| Show A iowa town swept by a cyclone OMAHA AHA nob april 11 the town 0 of f Arkon jowa lowa ou on the line of tho chicago mil aukee and st paul road thirty miles north of this city which has a population of one thousand was devastated by a cyclone this afternoon shortly after 2 0 it corn com to grow dark and in half an hou hour r it was necos necessary sary to have artificial light about 3 the storm struck th the 0 diac placa it was a regular whirlwind and came from tho the northwest houses were thrown from their foundations and overturned and many of them blown from their foundations A double s span pan waon wagon I 1 0 bridge across tho sioux river was wren wrenched chol from its piers and dashed against the river bank the iron rods twisted and bent out cfall of all bhago A lar laro largo o elevator demolished and the debris c carried caross caros 9 the railroad trades and deposited on the sido of a I 1 umber lumber y aard ard whilo while tho the lumfor y yard rd and buildings wore were carried jjack back and deposited where the elevator stood cars load e 0 i stones r s r were standing on the k railroad were pich picked d up by all the wind will d and turned completely I 1 0 over er i A t r t nearly every building in tho town was moro or loss less damaged Chimi chimneys loys wore were blown down and crashed through tho the roofs and macii man roofs blown off and carried far f from houi tho the houses tho the damage in tho the town connot bo be estimated at this time as darkness came on soon after the storm was over everything is in confusion the streets aoa wore ro litto littered rod with willi building and othor other articles of household furniture several wore were killed and in injured jurod but it is impossible now to obtain details rocky noni no s |
