The Oskaloosa herald., 1918-05-23
ELEVEN KILLED
AND MANY HURT
IN SEVERAL IOWA ToRNApoEs
TUESDAY EVENING.
DEATHS At BOONE AND NEWTON
Many Of the Severely Injured May Die
--Newton's Factory District Suf-
fers Heavy Loss-other Towns
Report Damage.

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Des Moines, May 22.-Eleven, and
probably more persons are dead, about
sixty injured and enormous damage
done to property, as the result OF a
tornado which struck three central
Iowa towns late Tuesday night.
| At Boone the death list totaled sew.
en. while Newton reports said two
were dead. Other lives were lost at
Denison and Walker.
At Walker in Linn county one won
an was killed and man seriously In
jured.
These reports come from round
about sources and Indication, are that
when wire communication is resumed
The death and injuries will be swelled.
Eoone reports said that at least
three of the injured ones would die.
List Of Dead.
The known dead at Boons are:
Mrs. Frank B. Roberts and small
son of Mrs Roberts
j. Bills and the baby of railroad
section employee.
Three others are said to have died.
At Newton-Geo. Reid and Geo.
Redding.
AT Denison- Emmett Ehling.
Property Damage.
More than forty homes from actual
count were wrecked by the full force
of the storm at Boone.
The twister is also reported to have
done considerable damage in Boone
county. No other deaths or injuries
were reported there outside of the
city OF Boone however.
\ The worst damage at Newton was
done at the big Maytag Washing Ma
chine Factory, where the roof Of the
entire building was blown off. The
city's electric light plant was put
out of commission and considerably
damaged.
Losses Elsewhere.
In Crawford county, where Denison
was the center, the storm did con-
siderable damage to the farms and
the farm buildings.
Eleven houses and other outbuiId-
ings were blown down and many per-
sons were injured.
Eighteen teams of horses were re-
ported killed at Arcadia in Crawford
county.
1t has also been reported that the
Catholic church at that place was all
so blown down
In Ida Grove many persons were
injured and property damage done by
the force of the wind.
Two Killed at Newton.
Newton. May 22.-Two people kill
ed. Thousands and thousands of dol
lars in damage, is the toll paid by
Newton to the storm king in lorna
do visitation at five o'clock Tuesday
evening. Many were more or less
injured but the list of hurts is not
completed.
The dead are:
GEORGE REID.
GEORGE REDDING, OF the Maytag
Company.
Fifty on one hundred thousand
dollars in damage was done to New
toms factory district.
Damage in Newton's residence dis
trict will exceed this amount.
The Catholic church is badly dam
aged and the parsonage is practically
wrecked
Schools, Factories and Churches.
The buildings of the Maytag Auto
matte Electric Company are badly
wrecked. The fourth story of the
large factory building was carried
away.
The Parsons factory is partially
wrecked.
The new Washington School, re-
Gently completed, is badly injured.
The storm came from the south
west and swept across the city, strik-
ing through the best residence por-
ton of the town into the heart of the
manufacturing district toward the
northeast.
Rath Of Storm Not Wide.
| The path of the storm was not wide
and the force of the tornado vented
itself more in spots than in d contin-
uous course through town. The
clouds. after lowering in the distance
for some time. approached the city
and suddenly swooped down. leaving
death and destruction in their wake.
The storm came so suddenly that no
one had chance to prepare for the
coming, in fact no one anticipated a
storm of great severity. The tornado
appeared TO make up" Just at the