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Ravages In Kossuth County.

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Day
25
Month
September
Year
1894
Copyright
Public Domain
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Kossuth county, Ia., ia which Algona is situated, seem8 to have sufïered the most in killed. Ia that county yesterday was a day of aorrow. Nineteen funerals weee held, and others will be held today. The death list of the county is as follows: Robert Stevenson; Mrs. George Beaver and child; Georse Holman's child; Jncob Uiugman, of Fort Dodge; Mrs. Frad French and Viro childreu; child of Albert 3akeu; Wilham Sweppe, boy and girl; Jlauseden's child; Mosos C.ister and wiro; L'bomas Tweed's mother, aad two chüIren; Rockwell's baby. At least 9ix more vill die. The injured are reported at thirty-nine n number, aa follows: Mrs. Robert Stevenson; Mrs. Cari Barrick- may die; Jarl Barrick; Barnck's boy: three other cbildren in the same family; George ieaver's iufaat child and adopted boy; iorace ' Scbenk - will probably die; Mrs. Vlyron Schenk aud child; Mrs. Geotge iolman andfour children; Mrs. Olausedeu - eannot live; V. M. Fergusou. wife and child; Mrs. Peter Petersou, skull fractured; Mrs. Swan Petersou, both arms anrl both let:s broken; D. T. Ferguson - amily all sliahtly injured; Tow Tweed, everely hurt; Alex Tweed's wife and five childreu; Mrs. Rockwell, badly hurt; J. ideu, ver}' b;idly hurt; Mrs. F. Meyers. TbomHs Britton, a farmer uear Wesley, s reported missing, and it is presumed hat he is killed. Professor A. J. Lilly, of the northern Iowa normal school, came n (rom Garner and reported thirteen load in Ellington township uorth of Garler, twelve near Manley Junctiou, and sixteen north of Britt. Coffins for tbe dead are piled up at every station, and scènes of the wildest grief are enacted. L'liu storm as witnessed f rom Algona was oue of indettcribable grandeur. A f unnelbaped cloud of inky blackness swept along to the northeast, illuminatad by alnost continuous flashes of lightuing. L'be roar of the thunder wag deep aad contiuuous. The opera house at Algona was packed to wituess a popular play, and lmost a panio was occasioued by the war of tli6 elemeuts. Robert Stevenson, living four miles ïorth of Whittemore, was the first victim. ie was hit iu several places, and a stick liiven into his head. He lay unconscious until deatb. His grove looked as though t bad been mowed down by a soythe. Garl Barnck's. house ou Henry Durant's )lace was made into kiudling wood in an us.taut, and all the fourteen occupants two children were injured. Mrs. iurrick was hurt in the back by timber Hnd her spine so iujured that her body aod lower linibs are paralyzed. The house of Fred Pompe was completely demplished, but i.;-, wi'.e an-1 five ctiildreu came out of the wreek unhurt. The foren of the wind was such that barbed wire wm strippd from the posts. At George Holman's the roof of the house went, leavina: the walls staudine, and the whole family was carried up from between the walls and away about thirty rods, nne ehild being killed. M. W. Ft-rguso;i's fauiily was carripd some distanoe tlirouh the air and all but oue landed in a willow hedne. Tbe baby went a little farther and wus found eaLed on a piece of roof. The wite of Swan Petersou had her skull cut opan in two places, and the exposed parts of her head were literal Ir packed with aand, piaster, hair and grais. Partieulars are coming ioto Algona all the time which indícate that half the terrors of the cyclone bave not been told. The destruetion of property will not be lesa in Kossuth county than $10),0KÏ. Most of the farmers are well to do with suug bank accounts, and others are wealthy, bui numbers of the victims are reuters, who have lost everything- some even their families. The permantly cripplsd will make a long and sorrowful list.

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