Postville, Iowa Tornado
June
11, 1915
TERRIBLE TORNADO - LIVES LOST
A tornado struck this community about five
o'clock Saturday night, causing thousands of
dollars loss to property, injuring a number of
people hereabouts and killing two people in
Franklin township and nine others across the
Mississippi near Ferryville, Wis. Coming from
the southwest, the storm struck the farms of
Fred Williams, F.H. Brandt, Herman Plaht, Wm.
Miene Arthur Gass, Mrs. J. Schmidt, John
Ruckdaschel, George Welzel, Carl C. Schroeder,
Wm. Harris and Frank Tuller. Heaviest damage was
done on the Welzel, Schroeder
and Harris farms;
and on the latter place only two small sheds
remained standing after the storm had passed.
The storm rose after leaving the
Tuller farm,
but descended again in Ludlow and near
Rossville, at which latter place
John Leppert,
40, and his six year old daughter were killed.
Near Gunder and Frankville much damage was also
done to farm buildings. On Sunday many local
people went into the country to help clear away
the debris at the stricken farms.
Iowa Volksblatt, Postville, Iowa 18 Jun 1915
Wm. Harris was paid $400 for the barn destroyed
by the cyclone. None of the other buildings were
insured. Carl Schoreder was paid $1606;
George Welzel, $300;
Joe McDonald,
$11.00; and George
A. Waters, $1350. Local individuals and
societies are raising money, clothing and
furniture for the Martin Olson family who
suffered heavily when the storm struck their
home on the Harris
farm.
Iowa Volksblatt, Postville, Iowa 25 Jun 1915
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