Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-08-03
STORM IN MISSOURI.
Great Destruction Of Property at Mon.
roe City and HunneWeT.
Houses UnrOOfed, Upturned and Blown
DOWn-Immense Loss.

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From the Monroe City Appeal
On Monday evening last, between ten
and eleven O'Clock, Monroe City and
vicinity WIS visited by one of the most
violent and destructive wind and rain
storms that has ever passed over this
region Of country.
The rain fell in torrents, and the
streets overfiowed with water. The
wind accompanied the rain and from
the first blew perfect hurricane. Thou
sands upon thousands of dollars worth
of damage has been done to the proper
ty, the farming community being the
principal sufferers.
In Monroe City, the residence of Mr..
Thomas Courtney was lifted from the
pillars upon which it rested, and was
carried fourteen feet to the eastward.
His wife and babes he expected mo-
mentarily to see killed, but by super
human effort they all finally reached the
residence of Mr.. II. p. JOsselyn, where
they We're finally cared for. His house
and furniture presented a sad appear
ance the next morning.
The Monroe City mill was badly in
jured. The smoke stack was blown down,
the windows in the mill blown out, and
the floors drenched with water; one
hundred and fifty bushels of wheat and
a large quantity Of flour were badly in
jured.
Every chimney in the City Hotel was
blown of, as was the case with numer-
Gus other buildings in town. The roof
of Dr. Matthews kitchen was blown off
The p6rches in front of Bishops hard
ware store, H. A. Buchanan's drug
store and c. r. DawsOn's dry goods
store were blown away. Nearly every
sign was torn down. HOw's stable was
torn to pieces. A number of horses were
inside, but none sustained serious in
jury.
In the country the farmers losses
were far greater. Mr.. John o. Wool
had one thousand panels of fence blown
down. His corn like almost every other
farmer in the neighborhOOd) is as fiat as
though a roller had rolled over it. He
had one hundred and twenty-five acres
of oats in the shock, nearly all of which
was blown down; subsequent rains will
greatly damage them. All his hay
stacks and ricks, save only one, were
blown down, and the hay scattered over
the field.
Mr.. William Snider's residence, one
half mile from Hazard, Ranks county,
was carried forty feet, and the new roof
torn OFF. All his Ont-buildings were de-
strOyed. Mr.. Snider and his family es-
capped without serious injury. His loss
will not be less than one thousand dol
lars. The section house at Hazard, be-
longing to the H. and c.. NJ. R.
R. was completely destroyed, and
the timber scattered over the
prairie; loss two hundred dollars.
Mr.. David Gray's house was unroOfed,
and all his out-buildings are gone. Rob-
ert HagaT's residence, two miles of Sid
ney, on the plank road, was unrOOfed,
and all his Out-buildings were torn to
pieces. John Lees house, near Daniel
McLeOd's, was rolled over The ell was
torn all to pieces; damage one thousand
five hundred dollars. The roof was taken
off the. stone schoOlhOuse in the neigh
borhOOd of Frank Griffithis place. Quite
a number of other buildings in the neigh
bOrhoOd of Daniel Mcleod were unroof-
ed and otherwise injured. The greatest
destruction was to the crops however.
Mr.. Vincent Brown, five miles east of
here, had one hundred shocks in the
middle of the field taken up as by a
whirlwind and scattered over the field.
HUSNEwELL, Mo-, July %, 1872.
EDITORS APPEAI-The storm struck
this town at or near half-past ten o'clock
last night. 1t commenced to blow light
at first, but kept on blowing harder, un-
til it was q perfect hurricane. 1t came
almost due west; yet the timbers west
70 - L
north, plainly showing the path of
The rain fell in perfect
and houses appeared to be no
protection. The wind blew the rain un-
der the shingles and weatherbOards,
making it almost as disagreeable in
doors as out. The storm lasted about
three quarters of an hour. This morn
ing, presented rather a desOlate looking
picture. The new Methodist Church
South was blown off from its fOunda-
ton about three feet, and fell, making a
complete ruin. 1t will be almost an EN-
tire loss, as the greater part of the lum-
Der is broken. Messrs. Browne IL Jones
had their furniture stored temporarily
in the building. Their loss is very heavy.
Nearly all the furniture is smashed, and
one very fine mirror, Sxl0, was de-
mOlished: their loss will not be less than
one thousand dollars. The roof was
blown Off of William English's house,
soaring the inmates nearly to death.
Their screams were heard above the
bowling of the storm. A number of
windows were blown in, and the houses
generally deluged with the rain. l hear
Of several who tore doors from their
hinges to hold over the places where the
windows were blown in. Mr.. Seany and
NIessrs. Browne & Jones had nearly all
their fences blown down. Messrs.
Browne q Jones tender their sincere
thanks to the citizens of HunnewelI and
the neighborhOOd for the assistance they
in putting up their fences and
in getting out their furniture from the
ruins of the church. The cOrn-felds
IOOk as if rollers had been drawn over
them. Dat stacks are scattered about
the fields. hear that the fences and
trees are blown down six miles north
and five miles south of town, showing
that the storm was eleven miles wide at
this place. Salt river is out of its banks,
and the little ravines had ten feet of
water in them by the indications on the
banks. The actual loss cannot give,
but it is heavy.