Thurman, CO Tornado, Aug 1924 - Home Razed; 15 Victims

HOME RAZED, 15 VICTIMS TAKEN IN WIND STORM

Family and Visitors Killed, 5 Seriously Injured When Home is Demolished

MINISTER, GUEST AT FARM AFTER SERVICES, IS DEAD

Isolated Town Far From Rail Tracks Reported Struck By Tornado

DENVER, Aug. 10.-Ten persons killed and five seriously injured late this afternoon when a tornado demolished the farm house of HENRY KUNS, a farmer residing four miles east of Thurman, Colorado, according to information received here tonight. It was reported that at least two of those injured would die.

All of the dead and injured were either residents or visitors at the KUNS farm house when the storm struck. The storm struck the KUNS home, demolished it, destroyed the chicken house and barns on the place as well as two automobiles, which were standing in the yard.

The dead are:

Four children of MR. & MRS. JOE IODER.
MRS. HENRY KUNS.
Two children of MR. and MRS. KUNS.
The REV. AMOS BURKEY.
FRED GARRETT.

The injured include MR. and MRS. IODER, and MRS. BURKEY and two other persons, whose identity has not been established.

After demolishing the buildings on the KUNS farm, the storm was seen to lift and travel eastward. No report of it having struck at any other place in the vicinity has been received here.

According to reports from neighbors of the KUNS family, MR. and MRS. IODER and family and the Rev. and Mrs. Amos BURKEY were guests at dinner at the KUNS home, having accompanied the members of the KUNS family home from the noon day church service.

First reports in Denver were that the small inland town of Thurman, Colorado, had been destroyed by the tornado. Thurman is a small inland town consisting of three or four store buildings, a church and a school. It is 33 miles north of Flagler, Colorado, which is the nearest railroad point.

Nevada State Journal, Reno, NV 11 Aug 1924