The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1878-04-23

it struck and demolished the upper
part Of the west gable Of the -four
mill. The tin roofing Of the stone
factory was all torn of in immense
rolls, some of which landed in Mr..
Soden's yard. His heavy barn was
moved two feet to the north. The
damage 10 the mills and contents is
not less than $1,000. Everything in
the furniture factory and furniture
stored in the stone mills was soaked
with rain. Making Mr.. Arnolds Gam.
ages several hundred dollars Part Of
the factory roof also landed in Mr.. So.
denis yard. Mr.. soden says il the bias,
that struck there had reached the
city, few buildings would have been
left standing. This was from the
south, while the wind that destroyed
the houses in town was from the north
and northeast, latter the south wind had
stopped.
Mr.. Harper's new story and hall
frame bank on Rural street, corner oi
Ninth, was lifted up and carried over
the south fence, and smashed to pieces.
Mr.. Harper was out in the country.
Mrs. Harper. with her three children.
the Oldest four years. and Mrs. +. Tiff
fanny, with her infant child, were in
the house. but Mrs. Tiffany ran out
Just before it went off its foundations,
and after a desperate battle with the
storm, brought up ut DR.. Breners
house to the northeast where she found
shelter, herself and child not being Sc.
riously injured. Mrs. Harper and
children We're in the front room, and
the house leaned over in u way TO
shield them from the north, aud Mrs.
Harper held j, up to keep the storm
out from the west. Mr.. 5. q. john
sou, who lives the next door east, saw
the house 80. aud himself aud wife
sailed out and found Mrs. Harper and
her children, AMI aided them to reach
Mr.. John>ons-he carrying a child
under each arm.
Twenty to thirty-6ve buildings
in Emporia were destroyed and in.
iured. Railroad cars were blown
over. mills and business honses shat.
tered, and fences and trees broken
down or ruined altogether. The city
presents sad spectacle.
KILLED AND WOUNDED.
Mrs. Samuel Bogne, Of Jacobs
Creek. leg broken.
Mrs. Il. NJ. Jones, Of Phenis Creek,
slightly injured.
Ali the members If the family OF
Edward Davis. Phenis Creek, were
severely injured. The youngest child
NAV die.
The wife of VIM. H. Hol-on, Phenis
Creek, badly injured.
w. IL. Leavitt, Phenis Greek, badly
Injured.
son of Reese Jones, Phenis Creek,
badly huri.
Mrs. w. b. Smith and s,n, living on
the prairie. badly injured.
Mrs. Jno. Humphreys children
were out. She caught them. when
the terrific wind would wrench them
from from her grasp, but owing to her
pluck they were saved from being
blown away and killed. They are
badly bruised.
Son of W. Smell, six years old. was
killed.
John Cox. father-in-law of E. S.
Moon, leg broken and body bruised.
Mr.. Osborn, son-in-law of NJ. W.
kirkendall, had his house torn to at
oms. We hear that Mr.. Osborn was
not ut home, and when the house was
three children and started for the
grainery. They were wrenched from
her by the force Of the wind, blown
about and pounded to death. The
head Of one was terribly gashed. One
was carried against a hedge fence
and saved its life by hanging on to a
tree Of the fence. Her hands were
terrible lacerated. This was the worst
calamity that occurred to any Of the
sufferers. There Is a deep gloom over
the whole community at this terrible
visitation.
John L. Davis wounded in the
Jaw.
John l. Price WAS absent from his
home and Mrs. Price aud three chill.
lred, including a babe. were roughly
handled and bruised, being bound to
lake the storm after the house went
lOwn.
The family of w. X. Ross was bad
v injured. Kate. his daughter, was
iound in the cellar dangerously
sounded her recovery is a doubt.
Over seventy houses were destroyed
n the track ofthe tornado.
A man and dog of Brooklyn have
disappeared. The mans name is
Miller. He is worthless. but his dog
; a good dog. He attends to the |
business that dogs were partly created