DEATH'S HARVEST

Disastrous Tornadoes Rampant In Middle West.

LIFE AND PROPERTY LOSS LARGE.

An Entire Family All But Annihilated by the Fury of the Winds, Seven Being Killed Outright, and the Remaining Members Fatally Injured.

Chamberlain, S. D., May 29. -- Seven persons were killed and three fatally injured by a cyclone in the vicinity of Bijou hills, 25 miles south of this place.

The killed are: CHARLES PETERSON, six children of CHARLES PETERSON, the latter being three boys and three girls, ranging from 3 to 15 years old. The wife and two remaining children were so badly injured they may also die.

The cyclone formed on a section in plain view of hundreds, and moved in a southerly course, the first place reached being that of ARA CODEN, which was totally destroyed. The storm then destroyed a church and a schoolhouse, after which it reached the PETERSON place, where the execution done was simply appalling. The dead and injured were strewn all about the premises, all being bruised and maimed in a shocking manner, while the buildings were smashed to splinters.

After doing its worst, the cyclone destroyed the CRIEGER premises, then passing into the range of hills skirting the Missouri River, where it appears to have been dissolved. The path covered by the storm was only about 20 rods wide and about three miles in length.

The Daily Herald Delphos, Ohio 1899-05-29
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Researched and Transcribed by Stu Beitler. Thank you, Stu!