Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-06-08
30ANaa0R m FRIDAY NIGHTS
xroaAe IN NORTHWEST IOWA
~ Y ENORMOUS
MANY FARMS SWEPT
CLEAN OF BUILDINGS
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Much Livestock Killed and Seven Poo
ole Dangerously Hurt in Addition to
rho.e kiaed-Mueh Damage 60 Bus
Inss, and Residence Sections OF Town
ef s.nbor-Frsaks Of she Storm.
special to r,rn.s-Republioan.

Special to Tirnes-Republican-
shaldon, juno a. The tornado
which PASSED thru this section OF
northwest Iowa Friday evening, kiilms
seven people and seriously inturins
several others and slightly in5mins
scores, caused a loss to property which
n this time can not be estimated
The seriously injured are:
n. D. Finch, four miles southeast OK
Sheldon, cuts in head and side
Mrs. Scott McNutt southeast OK
Sheldon, head injured by plank. IN
conscious till morning.
Mrs. Ross Fink. north Of Sannorh
badly lacerated In various places
TAKEN to Sioux City hospital
AUss Downs, north OF Saaoorn. cut
abou; the face
:. NJ. Hanson, sanborn, collar bone
broken and various cuts.
Mrs. Tom Dunn. Sanoorn, laceratec
In various places.
I'D. Long, Sarborn. back injured
Strikes Hos pers First
The tornado vas nrst noticed soCrh
Of Gran Vile, but did not seem to strike
the earth until It reached point ABOUT
three miles south Of HosperH. i was
coming directly from the south at tina.
noin.. Striking the farm home OF Fred
cerst II took everything clean OF ouilo-
.n4s and injured and killed many AMI
nals. One mile farther north It took
RI. three farm buildings OF the Alien
ranch. These three houses. with ne
barns and ourortldtngs we're conPlste-F
wiped fror, the face Of the earth Not
board could be found larger than kino-
lin. wood ard these were carried north
~, nearly a rife The groves were
completely stripped Of leaves enAs
twisted and broken n a mass o. wTscA
aga and much Of the bark peeled from
the trees Living IN these three PAGES
were MI. and Mrs. FoseTep ana elsa.
children, NJ. and Ms Lyltos' aHu
John Hamm4nga Mr.. aaUmMsa aFsS
noticed the storm from his "!noo" =
It was coming directly toward me
bouse. vas intensely black and ep-
ars. ~ rim about four rods wide.
Ha aroused the other two fa-u!ues anu
Al, thr,s families. consisting OF twelve
neon1a. got IN the south house cellar
tnat os Mr.. Hooeetrep. The tornado
rwant the house clear from over them
ana half filed the cellar with hylAs
,I.nr and other debris, but that cor
n.r where the group were h1dd4eo was
,sr, almost clear Mr.. and Mrs. Hooge-
tren and daughter Mary were injured
al wen as Mrs. Lyftogr and they "ere
talsen to Alton by the evening pas
sen1er train, but their injuries are aoe
ser;ors After the tornado passed over
,he house to the north Mr.. ham mn g
crawled from the cellar and aeo sot
some feet away when he noCceo 'ie
funnel coming back again from lAs
northwest. He had just time 10 era"
behind a willow hedge and hans 10
woven wire fence when the storm again
passed over. sweeping on the noH'heas |
Fortunately he was aole 10 c-.ns 80 -A'
fence. 80,
Much Livestock Killed.
pae,de. the utter destruction 70 the
,,,i,dinp over twenty horses we're killed
and much ether stock. TIE force OF
the wind twisted the spokes from
whee, carried a 500 pound hog lof
tan rods. left one hog fifteen feet n!sh
~ ,he willows. completely lost four lVo
norna kegs OF nails and lifted heavy
concrete slabs Ave feet square ana SIX
fnche, thick, depositins them broken
some feet away
The next places taken were those =.
Terry Dykstrahuis and McGratA east "t
uosnens. Here also everything vas
uined clean, including the schoolnouse.
,rhese families were down IN the cei-
lar. Mr.. end Mrs. Dystrahuis were
hoth hurt. the former IN the head ana
arms and the latter cut on the mead
Their injuries are not CONSIDERED ser
ious. -.
course northeast striking .ne
I.ngenhorst. Herbert Niewenhius, anc
nl2CeS
raceiyed some damage. At NJ, F. Nc
NUTS everything was taken but the
hou.e and two outbuildings. This vas
an unusually fine farm and the oulid-
frpa large and strongly constructor
IT, immense barns were complete! !!
wrecked. ,,
WiIliam Bilsland paid heavy toll
Here the family got IN the cellar. a
concrete column was just oeihs Dun
tn support the floor. The niue oos
va. standing in the cellar beside thls
column when It was blown down ah'
he was crushed In It's fall. The house
SIN stands, but the ourbuiidinss are
gone.
huildinss were taken and the nouse
and barn badly racked. The Harhlhs
farm occupied ~ Frank Sorh vas
rOmplete loss. On the Jol4i Inc
hardt farm occupied by Scott McNu''
the barn and outbuildings were de-
s,royed and stock killed. The family
were in the cellar. Mrs. McNutt was
hit on the back OF the head with
timber and rendered unconscious unit
morning
Many Farm Homes Destroyed.
The Arie Tensen farm lost its entire
set of buildings and considerable stock
The tenant on the Frank FTisoee farm
lost every thing. including much valu
able stock A new set OF buildings
were Just being finished here and they
were completely destroyed, with the ole
ones. Mr. Lanham on the Mcclellan
farm. lost barn and outbuildings. a
NJ. D. Finch's the house was oahl!
wrecked altho the walls are standing
otherwise the less was total and MI
Finch, badly injured, lies in the Shei
don hospital. On the Tom Downs farm
occupied by Luke DeYoung, all ouiid
ingy were taken except the house an
here was much damage to stock. o.
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