Joice, Iowa Tornado
August 6, 1907
DAMAGE BY STORM
Lives are Lost and Crops in Many Places
are Ruined
A tornado ... swept over the southern part of
Minnesota, northern Iowa, the southwestern end
of Wisconsin and a part of Illinois.
The village of Joice, Iowa, was wrecked by
the wind and one person killed and many injured.
Twenty or more buildings were unroofed.
The Nashua Reporter, Nashua, IA 8 Aug
1907
Mason City, Iowa, Aug. 7. -- Four
deaths resulted from the tornado which passed
through this section yesterday afternoon.
Ola Tweed,
of Hanlontown, aged 46 years;
Ashland Tweed,
of Joice, aged 30 and wife, and the son of
Ola Tweed.
The latter was killed in the field with his
team. Ashland
Tweed and family were in the house
which buried them.
The Grand Forks Daily Herald, Grand
Forks, ND 8 Aug 1907
One Killed, Several Injured.
Albert Lea, Minn., August 7. -- A tornado
swept across Winnebago county, Iowa, last night,
and, although reports and conflicting. It is
known that one person was killed in Joice
Village, which was destroyed and several
injured. Some reports say that twenty were
killed. The course of the storm was from
northwest to the southeast. The destruction of
property is said to be great. The Minneapolis
and St. Louis railroad is out of commission, and
its trains are being run over the Rock Island
tracks.
The Atlanta Constitution Georgia
1907-08-08
Submitted & transcribed by Stu
Beitler Thank you,
Stu!
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