Democratic Sentinel, Volume 14, Number 21, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 June 1890 — THE FURY OF A STORM. [ARTICLE]

THE FURY OF A STORM.

AN lOWA INSTITUTION WRECKED BI THE WIND. The State Institute for Feeble-Minded Nearly Demolished by the Gale—Two of the Inmates Killed and Several Injured —Damage Elsewhere. Des Moines (Iowa) dispatch: In a storm which burst with terrible fury over western lowa the rain fell in torrents, the wind in some localities reached the force of a tornado, and the electric display was dazzlingly brilliant and awe inspiring. Tho greatest damage seems to have been done at Glenwood. The State Institute for Feeble Minded is located there and was a heavy sufferer. The boiler house and laundry were demolished; the tall chimney was blown down and came crashing through the roof into the dormitories where the inmates were sleeping, killing two and Injuring six others. The killed are: WILLIE CLINE, of Clark county. WESLEY EMERY, of Monroe county. The injured are: John Swalloe. Dubuque. Willie Bratheh, Wayne county. Fred Wright, Fort Dodge. Eddie Sweet, Lee county. Henry Snyder, Benton county. Sam Askins. Council Bluffs. Several of the injured are not expected to recover. The flour mill at Glenwood was wrecked and the canning factory demolished. It was the worst storm in the history of the’ city. At Atlantic the wind blew down the amphitheater at the fair grounds and several small dwelling houses in the town. A great many fruit and shade trees were blown down in the city, and a number of bridges on tho Nishnabotna were washed out. Three buildings wereblown from their foundations at Exira and several persons had narrow escapes. At Council Bluffs cellars were flooded' and culverts washed out. The contiguous country is inundated and crops in general are badly damaged and in some cases destroyed. The rain about Des Moines was very heavy, but no great damage was done. Dubuque (Iowa) dispatch: One of the most violent storms that has section for years has just passed over Dubuque. The rainfall amounted almost to a flood. The Burlington & Northern track between this city and Galena was washed away for a distance of over two miles. A double-header freight belonging to the Chicago, St. Paul & Kansas City railroad, which operates over the Northern between Dnbuque and Galena Junction, ran into a wash-out near Menominee at 2 o’clock this morning. The first engine passed safely over the ditch, but the second went down, sinking deep into the mud. The freight cars telescoped each other. The engineer of the second engine miraculously|escaped. but the-fireman, E. B. Dale received mortal injuries and died in fifteen minutes. Brakeman Williams also received injuries from which he will die. Forty cars were smashed in the wreck. The storm was so severe and the lightning so incessant that the engineer could not set the signal of the track walker who flagged the train.