Salt Lake Tribune | 1900-09-26 | Page 2 | Die in Storm

DIE IN STORM TORNADO AND WATERSPOUT SWEEP AN IOWA TOWN Four Persons Killed nnd Several Others Severely Injured at Ferguson Fergu-son Destruction to Property Heavy Des Moines Ia Sept 25Four persons per-sons wcie killed and several others severely se-verely Injured Hi u walcrspout and tornado tor-nado tit Ferguson this evening The rulluay station was badly wrecked several cars were blown from the tracks and more or less damaged and I many houses wore destroyed Wire connection with Ferguson Is Interrupted I Interrup-ted and It Is Impossible to learn the names of all those killed and Injured A partial list follows KILLED Child of John Loveday hotel proprietor proprie-tor INJURED William Robinson Milwaukee agent James Mullen Western Union telegraph tele-graph operator John Loveday hotel proprietor A severe wateispout and wind and rain are reported from the vicinity oCR oC-R dl1eld and Madrid where the tracks are washed out In many places Towns along the Great Western road also report re-port a hard wind and rain this side of Marshalllown Ferguson Is on the main line of the Chicago Milwaukee St Paul railroad rail-road and about forty miles cast of Madrid In Marshall county fifteen miles southeast of Marshulltown It Is a comparatively new town with a popu lalon oC between 400 and 500 people I