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Evening Times Republican
Marshalltown, Marshall County, Iowa
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A tornado devastated parts of central Iowa, including Hancock County near Duncan and Bagley, destroying schoolhouse, church, residences, farm buildings, and windmills. Three Searuba family members seriously injured; no lives lost. Crops heavily damaged amid heavy rain.
Merged-components note: These reports detail the same tornado event in Hancock County, Iowa, across nearby locations (Bagley, Britt, Duncan), with sequential reading orders, forming one cohesive domestic news story.
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SchoolHouse, Church and Several Residences Destroyed In Vicinity of Duncan
NO LIVES ARE REPORTED LOST
Three Members of One Family Near Bagley Are Seriously Injured in Storm Which Wrecked Farm Buildings-Many Barns and Windmills Blown Down-Crops Damaged
Special to Times-Republican:
Bagley, June 19.—Five farm residences and barns were destroyed by a tornado which passed through this section of the state last evening. Three members of the family of Joseph Searuba were seriously injured. All of the buildings on the Searuba farm are totally wrecked and the crops, badly damaged. Trees were uprooted and windmills leveled. The storm passed east and is not believed to have covered a very large area, but details of damage in the country are hard to obtain, owing to the fact that all telephone lines are out of commission. The storm was accompanied by a heavy rain which was general all over central Iowa.
TORNADO NEAR BRITT.
County House and School House Blown Away at Duncan.
Special to Times-Republican.
Britt, June 19. A tornado struck this part of the state Sunday afternoon, doing great damage, especially to farm buildings, crops and windmills. At Duncan, a small town in the county, the roof was blown off the poor house and the school house and church were blown away. Many barns, windmills and outbuildings were destroyed in the county. Small grain has been blown down and the rain has washed some cornfields badly. The loss will be enormous to farmers. It is estimated that between fifty and a hundred windmills were blown down in the county.
Special to Times-Republican.
Britt, June 19. The greatest damage done by the cyclone which passed over Hancock county was at Duncan, where the Catholic church was moved off the foundation. The roof was blown completely off the poor house, and demolished the barns in connection. The school house was hurled down a hillside and reduced to kindling. A residence was also demolished there. Henry Heimendinger's barn, near Britt, was blown away as were many other barns and sheds just on the outskirts of Britt. A funnel shaped cloud struck the ground and breaking dug a great hole in the ground and threw heaps of dirt hundreds of feet into the air. No lives were lost. Much damage was done at Corwith and Crystal Lake. A more terrible looking tornado has never visited this vicinity.
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Hancock County, Iowa
Event Date
Sunday Afternoon And Last Evening
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no lives lost; three members of the searuba family seriously injured; extensive damage to farm buildings, residences, schoolhouse, church, poor house, barns, windmills, crops, and trees
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Tornado destroyed five farm residences and barns near Bagley, wrecking all buildings on the Searuba farm and damaging crops, uprooting trees, and leveling windmills; in Hancock County near Duncan and Britt, blew away school house, church, poor house roof, demolished barns and a residence, hurled school house down hillside, destroyed Henry Heimendinger's barn and many others, blew down small grain, washed cornfields, damaged areas at Corwith and Crystal Lake; funnel cloud dug great hole; accompanied by heavy rain; telephone lines out