Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-05-10

Des Moines. May 10-Sine persons
were killed. more than 100 injured
many seriously, and property damaS,
aggregating hundreds OF thousands o
dollars was the toll taken in Iowa h,
yesterdays tornado. Fairly complet,
Iaeports received .i1crs today show, II
The brunt of the twister was felt ir
the counties Of Chickasaw. Winneshick
Bremen. Muscatine and Scott, with
fatalities confined to the first three
While accounts are incomplete the
deaths definitely reported are as fol
lows
Near New Hampton, Theodore Kreig
er. Jr, Albert Smith and Mrs. Thomas
Dodd.
Between Plainfeld and Nashua, Mrs
A. c. Carpenter and Roy Husband
In Calmar. Mr. and Mrs. Peter Andcr-
son and granddaughter, Miss Alice
'Burgeson and Mrs. Sanadager was
killed near Calmar
Calmar Heavy Sufferer.
Calmar, with population Of 1000
was one Of the heaviest sufferers from
property damage among the dozen OF
more towns in the path Of the tornado
Numerous houses there were razed
others unroofed and otherwise damaged
the latter including the Pierce Hotel
The round house Of the Chicago, Mil
wauke & ST. Paul railroad was wrecked
and a mile and a half from the town
a freight train on the road was truck,
two carloads of hogs were tossed on
end and many Of the animals killed
Traffic was tied up for five hours
This was the wreck referred to in in
definite earlier reports.
Worst in Rural Districts.
While several towns were severely
affected, by the tornado. the countryside
seems to have sustained the greatest
loss. and in some sections. according to
the reports today all buildings on
farms were toppled, whrled away or
crushed to debris.
Mrs. A. C. Carpenter. 70 years old.
housekeeper for Melvin~osborne. farm
er living near Plainfeld. was killed
when the Osborne home was demol-
tshed. Osborne was seriously injured.
At Pearl Rock, village Of less than
100 inhabitants, every house was de-
molished, No injuries we're reported.
Teacher Saves Pupils.
Miss Vera Oyster teacher Of a rural
school near P1ainfeld. had Just dis
missed for the day when the storm
broke. She told the children to follow
her and ran toward deep ravine.
Teacher and pupils lay fiat on the
ground while wreckagc whirled about
them bnt all escaped injury
Many Killed at Eidridge.
Lists secured at Davenport hospitals
today indicated there were nineteen
persons injured in a tornado which
struck Eldridge. twelve miles north Of
there. The property loss there is esti-
mated at about 100000. One woman.
Mrs. Peter Arp, was seriously injured
and may.die.
The tornado struck about three miles
west Of Eldridge and swept thru the
north end Of the town. then raised
about two miles on the other side.
Nearly every farm house and outbuild-
ing in a path about thousand feet
wide was leveled to the ground. People
escaped serious injury by taking refuge
in their cellars.
A chicken house, in which was hen
sitting on some eggs. was lifted. car
ried ffty feet. and deposited without
damage and the hen was found calmly
sitting on her eggs. which were un-
broken. I
Hits Muscatine County.
The tornado cut deep swath thru
the heart Of Muscatine county. injur-
ing several persons and deinoiishinS
scores>of farm buildings. A number of
farms we're swept clean. The country
side received d school book shower