Charles City, Iowa Tornado
June
7, 1908
CHARLES CITY IN PATH OF TORNADO
One Man Killed and Several Injured and Many
Homes Completely Wrecked
THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS OF PROPERTY DAMAGED
Cloud Passes Within a Few Miles of Greene and
is Witnessed by Many Here.
The tornado which passed within a few miles
of Greene Sunday evening about five o'clock,
truck about five miles southeast of Charles City
and ploughed a path of destruction ten rods wide
until it spent its furry [sic] about three miles
northeast of the city. The pat run through the
southeast part of the city missing the business
district, the college buildings having a close
call.
One Man Killed
Chris Boeck an aged pioneer of Floyd county
was crashed beneath his own residence and died
one hour after being rescued by neighbors.
Several are badly injured but no more fatalities
resulted.
The home of Zonnie Wright who is well known
in this vicinity, was completely wrecked and the
only thing that saved the family from serious
injury is that as the house fell the bedstead in
the fact the room where the family rushed formed
a tent over them and held the debris from
falling on their heads. And aged mother
was slightly bruised.
At the home of Wm. Nolterieke where Mr. Wm.
Nolterieke and family of Greene were spending
Sunday, the barn was smashed flat against the
house breaking the barn into splinters, tearing
the roof off the house and breaking every window
in the building. The buggies were all
smashed to kindling wood and the team belonging
to Nolterieke Bros. badly scratched up.
Gus Nolterieke left Tuesday morning with a load
of window glass for his father's house.
The barn of Wm. Debban was completely destroyed
as was the buildings of several others in that
vicinity. About twenty homes were
destroyed either wholly or to such an extent
that they will need to be rebuilt.
Rev. Soper and
H. M. Spoul were on the road
to the city to attend the lecture that evening
delivered by Rev. Soper, and the fact that the
team they had was inclined to be unusually lazy
is all that saved them from the path of the
storm.
It is estimated the loss of property will
reach in the neighborhood of $50,000.
The Iowa Recorder, Greene, IA 10 Jun
1908
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