Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-06-05
CYCLONE DISASTER.
The Town Of Richmond, Mo-. Wis
tied by Terrific and
Fatal Storm.
Many Persons Killed and Injured
Stock Killed and Property
Damaged.

KANSAS CITY, Mo-, June 1.-The
kansas City Times has received the
following from the tornado at Rich.
mond, Mo-: A terrific cyclone struck
our city at $3.50 P. M, and sweu1
everything in its path, q breadth of at
least three hundred yards, demolish-
ing buildings to their foundations,
stripping trees of their bark and foli-
age, and leveling everything as il
swept by torrent. 1t came in
THE SHAPE OF A FUNNEL,
and formed about two miles sopth OF
the city, the morning having been in
tensely warm, and approached slow
ly, destroying everything by it's whirl
and 1t was at least five minutes sweep
ing through the town, numbering
among its victims some of our best
citizens, literally destroying one-third
OF the place, embracing the post-of.
flee, Presbyterian and Baptis, church.
es, and
AT LEAST sEvESTY-FIvE PRIVATE RESI-
DENCEs,
the wagon factory Of Powell & Son.
the wagon shop of the Burgess Bros,
the carriage factory of o. L. Dickin
son, the large lumber yard and brick
warehouse Of jackson Il Patten, the
Masonic lodge, and all the upper por-
tions of the stores of VIM. Marshall,
Jackson u Co., Jackson g. Holman, C.
D. Sayer, Murray Mcdonald, DR.. M.
Q. Jacobs, q. r. Cushin & CO., Kiger
" Wortz, and j. p. Buesenbury. The
Shaw house is o perfect wreck, and
the court house unroofed. as are q
number of other buildings and the
Conservatory block partially injured.
In the dwellings destroyed every
yestlge OF furniture and clothing was
blown away. Sewing machines and
stoves were
BROKEN AS IF MADE OF GLASS.
The loss can scarcely be computed,
butt was put down at 5000, 900, which
falls upon persons in many cases una
BILE to bear the loss, while many of
them are killed and seriously injured.
The Burgess family, four sons and his
daughters, are all seriously hurt, and
their shops and residence entirely de-
stroyed, not vestige left, save some
broken timbers and furniture. The
loss Of property is nothing compared
with the loss of life. AT this time
there are twelve dead, and at least
seventy-fiva MORALLY injured.
Following lis an imperfect list of
the killed and wounded:
KILLED.-Mrs. F. J. Casey, Mrs.
Ross, Matte Holman, Mrs. Joy, Mrs.
Alvina Childs, Thomas j. Bohannan,
Squire Bells, James Duncan, VIM.
Campbell, Miss Couch, child of Sam
Nodding, a child, name unknown.
MoRTALLY WOUNDED William A.
Donaldson, Marion Ball, Charles Asst
bury, Fred Lerhrman, Miss Florence
Ward, Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Joy.
SERIOUSLY INJURED.-Tom Burgess
and his two brothers and two sisters,
John Anderson, G.. B. Hills, Robert
Asbury and son, Mrs. Paul Werbe,
Robert Offat, Mrs. Thomas McGinnis,
George Sawyer, J. 4. Dodd, Mrs.
Belle Warmer, Mrs. Jennie Smith, C.
S. Hughes, Jr., Miss Mollie Hughes,
Mrs. Mary Hughes, Mrs. G. Colgar,
Mrs. Osborne, Blanche Harmony,
John Ballard and wife, Mrs. Eph
Holman, Mrs. Carson, Mrs. Perry
Jacobs. Pauline and Emma Shackle-
fosd, DR.. George w. Buchanan and
son, George Warren, Riley HOLMAN,
r. Branstitter, Geo. Schweik and
wife, and . number of others, inclu-
ding several colored persons. The
above are allseriously injured, many
having limbs broken, and number
Of them will die. Physicians from
Lexington and other points have
reached us. The houses of the citi-
zens that escaped are thrown open to
the sufferers, the court house
CONVERTED INTO A HOSPITAL.
and everything done to alleviate the
distressed and suffering.
As many are rendered homeless,
having lost everything they had. it
would be we'll for the philanthropic
to aid them.
As the storm swept northward it
destroyed buildings, fences. and the
large iron bridge over Crooked river,
and continued in its work of devasta-
ton eight miles beyond the city.
The
DESTRUCTION OF CROPS.
ETC., is great. Tits impossible to give
full details. Our city is scene of
desolation, and the sound Of mourn.
ing and pain is heard on all sides. A
number of horses were killed in the
streets. 1t seems marvellous that
more persons were not killed. A
number OF narrow escapes were
made.
Public Debt Statement.
WASHINGTON, June 1.-The public