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I (From the files of the Democrat | of Sept. 18M.)i Nearly 200 miles of ruin and devastation. 54 dead. twice as many maimed for life, hundreds of happy homes scattered like chaff o'er a desolate pathway, tell 5 the awful results of the terrible ‘ cyclone that swept across our state from LeMars tc Cresco last' Friday night. iThe darkness of night had set-' tied down ere it approached our.-a a*, ...u.e,* aau aw liit IlMt.li.later that our citizens learned what an awful calamity had barely missed them. The first destruction learned was at the home of Ben Edwards in west Great Oak. The house and other build-; ings were all destroyed and he ? and his family had a miraculous ! escape. They fled to a cellar.One of Chris Conlon’s barns was ! blown down and A. Neary near ’ the Burns bridge lost a bam. The \ Murray school house was turned i around and the Harrison farm/ buildings were all damaged. The! fairground buildings south of Em- i metsbuxg are in ruins. The'judges’ stand, floral hall, grand \ stand and fences are all scattered a mile east. The Catholic cemetery is badly damaged, with dozens of monuments down. Evergreen cemetery also hadmonuments crash down.The destruction on the j Foley place included the residence mod everything- on the place. Not an. upright timber remains. Wreckage is strewneverywhere. Patrick was upstairs as the storm . approached. He tried to get down but Mis. Foley and Mary were on the stabs. The house . swayed and went to pieces. Mrs. Fslcy* arm was broken, her back injured, and Mias Foley Is critically hurt, with recovery doubtfuL Fotey was severely injured.Hut Goelden house, the scene f the most sorrowful event, was dfcuated in the center of a 40-acre ’ield. The father, mother and two wight, happy little hoys, two and rour years' old, had eaten their Supper and were about to retire hr the night when the death-leading monster struck the house Cad tore It Into ' 10,000 pieces. nly the youngest, mangled and offering, will possibly live to be old of the horrors of that awful light.Booking through the lightning’s urid glare, the Cullen family learby saw that the Goelden souse was - gone. They rushed out » -find- llry GoeSden Jtn'= •-/field.about. 40 .rods eaa*. 'of where' the xposc ■ hid-. stood.' - He ; was' - fatally njuraL Mrs. Goelden was found lead, her body frightfully torn. Che younger boy, bleeding and truggliug, was leaning on his anther. The other little fellow was . few yards away, fatally hurt.2s nephew, PM1 Cullen, carried dm into the Cullen farm, but he boy soon died. Mr. Goelden tt a dying condition, was car-ied to the Cullen home, also. A ioctcrr and a priest were sum-noned but Ms condition was hope-css.The funeral was held the next lay. The spectacle of two usarses and a third- coffin in mother vehicle, was a sad scene never witnessed oh oar
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Emmetsburg Democrat
Emmetsburg, Iowa, US
Thu, Sep 28, 1944
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