY the collapse
Of their dwellings when the torrent
struck them.
Columbia was telephoned for as
sistance and large number Of citi-
zens left that place at once. but ow-
ing to the condition Of the roads it
will require some time 10 make the
trip. Every stream IN the vicinity is
out of its bounds. The cloudburst
did serious damage aside from the
loss Of life, all bridges In this vi
cinity being washed away and thou
sands Of acres Of corn ruined.
Gradyville is village Of 176 5inhab-
itants in Adair county. six miles from
Columbia, and IS miles from the near
est railroad station.
Six Killed az New Mindsn.
Nashville, III. Henry Weihe, his
wife and four children were killed in
l storm that swept over New Minden,
ILL.,, early Saturday morning.
A score OF the villagers were in
jured. some seriously, and the prop
erty loss runs into the thousands.
The storm struck the northwestern
portion of the town. The German
Lutheran church was the flrst to fall
before its fury. Its roof was taken
OF, and its walls were blown down.
1ne iaieo uen 80 sa ~ = = ,ne io~'
organ 8
New Minden is about Is miles
southeast Of st. Louis, It's population
was estimated at $50. Eleven years
ago the village was swept by the
same cyclone that wrought havoc in
st. Louis. At that time eleven per.
sons there were killed. s'57
hrs. v;c.i,,. - v,..
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u,;nad 80 th,. +n,,,,, r..a.,, 9 80. 80
caused the deaths az Henry Rock
Mrs. Lucinda Pinkerton and Mrs.
John Bostick. 5
The loss to property is estimated
at 100000. The damage to timber.
fruit and crops will be more than
500, 900.
Heavy damage also was caused at
GRANVILLE, Ind. east OF here. The
farmhouse Of James Layton wae de-
molished. Layton was blown out OF
his house and buried under the ruins.
He cannot recover. His wife also WAS
fatally injured. I
severe DAMAGE At puouoin.
nnouo,r II, -Accord,r. "a ,e,..
nbona ranorts recaivad "a t-or .ha
snrronnd,ng farm,ne co,nr,n,,. a., 4 L
o.t,rro+ad nat tha Ioss ',a,.a $50, =, nc
w,ndstorm vii, raach = q IN. nnn ,rc,,,d.
inc crona frnit ana nro,,ar+v Tha
damage n this CITY will Sarnonnt to
nearly "a much heinr distribnted
among residence pronertv3 and surface
mine structures. 55 p a. D. q
ro-,.d. :, ,.,.,.
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arc noln lsu several - persons are
injured INJURED ana propertys ~ oanna&ed 70
solnauo .alousn T. =, .sAsy ia'e
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